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Flavien Conne | |||
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Born | Puidoux, Switzerland | 1 April 1980||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | HC Ambrì-Piotta HC Fribourg-Gottéron HC Lugano | ||
National team | Switzerland | ||
NHL Draft | 250th overall, 2000 Los Angeles Kings | ||
Playing career | 1996–2014 |
Flavien Conne (born 1 April 1980) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey player. He played over 600 games in the Swiss National League A (NLA). He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 8th (250th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Conne competed at both the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics with the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team. [1]
February 2016 he appeared as himself in a heated ice-hockey scene of TV movie The Legacy Run with former rugby player turned author/actor Luca Tramontin. The movie is thought as the prequel-intro to the investigative series "Sport Crime" in which Conne is expected to feature in a number of episodes.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1996–97 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI.2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI U20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI.2 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | HC Ambrì–Piotta | NDA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | SUI U20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NDA | 37 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 44 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2000–01 | HC Lugano | NLA | 42 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 37 | ||
2001–02 | HC Lugano | NLA | 43 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | HC Lugano | NLA | 42 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||
2003–04 | HC Lugano | NLA | 32 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
2004–05 | HC Lugano | NLA | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2005–06 | HC Lugano | NLA | 43 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
2006–07 | HC Lugano | NLA | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | HC Lugano | NLA | 50 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | HC Lugano | NLA | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
2009–10 | HC Lugano | NLA | 28 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | HC Lugano | NLA | 46 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | HC Lugano | NLA | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
2012–13 | HC Lugano | NLA | 48 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | HC Lugano | NLA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | HC Pregassona Red Fox | SUI.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NDA/NLA totals | 567 | 108 | 161 | 269 | 492 | 103 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 85 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1997 | Switzerland | EJC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
1998 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1998 | Switzerland | EJC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
1999 | Switzerland | WJC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
2000 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
2000 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
2001 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
2002 | Switzerland | OG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2003 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
2005 | Switzerland | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
2005 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | Switzerland | OG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Junior totals | 30 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 22 | |||
Senior totals | 43 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
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