Dario Bürgler

Dario Bürgler
Date of birth	18th December 1987
place of birth	Schwyz , Switzerland
Size	185 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	striker
number	# 87
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2003-2007	EV train
2007-2014	HC Davos
2014-2016	EV train
since 2016	HC Lugano

Dario Bürgler (born December 18, 1987 in Schwyz ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Lugano since May 2016 . He is the son of the former ski racer Toni Bürgler .

Career

Dario Bürgler began his career in 2003/04 with the Elite A-Juniors of EV Zug . Before that, he worked in the youth department of the EHC Seewens. The following season he made his national league A debut for Zug, but continued to play mostly for the junior team. In the 2006/07 season he was already a permanent member of the NLA squad and played 39 season and 12 playoff games. On October 6, 2006 he scored his first NLA goal in the game against the Kloten Flyers . In addition to his assignments at EV Zug, he also played four games for the U20 national team in the NLB.

In December 2006 Bürgler signed a two-year contract with HC Davos. On September 22nd, 2007 he scored his first NLA hat trick against HC Ambrì-Piotta .

Bürgler developed into one of the best wingers in Switzerland in Davos and won the Swiss championship title with the Bündner in 2009 and 2011 . In the 2012/13 season he was HC Davos' top scorer with 47 points . In November 2013 Bürgler signed a contract with EV Zug , which tied him to the club until 2018, and thus left HC Davos after the 2013/14 season. After the end of the 2015/16 season, however, he parted ways with EVZ and signed a contract with NLA competitor HC Lugano in May 2016 .

International

Dario Bürgler has been used several times in Swiss junior national teams. He completed his first major tournament, the U18 World Championship , in 2004. The U18 team achieved promotion to the A group at this tournament. A year later he again took part in the World Cup with the U18 squad .

At the U20 World Championships in 2006 and 2007 , he was again a member of the Swiss squad and reached seventh place with it.

In November 2007 he was appointed to the Swiss national ice hockey team for the first time (participation in the Germany Cup 2007) and was able to convince. In the following years he played regularly for the national team. In 2013 Bürgler was appointed to the World Cup squad for the first time , but he didn't play a single game.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Swiss champion with HC Davos
• 2011 Swiss champion with HC Davos

International

• 2007 Germany Cup win with the Swiss national team
• 2013 silver medal at the 2013 World Championships

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003/04	EV train	Elite A Jr.		35	13	5	18th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	EHC Seewen	1st League		18th	4th	3	7th			-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	EV train	NLA		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	EV train	NLA		25th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	EV train	NLA		39	3	6th	9	18th		12	0	1	1	2
2006/07	EV train	Elite A Jr.		3	1	6th	7th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HC Davos	NLA		47	13	7th	20th	18th		10	2	2	4th	6th
2008/09	HC Davos	NLA		42	11	8th	19th	20th		21st	3	3	6th	8th
2009/10	HC Davos	NLA		50	17th	16	33	14th		6th	3	2	5	2
2010/11	HC Davos	NLA		28	7th	9	16	18th		14th	6th	5	11	0
2011/12	HC Davos	NLA		46	20th	10	30th	16		4th	0	0	0	4th
2012/13	HC Davos	NLA		49	22nd	19th	41	42		7th	3	3	6th	0
2013/14	HC Davos	NLA		50	9	17th	26th	18th		6th	2	1	3	4th
NLA total				378	102	92	194	164		87	19th	18th	37	26th
1st league overall				18th	4th	3	7th			-	-	-	-	-
Elite A Juniors total				38	14th	11	25th	16		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Switzerland at:

Division I U18 Junior World Championship 2004 U18 Junior World Championship 2005

U20 Junior World Championship 2006 U20 Junior World Championship 2007

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2004	Switzerland	U18 World Championship Div. I.		5	1	0	1	2	+2
2005	Switzerland	U18 World Cup		6th	1	0	1	4th	−3
2006	Switzerland	U20 World Cup		6th	2	1	3	6th	−1
2007	Switzerland	U20 World Cup		6th	1	2	3	6th	−1
Juniors overall				23	5	3	8th	18th	−3

( 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

• Dario Bürgler at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Match telegram Kloten - EV Zug
2. ↑ vinto.ch, Dario Bürgler signs a 2-year contract with the HCD ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2007 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. 
3. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Match telegram HCD - HCAP
4. ↑ ^{a b} Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Dario Bürgler returns to Zug , November 29, 2013
5. ↑ Stadler on loan to Sweden, contract with Sondell and Bürgler terminated. (No longer available online.) In: evz.ch. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . 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.  
6. ↑ Bürgler e Sondell sono ufficialmente bianconeri! (No longer available online.) In: hclugano.ch. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . 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.  
7. ↑ nachrichten.ch, Ralph Krueger nominated five newcomers
8. ↑ sehv.ch, Dario Bürgler: "I'm happy to be here"
9. ↑ swiss-icehockey.ch The World Cup team is in place