The 26-year-old True has played 27 games in the NHL for San Jose and Seattle and collected five assists in them. He scored four goals and 15 assists in 55 regular season games for Charlotte this season. He added one pass in three playoff games. It will be its second appearance at the World Championship after its debut in 2021 in Riga.
Another trio also has NHL experience. Defender Oliver Lauridsen from TPS Turku played 16 duels for Philadelphia. Forward Patrick Russell of Linköping has played in 59 games for Edmonton, and fellow offensive lineman Joachim Blichfeld of Växjö has played eight games for San Jose over two seasons.
Goaltender Frederik Dichow Nissen of Jönköping HV 71 was drafted by Montreal in the 5th round at 138th in 2019, but has yet to play in North America. So did forward Mathias From from Herning, who was taken by Chicago in the 5th round in 2016 at No. 143.
Thirteen players competed in the Olympic Games in Beijing the year before, where Denmark made its debut and surpassed the best finish in the history of major tournaments with seventh place; at the WC in 2010 and 2016, the Danes were eighth. Goalkeepers Dichow, defenders Phillip Bruggisser and Nicholas B Jensen from Bremerhaven, Jesper Jensen Aabo from Klagenfurt, Markus Lauridsen from Frankfurt am Main, Oliver Lauridsen, Matias Lassen from Malmö and Oliver Joakim Larsen from Jukurit Mikkeli and forwards Morten Poulsen from Herning started under the five rings. , Mikkel Aagaard of Sweden’s MoDo Hockey, Nick Olesen of Oskarshamn, Patrick Russell of Linköping and Frederik Storm of Cologne.
The participation from last year’s championship in Tampere will be repeated by goalkeepers Dichow, Mathias Seldrup from Esbjerg and William Roerth from Roedovre, defenders Jensen Aabo, Lassen, Oliver Joakim Larsen, Markus Lauridsen, Oliver Lauridsen and Anders Koch from Aalborg and forwards Aagaard, Olesen, Poulsen, Russell , Storm, Felix Scheel with Christian Wejs from Bremerhaven, Niklas Andersen from Augsburg and Oscar Fisker Moelgaard from HV 71.
Forwards Oliver Kjaer and Phillip Schultz from Esbjerg will make their debut at a major international event. And also coach Gath, who replaced Heinz Ehlers after last season. On the contrary, Jesper Jensen Aabo and Storm will go to the 13th world championship in their career.
In preparation, the Danes have only played against Norway so far, with whom they have faced four times. They won 3:1 at home in Odense and lost 2:3 in Roedovre. On the opponent’s ice, they lost twice in Asker 3:4 in extra time and 1:2 in extra time. The general awaits them on Tuesday in Sosnovec with home country Poland.
The Danes will enter the championship next week against Austria on Saturday. Canada, Norway, the Czech Republic on Wednesday, May 15 from 4:20 p.m., Great Britain, Switzerland and Finland await them in other matches in the basic group A in Prague.
Denmark’s nomination for the World Championships in Prague and Ostrava (May 10-26):
Goalkeepers: Mathias Seldrup (Esbjerg), William Roerth (Roedovre), Frederik Dichow Nissen (HV 71/Swed.),
defenders: Phillip Bruggisser, Nicholas B Jensen (both Bremerhaven/Germany), Jesper Jensen Aabo (Klagenfurt/ICEHL), Anders Koch (Aalborg), Oliver Joakim Larsen (Jukurit Mikkeli/Fin.), Matias Lassen (Malmö/Sweden), Markus Lauridsen (Frankfurt/Germany), Oliver Lauridsen (TPS Turku/Fin.),
attackers: Mathias From, Morten Poulsen (both Herning), Oliver Kjaer, Phillip Schultz (Esbjerg), Christian Wejse, Felix Scheel (both Bremerhaven/Germany), Mikkel Aagaard (MoDo Hockey/Sweden), Niklas Andersen (Augsburg/Germany) , Joachim Blichfeld (Växjö/Sweden), Oscar Fisker Moelgaard (HV 71/Sweden), Patrick Russell (Linköping/Sweden), Nick Olesen (Oskarshamn/Sweden), Frederik Storm (Cologne/Germany), Alexander True (Charlotte/AHL).
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