Switzerland finalized it’s roster for the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial and it is made up of 2 goaltenders, 9 defencemen and 14 forwards. Its a young team with five defencemen and two forwards not eligible for the National Hockey League Draft until 2018.
Three Canadian Hockey League players have made the roster: Simon Le Coultre of the Moncton Wilcats, Nico Hischier of the Halifax Moosheads. and Alex Simic of the Blainville-Bosbriand Armada, all of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Tim Kobler, who has been in the Ontario Hockey Association since the 2014-2015 season has also made the squad.
Here is the Swiss roster:
Player | Pos | Club | Draft |
Nils Johnson | G | GCK Lions | 2017 |
Joel Messerti | G | EHC Kloten | 2017 |
Yannick Brunner | D | EHC Kloten | 2018 |
Tobias Geisser | D | EV Zug | 2017 |
Nico Gross | D | EV Zug | 2018 |
Simon Le Coultre | D | Moncton Wildcats/QMJHL | 2017 |
Lucas Matewa | D | Fribourg-Gotteron | 2018 |
Mick Schupbach | D | SC Bern | 2017 |
Gabriel Widmer | D | GCK Lions | 2018 |
Dario Wuthrich | D | EV Zug | 2018 |
David Zeiter | D | Geneve-Servette | 2017 |
Andreas Dopfner | F | EV Zug | 2017 |
Nando Eggenberger | F | HC Davos | 2018 |
Nico Hischier | F | Halifax Mooseheads/QMJHL | 2017 |
Tim Kobler | F | OHA | 2017 |
Philipp Kurashev | F | GCK Lions | 2018 |
Marco Lehmann | F | EHC Kloten | 2017 |
Sven Leuenberger | F | EV Zug | 2017 |
Nicolas Muller | F | Modo / Sweden | 2017 |
Robin Nyffeler | F | SCL Tigers | 2017 |
Gil Reymondin | F | SC Bern | 2017 |
Justin Sigrist | F | ZSC Lions | 2017 |
Axel Simic | F | Blainville-Boisbriand/QMJHL | 2017 |
Ramon Tanner | F | HC Davos | 2017 |
Marlon Zbinden | F | SC Bern | 2017 |