Defensemen Guus van der Kaaij (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL) and Simon Müller (HC Davos), as well as forwards David Bosson (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL) and Lenny Giger (Sioux City Musketeers / USHL) did not make the final cut.
Switzerland won two out of its three exhibition games. The Swiss will start their tournament on December 28 (00:00 CET), facing Team USA. 20 hours later, they will face Sweden. On December 30, they will battle against Germany (20:00 CET) and finish off the preliminary round with a game against Slovakia on December 31 (19:00 CET).
Goaltenders (3): Christian Kirsch (Kitchener Rangers / OHL), Phileas Lachat (Waterloo Black Hawks / USHL), Elijah Neuenschwander (HC Fribourg-Gottéron).
Defensemen (8): Niklas Blessing (EHC Biel-Bienne), Mischa Geisser (EV Zug), Ludvig Johnson (Fribourg-Gottéron), Nik Lehmann (SCL Tigers), Gian Meier (Frölunda Göteborg / SWE), Leon Muggli (Hershey Bears / AHL), Basile Sansonnens (Lausanne HC), Daniil Ustinkov (ZSC Lions).
Forwards (14): Mike Aeschlimann (SCL Tigers), Robin Antenen (EV Zug), Nathan Borradori (HC Ambri-Piotta), Nolan Cattin (EHC Biel-Bienne), Joel Grossniklaus (Malmö Redhawks / SWE), Kevin Haas (HC Thurgau), Cyrill Henry (HC Lugano), Kimi Körbler (EHC Kloten), Paul Mottard (Ilves / FIN), Jonah Neuenschwander (EHC Biel-Bienne), Jamiro Reber (HV71 / SWE), Lars Steiner (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL), Beni Waidacher (HC Davos), Loris Wey (EV Zug).
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