Alexei Morozov will carry Russian flag at the Olympics opening ceremony (Photo © fhr.ru)

The captain of the Russian national team, Alexei Morozov, playing for Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL, will carry the Russian flag at the Olympics opening ceremony, says the official Russian Hockey Federation site.

“I’m very pleased to be entrusted with such an honor”, said Morozov to Russian site sportbox.ru (translation by RussianHockeyFans.com). “Hundreds of sportsmen will represent Russia at the Olympics and I was entrusted with the flag, which increases responsibility. I won’t say that I was shocked by this news but rather pleasantly surprised.”

Morozov became the second KHL player to carry his national flag at the Olympics’ opening ceremony after Avangard Omsk’s Jaromir Jagr, who will be the standard-bearer for the Czech Republic.

The ceremony will take place on February 12.

Kovalev, Frolov, Zubov and Kulemin added to Olympics squad (Photo © vancouver2010.com)

Alexei Kovalev, Alexander Frolov, Sergei Zubov and Nikolai Kulemin are going to the Olympic Games in Vancouver as substitutes for the Russian team.

It is not officially announced yet but according to Russian site infox.ru Kovalev, Frolov, Zubov and Kulemin have received the Olympics equipment as well as other players from the official Team Russia roster. It means they are going to the Olympics in the status of substitute players.

Overall Russia will have 9 substitute players, three from the NHL and six from the KHL.

The list of Russian Olympics substitute players

NHL
1. Alexei Kovalev, Ottawa Senators
2. Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles Kings
3. Nikolai Kulemin, Toronto Maple Leafs

KHL
4. Vasiliy Koschechkin, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
5. Alexander Eremenko, Salavat Yulaev
6. Sergei Zubov, SKA St. Petersburg
7. Vitaliy Proshkin, Salavat Yulaev
8. Oleg Tverdovskiy, Salavat Yulaev
9. Alexei Tereschenko, Ak Bars

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