Kevin Schläpfer

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Kevin Schläpfer Ice hockey player
Kevin Schläpfer
Date of birth November 24, 1969
place of birth Basel , Switzerland
Size 184 cm
Weight 90 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1986-1988 EHC Basel
1988-1990 HC Lugano
1990-1992 EV train
1992-1995 EHC Olten
1995-1996 Lausanne HC
1996-1998 SCL Tigers
1998-2000 EHC Chur
2000-2004 EHC Biel
2004-2006 SC Langenthal
SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Kevin Schläpfer
Coaching stations
2010-2016 EHC Biel
2017-2018 EHC Kloten

Kevin Schläpfer (born November 24, 1969 in Basel ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who won the Swiss championship with HC Lugano , among others .

Player career

Kevin Schläpfer began his career as an ice hockey player in the junior division of Zunzgen-Sissach. He then played for EHC Basel in National League B from 1986 to 1988 , before playing for HC Lugano and EV Zug in National League A for two seasons until 1992 . With Lugano he became Swiss champions for the first and only time in his career in the 1989/90 season . Before the 1992/93 season, the attacker signed with the NLB club EHC Olten , with whom he was promoted to the NLA straight away.

After he could not prevent the direct relegation with his team, he joined HC Lausanne after another year in the NLB , with whom he played in the NLA in the 1995/96 season. After only one season, the Swiss left the team and until his retirement in 2006 played exclusively in the NLB for the SCL Tigers , the EHC Chur , EHC Biel and the SC Langenthal . With the Bielers he won the championship of the National League B in the 2003/04 season . In 2006 he ended his playing career.

Trainer and functionary career

Following the end of his career as a player, Schläpfer took over the position of sports director at EHC Biel in 2006. In this position he played a major role in promoting the EHC to the NLA in 2008. He jumped in twice during his tenure (2009 and 2010) as an interim coach. For the 2010/11 season he was appointed head coach of the EHC. He led the Bielers into the playoffs three times, in 2012, 2013 and 2015. In the 2015/16 season Biel threatened to qualify for the league under Schläpfer's leadership: The relegation was canceled because HC Ajoie, as the NLB champions, did not participate in the league qualification. In November 2016, he was dismissed from ten games following a series of nine defeats. Because of his services, he enjoyed a great reputation among the supporters in Biel, in the media reports on the occasion of his dismissal he was dubbed a “cult coach”, “figure of identification” and “hockey god”. On October 24, 2017, EHC Kloten announced the commitment of Kevin Schläpfer with a contract term until the end of the 2019/20 season. He only stayed in office until the beginning of April 2018, when he was given leave of absence from the EHC, who was in acute danger of relegation due to the sporting situation.

At the beginning of March 2019, SC Langenthal announced Schläpfer's commitment as sporting director with the start of the 2019/20 season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 EHC Basel NLB 12 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1987/88 EHC Basel NLB 28 8th 5 13 2 - - - - -
1988/89 HC Lugano NLA 30th 1 2 3 6th 10 0 0 0 7th
1989/90 HC Lugano NLA 27 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1990/91 EV train NLA 32 5 7th 12 8th 3 0 0 0 4th
1991/92 EV train NLA 29 3 6th 9 8th 5 0 2 2 2
1992/93 EHC Olten NLB 36 5 7th 12 23 7th 2 6th 8th 2
1993/94 EHC Olten NLA 36 9 11 20th 6th 6th 2 5 7th 14th
1994/95 EHC Olten NLB 35 13 40 53 16 3 0 1 1 0
1995/96 HC Lausanne NLA 30th 1 4th 5 10 4th 0 0 0 4th
1996/97 SC Langnau NLB 42 17th 29 46 18th 8th 0 4th 4th 4th
1997/98 SC Langnau NLB 40 14th 30th 44 45 16 4th 6th 10 0
1998/99 EHC Chur NLB 38 11 24 35 6th 11 3 1 4th 0
1999/00 EHC Chur NLB 36 13 24 37 30th 15th 6th 9 15th 2
2000/01 EHC Biel NLB 40 12 25th 34 16 - - - - -
2001/02 EHC Biel NLB 33 8th 28 36 10 5 1 5 6th 0
2002/03 EHC Biel NLB 30th 7th 27 34 41 10 1 9 10 8th
2003/04 EHC Biel NLB 34 13 29 42 32 19th 4th 7th 11 8th
2004/05 SC Langenthal NLB 35 10 17th 27 51 11 8th 6th 14th 16
2005/06 SC Langenthal NLB 42 9 20th 29 59 12 4th 6th 10 28

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Kevin Schläpfer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blick: Schläpfer takes over in Biel - Blick . ( blick.ch [accessed on November 16, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Biel coach Kevin Schläpfer sacked. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Ajoie is an NLB master - and drives out relegation spirits. In: bernerzeitung.ch/. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Kevin Schläpfer, the fallen hockey god of Biel . In: az Grenchner Tagblatt . ( grenchnertagblatt.ch [accessed on November 16, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Bang at EHC Biel: Cult coach Kevin Schläpfer has to leave the club after a negative series. (No longer available online.) In: Bluewin. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016 ; accessed on November 16, 2016 (Swiss Standard German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bluewin.ch
  6. ↑ NLA: EHC Biel dismisses coach Kevin Schläpfer! In: Hockey News Austria . ( online [accessed November 16, 2016]). NLA: EHC Biel dismisses coach Kevin Schläpfer! ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hockey-news.info
  7. ↑ Biel separates from Kevin Schläpfer after a nosedive . In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed on November 16, 2016]).
  8. ↑ NZZ: Kevin Schläpfer is the trainer of the EHC Kloten - NZZ . ( nzz.ch [accessed October 24, 2017]).
  9. ↑ https://www.ehc-kloten.ch/feeds/rss/142-kevin-schläpfer-suspendiert
  10. ↑ www.sclangenthal.ch - SC Langenthal Club - Kevin Schläpfer becomes SCL sports director. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Kevin Schläpfer receives Baselbieter sports award . In: bazonline.ch: (amu / sda) . October 23, 2012 ( bazonline.ch [accessed November 16, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Schläpfer, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel , Switzerland