Alain Berger (ice hockey player)

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Alain Berger Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 27, 1990
place of birth Burgdorf , Switzerland
Size 193 cm
Weight 92 kg
position Right wing
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2009 SC Bern
2009-2011 Oshawa Generals
2011–2012 Hamilton Bulldogs
since 2012 SC Bern

Alain Berger (born December 27, 1990 in Burgdorf ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been playing the right winger for SC Bern in the National League since December 2012 . He is the younger brother of Pascal Berger .

Career

Alain Berger began playing ice hockey in the junior department of the EHC Burgdorf . During his junior years, Berger moved to the youth department of SC Bern , for whose professional team he made his debut in the National League A in the 2007/08 season . In addition, he came in the same season in the National League B to nine appearances for the Swiss U20 national team and twenty appearances for the Young Sprinters Hockey Club . In the following season he played for SC Bern in the NLA, as well as for the U20 Juniors and the Young Sprinters Hockey Club in the NLB.

Berger ventured into North America in 2009 when he signed a contract with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League after being voted 27th in the first round of the CHL Import Draft of the same year . The Bernese drew attention there with 85 scorer points in 109 games.

On April 8, 2011, Berger signed a three-year contract with the Montréal Canadiens . He could not fight for a regular place in preparation for the 2011/12 season and then played in Hamilton for the Canadiens' farm team . In December 2012 he was given a contract by SC Bern until the end of the 2013/14 season.

International

Alain Berger made his debut in the Swiss national team at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2008 . He also came to the U20 Junior World Championship Division I in 2009 to deploy.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 SC Bern NLA 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 U20 Switzerland NLB 9 2 1 5 8th - - - - -
2007/08 HC Neuchâtel NLB 20th 2 3 5 22nd - - - - -
2008/09 SC Bern NLA 19th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2008/09 U20 Switzerland NLB 6th 3 0 3 20th - - - - -
2008/09 HC Neuchâtel NLB 26th 9 10 19th 38 - - - - -
2009/10 Oshawa Generals OHL 44 19th 14th 33 56 - - - - -
2010/11 Oshawa Generals OHL 65 29 23 52 86 10 5 3 8th 14th
2011/12 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 47 1 6th 7th 17th - - - - -
2012/13 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 9 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2012/13 SC Bern NLA 20th 2 2 4th 8th 20th 2 1 3 10
2013/14 SC Bern NLA 36 1 3 4th 28 6 1 0 1 1 16
2014/15 SC Bern NLA 50 8th 11 19th 26th 11 0 0 0 4th
2015/16 SC Bern NLA 49 3 4th 7th 34 14th 3 1 4th 6th
2016/17 SC Bern NLA 46 3 7th 10 49 16 1 0 1 6th
2017/18 SC Bern NL 39 2 7th 9 8th 11 0 0 0 14th
2018/19 SC Bern NL 50 2 3 5 28 17th 0 2 2 10
2019/20 SC Bern NL
NLB total 61 16 14th 30th 88 - - - - -
NLA total 310 21st 37 58 187 95 6th 5 11 66
OHL total 109 48 37 85 142 10 5 3 8th 14th
AHL total 47 1 6th 7th 17th - - - - -

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2008 Switzerland U18 World Cup 6th 2 0 2 6th
2009 Switzerland U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 1 1 2 6th
Juniors overall 11 3 1 4th 12

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Krein: CHL Import Draft 2009. In: eishockeyblog.ch. July 1, 2009, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  2. ^ David Thicke: Hockey's Future - Alain Berger. In: hockeysfuture.com. December 31, 2012, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  3. ^ Canadiens sign free agent Alain Berger to 3-year contract. canadiens.com, accessed January 4, 2012 .
  4. ↑ srf.ch, Alain Berger back to the SCB
  5. ↑ Alain Berger. eliteprospects.com, accessed January 4, 2012 .
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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgdorf , Switzerland