For the last few weeks, some New Jersey Devils players had the honor of participating at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships. They made quite some noise: Timo Meier, Jonas Siegenthaler and Nico Hischier (Switzerland) won silver. Jacob Markström (Sweden) won bronze. Prospect Lenni Hameenaho (Finland) was the only Devil to not medal, but he still performed well.

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Timo Meier (11 GP: 3G, 7A, +11)

Timo Meier was excellent in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and carried that right over to Europe. He used his size and grit to dominate the pace of play, get under the opponents’ skin and consistently chip in offensively. Out of 362 players to skate in the tournament, he was 18th in points and third in plus-minus. Meier should feel very happy with where his game is at currently.

Oh the snipe from Timo! #NJDevils pic.twitter.com/p7PWF0WNcp

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) May 18, 2025

Jonas Siegenthaler (9 GP: 1G, 3A, +6)

Some were surprised that Jonas Siegenthaler played in the tournament at all, after getting rushed back from injury out of necessity for the Devils. But he looked like himself as a physical, stifling defensive presence. As per usual, he also took a little bit more of an offensive role as arguably Switzerland’s top defenseman. Unfortunately, Siegenthaler missed blocking Tage Thompson’s overtime winner in the gold medal game by a fraction of an inch.

Nico Hischier (4 GP: 2G, 1A, +3)

Nico Hischier’s tournament was cut short as he suffered a lower body injury against Germany. Nonetheless, he still received a silver medal and was a valuable part of the Swiss’ preliminary round 3-0 win against Team USA, which gave them a more favorable path to the final. In addition to always being offensively involved, he went 56.9% in the faceoff circle – something Devils fans are very accustomed to.

Captain Nico Hischier lights the lamp for @SwissIceHockey!