Arrival in Kosice on Wednesday / First World Cup game on Saturday against Great Britain / Söderholm: “We are convinced by these 25 players.”
National coach Toni Söderholm has announced the 25-man squad for the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia. Accordingly, the following national players will travel to Kosice, the venue for Group A, on Wednesday:
Goal (3): Mathias Niederberger, Dustin Strahlmeier, Niklas Treutle
Defense (8): Korbinian Holzer, Jonas Müller, Moritz Müller, Marco Nowak, Dennis Reul, Yannic Seidenberg, Moritz Seider, Benedikt Schopper
Storm (14): Lean Bergmann, Leon Draisaitl, Yasin Ehliz, Markus Eisenschmid, Gerrit Fauser, Patrick Hager, Dominik Kahun, Stefan Loibl, Frank Mauer, Marc Michaelis, Marcel Noebels, Leo Pföderl, Matthias Plachta, Frederik Tiffels
National coach Toni Söderholm: “We have to make sure that as many players as possible find the right roles. Ultimately, the entire team has to function. We are confident in the players we are taking with us to Slovakia and are looking forward to the upcoming World Cup with them.”
Defender Fabio Wagner and striker Fabio Pfohl are no longer part of the 27-man squad that had been preparing for the World Cup in Mannheim since last Thursday.
National coach Toni Söderholm: “Of course, this final decision is never easy. Ultimately, you have to trust your gut feeling when making these close decisions. Fabio Pfohl and Fabio Wagner have done a great job for the national team in the past few days and weeks. I would like to express my thanks once again for this.”
It's coming on Wednesday DEB-Selection in Kosice to prepare for the first of seven group stage games. To kick things off, the national team will face Great Britain on Saturday, May 11, 2019. The game starts at 16.15:1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on SPORTXNUMX. The German national team will play a total of seven World Cup games in eleven days.
sports director Stefan Schaidnagel: “The preparation for the World Cup was of course long, but also very good. Today we saw how high the bar is. There is great anticipation that the tournament is finally starting and that we can prove ourselves from Saturday - this is noticeable in the team and the staff. We are going to Slovakia with a positive feeling.”
The schedule at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship:
May 11, 2019, 16:15 p.m.: Germany – Great Britain
May 12, 2019, 16:15 p.m.: Denmark – Germany
May 14, 2019, 20:15 p.m.: Germany – France
May 15, 2019, 20:15 p.m.: Germany – Slovakia
May 18, 2019, 16:15 p.m.: Canada – Germany
May 19, 2019, 16:15 p.m.: Germany – USA
May 21, 2019, 12:15 p.m.: Finland – Germany
The squad 2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SLOVAKIA
| Pos | No. | NAME | FIRST GIVEN NAME | birth. | Team | International matches |
| goalkeeper | ||||||
| T | 31 | TREUTLE | Niklas | 29.04.91 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 26 |
| T | 34 | STRAHLMEIER | Dustin | 17.05.92 | Wild Wings Schwenningen | 6 |
| T | 35 | Niederberger | Mathias | 26.11.92 | Düsseldorfer EG | 31 |
| Verteidiger | ||||||
| V | 2 | REUL | Denis | 29.06.89 | Adler Mannheim | 87 |
| V | 5 | HOLZER | Korbinian | 16.02.88 | Anaheim Ducks | 55 |
| V | 11 | NOWAK | Marco | 23.07.90 | Düsseldorfer EG | 21 |
| V | 19 | SCHOPPER | Benedict | 18.02.85 | Straubing Tigers | 18 |
| V | 21 | SEIDER | Moritz | 06.04.01 | Adler Mannheim | 1 |
| V | 36 | SEIDENBERG | Yannic | 11.01.84 | EHC Red Bull München | 162 |
| V | 41 | MULLER | Jonas | 19.11.95 | Eisbären Berlin | 36 |
| V | 91 | MULLER | Moritz | 19.11.86 | Kölner Haie | 143 |
| striker | ||||||
| S | 15 | LOIBL | Stefan | 24.06.96 | Straubing Tigers | 20 |
| S | 22 | PLACHTA | Matthias | 16.05.91 | Adler Mannheim | 80 |
| S | 28 | WALL | Frank | 12.04.88 | EHC Red Bull München | 75 |
| S | 29 | DRAISAITL | Leon | 27.10.95 | Edmonton Oilers | 48 |
| S | 42 | EHLIZ | Age | 30.12.92 | EHC Red Bull München | 69 |
| S | 43 | FAUSER | Gerrit | 13.07.89 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 44 |
| S | 50 | HAGER | Patrick | 08.09.88 | EHC Red Bull München | 138 |
| S | 54 | MINER | Lean | 04.10.98 | Iserlohn Roosters | 12 |
| S | 58 | IRONSCHMID | Markus | 22.01.95 | Adler Mannheim | 13 |
| S | 65 | MICHAELIS | Marc | 31.07.95 | Minnesota State University | 22 |
| S | 72 | KAHUN | Dominik | 02.07.95 | Chicago Black Hawks | 54 |
| S | 83 | PFÖDERL | Leo | 01.09.93 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 34 |
| S | 92 | NOEBELS | Marcel | 14.03.92 | Eisbären Berlin | 70 |
| S | 95 | TIFFELS | Frederik | 20.05.95 | Kölner Haie | 33 |