Preliminary Danish squad for the U-18 world championships released:

Goalies:
Sebastian Feuk (Odense)
Christian Larsen (Gentofte)
Morten Jakobsen (SønderjyskE)

D-men:
Anders Thode (Frederikshavn)
Christoffer Lindhøj (Malmö)
Sebastian Bergholt (Rødovre)
Kasper Kristensen (Frederikshavn)
Marc Sørensen (SønderjyskE)
Patrick Madsen (Herning)
Rasmus Knudsen (Herning)
Victor Strecker (Rødovre)

Forwards:
Mathias Bau (Rødovre)
Sebastian Ehlers (Malmö)
Nickolaj Jepsen (EfB Ishockey)
Jonas Sass (Rødovre)
Thomas Søndergaard (Frederikshavn)
Thomas Spelling (Herning)
Joachim Linnet (Herning)
Nicki Kisum (Hvidovre)
Martin Højbjerg (Frederikshavn)
Patrick Russell (Linköping)
Nicolai Meyer (Malmö)
Kristoffer Lauridsen (Herning)
Nicklas Jensen (Oshawa Generals)
Mikkel Højbjerg (Frederikshavn)
Patrick Rasmussen (Rødovre)


As expected, it looks strong on the forward side, but less impressive on the D.

Preliminary Danish squad for the U-18 world championships released:

D-men:
Anders Thode (Frederikshavn)
Christoffer Lindhøj (Malmö)
Sebastian Bergholt (Rødovre)
Kasper Kristensen (Frederikshavn)
Marc Sørensen (SønderjyskE)
Patrick Madsen (Herning)
Patrick Rasmussen (Rødovre)
Rasmus Knudsen (Herning)


As expected, it looks strong on the forward side, but less impressive on the D.

I know it's not the best d-line i years but... Isn't Patrick Rasmussen a forward?

I know it's not the best d-line i years but... Isn't Patrick Rasmussen a forward?

I think you are right sir... Fixed it. That doesn't exactly make the D look any more impressive.

It is now looking very unlikely that Nicklas Jensen will be able to join the team. His OHL team Oshawa Generals have made it to the 2nd round of the OHL playoffs and even if they are swept, Jensen would only just be able to make it to Slovenia in time for the last two games. Mind you, it's the presumed two biggest games vs the hosts and Belarus. It will be interesting to see if the head coach will still keep a spot open for Jensen who would undoubtedly be a key player for the Danish team.

Congrats to Denmark for being promoted to the elite for 2011/2012!