Germany names preliminary roster for 2023 World Juniors

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is set to get underway in two weeks and on Monday, the German Ice Hockey Federation released their 26-man preliminary roster for the tournament.

Before Germany plays their first game of this year's tournament, they'll need to cut three players to get down to the 23-man roster limit.

Among the notable players on Germany's roster are: Arizona Coyotes prospect Julian Lutz, Carolina Hurricanes prospect Nikita Quapp and Washington Capitals prospect Haakon Hanelt.

Let's take a look at the 26 players who are vying for a spot on Germany's final roster.

Goaltenders (3)
Rihards Babulis
Nikita Quapp
Simon Wolf

Defencemen (8)
Rayan Bettahar
Philipp Bidoul
Nils Elten
Markus Freis
Adrian Klein
Phillip Sinn
Leon van der Linde
Julian Waser

Forwards (15)
Quirin Bader
Sebastian Cimmerman
Ryan Del Monte
Haakon Hanelt
Luca Hauf
Nikolaus Heigl
Thomas Heigl
Eric Hordler
Roman Kechter
Philipp Krening
Julian Lutz
Veit Oswald
Yannick Proske
Bennet Rossmy
Robin van Calster

Germany will be in Group A at the 2023 World Juniors and will face-off against Sweden (Dec. 27th), Canada (Dec. 28th), Austria (Dec. 30th) and Czechia (Dec. 31st).

Mit diesem Aufgebot macht sich U20-Bundestrainer Tobias Abstreiter morgen früh auf den Weg nach 🇨🇦 In Antigonish wird sich das deutsche Team auf die bevorstehende IIHF-U20-WM vorbereiten, ehe es zum Turnierstart nach Halifax geht. Weitere Infos dazu 👉 https://t.co/x5tJlKGugI pic.twitter.com/MEjHsL2IMP— Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (@deb_teams) December 12, 2022

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