Mar 22, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser (90) makes direction change against the Utah Hockey Club during third period at the Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Peter Creveling-Imagn Images
As the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship gets underway, two of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s young defensemen Emil Lilleberg and J.J. Moser are representing Norway and Switzerland on the international stage.
Lilleberg has been a consistent presence on Norway’s national team, participating in multiple IIHF World Championships, including the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tournaments.
Moser has a notable history with Switzerland’s national team. He has represented Switzerland in several international tournaments, including the IIHF World Junior Championships in 2019 and 2020, and the IIHF World Championships in 2019, 2021, and 2022 .
Moser, a native of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, was chosen in the second round (No. 60) of the 2021 NHL Draft and played 205 regular-season games for the Arizona Coyotes. As captain of EHC Biel in Switzerland’s National League, the top professional ice hockey league in the country, Moser had 30 points (nine goals, 21 assists) in 48 games of the 2020-21 season.