HellRaisers have announced that they will attend the StarSeries XIII finals with Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov as a stand-in.

The 28-year-old Russian will step into the shoes of Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov, who is unable to travel to Kiev due to problems with his documents, which saw the team pull out of the CIS ESWC qualifier earlier in the week.

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov, who made a name for himself in Virtus.pro during 1.6, is currently plying his trade in ACES after playing for PiTER, with whom he attended the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice.

hooch will fill in for Dosia in Kiev 

He is no stranger to HellRaisers' players, having played for the team as a substitute on two occasions since the start of the month.

"I’m very glad and thankful to HellRaisers for the opportunity to replace Michael at this tournament," he said in a statement.

"The entry list is very interesting and I hope I will do my best to help the boys perform decently. See you in Kiev, guys."

HellRaisers, who will face Gamers2 in their first match in Kiev, on Friday morning, will attend the event with:

Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow
Emil "⁠kUcheR⁠" Akhundov
Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev
Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov 
Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov (stand-in) 

Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 25 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 148 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Rustem 'mou' Telepov Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 166 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Age: 25 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 468 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 510 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63