The NHL contingent on the Swedish national team has now risen to 11
as the team approaches its last tune-up before the IIHF World
Championship, and that’s the Czech Hockey Games this weekend –
the final leg of the 2024-25 Euro Hockey Tour.
In
addition to those who played in the NHL this season, the roster this
weekend also includes Boston University defenseman Tom Willander, a
Vancouver Canucks prospect. It does not include Filip
Hållander of Timrå IK, who has
been in the team’s camp and recently signed with the Pittsburgh
Penguins.
Find the roster
below.
“A lot of work
remains before the World Championship premiere on May 9 in
Stockholm,” said
coach Sam Hallam. “Now we are looking forward to having the
opportunity to hone our game and come together as a group. It will
also be inspiring to work together with (assistant coach) Anders
Sörensen and some new players.”
The Swedes play on
Thursday night against Switzerland in the Zurich suburb of Kloten,
conveniently where the airport is located. The team then flies to
Brno, Czechia to face the Czechs on Saturday and Finland on Sunday before heading home to start the Worlds next Friday.
Multiple Czech media outlets reported on Monday that David Pastrňák
has finally agreed to play for his home country in this year’s
IIHF World Championship. Czech national team GM Jiří
Šlégr confirmed the news after the team’s practise.
Goaltenders: Samuel Ersson (Philadelphia
Flyers, NHL), Arvid Söderblom (Chicago
Blackhawks, NHL), Arvid Holm (Rögle
BK).
Defensemen: Rasmus Andersson (Calgary
Flames, NHL), Tom Willander (Boston
University, NCAA), Adam
Larsson (Seattle
Kraken, NHL), Gabriel Carlsson (EV
Zug, SUI), Marcus Pettersson (Vancouver
Canucks, NHL), Tim Heed (HC
Ambri-Piotta, SUI), Andreas
Borgman (HC Fribourg-Gottéron, SUI), Simon
Edvinsson (Detroit
Red Wings, NHL).
Forwards: Alexander Wennberg, William
Eklund (both San
Jose Sharks, NHL), Anton Bengtsson, Felix
Nilsson (both Rögle BK, SWE), Isac
Lundeström, Leo Carlsson (both
Anaheim Ducks, NHL), Max Friberg (Frölunda
HC, SWE), Marcus Sörensen (HC
Fribourg-Gottéron, SUI), André Petersson (HV
71, SWE), Christoffer Ehn (Linköping HC,
SWE), Oscar Lindberg (Skellefteå AIK,
SWE), Oskar
Steen (Färjestad BK, SWE), Sebastian
Hartmann (Timrå IK, SWE), Mika
Zibanejad (New
York Rangers, NHL).
USA
Hockey has named the first 18 players to its roster at the 2025 IIHF
World Championship, which runs from May 9 to 25 in Stockholm, Sweden
and Herning Denmark. The USA plays in Group B
in Herning.
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