After the International Ice Hockey Federation banned Belarus and Russia from participating at any events for the foreseeable future, they named Austria and France as their replacements for the 2022 World Championship.
Both Austria and France named their final rosters for the tournament on Monday. Austria's roster is headlined by 2022 top draft prospect Marco Kasper, while France's is headlined by Columbus Blue Jackets forward Alexandre Texier.
Austria's final roster
Goaltenders (3)
David Kickert
David Madlener
Bernhard Starkbaum
Defencemen (9)
Nico Brunner
Dominic Hackl
Dominique Heinrich
Erik Kirchschlager
David Maier
Celmens Underweger
Philipp Wimmer
Bernd Wolf
Kilian Zundel
Forwards (13)
Oliver Achermann
Benjamin Baumgartner
Nico Feldner
Manuel Ganahl
Lukas Haudum
Paul Huber
Marco Kasper
Brian Lebler
Benjamin Nissner
Thomas Raffl
Peter Schneider
Ali Wukovits
Dominic Zwerger
Austria will play their first game of the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship on May 14th at 5:20 a.m. ET against Sweden.
France's final roster
Goaltender (3)
Henri-Corentin Buysse
Quentin Papillon
Sebastian Ylonen
Defencemen (8)
Yohann Auvitu
Romain Bault
Florian Chakiachvili
Pierre Crinon
Hugo Gallet
Enzo Guebey
Vincent Llorca
Thomas Thiry
Forwards (14)
Charles Bertrand
Louis Boudon
Kevin Bozon
Tim Bozon
Valentin Claireaux
Fabien Colotti
Dylan Fabre
Damien Fleury
Guillaume Leclerc
Jordann Perret
Anthony Rech
Nicolas Ritz
Alexandre Texier
Sacha Treille
France will open their tournament schedule on Friday, May 13th at 9:20 a.m. against Slovakia.
