Goaltender Andrin Seifert (EHC Kloten), defenseman Victo Öjdemark (EV Zug) as well as forwards Fabian Berni (GCK/ZSC Lions), Stéphan Patry (Erie Otters/OHL), Stefan Rüegsegger (SCL Tigers), and Dominik Volejnicek (EV Zug) will not make the final roster of the U20 national team and will fly back to Switzerland. The final roster cut will take place on December 23.
The current roster looks as follows:
Goaltenders (3): Matteo Ritz (Lausanne HC), Akira Schmid (SCL Tigers), Philip Wüthrich (SC Bern).
Defensemen (9): Davyd Barandun (HC Davos), Tim Berni (GCK/ZSC Lions), Dominik Egli (EHC Kloten), Tobias Geisser (EVZ Academy), Colin Gerber (SC Bern), Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Simon Le Coultre (Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Elia Riva (HC Lugano), Livio Stadler (EV Zug).
Forwards (14): Marco Cavalleri (Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL), Nando Eggenberger (HC Davos), André Heim (SC Bern), Ken Jäger (HC Davos), Gilian Kohler (Kootenay Ice / WHL), Philipp Kurashev (Québec Remparts / QMJHL) Sven Leuenberger (EV Zug), Guillaume Maillard (Genève-Servette HC), Marco Miranda (GCK/ZSC Lions) , Nicolas Müller (Modo Hockey / SWE), Valentin Nussbaumer (EHC Biel), , Dario Rohrbach (EHC Basel/KLH), Justin Sigrist (Kamloops Blazers / WHL), Axel Simic (Lausanne HC)
Preparation games:
FIN vs SUI, Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 1 AM CET, Niagara (USA).
CAN-SUI, Friday, December 22, 2017, 1 AM CET, Hamilton (USA).
Last Update: 18 December 2017, 12:43 PM | mso
