Overview
- Captain Moritz Müller and top defenseman Kai Wissmann are confirmed to miss the tournament due to injuries, creating a leadership and defensive gap.
- Coach Harold Kreis named NHL defenseman Moritz Seider as a central figure to stabilize the team and lead both on and off the ice.
- The preliminary 26-man roster includes seven players from DEL champions Eisbären Berlin and sees the surprising exclusion of former NHL player Tobias Rieder.
- Young defenders Maksymilian Szuber, Eric Mik, and Korbinian Geibel have been promoted to address defensive concerns, with Szuber joining from the AHL.
- Germany will evaluate its final lineup in a friendly against the USA on May 4 in Düsseldorf before opening its World Championship campaign against Hungary on May 10 in Herning.