Ehrhoff and Kink assist captain Marcel Goc / Grubauer number 1 / Daschner and Noebels leave
Shortly before the start of the Olympic qualifying tournament (September 1st - 4th) in Riga, national coach Marco Sturm announced his final squad and also answered the goalkeeper question for the opening game against Japan on Thursday (14.30 p.m., live on SPORT1): Philipp Grubauer from the Washington Capitals will be in goal against the Asians. Marcel Goc leads the national team onto the ice as captain. As at the World Cup in Russia, his deputies are Christian Ehrhoff and Marcus Kink.
On the other hand, defender Stephan Daschner (Düsseldorfer EG) and striker Marcel Noebels (Eisbären Berlin) as announced, two players start their journey home. Sturm informed the actors on Wednesday evening. “I didn't make the decision easy for myself. Both put themselves at the service of the team at all times,” said Sturm. The national coach is allowed to nominate 23 players (three goalkeepers, 20 field players) for the four-nation tournament.
The squad of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB):
| Pos | No. | Name | First Name | birth. | Stick | H | W | Club/last club | LS |
| goalkeeper | |||||||||
| T | 30 | GRUBAUER | Philipp | 25.11.91 | L | 1,85 | 84 | Washington Capitals | 10 |
| T | 44 | ENDRAS | Dennis | 14.07.85 | L | 1,82 | 80 | Adler Mannheim | 83 |
| T | 51 | PIELMEIER | Timo | 07.07.89 | L | 1,83 | 82 | ERC Ingolstadt | 28 |
| Verteidiger | |||||||||
| V | 5 | HOLZER | Korbinian | 16.02.88 | R | 1,9 | 94 | Anaheim Ducks | 42 |
| V | 7 | BOYLE | Daryl | 24.02.87 | R | 1,85 | 89 | EHC Red Bull München | 29 |
| V | 10 | EHRHOFF | Christian | 06.07.82 | L | 1,88 | 92 | Chicago Black Hawks | 94 |
| V | 24 | SEIDENBERG | Dennis | 18.07.81 | L | 1,84 | 92 | Boston Bruins | 55 |
| V | 48 | HÖRDLER | Frank | 26.01.85 | L | 1,83 | 90 | Eisbären Berlin | 100 |
| V | 82 | AKDAG | Sinan | 05.11.89 | L | 1,88 | 89 | Adler Mannheim | 63 |
| V | 91 | MULLER | Moritz | 19.11.86 | L | 1,87 | 92 | Kölner Haie | 101 |
| striker | |||||||||
| S | 8 | RIEDER | Tobias | 10.01.93 | L | 1,8 | 82 | Arizona Coyotes | 31 |
| S | 12 | MACEK | Brooks | 15.05.92 | R | 1,81 | 82 | EHC Red Bull München | 21 |
| S | 17 | kink | Marcus | 13.01.85 | L | 1,86 | 96 | Adler Mannheim | 109 |
| S | 29 | DRAISAITL | Leon | 27.10.95 | L | 1,89 | 96 | Edmonton Oilers | 29 |
| S | 34 | KÜHNHACKL | Tom | 21.01.92 | L | 1,87 | 89 | Pittsburgh penguins | 2 |
| S | 36 | SEIDENBERG | Yannic | 11.01.84 | L | 1,71 | 82 | EHC Red Bull München | 131 |
| S | 37 | REIMER | Patrick | 10.12.82 | R | 1,79 | 86 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 84 |
| S | 43 | FAUSER | Gerrit | 13.07.89 | L | 1,82 | 89 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 14 |
| S | 50 | HAGER | Patrick | 08.09.88 | L | 1,78 | 80 | Kölner Haie | 105 |
| S | 55 | SHOT | Felix | 03.11.87 | L | 1,78 | 84 | Rögle BK | 113 |
| S | 57 | GOC | Marcel | 24.08.83 | L | 1,85 | 92 | Adler Mannheim | 100 |
| S | 74 | KAHUN | Dominik | 02.07.95 | L | 1,8 | 78 | EHC Red Bull München | 20 |
| S | 89 | WOLF | David | 15.09.89 | L | 1,91 | 99 | Adler Mannheim | 22 |