Karnaukhov named to Russia's preliminary WJC roster

Calgary Flames prospect Pavel Karnaukhov has been named to Russia's preliminary roster for the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Karnaukhov has split the 2016-17 season between CSKA Moskva in the KHL and Zvezda Chekhov in the VHL. In seven games with CSKA Moskva, the forward has one assist. In 15 skates with Zvezda Chekhov, he has recorded five goals and 13 points.
The Flames selected Karnaukhov in the fifth round (136th overall) in the 2015 NHL Draft. Prior to heading to Russia for the 2016-17 season, he spent two years with the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League. In 118 regular season WHL games, he netted 32 goals and 73 points.

RUSSIA'S PRELIMINARY WORLD JUNIOR ROSTER

GOALTENDERS
Anton Krasotkin
Ilya Samsonov
Vladislav Sukhachyov
DEFENCE
Artyom Chymkhov
Grigoriy Dronov
Kamil Fazylzyanov
Vadim Kudakov
Rusian Petrishchev
Yegor Rykov
Mikhail Sergachev
Mikhail Sidorov
Artyom Volkov
Yegor Voronkov
Mikhail Yepishin
Sergey Zborovskiy
FORWARDS
Denis Alexeyev
Artyom Artyomov
Kirill Belayev
Denis Guryanov
Roman Ivashov
Kirill Kaprizov
Pavel Karnaukhov
Nikita Korostelev
Mikhail Kotlyarevskiy
Danila Kvartalnov
Nikita Li
Mikhail Maltsev
Alexandr Polunin
German Rubtsov
Yakov Trenin
Artur Tyanulin
Kirill Urakov
Mikhail Vorobyov
Danil Yurtaikin