The 25-year-old attacker Mirko Höfflin will be licensed for further games at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The left-handed shooter is therefore already eligible to play in today's game against South Korea. For Höfflin it is his World Cup debut game.
In contrast, Tom Kühnhackl (sickened) from the Pittsburgh Penguins had to cancel his participation in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.