Hungarian national team coach Rich Chernomaz has announced a preliminary roster for the EIHC Four nations tournament that will be held between November 7-9. at the Ice Palace in Budapest.
The squad will start the training camp on November 3rd where the 60 players will be split into three 20 man groups, with one practice on Monday and two on Tuesday, roster cuts will be made after the second Tuesday practice, when the team will be cut down to 28 players. The coaching staff will be going with these 28 for the rest of the week and the three matches in the tournament.
All 23 players from the 2014 IIHF Division 1A World Championships are in the team. Six out of the eight MOL League teams as well as Székesfehérvár from the EBEL are represented on the roster. Coach Chernomaz also picked players that might not be eligible yet for an IIHF tournament however getting their citizenship is already under process.
The national teams of Korea, Poland and Italy will be taking part in the Four Nations tournament.
ROSTER
Goalies (7): ÁGOSTON Olivér, PLESZKÁN József (Újpest), BÁLIZS Bence, DUSCHEK Dávid (Miskolci Jegesmedvék), HETÉNYI Zoltán, RAJNA Miklós (Fehérvár AV19), SEVELA Peter (Dab.Docler)
Defencemen (20): ARANY Máté, HETÉNYI Péter, KISS Dániel, KORBULY Gergely, ORBÁN Attila, REITER Attila, SZIRÁNYI Bence, TOKAJI Viktor, VARGA Arnold (Fehérvár AV19), GARBACZ Ádám (Újpest), GRÖSCHL Tamás, HÜFFNER Adrián, POZSGAI Tamás (Dab.Docler), Jesse DUDAS, DÓSA Krisztián, GŐZ Balázs, LÁDA Balázs (Miskolci Jegesmedvék), HEGYI Ádám, GÉCZI Gergely (Ferencváros Bp. ESMTK), VAS Márton (Löwen Frankfurt, GER)
Forwards (33): AZARI Zsolt, PAVUK Attila, SOMOGYI Balázs (Dab.Docler), BARTALIS István, BENK András, KOVÁCS Csaba, KÓGER Dániel, MAGOSI Bálint, NEMES Benjámin, NÉMETH Attila, SÁRPÁTKI Tamás, SIKORCIN Ladislav, TÓTH Gergő (Fehérvár AV19), Karol CSÁNYI, GÁGYOR Péter, HEGYI Ádám Zoltán, TURBUCZ Martin (Újpest), FLISZÁR Zalán, HAJÓS Roland, METCALFE Tyler, NAGY Krisztián, POPOVICS Patrik, TÓTH Adrián (Miskolci Jegesmedvék), KÖNCZEI Áron, SIJKA Dusan (Debreceni HK), HÁRI János (MODO, SWE), MIHÁLY Árpád (Corona Brasov, ROU), DUBEK Vladimir, NÉMETH Péter, RAFAJ Attila (Ferencváros Bp. ESMTK), SEBŐK Balázs (Kärpät/Hokki, FIN), SOFRON István (Krefeld Pinguine, GER), VAS János (Slavia Praha, CZE)
SCHEDULE
November 7.
15.30: Poland–Italy
19.00: Hungary–Korea
November 8.
14.30: Italy–Korea
18.00: Hungary–Poland
November 9.
14.30: Korea–Poland
18.00: Hungary–Italy