Slovenian roster for Belarus tournament

Slovenian national head coach Matjaz Kopitar (father of NHL star Anze Kopitar) announced the roster for the Belarus tournament (10th to 12th November 2011). Slovenia's opponents will be home team (Belarus), Danmark and Russia's second selection. There are three goalies, nine defenders and fourteen forwards on the list:

Goaltenders:
Andrej Hocevar (Angers, France)
Gasper Kroselj (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Matija Pintaric (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)

Defenders:
Damjan Dervaric (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Igor Cvetek (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Klemen Pretnar (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Andrej Tavzelj (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Luka Tosic (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Ziga Grahut (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Maks Selan (Briancon, France)
Ales Kranjc (Ceske Budejovice, CZE)
Sabahudin Kovacevic (Herning, Danmark)

Forwards:
Jaka Ankerst (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Andrej Zidan (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Marjan Manfreda (Acroni Jesenice, SLO)
Bostjan Golicic (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Ziga Pance (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Ales Music (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Anze Ropret (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Eric Pance (Olimpija Ljubljana, SLO)
Andrej Hebar (Troja-Ljungby, SWE)
Tomaz Razingar (VSV, AUT)
Rok Ticar (Krefeld, Germany)
Edo Terglav (Briancon, france)
Marcel Rodman (Vienna Capitals, AUT)
Jan Urbas (Växjö, SWE)

Goalie Gasper Kroselj is in the team for the first time. defenders Ziga Grahut and Maks Selan are new to the national team, too. There are some well known names from the past missing, some due to club obligations (David Rodman, Ziga Jeglic, Robert Sabolic, Anze Kopitar etc...) and some due to injuries (Jan Mursak...).

 

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