National coach Harold Kreis has called up a 27-man squad for the fourth and final phase of World Cup preparations. This Wednesday it meets DEB-Selection gathered in Munich to prepare for the 12 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Latvia starting on May 2023, 2023.
The final international match of this World Cup preparation is also on the agenda: on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Germany will face the USA in Munich. The game starts at 19:30 p.m. One day later, the national team travels to Tampere, the World Cup venue for German preliminary group A.
Three goalkeepers, nine defenders and 15 strikers make up the 27-man squad for phase four of the World Cup preparations. Goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger, defender Maksymilian Szuber and strikers Andreas Eder, Yasin Ehliz, Maximilian Kastner, Frederik Tiffels and Filip Varejcka were nominated by national coach Harold Kreis from the reigning DEL champions Red Bull Munich. From the DEL finalist ERC Ingolstadt The two defenders Leon Hüttl and Fabio Wagner as well as striker Wojciech Stachowiak join the national team. In addition, NHL striker JJ Peterka (Buffalo Sabres) will be there as planned from phase four.
However, striker Patrick Hager (Red Bull Munich), who sustained several injuries in the DEL playoffs, had to cancel his participation in the World Cup. The two strikers Tobias Rieder (Växjö Lakers) and Tom Kühnhackl (Skellefteå AIK), who faced each other in the Swedish playoff final, are also unavailable due to injury.
| Pos | No. | Name | First Name | Date of birth | Club 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 37 | Franzreb | Maximilian | 18.08.1996 | Fischtown Pinguins |
| GK | 35 | Niederberger | Mathias | 26.11.1992 | EHC Red Bull München |
| GK | 1 | Strahlmeier | Dustin | 17.05.1992 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
| DF | 3 | Bittner | Dominik | 10.06.1992 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
| DF | 88 | Fohrler | Tobias | 06.09.1997 | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
| DF | 57 | Hüttl | Leon | 21.11.2000 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| DF | 41 | Müller | Jonas | 19.11.1995 | Eisbären Berlin |
| DF | 91 | Müller | Moritz | 19.11.1986 | Kölner Haie |
| DF | 11 | Nowak | Marco | 23.07.1990 | Eisbären Berlin |
| DF | 27 | Szuber | Maksymilian | 25.08.2002 | EHC Red Bull München |
| DF | 38 | Wagner | Fabio | 17.09.1995 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| DF | 52 | Zimmermann | Mario | 26.04.2001 | Straubing Tigers |
| FW | 96 | Eder | Andreas | 20.03.1996 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 40 | Ehl | Alexander | 28.11.1999 | Düsseldorfer EG |
| FW | 42 | Ehliz | Yasin | 30.12.1992 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 77 | Fischbuch | Daniel | 19.08.1993 | Düsseldorfer EG |
| FW | 72 | Kahun | Dominik | 02.07.1995 | SC Bern |
| FW | 7 | Kastner | Maximilian | 03.01.1993 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 92 | Noebels | Marcel | 14.03.1992 | Eisbären Berlin |
| FW | 33 | Peterka | John-Jason | 14.01.2002 | Buffalo Sabres |
| FW | 74 | Schütz | Justin | 24.06.2000 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 28 | Soramies | Samuel | 30.06.1998 | Augsburger Panther |
| FW | 60 | Stachowiak | Wojciech | 03.07.1999 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| FW | 78 | Sturm | Nico | 03.05.1995 | San Jose Sharks |
| FW | 95 | Tiffels | Frederik | 20.05.1995 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 62 | Tuomie | Parker | 31.10.1995 | Straubing Tigers |
| FW | 97 | Varejcka | Filip | 09.01.2001 | EHC Red Bull München |
STAFF: Christian Künast (sports director), Harold Kreis (national coach), Alexander Sulzer (assistant coach), Pekka Kangasalusta (assistant coach), Sebastian Elwing (goalkeeper coach), Thomas Krauskopf (video coach), Arne Greskowiak (athletic coach), Thomas Stubner (physiotherapist), Chris Seiler (Physiotherapist), Alexander Engel (Equipment Manager), Gunnar Genuttis (Equipment Manager), Maximilian Wunder (Equipment Manager), Dr. Bastian Ipach (team doctor), Dr. Fabian Blanke (team doctor), Horst Fuchs (team manager), Matthias Scholze (media manager)
National coach Harold Kreis: “So far we have looked phase by phase at which players were available for which roles in the different phases and, in our opinion, have filled the positions in the best possible way. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank the players who are no longer there, but who played a key role in the positive development of the team. The team's commitment and dedication were exemplary, especially in the last two games against Slovakia. At the same time, we are now looking forward to the players, most of whom have been with their clubs for a long time and who are now joining us with great motivation. Together we want to take the next development steps with a view to the upcoming World Cup.”
Tickets for the game against the USA are available here DEB-Ticket portal: https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/deb/.
The national team's World Cup preparation game against the USA will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport: http://www.magentasport.de/aktion/deb-live
The game is also live on Sport1 (www.sport1.de) to see.
The German men’s national team’s World Cup preparation games:
April 13.04.2023, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. in Kassel | Germany – Czech Republic 2:6 (1:0, 0:2, 1:4)
April 15.04.2023, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Frankfurt | Germany – Czech Republic 1:5 (0:1, 0:1, 1:3)
April 20.04.2023, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. in Deggendorf | Germany – Austria 2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)
April 22.04.2023, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. in Landshut | Germany – Austria 2:3 after P. (1:1, 0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1)
April 28.04.2023, 17 | 30:XNUMX in Zilina (SVK) | Slovakia – Germany 3:4 (1:1, 0:2, 2:1)
April 29.04.2023, 14 | 30:XNUMX in Trenčín (SVK) | Slovakia – Germany 3:4 a.t. (1:0, 2:3, 0:0, 0:1)
May 09.05.2023, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. in Munich | Germany - USA