Denmark select their strongest attack ever in hockey squad for Winter Olympics

Nikolaj Ehlers celebrates scoring for Denmark at last year's World Championships
Nikolaj Ehlers celebrates scoring for Denmark at last year's World ChampionshipsČTK / imago sportfotodienst / Andrea Branca

Danish ice hockey national team coach Mikael Gath has included no less than 12 players with NHL experience in the squad for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Denmark's ice hockey team will participate in the Winter Olympics for the second time in Milan, and they will arrive in the Italian metropole with a squad no short of attacking promise. 

Four regular NHL players are included in the squad, another three are under contract with an NHL team, and a total of 12 have playing experience from the world's strongest league.

The squad:

Goalkeepers:

Frederik Andersen (Carolina Hurricanes)

Frederik Dichow (HV71)

Mads Sogaard (Ottawa Senators)

Backs:

Anders Koch (Graz 99)

Jesper Jensen Aabo (Klagenfurt)

Markus Lauridsen (Pustertal)

Matias Lassen (Iserlohn)

Nicholas B. Jensen (Bremerhaven)

Oliver Lauridsen (Turkku)

Phillip Bruggisser (Bremerhaven)

Forwards

Alexander True (Jyväskula)

Christian Wejse (Bremerhaven)

Frederik Storm (Köln)

Joachim Blichfeldt (Tappara)

Jonas Rondbjerg (Vegas Golden Knights)

Lars Eller (Ottawa Senators)

Mathias Bau (Herning)

Mikkel Aagaard (Skellefteaa)

Morten Poulsen (Herning)

Nick Olesen (Budejovice)

Nicklas Jensen (Rapperswil)

Nikolaj Ehlers (Carolina Hurricanes)

Oliver Bjorkstrand (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Oscar Fisker Moelgaard (Seattle Kraken)

Patrick Russell (Köln)

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