Swiss champion Justin Krueger also joins the team / Wolfsburg's Fauser and Brückmann are moving up

With a total of seven finalists from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL), one Swiss champion and three NHL stars, the German national ice hockey team is entering its final week of preparation for the 2017 home World Cup in Cologne (May 5th - 21st). “We want to use the coming days to get into the rhythm of the World Cup,” said national coach Marco Sturm.

For the two home games against Latvia (April 30.4th/May 1.5st, live on SPORT1) in Bietigheim and Ravensburg, Sturm nominated five champion players: keeper Danny aus den Birken, defender Konrad Abeltshauser and attackers Yannic Seidenberg, Dominik Kahun and Brooks Macek EHC Red Bull München. From runner-up Grizzlys Wolfsburg Goalkeeper Felix Brückmann and striker Gerrit Fauser also join the team.

In addition to Tobias Rieder (Arizona Coyotes), who strengthened the national team last week, two other NHL stars are expected to join the national team: goalkeeper Thomas Greiss and defender Dennis Seidenberg (both New York Islanders).

“Swiss Legionnaire” Justin Krueger will also be there again. The defensive player from the European crowd SC Bern was able to defend the championship title in the NLA just like his national team teammates from Munich. Krueger had to cancel the last World Cup and the Olympic qualification due to injuries.

“As always, the decision to cut players was not an easy one for me. The guys who are no longer there did a great job during the preparation. They deserve a big thank you,” said Sturm.

The 27-man squad will start training in Bietigheim from Thursday. Immediately after the dress rehearsal in Ravensburg on May 1st, the national team will travel to Cologne that evening and move into their World Cup quarters there.

Squad:

Pos	No.	NAME	FIRST GIVEN NAME	birth.	Stick	H	W	Team	LS
		goalkeeper
T	1	GREISS	Thomas	29.01.86	L	1,85	98	New York Islanders	23
T	31	BRÜCKMAN	Felix	16.12.90	L	1,80	83	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	23
T	33	FROM THE BIRCHES	Danny	15.02.85	L	1,86	89	EHC Red Bull München	25
		Verteidiger
V	2	REUL	Denis	29.06.89	R	1,93	110	Adler Mannheim	73
V	3	KRUEGER	Justin	06.10.86	R	1,90	98	SC Bern	87
V	6	TEAR	Pascal	22.11.92	L	1,96	100	Kölner Haie	6
V	10	EHRHOFF	Christian	06.07.82	L	1,88	92	Kölner Haie	103
V	16	ABELTHAUSER	Konrad	02.09.92	L	1,95	96	EHC Red Bull München	2
V	24	SEIDENBERG	Dennis	18.07.81	L	1,84	92	New York Islanders	56
V	48	HÖRDLER	Frank	26.01.85	L	1,83	90	Eisbären Berlin	106
V	82	AKDAG	Sinan	05.11.89	L	1,88	89	Adler Mannheim	73
V	91	MULLER	Moritz	19.11.86	L	1,87	92	Kölner Haie	109
		striker
S	8	RIEDER	Tobias	10.01.93	L	1,80	82	Arizona Coyotes	35
S	12	MACEK	Brooks	15.05.92	R	1,81	82	EHC Red Bull München	24
S	17	kink	Marcus	13.01.85	L	1,86	96	Adler Mannheim	115
S	22	PLACHTA	Matthias	16.05.91	L	1,88	100	Adler Mannheim	50
S	36	SEIDENBERG	Yannic	11.01.84	L	1,72	82	EHC Red Bull München	134
S	37	REIMER	Patrick	10.12.82	R	1,79	86	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	89
S	42	EHLIZ	Age	30.12.92	L	1,77	83	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	39
S	43	FAUSER	Gerrit	13.07.89	L	1,82	89	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	20
S	50	HAGER	Patrick	08.09.88	L	1,78	80	Kölner Haie	113
S	55	SHOT	Felix	03.11.87	L	1,81	89	Rögle BK	122
S	72	KAHUN	Dominik	02.07.95	L	1,80	78	EHC Red Bull München	23
S	87	GOGULLA	Philip	31.07.87	L	1,88	87	Kölner Haie	151
S	89	WOLF	David	15.09.89	L	1,91	99	Adler Mannheim	29
S	93	RAEDEKE	Brent	29.05.90	L	1,84	92	Adler Mannheim	23
S	95	TIFFELS	Frederik	20.05.95	L	1,85	91	Western Michigan University	6

With NHL stars and championship players against Latvia