Thus, Switzerland's roster consists of three goaltenders, seven defensemen, and 13 forwards. They will have their first game on Wednesday, December 27 (9 PM CET), against Belarus. In the group stage, they will also face Russia (December 28, 8 PM CET), Sweden (December 30, 8 PM CET), and Czechia (December 31, 6 PM CET). The entire schedule can be found here.
The final roster for the World Juniors looks as follows:
Goaltenders (3): Matteo Ritz (Lausanne HC), Akira Schmid (SCL Tigers), Philip Wüthrich (SC Bern).
Defensemen (7): Davyd Barandun (HC Davos), Tim Berni (GCK/ZSC Lions), Dominik Egli (EHC Kloten), Tobias Geisser (EVZ Academy), Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals / OHL), Simon Le Coultre (Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL), Elia Riva (HC Lugano).
Forwards: (13): Marco Cavalleri (Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL), Nando Eggenberger (HC Davos), André Heim (SC Bern), Ken Jäger (HC Davos), Philipp Kurashev (Québec Remparts / QMJHL) Sven Leuenberger (EV Zug), Guillaume Maillard (Genève-Servette HC), Marco Miranda (GCK/ZSC Lions) , Nicolas Müller (Modo Hockey / SWE), Valentin Nussbaumer (EHC Biel), , Dario Rohrbach (EHC Basel/KLH), Justin Sigrist (Kamloops Blazers / WHL), Axel Simic (Lausanne HC).
Last Update: 23 December 2017, 10:51 AM | mso
