Swiss men's national team head coach Patrick Fischer has called up 24 names for the first gathering of the season. The selection heads to Tampere on November 4 and plays three games as part of the Euro Hockey Tour. Host Finland will be faced on November 6 (17:30 CET), followed by two noon games on November 8 (against Sweden) and November 9 (Czechia).
"After the successful World Championship, we want to continue our positive momentum", Fischer states. "The goal is to keep growing as a team, to work consistently on every position, and to prepare ourselves optimally for the Olympic Games and the World Championship on home soil next year."
The biggest group among the selection is from HC Davos, including newcomer Nico Gross. This is partially because they will not be available for the SWISS Ice Hockey Games in December.
Goalies (2): Sandro Aeschlimann (HC Davos), Reto Berra (HC Fribourg-Gottéron)
Defenders (8): Tim Berni (Genève-Servette HC), Dominik Egli (Frölunda HC), Michael Fora, Lukas Frick, Nico Gross, Sven Jung (HC Davos), Tobias Geisser (EV Zug), Fabian Heldner (Lausanne HC)
Forwards (14): Nicolas Baechler (ZSC Lions), Christoph Bertschy, Attilio Biasca, Sandro Schmid (HC Fribourg-Gottéron), Fabrice Herzog (EV Zug), Ken Jäger, Théo Rochette (Lausanne HC), Tino Kessler, Simon Knak, Valentin Nussbaumer (HC Davos), Dario Rohrbach (SCL Tigers), Jonas Taibel, Tyler Moy (SCRJ Lakers), Calvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano)
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