Bjorn Christen
 Bjorn Christen 
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| Date of birth | April 5, 1980 |
| place of birth | Bern , Switzerland |
| Size | 184 cm |
| Weight | 87 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| number | # 7 |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| until 2001 | SC Bern |
| 2001-2006 | HC Davos |
| 2006-2015 | EV train |
Björn Christen (born April 5, 1980 in Bern ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who was under contract with EV Zug , HC Davos and SC Bern in the Swiss National League A for many years .
Career
Björn Christen began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth team of SC Bern , for whose professional team he made his debut in the national league A in the 1996/97 season , and with whom he became Swiss champion in his rookie year . After five years, the attacker left Bern in 2001 and switched to their league rivals HC Davos . With the Davos team, he won the Spengler Cup in 2001 and 2004 , and the Swiss championship again in 2002 and 2005. In the summer of 2006, Christen moved to EV Zug , for whom he played until 2015. At the end of the 2014/15 season he ended his career in order to work as an auditor in the insurance industry.
International
For Switzerland , Christen took part in the U18 Junior European Championships in 1997 and 1998 , as well as the U20 Junior World Championships in 1997 , 1998 , 1999 and 2000 . He was also part of the Swiss squad at the 2002 , 2003 and 2010 World Championships , as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1998 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1996/97 | SC Bern | NLA | 15th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996/97 | SC Bern | Elite Jr. A | 31 | 25th | 19th | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1997/98 | SC Bern | NLA | 34 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 12 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997/98 | SC Bern | Elite Jr. A | 12 | 11 | 9 | 20th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | SC Bern | NLA | 33 | 6th | 6th | 12 | 14th | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998/99 | SC Bern | Elite Jr. A | 8th | 7th | 9 | 16 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4th | ||
| 1999/00 | SC Bern | NLA | 33 | 6th | 10 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999/00 | SC Bern | Elite Jr. A | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 14th | ||
| 2000/01 | SC Bern | NLA | 43 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001/02 | HC Davos | NLA | 41 | 14th | 10 | 24 | 40 | 14th | 8th | 3 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2002/03 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 12 | 9 | 21st | 59 | 17th | 6th | 1 | 7th | 6th | ||
| 2003/04 | HC Davos | NLA | 19th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6th | ||
| 2004/05 | HC Davos | NLA | 18th | 1 | 6th | 7th | 10 | 15th | 7th | 2 | 9 | 4th | ||
| 2005/06 | HC Davos | NLA | 43 | 4th | 13 | 17th | 30th | 15th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 20th | ||
| 2006/07 | EV train | NLA | 43 | 17th | 11 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 8th | ||
| 2007/08 | EV train | NLA | 44 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2008/09 | EV train | NLA | 43 | 8th | 8th | 16 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009/10 | EV train | NLA | 49 | 13 | 20th | 33 | 48 | 13 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 6th | ||
| 2010/11 | EV train | NLA | 44 | 17th | 17th | 34 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 14th | ||
| 2011/12 | EV train | NLA | 49 | 14th | 25th | 39 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2012/13 | EV train | NLA | 27 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 8th | ||
| NLA total | 622 | 140 | 176 | 316 | 492 | 157 | 44 | 27 | 71 | 106 | ||||
| Elite Juniors A total | 51 | 43 | 37 | 80 | 10 | 7th | 6th | 13 | 28 | |||||
International
Represented Switzerland at:
| year | team | event | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | |
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| 1997 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8th | ||
| 1997 | Switzerland | U18 European Championship | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8th | ||
| 1998 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 7th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 4th | ||
| 1998 | Switzerland | U18 European Championship | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −2 | |
| 1999 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2000 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 7th | 4th | 3 | 7th | 29 | −1 | |
| 2002 | Switzerland | Olympia | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ± 0 | |
| 2002 | Switzerland | WM | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
| 2003 | Switzerland | WM | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −3 | |
| 2010 | Switzerland | WM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | |
| Juniors overall | 38 | 10 | 5 | 15th | 6th | ||||
| Men overall | 18th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | −6 | |||
( 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
- Björn Christen at eurohockey.com
- Björn Christen at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Close to tears: Christians take off their hats after 19 years. (No longer available online.) In: bluewin.ch. March 13, 2015, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on August 31, 2015 . 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.
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| SURNAME | Christians, Björn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern , Switzerland |