Giancarlo Chanton (Niagara IceDogs/OHL), Yanick Stampfli (EV Zug), Yves Stoffel (EV Zug) and Mathieu Vouillamoz (Genève-Servette HC) will not take part in the upcoming tournament.
Switzerland will start into the World Championships on December 26 against Kazakhstan. As per Lars Weibel, Director National Teams, it is this year's goal to reach the quarterfinals: "It will be a hard piece of work. I am sure that the team will tackle and master this challenge with passion and conviction."
Switzerland's roster for the U20 World ChampionshipGoalies (3): Stéphane Charlin (Genève Servette HC), Luca Hollenstein (EV Zug), Akira Schmid (Omaha Lancers/USHL).
Defenders (7): David Aebischer (Gatineau Olympiques/QMJHL), Tim Berni (ZSC Lions), Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals/OHL), Bastian Guggenheim (SCL Tigers), Mika Henauer (SC Bern), Janis Moser (HC Bienne), Rocco Pezzullo (HC Ambrì-Piotta).
Forwards (13): Fabian Berri (GCK/ZSC Lions), Jeremi Gerber (SC Bern), Gaétan Jobin (Charlottetown Islanders/QMJHL), Simon Knak (Portland Winterhawks/WHL), Gilian Kohler (EHC Biel-Bienne), Julian Mettler (EHC Kloten), Valentin Nussbaumer (Shawinigan Cataractes/QMJHL), Stéphane Patry (Genève-Servette HC), Joel Salzgeber (SCL Tigers), Sandro Schmid (Fribourg-Gottéron), Kyen Sopa (Niagara IceDogs/OHL), Matthew Verboon (Colgate University/NCAA), Gian-Marco Wetter (SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers).
