Forwards Chris Baltisberger, Fabrice Herzog, Reto Schäppi (ZSC Lions), Grégory Hofmann (HC Lugano), as well as ZSC-defenseman Dave Sutter have all been called up by Switzerland's head coach Patrick Fischer.
The Tages-Anzeiger reported earlier today that ZSC's Geering, Marti, Suter and Chris Baltisberger are unlikely to join the national team as they are supposedly dealing with injuries. At least Baltisberger's injury (foot), however, seems not to be too serious.
Defensemen Tobias Geisser (EV Zug), Romain Loeffel (Genève-Servette HC), Claude-Curdin Paschoud (HC Davos) as well as forwards Yannick-Lennart Albrecht (SCL Tigers), Simon Bodenmann (SC Bern), Killian Mottet (HC Fribourg-Gottéron), and Calvin Thürkauf (Cleveland Monsters/AHL), on the other hand, did not make the cut.
The final roster for the 2018 World Championship in Copenhagen, which will start with the first preliminary game against Austria on Saturday, May 5, will be announced in the course of next week. It will come to one more change each on the position of defensemen and forwards.
Switzerland's roster as of Monday, April 30th:
Goaltenders (3): Reto Berra (Anaheim Ducks/NHL),Leonardo Genoni (SC Bern), Gilles Senn (HC Davos),
Defensemen (9): Raphael Diaz (EV Zug), Michael Fora (HC Ambri-Piotta), Lukas Frick (Lausanne HC), Joël Genazzi (Lausanne HC), Dean Kukan (Cleveland Monsters/AHL), Mirco Müller (New Jersey Devils/NHL), Jonas Siegenthaler (Hershey Bears/AHL), Dave Sutter (ZSC Lions), Ramon Untersander (SC Bern).
Forwards (14): Sven Andrighetto (Colorado Avalanche/NHL), Chris Baltisberger (ZSC Lions), Enzo Corvi (HC Davos), Gaëtan Haas (SC Bern), Fabrice Herzog (ZSC Lions), Gregory Hofmann (HC Lugano), Simon Moser (SC Bern), Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota Wild/NHL), Damien Riat (Genève-Servette HC), Noah Rod (San Jose Barracuda/AHL), Thomas Rüfenacht (SC Bern), Reto Schäppi (ZSC Lions), Tristan Scherwey (SC Bern), Joël Vermin (Lausanne HC), Samuel Walser (HC Davos).
Last Update: 28 April 2018, 02:52 PM | rlu*
