Sweden’s preliminary squad selected for the World Junior Championships in Canada

08 Dec 2014Henrik Lundqvist»

Head Coach Richard Grönborg has selected Sweden's preliminary squad for the World Junior Championships. The final WJC squad will be named at the directorate meeting on the evening of December 25.

The Swedish squad includes seven players who conquered the WJC silver medal in Malmö in 2014: The goalie Jonas Johansson, the fefensemen Robert Hägg and Robin Norell and the forwards André Burakowsky, Anton Karlsson, Jacob de la Rose and Lucas Wallmark.

PRELIMINARY SWEDISH WJC ROSTER

GOALIES

1. Samuel Ward
30. Linus Söderström
35. Jonas Johansson

DEFENSEMEN

2. Sebastian Aho
3. William Lagesson
4. Oliver Kylington
5. Robin Norell
6. Andreas Englund
7. Julius Bergman
8. Gustav Forsling
14. Robert Hägg

FORWARDS

9. Jacob de la Rose
11. Anton Blidh
12. Victor Olofsson
16. Rasmus Asplund
18. André Burakowsky
20. Adam Brodecki
22. Oskar Lindblom
23. Lucas Wallmark
24. Jens Lööke
25. Axel Holmström
26. Christoffer Ehn
27. Anton Karlsson
28. Leon Bristedt
29. Adrian Kempe

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