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| Patrick Howald | |||
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| Born | December 26, 1969 Bern, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | SC Bern HC Lugano HC Fribourg-Gottéron | ||
| National team |  Switzerland | ||
| NHL draft | 276th overall, 1993 Los Angeles Kings | ||
| Playing career | 1987–2005 | ||
Patrick Howald (born December 26, 1969) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey winger.
Howald played in the Nationalliga A for SC Bern, HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron. He won four National League A Championships with SC Bern and the number 22 jersey was retired by the team in his honour. He was drafted 276th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft but remained in Switzerland throughout his career and never played in North America. Howald was also a member of the Switzerland national ice hockey team and played in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | SC Bern | NLA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | SC Bern | NLA | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 1990–91 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | ||
| 1991–92 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 1992–93 | HC Lugano | NLA | 36 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Lugano | NLA | 36 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | SC Bern | NLA | 35 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | SC Bern | NLA | 46 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | SC Bern | NLA | 36 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | SC Bern | NLA | 45 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | SC Bern | NLA | 43 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | SC Bern | NLA | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 44 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 44 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 48 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 44 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| NLA totals | 716 | 261 | 234 | 495 | 603 | 129 | 44 | 39 | 83 | 82 | ||||
His jersey number #22 was retired by his club on Dec 1, 2009.
Patrick Howald played a total of 119 games for the Swiss national team.
He participated in the following tournaments:
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