Benjamin Conz

Benjamin Conz
Date of birth	September 13, 1991
place of birth	Saint-Ursanne , Switzerland
Size	179 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	#1
Catch hand	Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2010 , 7th round, 185th position SKA Saint Petersburg
Career stations
until 2007	HC Ajoie
2007-2009	HC Servette Genève
2009-2011	SCL Tigers
2011–2012	HC Lugano
2012-2017	Friborg-Gottéron
since 2017	HC Ambrì-Piotta

Benjamin Conz (born September 13, 1991 in Saint-Ursanne ) is a Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HC Ambrì-Piotta in the National League since the 2017/18 season .

Career

Benjamin Conz comes from the offspring of HC Ajoie , but from 2007 played for the Elite A-Juniors of HC Servette Genève . In parallel, he came to some stakes in the U20 national team participating in the National League B participated. In the 2008/09 season he made his debut for Servette in the National League A and completed a total of 21 games in which he achieved an average goal conceded of 2.05 and a catch rate of 90.6%. At the same time, he played again for the Swiss U20 team in the NLB.

In the summer of 2009, his contract with Servette was extended to 2013, with a minimum number of games guaranteed. Since Tobias Stephan was signed as the new goalkeeper at the beginning of the following season , Conz was loaned to SCL Tigers in October 2009 .

Previously, he had also played in the National League B of the Lausanne Hockey Club . In the 2011/12 season, Conz moved to HC Lugano on loan . In March 2012 he was awarded a three-year contract by Friborg-Gottéron after negotiations about a contract extension with the previous goalkeeper Cristobal Huet had failed.

For the 2017/18 season Conz moved to HC Ambrì-Piotta .

International

In 2008 and 2009 Conz took part in the Junior World Championship with the Swiss U18 national team.

Conz has been the goalkeeper of the Swiss U20 national team since 2009 and reached the semi-finals of the 2010 U20 World Cup with them . At the end of the tournament he was named the best goalkeeper and was appointed to the tournament's all-star team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Best goalkeeper in the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2010 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	MIN	GA	SO	ATM		GP	MIN	GA	SO	ATM
2007/08	U20 national team	NLB		4th	178	15th	0	5.1		-	-	-	-
2008/09	Genève-Servette HC	NLA		21st	1233	51	2	2.5		3	140	10	0	4.3
2008/09	U20 national team	NLB		1	60	7th	0	7.0		-	-	-	-
2009/10	SCL Tigers	NLA		23	1339	73	2	3.3		10 1	571	33	0	3.5
2009/10	Lausanne HC	NLB		3	179	13	0	4.4		2	79	5	0	3.8
2010/11	SCL Tigers	NLA		46	2797	139	5	3.0		4th	245	14th	0	3.4
2011/12	HC Lugano	NLA		46	2992	136	5	2.7		6th	310	19th	0	3.7
2012/13	HC Friborg-Gottéron	NLA		48	2922	108	5	2.2		18th	1123	44	1	2.4
NLB total				8th	417	35	0	5.0		2	79	5	0	3.8
NLA total				184	8583	507	19th	3.5		31	1897	92	1	2.9

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Benjamin Conz at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Benjamin Conz at eurohockey.com
• Benjamin Conz at hockeyfans.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of Benjamin Conz at eliteprospects.com (English)
2. ↑ 20 minutes , Lagnau with a new goalkeeper weapon - Benjamin Conz is now playing for the SCL Tigers. , October 16, 2009, accessed August 14, 2012
3. ↑ 20 minutes , Tigers goalie Benjamin Conz changes to HC Lugano
4. ↑ Benjamin Conz to Ambrì. hockeyfans.ch, June 21, 2017, accessed on June 22, 2017 . 
5. ↑ nzz.ch, Swiss U-20 juniors in the World Cup semi-finals , accessed January 3, 2010
6. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best players selected by the directorate (PDF; 95 kB)