Franco Collenberg

Franco Collenberg
Date of birth	August 25, 1985
place of birth	Chur , Switzerland
Size	182 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	defender
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2004	HC Davos
2004-2005	EHC Chur
2005-2008	EHC Basel
2008–2012	Friborg-Gottéron
2012-2013	SC Bern
2013-2014	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2014	SC Bern
2014-2015	SC Langenthal
2015-2016	Kloten Flyers
2016-2018	HC Ambrì-Piotta
since 2018	HC Thurgau

Franco Collenberg (born August 25, 1985 in Chur ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Thurgau in the Swiss League since 2018 .

Career

Franco Collenberg began his career as a hockey player in the youth of HC Davos , for whose professional team he made his debut in the National League A in the 2003/04 season . During the season, the defender moved to EHC Chur from the National League B , for which he played the following year and a half. From 2005 to 2008 Collenberg was on the ice for EHC Basel in National League A, but also played four games for EHC Olten in National League B in the 2006/07 season . In the summer of 2008, the left-shooter moved to Friborg-Gottéron , for which he scored a total of ten scorer points, including four goals, in 50 games in the following season.

At the end of December 2011 it was announced that the native of Graubünden will wear the SC Bern jersey in the 2012/13 season . Collenberg signed a two-season contract with the Bernese. During the NHL lockout , he was loaned to the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers . He won the Swiss championship title with the Bernese in 2013 . For the 2013/14 season, the Bündner moved to the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, where he signed a contract for two seasons. At the beginning of February 2014 he returned to SC Bern as part of a swap deal, in return Dan Weisskopf moved to the Lakers.

After the 2013/14 season, he ended his career as a professional athlete, but returned in November 2014 and was signed by SC Langenthal .

He moved to Kloten Flyers for the 2015/16 season . After a year he left Kloten in the direction of the NLA competitor HC Ambrì-Piotta . There he received a two-year contract. He has been playing for HC Thurgau since the 2018/19 season .

International

For Switzerland , Collenberg took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2003 , where he and his team finished ninth and thus relegated to Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 Swiss champion with SC Bern

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A		31	7th	4th	11	6th		3	0	1	1	2
2002/03	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A		33	13	16	29	26th		6th	3	1	4th	6th
2002/03	EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella	SwissDiv1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A		8th	2	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	HC Davos	NLA		26th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	EHC Chur	NLB		22nd	4th	4th	8th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A		7th	2	1	3	16		4th	1	0	1	8th
2004/05	EHC Chur	NLB		31	5	2	7th	8th		4th	0	3	3	2
2005/06	EHC Basel	NLA		42	2	4th	6th	14th		5	0	1	1	22nd
2006/07	EHC Basel	NLA		38	0	1	1	14th		13	1	1	2	12
2006/07	EHC Olten	NLB		4th	1	0	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	EHC Basel	NLA		50	2	7th	9	61		10	8th	5	13	34
2007/08	EHC Basel	NLA		-	-	-	-	-		4th	0	0	0	0
2008/09	HC Friborg-Gottéron	NLA		50	4th	6th	10	16		11	0	0	0	2
2009/10	HC Friborg-Gottéron	NLA		50	2	12	14th	18th		7th	0	1	1	39
2010/11	HC Friborg-Gottéron	NLA		47	1	4th	5	12		4th	0	0	0	4th
2011/12	HC Friborg-Gottéron	NLA		50	2	4th	6th	18th		11	0	2	2	4th
2012/13	SC Bern	NLA		23	1	1	2	0		20th	0	6th	6th	27
2012/13	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA		20th	3	5	8th	12		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA		29	1	6th	7th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	SC Bern	NLA		3	0	1	1	0		5	0	1	1	2
2014/15	SC Langenthal	NLB		25th	2	8th	10	16		11	0	3	3	8th
2015/16	Kloten Flyers	NLA		47	4th	3	7th	30th		2	0	0	0	25th
2016/17	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		37	1	4th	5	6th		10	0	2	2	8th
2016/17	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA Q		-	-	-	-	-		4th	0	0	0	2
2016/17	HCB Ticino Rockets	NLB		4th	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		44	1	6th	7th	16		9	0	2	2	12
2018/19	HC Thurgau	NLB
Elite Jr. A overall				79	24	22nd	46	50		13	4th	2	6th	16
NLA total				556	24	66	90	259		110	3	17th	20th	161
NLB total				86	12	15th	27	42		15th	0	6th	6th	10

( 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

• Franco Collenberg at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eishockey.ch, Franco Collenberg temporarily to the Lakers
2. ↑ slapshot.ch, SC Bern Swiss
3. ↑ TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH DEFENDANT FRANCO COLLENBERG. (No longer available online.) In: www.hcap.ch. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 4, 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.