Moritz Seider To Captain Germany At Worlds
The captain of the team is Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider. The alternates are Jonas Müller, Marc Michaelis and Dominik Kahun.
'It's obviously an absolute honor for me to hold this position, and it fills me with great pride,' said Seider. 'I'll also be following in big footsteps and I'm counting on the support of the others in the locker room. We're really looking forward to the World Championship because we're in a good group and we're optimistic about the tournament.'
Besides NHLers Seider, Philipp Grubauer and Lukas Reichel, AHLer Maksymilian Szuber and Kahun, who plays in Switzerland, the remainder of the roster comes from the domestic DEL. That includes seven from champion Eisbären Berlin, four from Red Bull Munich and three each from Adler Mannheim and ERC Ingolstadt.
Goaltenders: Mathias Niederberger (Red Bull Munich), Arno Tiefensee (Adler Mannheim / Dallas Stars), Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken).
Defensemen: Korbinian Geibel, Eric Mik, Jonas Müller (all Eisbären Berlin), Leon Hüttl, Fabio Wagner (both ERC Ingolstadt), Lukas Kälble (Adler Mannheim), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), Maksymilian Szuber (Tucson Roadrunners, AHL / Utah HC).
Forwards: Marcel Noebels, Leo Pföderl, Frederik Tiffels, Manuel Wiederer (all Eisbären Berlin), Yasin Ehliz, Patrick Hager, Maximilian Kastner (all Red Bull Munich), Alexander Ehl (Düsseldorfer EG), Marc Michaelis (Adler Mannheim), Joshua Samanski (Straubing Tigers / Edmonton Oilers), Justin Schütz (Kölner Haie), Wojciech Stachowiak (ERC Ingolstadt), Dominik Kahun (Lausanne HC, SUI), Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks).
2026 Olympics will see best German team ever The Germans have had some very good results internationally in recent years, including a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and another silver at the 2023 IIHF World Championship. They've had some very good young talent to work with but they haven't had a chance to put all of their best players together on one team since the 2010 Winter Olympics. They've improved a lot since then. In fact, it's no stretch to say the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature the greatest German ice hockey team ever assembled.
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