The second weekend of November the Slovenian hockey players will participate at the tournament in Innsbruck, the first of a number of preparation tournaments in the Olympic season. Foto: MMC RTV SLO/Marko Kovič
The second weekend of November the Slovenian hockey players will participate at the tournament in Innsbruck, the first of a number of preparation tournaments in the Olympic season. Foto: MMC RTV SLO/Marko Kovič

On Matjaž Kopitar's list are goaltenders Robert Kristan, Andrej Hočevar and Luka Gračnar, defenders Blaž Gregorc, Žiga Pavlin, Andrej Tavželj, Aleš Kranjc, Klemen Pretnar, Mitja Robar, Sabahudin Kovačevič and Matic Podlipnik, and attackers Žiga Jeglič, Rok Tičar, Robert Sabolič, Marcel Rodman, Jan Muršak, Jan Urbas, Aleš Mušič, Boštjan Goličič, Gal Koren, Miha Verlič, Anže Kuralt and Gregor Koblar.

The national team will gather on November 4 at Bled, and will leave for Tyrol after a short two-day preparation.

The Innsbruck tournament will take place from November 7 to 9. The first day Slovenia will play against Belarus at 2.30 pm, the second day against Austria at 6.30 pm, and on Saturday the Slovenia's last opponent will be France at 2.30 pm.