28 April/Sweden, Canada add players
by Andrew Podnieks|23 APR 2025
Artur Matejovsky was added to Czechia's roster Saturday morning.
photo: Tim Austen/IIHF
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28 April
Sweden has added 18-year-old goalie Isak Sorqvist formn Lulea and 18-year-old defender Malte Vass to its roster while Canada has added Daxon Rudolph. Rudolph, 1 7-year-old blueliner, comes form the WHL's Prince Albert Raiders.

Sweden is now at 21+3 and Canada at 22+2.


27 April
Canada has added three players to its roster today: Cole Reschny, Ben Kindel, and Keaton Verhoeff. Reschny, an 18-year-old forward, comes from Victoria of the WHL, as does 16-year-old teammate Verhoeff. Kindel is another WHL forward, from the Calgary Hitmen.

Canada's roster now stands at 21+2.

26 April
Czechia has added four players to its roster this morning. Coming to Frisco are goaltender Frantisek Poletin and skaters Jiri Kamas, Lukas Kachlir, and Artur Matejovsky.

Poletin, 16, played in Finland with the Pelicans this past season, both in U18 and U20. Kamas, 17, played in Czechia's U20 league with Plzen, while Kachlir, only 15, played with Liberec in U17 and U20 Czech leagues. Matejovsky played with Slavia Praha in Czechia.

That gives the Czechs a full roster of 22+3. 

Sweden has added Anton Frondell to its roster today. The 17-year-old centreman has been playing in Sweden with Djurgarden. Sweden now has 20 skaters and two goalies registered, with three total spots still avaialble before they reach their full complement of 22+3.

25 April
The managements of Canada and Germany have been busy this morning, adding new players to their resepctive rosters.

Canada has added Tyler Hopkins and Jack Nesbitt, while the Germans have added Aaron Kaiser and Andreas Grin. With the additions, Canada is now at 18+2 and still has the ability to add four more skaters and a goalie. Germany now has a full roster of 22+3.

Hopkins, an 18-year-old centre ranked 52 by Central Scouting for North American skaters, played with Kingston in the OHL this past season. Nesbitt, also 18 and a centre, is ranked 15 and played for Windsor in the OHL

Kaiser is a 17-year-old goalie who has been playing in the Austrian junior league with Salzburg. A 17-year-old forward, Grin played in the German junior league with Ingolstadt

24 April
Czechia has added Adam Benak to its U18 roster. The 18-year-old centre had been playing in the USHL with the Youngstown Phantoms, but they were just eliminated by Muskegon in the Clark Cup playoffs.

Germany has just added 18-year-old forward Tobin Brandt. He has been playing in Germany's junior league with Kolner this season. 


It’s 10.00 on game day and all ten teams have submitted their rosters for the tournament. The maximum permitted is 22 skaters and 3 goalies. Some teams have the full complement of players already, while others have left space to add, if possible. The status as of now:

Canada—currently 15+2

Czechia—currently 18+2

Finland—22+3—complete 

Germany—currently 20+2

Latvia—22+3—complete 

Norway—22+3—complete 

Slovakia—currently 21+3

Sweden—currently 19+2

Switzerland—22+3—complete 

United States—22+3—complete