Gil Montandon

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Gil Montandon
Date of birth April 28, 1965
place of birth Neuchâtel NE , Switzerland
Size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position striker
number # 85
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1979-1983 Young Sprinters Hockey Club
1983-1984 Lausanne HC
1984-1989 Friborg-Gottéron
1989-2000 SC Bern
2000-2009 Friborg-Gottéron

Gil Montandon (born April 28, 1965 in Neuchâtel ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who has been a coach since 2011. He was best known as a player in SC Bern , with whom he won the Swiss championship in 1991, 1992 and 1997 . He was the first player in the Swiss National League A to play in over 1000 NLA games. He ended his career at Friborg-Gottéron in 2009 .

His sons Arnaud Montandon and Maxime Montandon also play ice hockey.

Gil Montandon played for the Swiss national ice hockey team at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. He also represented Switzerland at the B world championships in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1994 and the A world championships in 1987, 1991, 1992 and 1993. Montandon graduated for Switzerland 156 international matches.

In 2011 he became a coach at HC Université Neuchâtel from the third class first division . In March 2015 he was initially appointed head of sports and later also assistant coach of the EHC Visp . He was promoted to interim head coach during the 2015/16 season but was fired on December 28, 2015.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 HC Neuchâtel Young Sprinters NLB
1981/82 HC Neuchâtel Young Sprinters 1st League
1982/83 HC Neuchâtel Young Sprinters 1st League
1983/84 Lausanne HC NLB
1984/85 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 38 14th 8th 22nd
1985/86 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 33 27 7th 34 22nd
1986/87 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 33 35 21st 56 38
1987/88 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 34 18th 21st 39 32
1988/89 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 31 15th 20th 35 24
1989/90 SC Bern NLA 33 18th 14th 32 14th 11 4th 6th 10 18th
1990/91 SC Bern NLA 31 19th 8th 27 35 10 3 5 8th 16
1991/92 SC Bern NLA 35 17th 13 30th 16 11 5 6th 11 4th
1992/93 SC Bern NLA 33 13 13 26th 57 5 2 1 3 2
1993/94 SC Bern NLA 36 19th 17th 36 20th 5 3 2 5 8th
1994/95 SC Bern NLA 24 9 9 18th 14th 6th 0 3 3 2
1995/96 SC Bern NLA 36 15th 16 31 28 9 3 6th 9 29
1996/97 SC Bern NLA 36 19th 19th 38 28 10 10 5 15th 2
1996/97 SC Bern EHL 5 1 1 2 4th - - - - -
1997/98 SC Bern NLA 39 14th 13 27 32 7th 2 4th 6th 6th
1997/98 SC Bern EHL 5 2 0 2 6th - - - - -
1998/99 SC Bern NLA 45 16 21st 37 24 6th 1 7th 8th 6th
1999/00 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 43 16 23 39 32 4th 1 1 2 2
2000/01 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 42 7th 15th 22nd 26th 5 1 1 2 0
2001/02 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 35 17th 9 26th 22nd 5 1 1 2 2
2002/03 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 43 13 17th 30th 16 - - - - -
2003/04 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 40 14th 21st 35 18th 4th 2 0 2 2
2004/05 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 33 4th 10 14th 18th 8 1 1 1 2 6th
2005/06 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 43 9 25th 34 22nd 16 1 5 7th 12 10
2006/07 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 37 9 16 25th 14th 4 1 0 0 0 6th
2007/08 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 44 7th 19th 26th 24 11 3 3 6th 8th
2008/09 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 44 4th 9 13 10 11 1 1 2 8th
National League A overall 921 368 384 752 586 148 48 60 108 137

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Montandon, Gil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel NE