Switzerland: 2016 WJC Preview: Team Switzerland has a tough road to hoe in Group A

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Photo: Halifax Mooseheads forward and San Jose Sharks prospect Timo Meier brings a wealth of international experience to the Team Switzerland squad competing at the 2016 World Junior Championship (courtesy of Dennis Pajot/Getty Images)


</p>After failing to secure a spot in the quarterfinals by losing the decisive game against Denmark at last year’s World Junior Championship, Switzerland is trying to avoid adversity this year by catching a spot in the medal round for only the third time in the last seven years.

With 10 returning players from last year’s squad and the addition of several players from the strong ’97-born class – a group that finished fourth at the 2015 U18 World Championship and which might be one of the best Switzerland has ever produced – the direction to the quarterfinals is clear.… read more

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[Scotty B]

Team Switzerland has a tough road to hoe in Group A

Not road, row...as in, tough row to hoe...an expression with agrarian roots, as it were...

You wouldn't get far trying to hoe a road...Then again, this misquoted expression seems strangely apropos for Swiss Misses...

Maybe its time for Swiss Federation to tear up this road to nowhere....

with a BACKHOE !