Adrian Wichser

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Adrian Wichser
Born (1980-03-18) March 18, 1980 (age 44)
Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Kloten Flyers
HC Lugano
ZSC Lions
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
National teamFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
NHL draft 231st overall, 1998
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1997–2018

Adrian Wichser (born March 18, 1980) is a retired Swiss ice hockey winger, who played for different clubs in the Swiss National League A (NLA), including EHC Kloten, HC Lugano, ZSC Lions and Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. He won the Swiss national championship in 2003 and 2008 as well as the Champions Hockey League in 2009. Wichser was the leading scorer of the NLA in the 2002-03 campaign. [1]

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Internationally, he won 99 caps for the Swiss men's national team, participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics and five World Championships.

He announced his retirement in April 2018 and became a skill coach. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1996–97 EHC Winterthur SUI.3 2291120—————
1997–98 EHC Kloten NDA 3565113170116
1997–98EHC WinterthurSUI.3
1998–99 EHC KlotenNDA401114251497078
1998–99EHC KlotenSUI U20—————11230
1999–2000 EHC KlotenNLA33815231262130
2000–01 Kloten FlyersNLA3199181292350
2001–02 Kloten FlyersNLA4118274518114482
2002–03 HC Lugano NLA442617434152242
2003–04 HC LuganoNLA47172037121667132
2004–05 HC LuganoNLA43818263950222
2005–06 ZSC Lions NLA3311152610—————
2006–07 ZSC LionsNLA36420242871560
2007–08 ZSC LionsNLA461040505017510154
2008–09 ZSC LionsNLA44731386—————
2009–10 ZSC LionsNLA33922311072350
2009–10 GCK Lions SUI.2 21120—————
2010–11 ZSC LionsNLA3531013450112
2011–12GCK LionsSUI.2171784—————
2011–12 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA25211132—————
2012–13 Rapperswil–Jona LakersNLA41519242—————
2013–14 Rapperswil–Jona LakersNLA36314178—————
2014–15 HC Thurgau SUI.24051722640336
2015–16HC ThurgauSUI.2283710871124
2016–17EHC WinterthurSUI.2354232716—————
2017–18EHC WinterthurSUI.242312156—————
NDA/NLA totals64215730746426211431397028
SUI.2 totals164176784401114510

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1996 Switzerland EJC 51012
1997 SwitzerlandEJC50550
1998 Switzerland WJC 71340
1998 SwitzerlandEJC61234
1999 SwitzerlandWJC62132
2000 SwitzerlandWJC75164
2002 Switzerland WC 62020
2003 SwitzerlandWC71120
2004 SwitzerlandWC61230
2005 Switzerland OGQ 30114
2005 SwitzerlandWC50330
2006 SwitzerlandOG60002
2007 SwitzerlandWC71342
Junior totals3610122212
Senior totals40510158

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References

  1. ↑ uk. "Adrian Wichser tritt zurück". Der Landbote, Der Landbote (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Actualité - Adrian Wichser raccroche, mais reste pour la relève | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2018-04-05.


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