The final line-up of the German U18 national team for the 2023 IIHF Junior World Championship in Basel and Ajoie, Switzerland has been determined. A total of 24 players (three goalkeepers, eight defensemen, 13 strikers) made it into the final selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. V (DEB) and were nominated by the U18 national coach Alexander Dück for the Young Talent World Championship in Switzerland. Edwin Tropmann (Kölner EC) was selected by the team as captain of the German U18 team. Lua Niehus (Jungadler Mannheim) and Julius Sumpf (Red Bull Hockey Juniors) will assist him as assistants.
Yesterday, Monday afternoon, the German U18 team played their last of three test matches against Latvia. This is where it showed up DEB-Selection was strong for long stretches of the match and was even able to take the lead twice through goals from Norwin Panocha (4th) and Linus Brandl (29th). In the end, however, Latvia secured victory with a 5:4 thanks to Kristers Anson's power play goal in the 59th minute.
After two intensive preparation phases and three test matches against Switzerland and Latvia, the German U18 national team is already in Ajoie. During the preliminary round group A tournament, the DEB-Young talent selection from April 21, 2021 on Canada (14:30 p.m.), Czech Republic (April 22.04nd / 17:00 p.m.), Slovakia (April 24.04th / 18:30 p.m.) and Sweden (April 25.04th / 14:30 p.m.).
| Pos | No. | Name | First Name | Date of birth | Club 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 29 | Ankirchner | Valentin | 10.08.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Akademie |
| GK | 1 | Pertuch | Nico | 29.07.2005 | EV Landshut |
| GK | 30 | Willerscheid | Leon | 10.04.2005 | Kölner EC |
| DF | 26 | Bosecker | Lars | 18.09.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| DF | 12 | Homann | Henry | 12.12.2005 | EV Landshut |
| DF | 15 | Kühnhauser | Kilian | 09.02.2005 | Starbulls Rosenheim |
| DF | 5 | Mayer | Paul | 25.09.2005 | Jungadler Mannheim |
| DF | 4 | Müller | Jonas | 18.01.2005 | SC Rapperswil-Jona |
| DF | 18 | Niehus | Lua | 26.03.2005 | Jungadler Mannheim |
| DF | 6 | Panocha | Norwin | 24.02.2005 | Eisbären Juniors Berlin |
| DF | 3 | Tropmann | Edwin | 05.10.2005 | Kölner EC |
| FW | 23 | Brandl | Linus | 01.04.2005 | Jungadler Mannheim |
| FW | 14 | Bicker | Kevin | 29.01.2005 | Jungadler Mannheim |
| FW | 7 | Fischer | Jonas | 05.01.2005 | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| FW | 17 | Focks | Niclas | 01.09.2005 | Krefelder EV 81 |
| FW | 20 | Hildebrand | Maurice | 16.07.2005 | Jungadler Mannheim |
| FW | 11 | Jakovlev | Raphael | 21.12.2005 | EV Landshut |
| FW | 19 | Münzenberger | Marco | 02.09.2005 | Kölner EC |
| FW | 9 | Pul | Elias | 15.05.2006 | Red Bull Hockey Akademie |
| FW | 10 | Ruckdäschel | Timo | 01.04.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| FW | 8 | Samanski | Noah | 12.05.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Akademie |
| FW | 13 | Schreiner | Vadim | 25.08.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| FW | 21 | Sumpf | Julius | 11.01.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors |
| FW | 24 | Vinzens | Paul | 21.09.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Akademie |
STAFF: Alexander Dück (U18 national coach), Danny Albrecht (assistant coach), Gerhard Unterluggauer (assistant coach), Spencer Eckhardt (goalkeeper coach), Jörg Bednarzyk (athletics coach), Alois Grabmair (physiotherapist), Richard Schroll (physiotherapist), Dr. Marco Prillwitz (team doctor), Marco Schwarzer (equipment manager), Reinhardt Kirchner (equipment manager), Julius Werner (team manager)
U18 national coach Alexander Dück: “We worked on our structures again last week. The performance on the ice was good. Now we have to see that we can transfer this into the game. We had a bit of a hard time implementing our guidelines in practice in the last test match. For the World Cup we have to understand that we keep a cool head in every game and that we are always ready to implement what we have learned together and to remain consistent. Every game is an opportunity to improve and show yourself.”
The game plan of the German U18 national team
April 08.04.2023, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Switzerland - Germany 6:1(3:0, 2:1, 1:0)
April 09.04.2023, 12 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Switzerland - Germany 4:2 (1:0, 2:2, 1:0)
April 17.04.2023, 17 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Latvia 4:5 (2:2, 1:1, 1:2)
April 21.04.2023, 14 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Canada – Germany
22.04.2023/17/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Czech Republic
24.04.2023/18/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany – Slovakia
April 25.04.2023, 14 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Sweden - Germany
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