Roster Team Germany

[KINGofPRUSSIA]

Goalies
1 JONAS, Oliver Eisbären Berlin 21 - 0 0 0
37 KÖLZIG, Olaf Washington Capitals/NHL 23 - 0 0 0
80 MÜLLER, Robert Krefeld Pinguine 70 - 2 2 0

Defenders
5 LEASK, Robert Eisbären Berlin 14 0 0 0 12
7 GOC, Sascha Adler Mannheim 34 1 6 7 28
10 EHRHOFF, Christian San Jose Sharks 47 4 6 10 38
12 LÜDEMANN, Mirko Kölner Haie 125 13 21 34 50
13 SCHUBERT, Christoph Bingh./AHL 31 1 1 2 26
31 RENZ, Andreas Kölner Haie 100 3 3 6 70
58 KOPITZ, Lasse Nürnberg Ice Tigers 26 5 2 7 28
84 SEIDENBERG, Dennis Philadelphia Flyers 33 2 6 8 45

Forwards
17 HECHT, Jochen Buffalo Sabres/ NHL 59 14 5 19 73
19 STURM, Marco San Jose Sharks/ NHL 30 5 3 8 38
21 USTORF, Stefan Mannheim/Krefeld 90 13 11 24 28
22 REICHEL, Martin Frankfurt Lions 144 14 23 37 44
26 KREUTZER, Daniel DEG Metro Stars 112 23 23 46 129
27 ABSTREITER, Tobias Kassel Huskies 109 10 27 37 52
32 MARTINEC, Tomas Adler Mannheim 39 5 1 6 32
34 LEWANDOWSKI, Eduard Kölner Haie 57 6 9 15 59
39 GREILINGER, Thomas Nürnberg Ice Tigers 57 9 12 21 14
49 KATHAN, Klaus Adler Mannheim 114 25 27 52 70
73 BOOS, Tino Kölner Haie 62 11 11 22 61
57 GOC, Marcel San Jose Sharks 35 4 3 7 2
75 MORCZINIETZ, Andreas Kölner Haie 53 10 11 21 22
76 RETZER, Stephan Kassel Huskies 42 3 5 8 14
83 BENDA, Jan AK Bars Kazan/ RUS 150 32 36 68 194

...no new headcoach until now, but I´m happy to see the guys from oversea on Sept 2nd in Cologne.

[Jazz]

Team Germany story, from Canadian New Services

Hecht, Sturm, Kolzig top names as Germany releases World Cup roster [/b][/u]

By BILL BEACON - The Canadian Press

Jochen Hecht and Olaf Kolzig will lead the underdog German team at the World Cup of Hockey this summer.

Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Dennis Seidenberg and three San Jose Sharks -- defenceman Christian Ehrhoff and forwards Marco Sturm and Marcel Goc -- were also named to the team for the Aug. 30-Sept. 14 tournament.

Former Washington Capital Stephan Ustorf and Ottawa Senators prospect Christoph Schubert were on the 26-man roster that was announced Monday in Cologne.

Robert Leask, a 32-year-old defenceman from Toronto who plays for Berlin in the German league, also made the squad.

Hecht, a centre, had 52 points in only 64 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season. Left-winger Sturm had 41 points in 64 games for the Sharks.

Kolzig, 34, who was born in South Africa and grew up in Canada, was 19-35-9 with a .908 save percentage in 63 games for the lowly Capitals.

It is a younger team with fewer transplanted Canadians than the German side that held Canada to a 3-2 win at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

At the recent world championship in Prague, Canada routed the Germans 6-1.

Kolzig is likely to be the starter ahead of fellow goaltenders Oliver Jonas of Eisbaren Berlin and Robert Muller of Krefeld.

Along with Seidenberg, Ehrhoff, Leask and Schubert on defence are German league players Sascha Goc, Mirko Ludemann, Andreas Renz and Lasse Kopitz.

The other forwards include Martin Reichel, whose brother Robert plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Daniel Kreutzer, Tobias Abstreiter, Tomas Martinec, Eduard Lowendowski, Thomas Greilinger, Klaus Kathan, Tino Boos, Andreas Morczinietz and Stephan Ratzer, all of the German league.

Veteran Jan Benda, a Czech native who plays in Russia, is also on the squad.

Germany is to play in the European pool in the opening round against the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden.

Canada announced its World Cup team on Saturday and Sweden named its squad Monday.