Swiss National Team

Head coach Glen Hanlon has called up 43 players for the annual photo shoot, which kicks off the season of the Swiss national team. This time, the meeting will be held in the SWISS Arena in Kloten on July 30.

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The players will not take to the ice during this get-together, but Hanlon and his staff will inform them about the relevant dates for the season and the World Championship in Moscow next May.

Several players, who were also invited to the meeting, will not attend. Among them the players of HC Lugano, who will take part in a two-day team building exercise, as La Regione reports. The entire call-up list can be found here.

The team, which will be present for this meet-up, consists of five goaltenders, 13 defensemen and 25 forwards:

Goaltenders (5): Reto Berra (Colorado Avalanche/NHL), Lukas Flüeler (ZSC Lions), Leonardo Genoni (HC Davos), Jonas Hiller (Calgary Flames/NHL), Tobias Stephan (EV Zug).

Defensemen (13): Severin Blindenbacher (ZSC Lions), Eric Blum (SC Bern), Rafael Diaz (New York Rangers/NHL), Félicien Du Bois (HC Davos), Patrick Geering (ZSC Lions), Robin Grossmann (EV Zug), Timo Helbling (SC Bern), Roman Josi (Nashville Predators/NHL), Dean Kukan (Columbus Blue Jackets/NHL), Romain Loeffel (Genève-Servette HC), Dominik Schlumpf (EV Zug), Mathias Seger (ZSC Lions), Patrick Von Gunten (Kloten Flyers).

Forwards (25): Andres Ambühl (HC Davos), Sven Andrighetto (Montreal Canadiens/NHL), Chris Baltisberger (ZSC Lions), Christoph Bertschy (Minnesota Wild/NHL), Matthias Bieber (Kloten Flyers), Simon Bodenmann (SC Bern), Luca Cunti (ZSC Lions), Froidevaux Etienne (Lausanne HC), Gaëtan Haas (EHC Biel), Denis Hollenstein (Kloten Flyers), Mike Künzle (ZSC Lions), Lino Martschini (EV Zug), Simon Moser (SC Bern), Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota Wild/NHL), Inti Pestoni (HC Ambrì-Piotta), Kevin Romy (Genève-Servette HC), Thomas Rüfenacht (SC Bern), Reto Schäppi (ZSC Lions), Tristan Scherwey (SC Bern), Gregory Sciaroni (HC Davos), Dario Simion (HC Davos), Reto Suri (EV Zug), Morris Trachsler (ZSC Lions), Samuel Walser (HC Davos), Dino Wieser (HC Davos). (mso)