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The coaching staff of Swiss Ice Hockey (SIHF) made the last cuts prior to the World Junior Championship in Canada.
Head coach John Fust and his assistant Luca Cereda announced the final roster for Team Switzerland yesterday. It will consist of 3 goalies, 7 defensemen and 13 forwards. Xeno Büsser, Fabio Högger, Igor Jelovac, Roger Karrer and Fredrik Sitje were cut from the Team and will travel back home. Here's the complete roster:
Goalies (3): Gauthier Descloux (Genève-Servette HC), Gilles Senn (HC Davos), Ludovic Waeber (HC Fribourg-Gottéron)
Defensemen (7): Phil Baltisberger (Guelph Storm/OHL), Michael Fora (Kamploops Blazers/WHL), Edson Harlacher (Kloten Flyers), Simon Kindschi (HC Davos), Mirco Müller (San Jose Sharks/NHL), Yannick Rathgeb (Plymouth Whalers/OHL), Jonas Siegenthaler (ZSC Lions).
Forwards (13): Marc Aeschlimann (HC Davos), Luca Fazzini (HC Lugano), Kevin Fiala (HV71/SWE), Jason Fuchs (HC Ambri-Piotta), Luca Hischier (SC Bern), Michael Hügli (EV Zug), Denis Malgin (ZSC Lions), Timo Meier (Halifax Mooseheads/QMJHL), Noah Rod (Genève-Servette HC), Kris Schmidli (Kelowna Rockets/WHL), Kay Schweri (Sherbrooke Phoenix/QJMHL), Pius Suter (Guelph Storm/OHL), Tim Wieser (Sherbrooke Phoenix/QMJHL).
The Swiss will play their first game against the Czech Republic on the 27th of December.
Czech Rep.: Tipsport extraliga | 1.liga | 2.liga
Slovakia: Tipsport Extraliga | 1.liga
Sweden: SHL | HockeyAllsvenskan
Other: EBEL | Belarus | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | France | Great Britain | Iceland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | MOL-liga | Norway | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | NHL | AHL |
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