PostFinance Top Scorer

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Ivo Ruthemann, PostFinance Top Scorer of SC Bern, 2009-10 Swiss champions. PostFinance Top Scorer Ruethemann.JPG
Ivo Rüthemann, PostFinance Top Scorer of SC Bern, 2009–10 Swiss champions.
The 12 Top Scorers from the National League at the 2009-10 awards ceremony. PostFinance Top Scorer Ehrung.JPG
The 12 Top Scorers from the National League at the 2009–10 awards ceremony.

The PostFinance Top Scorer is awarded annually to the Swiss National League (NL) and Swiss League (SL) player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season. The reigning Top Scorer from each team wears a yellow flame-emblazoned shirt and helmet in all playoff games. Once the qualifiers have taken place, the player with the most points in the league is then crowned the PostFinance Top Scorer of the NL or SL.

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History

The award was introduced in the 2002–03 season. PostFinance's, the award's sponsor, aim is to provide the next generation of Swiss ice hockey players with direct, sustainable support. For each Top Scorer point, the youth section of the respective club receives CHF 200 (NL) and CHF 100 (SL). PostFinance also awards the same amount to the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation for its youth teams. The PostFinance Top Scorer bonus payments are earmarked and must be used exclusively to support and train junior players. [1]

Winners

Source: [2]

PostFinance Top Scorer
SeasonNameTeamPointsWinnings (CHF)
2002–03 Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 5711,400
2003–04 Ville Peltonen HC Lugano 7214,400
2004–05 Randy Robitaille ZSC Lions 6713,400
2005–06 Glen Metropolit HC Lugano 6613,200
2006–07 Simon Gamache SC Bern 6613,200
2007–08 Erik Westrum HC Ambrì-Piotta 7214,400
2008–09 Juraj Kolník Genève-Servette HC 7214,400
2009–10 Randy Robitaille (2) HC Lugano 6513,000
2010–11 Glen Metropolit EV Zug 5310,600
2011–12 Damien Brunner EV Zug 6012,000
2012–13 Linus Omark EV Zug 6913,800
2013–14 Matthew Lombardi Genève-Servette HC 5010,000
2014–15 Fredrik Pettersson HC Lugano 6913,800
2015–16 Pierre-Marc Bouchard EV Zug 6713,400
2016–17 Mark Arcobello SC Bern 5511,000
2017–18 Dustin Jeffrey Lausanne HC 5711,400
2018–19 Dominik Kubalík HC Ambrì-Piotta 5711,400
2019–20 Pius Suter ZSC Lions 5310,600

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References

  1. "Top Scorer". PostFinance. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "National League". www.sihf.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-09.