With Gilles Senn (HC Davos), Michael Fora (HC Ambrì-Piotta), Lukas Frick (Lausanne HC), Damien Riat (EHC Biel), and Noah Rod (Genève-Servette HC), five players of the team that won the silver medal in the IIHF Worlds in May 2017 are aboard.
On the other hand, there are also five players who will make their debut in the jersey of the Swiss national team: Gauthier Descloux (Genève-Servette HC), Andrea Glauser (SCL Tigers), Roger Karrer, Jérôme Bachofner, and Marco Miranda (all ZSC Lions).
As for the coaching staff, Patrick Fischer has decided to add EHC Winterthur's head coach Michel Zeiter to their team as the second assistant coach beside Tommy Albelin. Zeiter will thus replace Christian Wohlwend, who is currently with the U20 national team.
Goalies (3): Gauthier Descloux (Genève-Servette HC), Lukas Flüeler (ZSC Lions), Gilles Senn (HC Davos).
Defensemen (8): Michael Fora (HC Ambri-Piotta), Lukas Frick (Lausanne HC), Andrea Glauser (SCL Tigers), Fabian Heldner (HC Davos), Roger Karrer (ZSC Lions), Samuel Kreis (EHC Biel-Bienne), Christian Marti (ZSC Lions), Claude-Curdin Paschoud (HC Davos).
Forwards (14): Yannick-Lennart Albrecht (EV Zug), Jérôme Bachofner (ZSC Lions), Christoph Bertschy (Lausanne HC), Jason Fuchs (EHC Biel-Bienne), Yannick Herren (Lausanne HC), Lino Martschini (EV Zug), Marco Miranda (ZSC Lions), Killian Mottet (HC Fribourg-Gottéron), Inti Pestoni (HC Davos), Damien Riat (EHC Biel-Bienne), Tanner Richard (Genève-Servette HC), Noah Rod (Genève-Servette HC), Dario Simion (EV Zug), Samuel Walser (HC Fribourg-Gottéron).
