Beliavski, who was coaching the Latvian men’s national team last season, already knows many of the players as he is coaching the Dynamo U20 team, which belongs to the Dynamo Minsk organization and plays in the country’s top senior league being based in Bobruisk.

The team includes three returnees from last year’s team that earned promotion to the top division including defencemen Danil Bokun, Stepan Falkovski and forward Dmitri Buinitski.

The team started its one-week training camp in Raubichi today and will play an exhibition game against Dynamo Molodechno on 15 December. After travelling to Finland, Belarus will also play an exhibition game against Canada on 19 December.

Camp Roster Belarus

Goaltenders:
Ivan Kulbakov, Dynamo U20 / HK Gomel
Alexander Osipkov, Yunost Minsk
Vladislav Verbitski, Dynamo U20 / Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Defencemen:
Daniel Bokun, Dynamo U20 / Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matvei Bozhko, Dynamo U20
Stepan Falkovski, Ottawa 67s (OHL)
Vladislav Goncharov, Dynamo U20 / Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Anton Grishanov, Dynamo U20
Yegor Ivanov, Dynamo U20 / HK Mogilyov
Vadim Klyavzo, Dynamo U20
Sergei Romanovich, Dynamo U20 / Neman Grodno
Ilya Sushko, Dynamo U20 / Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Alexander Tabolin, Dynamo U20 / Yunost Minsk
Pavel Vorobei, Dynamo U20 / Yunost Minsk

Forwards:
Viktor Artyushenko, Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Andrei Belevich, Dynamo U20
Ilya Bobko, Dynamo U20
Dmitri Buinitski, Dynamo U20
Alexei Busko, Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Artemi Chernikov, Dynamo U20 / Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Dmitri Filippovich, Dynamo U20 / Yunost Minsk
Danila Karaban, Dynamo U20
Dmitri Maisenovich, Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Vadim Malinovski, Okanagan
Kirill Markevich, Dynamo U20
Alexander Patsenkin, Yunost Minsk
Alexei Patsenkin, Yunost Minsk
Alexander Pilia, Dynamo U20 / HK Vitebsk
Yegor Sharangovich, Dynamo Raubichi
Ruslan Vasilchuk, Dynamo U20
Grigori Veremyov, Dynamo U20

Head Coach:
Alexander Beliavski