DEB-Referee Lukas Kohlmüller continues to represent the German colors at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark. The 24-year-old will be on the ice this evening from 20.15:XNUMX p.m. in the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, where he will be used as a linesman in the World Cup quarter-finals between Sweden and Latvia. The main referees for this game will be Timothy Mayer (USA) and Konstantin Olenin (RUS). In addition to Kohlmüller, the Russian linesman Alexander Otmakhov will be deployed.
Lukas Kohlmüller is one of twelve linesmen who can still be used in the tournament. Originally, a total of 2018 referees (32 main referees and 16 linesmen) were nominated for the preliminary round of the 16 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. This pool will now be reduced to 24 and after the quarterfinals to 14 referees (8 main referees and 6 linesmen).