Swiss U20 national ice hockey team
The Swiss U20 national ice hockey team is the national team of the U20 juniors in Switzerland , which took part in the National League B as a visiting team between 2006 and 2009 .
NLB participation
Participation in the game operation of a professional league should prepare the junior players for the annual world championships and improve the understanding of the game between the individual attacking formations. As a result, each NLB team received an additional home game from 2006 and the U20 team had the opportunity to compete against men's teams themselves. This model, which has already been used in Finnish ice hockey and also in Swiss handball, was introduced into the league planning by the SEHV due to the positive feedback from Finland and was found to be good by most of the NLB clubs.
Many junior players receive little ice age from their NLA clubs and are therefore mostly used in the unbalanced Elite A junior league, some also in the NLB. The main focus and benefit of participating in the NLB will therefore be on those supplementary players, and not necessarily on the regular players. In this way, the players can grow together into a team in the months before the start of the World Cup and get used to a higher game pace.
In June 2009 the shareholders' meeting of Swiss Icehockey decided that the Swiss U20 national ice hockey team would no longer take part in the NLB as a visiting team.
U20 World Cup 2008
At the U20 World Cup in 2008, which was held in the Czech Pardubice and Liberec , the Swiss U20 selection could only win their last game in the relegation round against newly promoted Denmark. Due to previous defeats against fellow competitors Slovakia and Kazakhstan, she was relegated to Division I.
SquadSource: IIHF
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statisticsSource: IIHF Outfield player
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation ) goalkeeper
( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1 play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete) |
U20 World Cup 2007
After the preparation in the NLB, the team met the U20 representatives from Russia , Finland , the Czech Republic and Belarus in the preliminary round of the tournament . With a win against the Belarusians and three defeats, they only reached fourth place in the group B table. As a result, the selection missed the quarter-finals, but was able to defeat both the German and the Slovak U20 national team in the relegation round. Switzerland played in the A group of the U20 World Cup in 2008 .
Squad
In the tournament, the Swedish Mora and Leksand was held, which Switzerland joined in with the following team:
# | player | society |
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goal | ||
1 | Lukas Flüeler | Ottawa 67's |
20th | Reto Berra | GCK Lions |
Defense | ||
2 | Marc Welti | HC Thurgau |
4th | Marco Maurer | EV train |
5 | Robin Grossmann | Kloten Flyers |
6th | Sébastien Schilt | HC Servette Genève |
7th | Yannick Weber | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
31 | Antoine Morandi | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
34 | Roman Josi | SC Bern |
attack | ||
9 | Juraj Šimek | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
10 | Etienne Froidevaux | SC Bern |
11 | Janick Steinmann | EV train |
12 | Grégory Sciaroni | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
13 | Kevin Loetscher | SCL Tigers |
16 | Fadri Lemm | EHC Chur |
17th | Dario Bürgler | EV train |
19th | Andrei Bykov | Friborg-Gottéron |
24 | Samuel Friedli | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
26th | Gaëtan Augsburger | HC Servette Genève |
27 | Arnaud Jacquemet | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
28 | Jérôme Bonnet | HC Servette Genève |
29 | Steve Kellenberger | Kloten Flyers |
Trainer | Assistants | |
Jakob Kölliker |
Alex Reinhard Manuele Celio |
Placements
World championships
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National League B
- 2008/09 participation as a visiting team, 1 win (4 points)
- 2007/08 participation as a visiting team, 3 wins (10 points)
- 2006/07 participation as a visiting team
Individual evidence
- ↑ sport.sf.tv, No more U20 national team in the NLB
- ↑ stats.iihf.com, Team Roster SUI-Switzerland (PDF; 15 kB)
- ↑ stats.iihf.com, Player Statistics - Switzerland (PDF; 11 kB)