VIENNA - The Austrian Ice Hockey Association announced that Philadelphia  
  Flyers forward Michael Raffl will join the national team's preparation camp  
  after the end of his team's season.  Raffl played his second NHL season. In  
  65  
  games he scored 21 goals and notched 28 points. It will be the fourth IIHF  
  Ice  
  Hockey World Championship participation after 2009, 2011 and 2013 for the  
  Villach native, who also played in the 2014 Olympics.  The Austrians also  
  announced that the final 25-man roster will be named on 30th April after a  
  series of exhibition games without speculating on open roster spots for  
  players still active in the NHL playoffs by that time such as potentially  
  Michael Grabner and Thomas Vanek.  There was also bad news for the Austrians  
  today. Long-time captain Thomas Koch will not be able to play due to an  
  injury. Stefan Ulmer, Stefan Geier, Benjamin Petrik and Fabio Hofer are also  
  injured while Daniel Oberkofler's participation is questionable. Matthias  
  Iberer decided to end his career and will not play at the Worlds.  
    
  http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/raffl-joins-austria/  
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