SALT LAKE CITY (April 28, 2025) – Utah Hockey Club today announced that defenseman Maksymilian Szuber was selected by the German Ice Hockey Federation to represent Team Germany at the 2025 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, from May 9-25.

Szuber, 22, posted 7-25-32 and 47 penalty minutes (PIM) in 65 regular-season games with the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League (AHL) this season. He set new AHL highs in assists and points, ranking second in both categories among Roadrunners defensemen. Szuber also appeared in all three playoff games for Tucson.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound defenseman has earned 14-46-60 and 95 PIM in 135 career AHL contests, all with Tucson. Szuber has also skated in five Calder Cup Playoff games, tallying one assist.

Selected by the Arizona Coyotes in the sixth round (163rd overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft, Szuber also made his NHL debut with Arizona on April 9, 2024. He became the sixth defenseman from his draft class to skate in an NHL game.

Born in Opole, Poland, Szuber represents Germany internationally and is set to play at the IIHF World Championship for the third straight year. He has posted 2-1-3 and 35 PIM in 16 career games at the tournament and won silver in 2023, helping Germany to its first medal finish since 1953. Szuber also skated for Germany at back-to-back IIHF World Junior Championships (2021-22), serving as an alternate captain in 2022.