Damien Brunner

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Damien Brunner
Date of birth March 9, 1986
Size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2008 Kloten Flyers
2008 HC Thurgau
2008–2012 EV train
2012-2013 Detroit Red Wings
2013-2014 New Jersey Devils
2014-2018 HC Lugano
since 2018 EHC Biel

Damien Brunner (born March 9, 1986 ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Biel in the National League since May 2018 . He previously played for the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League .

Career

Damien Brunner began his career with the youngsters at EHC Kloten. Between 2002 and 2006 he played their elite A-Juniors. During the 2005/06 season he was also used by the partner team, EHC Winterthur from the first division . During the following season Brunner made his debut in the National League A with the Kloten Flyers . During the 2008/09 season he switched to EV Zug in exchange for Thomas Walser . In the 2009/10 season Brunner was the fourth best scorer in the championship.

The attacker ended the 2011/12 season with 60 points as the most successful points collector in the league, making him the first Swiss player in 30 years to do so. Previously, Guido Lindemann was the last time a Swiss player finished the season as the best point player in the league in the 1981/82 season.

In July 2012, Brunner signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings . For the duration of the NHL lockout in the 2012/13 season, however, he initially returned to Zug. After the end of the NHL lockout, he was able to fight for a regular place with the Red Wings immediately. His first goal for Detroit contributed Brunner on January 22, 2013 in a 1: 2 defeat against the Dallas Stars . On February 24, 2013 in the 8-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks , Brunner was the first Swiss to be credited with four scorer points in an NHL game (two goals and two assists). On September 24, 2013 the signing of a contract with the New Jersey Devils was announced after Brunner was able to convince in the training camp.

In December 2014 Brunner signed a contract with HC Lugano until the end of the 2018/19 season and returned to the NLA after almost two years. In May 2018, the attacker joined EHC Biel , with which he signed a contract until 2020.

International

Brunner first took part in the 2010 World Cup in Germany with the Swiss national ice hockey team. He took fifth place with the team. In seven games he scored one goal and prepared four more. In 2012 he again took part in the World Cup, where he was named the best Swiss player and top scorer of the team with seven points .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Damien Brunner in the Detroit Red Wings jersey
Main round Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 EHC Kloten Elite A Juniors 6th 1 0 1 0
2003/04 EHC Kloten Elite A Juniors 21st 9 5 14th 8th
2004/05 EHC Kloten Elite A Juniors
2005/06 EHC Kloten Elite A Juniors
EHC Winterthur 1st League 17th 18th 11 29 28 7th 5 5 10 4th
2006/07 Kloten Flyers NLA 42 9 9 18th 22nd 11 1 0 1 4th
2007/08 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 5 2 7th 8th 5 0 0 0 0
2008/09 HC Thurgau NLB 3 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
2008/09 Kloten Flyers NLA 17th 0 3 3 6w - - - - -
EV train NLA 36 12 14th 26th 16 10 3 2 5 4th
2009/10 EV train NLA 47 23 35 58 22nd 13 5 5 10 6th
2010/11 EV train NLA 40 19th 27 46 34 8th 4th 4th 8th 2
2011/12 EV train NLA 45 24 36 60 48 9 3 11 14th 6th
2012/13 EV train NLA 33 25th 32 57 49 - - - - -
2012/13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 12 14th 26th 12 14th 5 4th 9 4th
2013/14 New Jersey Devils NHL 60 11 14th 25th 26th - - - - -
2014/15 New Jersey Devils NHL 17th 2 5 7th 8th - - - - -
2014/15 HC Lugano NLA 20th 11 5 16 30th 3 0 1 1 0
2015/16 HC Lugano NLA 36 13 21st 34 18th 14th 7th 7th 14th 12
2016/17 HC Lugano NLA 33 8th 18th 26th 45 2 0 1 1 2
2017/18 HC Lugano NL 24 7th 7th 14th 8th - - - - -
2018/19 EHC Biel NL 50 18th 19th 37 22nd 12 5 4th 9 4th
2019/20 EHC Biel NL
NLA / NL total 467 174 225 399 322 87 28 35 63 40
NHL overall 121 25th 33 58 46 14th 5 4th 9 4th

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2010 Switzerland WM 7th 1 4th 5 2
2012 Switzerland WM 7th 3 4th 7th 6th
2014 Switzerland Olympia 4th 0 0 0 0
2014 Switzerland WM 7th 3 3 6th 4th
2015 Switzerland WM 8th 1 4th 5 8th
2017 Switzerland WM 7th 2 1 3 4th
Men overall 40 10 16 26th 24

( 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 : Damien Brunner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 20min.ch, Damien Brunner, the big mistake
  2. ↑ NZZ of July 2, 2012: Damien Brunner on Detroit
  3. ↑ [1]
Logo of the EHC Biel
Squad of EHC Biel in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Damien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1986