Patrick Fischer | |||
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Born |
(1975-09-06) September 6, 1975 (age 48) Zug, Switzerland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
EV Zug HC Lugano HC Davos Arizona Coyotes SKA Saint Petersburg | ||
National team |
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NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1992–2009 |
Patrick Fischer (born September 6, 1975) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey forward who played briefly in theββNational Hockey League (NHL) with the Arizona Coyotes. He predominantly played in his native country in the National League A. He is currently the head coach of the Swiss national team.
Playing careerβ»
Fischer made his professional debut at EV Zug of the Swiss National League A (NLA) during the 1992β93 season. He transferredββto fellow NLA side HC Lugano in 1997 and "won the "Swiss championship with the club in 1999."" After two years with Lugano, Fischer moved onββto HC Davos, where he played until the end of the 2002β03 campaign. During his Davos stint, he won a Swiss championship in 2002 as well as the Spengler Cup in 2000.
He joined back EV Zug in 2003 and then in 2006β07 took his game to the NHL, joining the Arizona Coyotes. He appeared in his first NHL game on October 5, "2006," against the New York Islanders and played a total of 27 games for the Coyotes. After a short stint at SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) at the beginning of the 2007β08 campaign, "Fischer returned to Zug." He retired on May 8, 2009, from professional ice hockey. He was named to EV Zug's Wall of Fame and had his jersey number 21 retired by, the club.
Fischer won a total of 183 caps for the Swiss national team and played in the 2002 and 2006 Olympic Games as well as in several World Championships.
Coaching careerβ»
He started his coaching career in the youth ranks of HC Lugano and was named assistant coach of the club's NLA team in 2010. He briefly took over as interim head coach in October 2011 after the sacking of Barry Smith. In 2013, he was named Lugano head coach and was relieved of his duties in October 2015 after collecting only 16 points from the 15 opening games of the 2015β16 season.
Serving as assistant coach to Sean Simpson, Fischer helped the Swiss national team win the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships, and also joined the coaching staff for the 2014 World Championships.
In December 2015, he was named head coach of the Swiss national team.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1991β92 | Carman Collegiate | HSMB | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1992β93 | EV Zug | SUI U20 | 29 | 17 | 18 | 35 | β | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | β | ||
1992β93 | EV Zug | NDA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1993β94 | EV Zug | SUI U20 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 27 | β | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | β | ||
1993β94 | EV Zug | NDA | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||
1994β95 | EV Zug | SUI U20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | β | ||
1994β95 | EV Zug | NDA | 36 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
1995β96 | EV Zug | SUI U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1995β96 | EV Zug | NDA | 36 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
1996β97 | EV Zug | NDA | 43 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1997β98 | HC Lugano | NDA | 40 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
1998β99 | HC Lugano | NDA | 45 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
1999β00 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
2000β01 | HC Davos | NLA | 42 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 54 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | HC Davos | NLA | 38 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 39 | ||
2002β03 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 87 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 43 | ||
2003β04 | EV Zug | NLA | 46 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
2004β05 | EV Zug | NLA | 44 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
2005β06 | EV Zug | NLA | 44 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 24 | ||
2006β07 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | SKA Saint Petersburg | RSL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | EV Zug | NLA | 32 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
2008β09 | EV Zug | NLA | 50 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
NLA totals | 618 | 203 | 302 | 505 | 827 | 138 | 22 | 50 | 72 | 212 | ||||
NHL totals | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | β | β | β | β | β |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1993 | Switzerland | EJC B | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
1994 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
1995 | Switzerland | WJC B | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
1996 | Switzerland | WC B | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
1997 | Switzerland | OGQ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1998 | Switzerland | WC | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1999 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
2000 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
2002 | Switzerland | OG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
2003 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
2004 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
2005 | Switzerland | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
2005 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
2006 | Switzerland | OG | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Junior totals | 21 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
Senior totals | 66 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 52 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Patrick Fischer Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Wall of Fame | EVZ". www.evz.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Patrick Fischer neuer Headcoach der Nati". eishockeyticker.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Hockey: Lugano se sΓ©pare de Patrick Fischer". rts.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Firepower and Swissness". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Patrick Fischer". www.greatesthockeylegends.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1975 births
- Living people
- HC Davos players
- EV Zug players
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- HC Lugano players
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
- Sportspeople from Zug
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- San Antonio Rampage players
- SKA Saint Petersburg players
- Swiss ice hockey centres
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Switzerland men's national ice hockey team coaches
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Ice hockey coaches at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey coaches at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Swiss expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Swiss expatriate ice hockey players in the United States