JJ Moser to Play for Switzerland at Iihf World Championship 2026

JJ Moser will represent Switzerland at iihf world championship 2026, giving the host nation another NHL defenseman for a tournament played in Zurich and Fribourg. It will be his fifth World Championship appearance, and his fourth previous trips give Switzerland a player who already knows the pace of the event.

Moser and Switzerland

Moser, 25, has played four times for Switzerland at the World Championship and has 14 points in 32 games, including three goals and a plus-18 rating. He made his debut in 2021 while playing for EHC Biel-Bienne in the Swiss National League.

He returned to the tournament twice while in the Arizona Coyotes organization, then added another appearance after his first season with the Lightning. That sequence leaves him as one of Switzerland’s more established options for a home-ice event.

Lightning production

His club form has kept the call straightforward. Moser posted 29 points in his second season with Tampa Bay, two shy of his career high of 31 set in the 2022-23 season with Arizona.

This season, he logged the most ice time of his career and also took the most penalty minutes of his career. Those numbers point to a defenseman carrying a larger workload while still producing at the same level he brought to the Coyotes and the Lightning.

Zurich and Fribourg stage

Switzerland gets the edge of familiarity in 2026, with Zurich and Fribourg hosting the championship on home ice. For Moser, the setting turns a routine roster addition into a return to a tournament where he has already built a line of production across 32 games.

His record gives Switzerland a defenseman who has scored, defended, and survived the event before. In a home tournament, that kind of track record is exactly what a roster needs when the games tighten.