They will gather on December 10 and fly out to the US three days later. They will play their first exhibition game on December 16 against Mankato, a NCAA team. They will also play against Denmark (December 21) and Sweden (December 23).
The roster will be reduced from 29 players to 25 players. Jan Cadieux and his staff will likely announce the final roster for the 2026 World Junior Championship on December 24.
The tournament will take place from December 26 to January 5 in Saint Paul & Minneapolis. The Swiss are placed in Group A and will face Team USA (December 27, midnight CET), Sweden (December 28, 20:00 CET), Germany (December 30, 20:00 CET), and Slovakia (December 31, 19:00 CET).
Goaltender (3): Christian Kirsch (Kitchener Rangers / OHL), Phileas Lachat (Waterloo Black Hawks / USHL), Elijah Neuenschwander (HC Fribourg-Gottéron)
Defensemen (10): Niklas Blessing (EHC Biel-Bienne), Mischa Geisser (EV Zug), Ludvig Johnson (HC Fribourg-Gottéron), Nik Lehmann (SCL Tigers), Gian Meier (Frölunda Göteborg / SWE), Leon Muggli (Hershey Bears / AHL), Simon Müller (HC Davos), Basile Sansonnens (Lausanne HC), Daniil Ustinkov (ZSC Lions), Guus van der Kaaij (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL)
Forwards (16): Mike Aeschlimann (SCL Tigers), Robin Antenen (EV Zug), Nathan Borradori (HC Ambri-Piotta), David Bosson (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Nolan Cattin (EHC Biel-Bienne), Lenny Giger (Sioux City Musketeers / USHL), 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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