U18: 2025 WJC Switzerland roster talk

[Hinterland]

As always, with one WJC behind us it's time to talk about the other one. Here's my first stab at the camp roster with LB standing for late birthdays:

Matia Birchler (07, EV Zug)
Gian-Andri Steinmann 07 LB, (HC Davos)
Jovin Trachsel (07 LB, SCL Tigers)



Guus van der Kaaij (07, HC Davos), Dorian Moret (07, EV Zug)

Gael Haas (07, Lausanne HC), Finn Bichsel (07, EHC Biel)

Mike Cuesta Flores (07, EHC Kloten), Vito Thoma (08, EHC Kloten)

Niccolo Castiglioni (08, HC Lugano), Luca Nappiot (07, EHC Biel)


Manuel von Rohr (07, EHC Biel), Jonah Neuenschwander (09, EHC Biel), Mike Aeschlimann (07, SCL Tigers)

Arthur Dandois (07, HC Fribourg Gottéron), Maxime Sauthier (08, Genève-Servette HC), Loan Burkhalter (08 LB, HC La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Fabrice Bouvard (08, GCK Lions), Clemens Troxler (08, GCK Lions), Nolan Rohrbach (08 LB, GCK Lions)

Raphael Achermann (08, HC Fribourg Gottéron), Florian Schenk (07, SC Bern), Thierry Berger (08, SC Bern)

Yanis Lutz (08, EV Zug), Elia Liniger (08, EHC Kloten), Alessandro Domenichelli (09, HC Lugano)


Might get QMJHL reinforcements (Steiner, Pedrotti) but that depends on playoff performance of their teams.

Forward group is rather young but we've seen that the 07 forwards aren't gonna cut it. Arthur Dandois was pretty much the lone bright spot of that group in international games. Therefore, I'm all for taking advantage of the skill of the 08/09 kids. 07 defensemen are excellent, some of them even playing pro hockey already. 07 forwards are very underwhelming. Schenk returning to Switzerland was disappointing as well.

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