Switzerland, Denmark name WJC selection camp rosters

Switzerland forward Nico Hischier and Denmark forward Jonas Rondbjerg, each projected to be picked over the first three rounds of the 2017 NHL Draft, were among the players invited to their country's selection camps for the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Switzerland's camp, which has 28 players, will start Dec. 14 in Oshawa, Ontario, and will include pre-tournament games against the United States on Dec. 21 and Canada on Dec. 23.

Denmark will start camp with 26 players Dec. 16 in Cornwall, Ontario, and will include pre-tournament games against the University of Concordia on Dec. 17, Russia in Kingston, Ontario, on Dec. 20 and Latvia in Chateauguay, Quebec, on Dec. 22.
Hischier (6-foot-1, 176 pounds), an A-rated skater on NHL Central Scouting's players to watch list, has 23 goals and 48 points in 31 games for the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season. He had two assists in six games for Switzerland at the 2016 IIHF WJC, and has also represented his country at the World Under-18 Championship and Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.
Rondbjerg (6-0, 176), a B-rated skater on Central Scouting's players to watch list, has six goals and 21 points in 25 games for Vaxjo Jr. in Sweden's junior league.
The 2017 WJC is Dec. 26 to Jan. 5, 2017. Switzerland and Denmark will be in Group A, along with the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland, the defending tournament champion.

SWITZERLAND WJC SELECT CAMP ROSTER

Goaltenders:Matteo Ritz, Lausanne, SUI (2017 draft eligible); Joren van Pottelberghe, Davos, SUI (Detroit Red Wings); Philip Wuthrich, Bern, SUI (2017 eligible)
Defensemen:Alain Bircher, Kloten, SUI (2017 eligible); Yanik Burren, EHC, SUI (2017 eligible); Tobias Geisser, EVZ Academy, SUI (2017 eligible); Colin Gerber, Bern, SUI (2017 eligible); Roger Karrer, Zurich, SUI (2017 eligible); Elia Riva, Lugano, SUI (2017 eligible); Livio Stadler, Lulea, SUI (2017 eligible); Serge Weber, Winterthur, SUI (2017 eligible); Nico Gross, Zug, SUI (2018 eligible); Jonas Siegenthaler, Zurich, SUI (Washington Capitals)
Forwards: Fabian Haberstich, EVZ Academy, SUI (2017 eligible); Timo Haussener, EVZ Adamey, SUI (2017 eligible); Nico Hischier, Halifax, QMJHL (2017 eligible); Loic In-Albon, Lausanne, SUI (2017 eligible); Nathan Marchon, Fribourg-Gotteron, SUI (2017 eligible); Marco Miranda, Kusnacht, SUI (2017 eligible); Jerome Portmann, Davos Jr., SUI (2017 eligible); Raphael Prassl, Kusnacht, SUI (2017 eligible); Dominik Diem, Kusnacht, SUI (2017 eligible); Nelson Chiquet, Fribourg-Gotteron, SUI (2017 eligible); Yannick Zehnder, EVZ Academy, SUI (2017 eligible); Nando Eggenberger, Davos Jr., SUI (2018 eligible); Philipp Kurashev, Quebec, QMJHL (2018 eligible); Damien Riat, Geneve-Servette, SUI (Washington Capitals); Calvin Thurkauf, Kelowna, WHL (Columbus Blue Jackets)

DENMARK WJC SELECT CAMP ROSTER

Goaltenders: Lasse Petersen, Red Deer, WHL (2017 draft eligible); Kasper Krog, Sonderjyske, DEN (2017 eligible); Emil Gransoe, Topeka, NAHL (2017 eligible)
Defensemen:Oliver Larsen, Odense, DEN (2017 eligible); Anders Koch, Esbjerg, DEN (2017 eligible); Oliver Gatz Nielsen, Blue Fox, DEM (2017 eligible); Jakob Jessen, Blue Fox, DEN (2017 eligible); Mathias Rondbjerg, Rungsted, DEN (2017 eligible); Nicolai Weichel, Rungsted, DEN (2017 eligible); Christian Mieritz, Leksands, SWE (2017 eligible); Morten Jensen, Rogle, SWE (2017 eligible)
Forwards:Jeppe Jul Korsgaard, Aalborg, DEN (2017 eligible); Rasmus Thykjaer Andersson, HV71, SWE (2017 eligible); Joachim Blichfeld, Portland, WHL (San Jose Sharks); Christian Wejse, Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL (2017 eligible); Niklas Andersen, Esbjerg, DEN (2017 eligible); Jonas Rondbjerg, Vaxjo, DEN (2017 eligible); William Boysen, Rungsted, DEN (2017 eligible); Nikolaj Krag Christensen, Rogle, SWE (St. Louis Blues); Mathias From, Rogle, SWE (Chicago Blackhawks); Tobias Maximilian Ladenhoff, Aalborg, DEN (2017 eligible); Frederik Hoeg, Odense, DEN; David Madsen, Vaxjo, SWE (2017 eligible); Daniel Nielsen, Blue Fox, DEN (2017 eligible); Kristoffer Sogard Jensen, Blue Fox, DEN; Alexander True, Seattle, WHL (2017 eligible)