The latest Kings player to join his national team for this year’s IIHF Men’s Worlds Championship is Kevin Fiala. Fiala has played in five prior Worlds for Switzerland, most recently in 2019. He captured silver with Switzerland in 2018, losing to a Swedish team that included Lias Andersson, Viktor Arvidsson, and Adrian Kempe.
Fiala joins Carl Grundstrom, Cal Petersen, TJ Tynan, and Martin Chromiak in this year’s tournament, currently taking place in Finland and Latvia.
Let’s check in on all of our Kings abroad and take a look at the remaining games in this year’s preliminary round.
Kevin Fiala (Switzerland)
1 game played, 0 points
Kevin Fiala looking like his old self early on for Switzerland. pic.twitter.com/maOKoxWDdb
— Russell Morgan (@NHLRussell) May 16, 2023
Carl Grundstrom (Sweden)
3 games played, 0 points
TJ Tynan (USA)
4 games played, 3 assists
Mazur getting some open ice and the goal 👊@Carter_Mazur | #MensWorlds pic.twitter.com/dql4bHs5eu
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) May 17, 2023
Cal Petersen (USA)
2 games played, .939 save percentage, 1.00 GAA
Martin Chromiak (Slovakia)
3 games played, 1 goal
🚨There it is! Martin Chromiak with the first goal of the tournament.🇸🇰 @HockeySlovakia #SVKCZE #IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/hLcUFQ8ctL
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 12, 2023
Martin Chromiak scored a nice shootout goal for Slovakia in a 2-1 shootout loss to Canada today.pic.twitter.com/ytz2WfL9la
— Jared Shafran (@ShafReign) May 15, 2023
Schedule
Remaining Preliminary Round Games
Games including Kings organization players
Hungary vs. Sweden, 5/18, 6:20 am
Switzerland vs. Slovakia, 5/18, 10:20 am
Kazakhstan vs. Slovakia, 5/19, 10:20 am
USA vs Denmark, 5/20, 2:20 am Â
Canada vs. Switzerland, 5/20, 6:20 am
Sweden vs. France, 5/20, 10:20 am
Slovenia vs. Slovakia, 5/21, 6:20 am
USA vs. France, 5/21, 10:20 am
Czechia vs. Switzerland, 5/21, 10:20 am
Denmark vs. Sweden, 5/22, 6:20 am
Slovakia vs. Norway, 5/23, 2:20 am
Sweden vs. USA, 5/23, 6:20 am
Switzerland vs. Latvia, 5/23, 10:20 am
All times Pacific
Of course, we’re also long-time Team Slovenia fans, even when Anze Kopitar isn’t skating for his national team. If you’d like to cheer on Slovenia in their remaining preliminary round games, you can also catch the following (in addition to the Slovakia game listed above):
Slovenia vs. Czechia, 5/18, 6:20 am
Latvia vs. Slovenia, 5/19, 6:20 am
Kazakhstan vs. Slovenia, 5/22, 10:20 am
The four quarterfinal games will be played on May 25, the semifinals on May 27, and the medal games on May 28.
All of Team USA’s games will be broadcast on the NHL Network, as well as the semifinals and medal games. ESPN+ is carrying games that are not available on NHL Network (so if you want to watch Slovenia, you might be in luck).