The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation SIHF on Thursday announced its provisional roster for the 2022 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships, taking place from December 26 to January 5 in Edmonton, Canada, and Red Deer. The Swiss U20 team will start preparing for the tournament on December 13th. Just two days later she will travel to Canada, where she will play three preparatory games against Canada (December 19), Germany (December 21) and the Czech Republic (December 23).
In their opening game at the U20 World Cup on December 27, Switzerland will meet Russia. Their other group opponents are the USA (December 28), Slovakia (December 30) and Sweden (December 31).
The provisional IIHF U20 squad of Switzerland:
Goalkeeper: Loïc Galley (Fribourg-Gottéron), Kevin Pasche (Omaha Lancers/USHL), Noah Patenaude (Saint John Sea Dogs/QMJHL), Lucas Rötheli (EV Zug).
Defender: Lian Bichsel (Leksands IF/SWE), Giancarlo Chanton (Genève-Servette HC), Noah Delémont (EHC Biel-Bienne), Vincent Despont (Saint John Sea Dogs/QMJHL), Noah Meier (GCK/ZSC Lions), Arno Nussbaumer ( EV Zug), Dario Sidler (EV Zug), Maximilian Streule (Winnipeg Ice/WHL), Brian Zanetti (Peterborough Petes/OHL).
Striker: Dario Allenspach (EV Zug), Nicolas Baechler (GCK/ZSC Lions), Attilio Biasca (Halifax Mooseheads/QMJHL), Jérémie Bärtschi (EHC Biel-Bienne), Lorenzo Canonica (Shawinigan Cataractes/QMJHL), Christophe Cavalleri (Genève-Servette HC). ), Keanu Derungs (Victoria Royals/WHL), Joshua Fahrni (SC Bern), Raymond Fust (Sioux Falls Stampede/USHL), Lilian Garessus (EHC Biel-Bienne), Marlon Graf (GCK/ZSC Lions), Joel Henry (GCK /ZSC Lions), Valentin Hofer (EV Zug), Simon Knak (HC Davos), Fabian Ritzmann (HC Davos), Louis Robin (Rimouski Océanic/QMJHL).