France 2019 Roster Talk

[Bookker]

Philippe Bozon is the new coach of Team France.
He has called a lot of different players to give them a chance to make the final roster.

The complete list after 2 tournaments :

G
Henri-Corentin BUYSSE (Amiens)
Clément FOUQUEREL (Bordeaux)
Florian HARDY (Angers)
Ronan QUEMENER (Aalborg, DEN)
Sebastian YLONEN (Anglet)

D
Yohann AUVITU (Sochi, KHL)
Aziz BAAZZI (Bordeaux)
Simon BARBERO (Olten, NLB)
Fabien BOURGEOIS (RoKi, Mestis)
Florian CHAKIACHVILI (Rouen)
Aurélien DOREY (Nice)
Kevin DUSSEAU (Rouen)
Hugo GALLET (Bordeaux)
Kevin HECQUEFEUILLE (Mulhouse)
Johnatan JANIL (Bordeaux)
Vincent LLORCA (Lyon)
Antonin MANAVIAN (Bordeaux)
Maxime MOISAND (Bordeaux)
Johan MORANT (Zug, NLA)
Damien RAUX (Mulhouse)
Thomas THIRY (Zug, NLA)

F
Victor BARBERO (Bordeaux)
Joris BEDIN (Rouen)
Eliot BERTHON (Genève, NLA)
Charles BERTRAND (Fribourg, NLA)
Tim BOZON (Genève, NLA)
Maurin BOUVET (Gap)
Valentin CLAIREAUX (Vaasan, Liiga)
Julien CORREIA (Lyon)
Stéphane DA COSTA (Yekaterinburg, KHL)
Teddy DA COSTA (Grenoble)
Cédric DI DIO BALSAMO (Lyon)
Floran DOUAY (Genève, NLA)
Damien FLEURY (Grenoble)
Romain GUTIERREZ (Gap)
Anthony GUTTIG (Rouen)
Vincent KARA (Grenoble)
Loic LAMPERIER (Rouen)
Guillaume LECLERC (Grenoble)
Bastien MAIA (Amiens)
Rudy MATIMA (Amiens)
Alexandre MULLE (Bordeaux)
Jordan PERRET (Pardubice, CZE)
Anthony RECH (Schwenningen, DEL)
Nicolas RITZ (Rouen)
Sébastien ROHAT (Grenoble)
Mathias TERRIER (Bordeaux)
Alexandre TEXIER (KalPa, Liiga)
Sacha TREILLE (Pardubice, CZE)
Peter VALIER (Bordeaux)
Gabin VILLE (RoKi, Mestis)


Results :
France 2 - 5 Belarus (L)
France 1 - 4 Latvia (L)
France 3 - 2 OT Slovenia (W)
France 3 - 0 Hungary (W)
France 1 - 0 Belarus (W)
France 3 - 4 Norway (L)

Next Tournament :
EIHC in Klagenfurt / Feb 2019
(against Denmark, Norway & Austria)

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[tony d]

Thanks for posting this. France has always been, since my hockey fandom began in 1989, one of those 9-20 ranked hockey nations. Always in the B tournaments it seems, rarely in the A's.

 

[Friar85]

Thanks for posting. Surprised at how good Leclerc has been since returning from UMass. Looks like a future international star. The roster in Norway last week looked a little Bordeaux heavy but can’t complain about the results. Have you or Belizarus (I think that’s his user name) noticed a change in the style of play on the national team?

 

[Bookker]

With pleasure guys !
Indeed Guillaume Leclerc will be one of our best player in the future IMO.
I see him play in a better European League next year if he continues to perform like that. Or maximum in 2 years.
He is clearly a notch above the French League level.

Difficult to say for the moment if we really see a difference in the style of play.
Bozon obviously wants to keep that underdog fighting spirit but maybe with more creativity and talent offensively.
The question is do we really have enough skills / confidence to do so ?