"Details will be important" – National team is ready for the 2017 World Championship

After the successful qualification for the upcoming Olympic Games, Daniela Diaz’s team has one main goal the upcoming World Championship: to stay in the top division. Due to the special mode of the women’s tournament, the team has to be cautious. The top two teams of Switzerland’s Group B will advance to the quarterfinal, the lower ranked two teams will have to play a best-of-three relegation series. “In this group, the small details will be important,” head coach Diaz believes. And it won't be an easy task for her team: games against Czechia, Sweden, and Germany always tend to be tight battles.

Diaz’s team also includes two World Championship Rookies. The 16-year-old forwards Rahel Enzler and Lisa Rüedi are set to make their debut on the big stage. They will play alongside a team of experienced national team players, which includes six “imports.” Goaltenders Florence Schelling and Janine Alder, defender Livia Altmann and forwards Phoebe Staenz, Lara Stalder, and Anja Stiefel normally play overseas or in Sweden.

Switzerland's roster for the 2017 Women's World Championship:

Goaltenders (3): Janine Alder (95, St. Cloud University/USA), Andrea Brändli (97, Hockey Thurgau Young Lions). Florence Schelling (89, Linköping HC/SWE).

Defenders (8): Laura Benz (92, ZSC Lions), Nicole Bullo (87, HC Lugano), Sarah Forster (93, Neuchâtel Hockey Academy), Christine Meier (86, ZSC Lions), Shannon Sigrist (99, ZSC Lions/SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers), Sabrina Zollinger (93, ZSC Lions), Céline Abgottspon (HC Lugano).

Forwards (12): Tess Allemann (98, EV BOMO Thun/SCL Young Tigers), Rahel Enzler (2000, HC Innerschwyz Future/SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers), Alina Müller (98, EHC Kloten), Evelina Raselli (92, HC Lugano), Lisa Rüedi (2000, ZSC Lions/EHC Dübendorf), Dominique Rüegg (96, ZSC Lions), Phoebe Staenz (94, Yale University/USA), Lara Stalder (94, University of Minnesota-Duluth/USA), Anja Stiefel (Luleå HF/SWE), Sandra Thalmann (92, SC Reinach), Isabel Waidacher (94, ZSC Lions), Monika Waidacher (90, ZSC Lions).