Swiss hockey players from New Jersey will be strengthened by the Swiss hockey players at the Riga World Cup. The number one in the 2017 draft will repeat her participation in the last championship two years ago in Bratislava and Košice. Coach Patrick Fischer can also count on Hischier’s club teammate Jonas Siegenthaler and forwarders Tim Meier of San Jose and Philippe Kurashev of Chicago. On Saturday, May 22, the Swiss will be the second opponent of the Czech national team in the basic group of the World Cup.
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Swiss hockey player Nico Hirschier in the colors of his team in the NHL – New Jersey Devils.
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Twenty-two-year-old Hischier has only played 20 games in the NHL this season due to injury, scoring 10 points for six goals and four assists. Altogether, he has 229 matches and 145 points for 57 goals and 88 passes in the best league in the world. He scored once in five playoff duels.
Meier, two years older and represented at the 2018 World Cup in Denmark, collected 188 points (88 + 100) out of 316 duels in five years in the NHL. In the playoffs, the nine draft pick from 2015 added seven goals and 13 records in 35 matches.
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The 21-year-old Kurashev, who presented himself at the championship two years ago in Slovakia, is playing his premiere season in the NHL. In 52 matches, he scored 15 points for eight goals and seven assists.
Three years older, Siegenthaler came to New Jersey a month ago from Washington and has played 104 duels in the NHL and collected 13 points (2 + 11). He did not score in 11 playoff matches. It will be presented for the first time at the World Championships.
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