Hard blow for the Swiss team! Roman Josi will not play the World Cup which begins Friday in Finland. The captain of the Nashville Predators gives up for family reasons, his wife expecting their 2nd child for the month of June.
“The decision was very difficult to make“, explains the Bernese defender, quoted in a press release from Swiss Ice Hockey.Considering my personal situation, the timing of the World Cup is unfortunate. I don’t want to leave my wife alone at this stage of pregnancy.“.
Defender Tobias Geisser, whose Hershey Bears team has just been eliminated in the AHL, and Chicago Blackhawks forward Philipp Kurashev have both arrived in Helsinki. They replace Patrick Fischer Lukas Frick and Nando Eggenberger in the workforce.
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Posted yesterday at 3:25 p.m. Amended at 09:14
Swiss selection for the 2022 World Cup (13-29.05)
KEEPERS (3): AESCHLIMANN / Davos, BERRA / Friborg, GENONI / Zoug.
DEFENSEURS (8): EGLI/Davos, FORA/Ambri, GEISSER/Hershey, GLAUSER/Lausanne, KUKAN/Columbus, MARTI/Zurich, MOSER/Arizona, SIEGENTHALER/New Jersey.
FORWARDS (14): AMBÜHL/Davos, BERTSCHY/Lausanne, CORVI/Davos, HERZOG/Zoug, HISCHIER/New Jersey, KURASHEV/Chicago, MALGIN/Zurich, MEIER/San Jose, MIRANDA/Genève, KURASHEV/Chicago, RIAT/Lausanne, SCHERWEY/Berne, SIMION/Zoug, SUTER/Detroit, THÜRKAUF/Lugano.
World Cup 2022 (13-29.05)
Suisse – Italy SA 14.05 15:20
Denmark – Suisse AT 15.05 19h20
Suisse – Kazakhstan MA 17.05 19h20
Suisse – Slovakia W 18.05 19:20
Canada – Suisse SA 21.05 15h20
Suisse – France DI 22.05 19h20
Germany – Suisse MA 24.05 11h20
Preparation World 2022
France – Suisse 2-4 (1-2 1-0 0-2)
Suisse – France 4-1 (1-0 0-1 3-0)
Germany – Suisse 4-2 (0-0 2-2 2-0)
Germany – Suisse 1-6 (0-1 0-1 1-4)
A Weinfelden (TG)
Suisse – Latvia 5-2 (3-0 0-1 2-1)
Suisse – Latvia 3-1 (0-0 2-0 1-0)
Beijer Hockey Games (05-08.05)
A Tampere (FIN)
Finland – Suisse 2-3 (0-0 0-2 2-1)
A Stockholm (SWE)
Sweden – Suisse 3-2 ap (0-2 0-0 2-0)
Rep. Czech – Suisse 3-0 (0-0 0-0 3-0)