Julien Vauclair

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Julien Vauclair
Date of birth 2nd October 1979
place of birth Bure , Switzerland
Size 183 cm
Weight 92 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 3rd round, 74th position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1996-1997 HC Ajoie
1997-2001 HC Lugano
2001-2002 Grand Rapids Griffins
2002-2004 Binghamton Senators
2004-2020 HC Lugano

Julien Vauclair (born October 2, 1979 in Bure ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player . He spent most of his professional career in Lugano in the National League A . He was Swiss champion twice and vice world champion in 2013.

Career

Julien Vauclair began his career as a hockey player with HC Ajoie , for whom he made his national league B debut in the 1996/97 season . He then moved to HC Lugano , for which he was active for the following four seasons in the National League A and with which he became Swiss champion for the first time in 1999 . The defender was selected in 1998 both in the CHL Import Draft by the Brandon Wheat Kings (in round two as a total of 69th player) and in the NHL Entry Draft , there in the third round as a total of 74th player, selected by the Ottawa Senators . For Ottawa, he played only one game in the 2003/04 season. The rest of the time Vauclair spent from 2001 to 2004 with Ottawa's farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Grand Rapids Griffins and Binghamton Senators .

In the summer of 2004 Vauclair returned to his Swiss homeland, where he again received a contract with HC Lugano, for which he has played since then and with which he became champions for the second time in his career in 2006. In 2007 and 2008 he was elected to the National League A All-Star Team. After the 2019/20 season, he retired from competitive sports, and his number three shirt will no longer be awarded in Lugano in recognition of his achievements.

National team

With the Swiss offspring, Vauclair took part in the U18 European Championship in 1997 , in which the Swiss won the bronze medal, and the U20 World Junior Championships in 1998 , in which bronze again jumped out, and in 1999 .

In the adult division, he played for Switzerland at the 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 and 2013 World Cups . He was also on the Swiss squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , 2006 in Turin and 2014 in Sochi .

At the 2013 World Cup, he won the silver medal with Switzerland and was elected to the tournament's all-star team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 HC Ajoie NLB 40 0 6th 6th 24 9 0 2 2 8th
1997/98 HC Lugano NLA 36 1 2 3 12 7th 0 0 0 25th
1998/99 HC Lugano NLA 38 0 3 3 8th - - - - -
1999/00 HC Lugano NLA 45 3 3 6th 16 14th 0 0 0 0
2000/01 HC Lugano NLA 42 3 4th 7th 57 18th 0 1 1 4th
2001/02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 71 5 14th 19th 18th 4th 0 1 1 4th
2002/03 Binghamton Senators AHL 67 6th 16 22nd 30th 14th 0 1 1 8th
2003/04 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Binghamton Senators AHL 78 9 30th 39 39 2 0 0 0 0
2004/05 HC Lugano NLA 42 4th 7th 11 26th 3 0 0 0 2
2005/06 HC Lugano NLA 31 6th 6th 12 32 17th 2 3 5 12
2006/07 HC Lugano NLA 39 7th 9 16 50 5 1 1 2 10
2007/08 HC Lugano NLA 49 10 21st 31 34 - - - - -
2008/09 HC Lugano NLA 50 10 35 45 56 7th 1 2 3 6th
2009/10 HC Lugano NLA 35 13 15th 28 64 4th 0 1 1 10
2010/11 HC Lugano NLA 40 12 7th 19th 38 4 1 1 3 4th 27
2011/12 HC Lugano NLA 41 4th 8th 12 28 6th 1 1 2 6th
2012/13 HC Lugano NLA 47 7th 9 16 24 7th 1 2 3 4th
2013/14 HC Lugano NLA 31 3 8th 11 18th 5 0 1 1 2
2014/15 HC Lugano NLA 38 6th 7th 13 30th 6th 0 1 1 6th
2015/16 HC Lugano NLA 42 1 7th 8th 53 12 2 2 4th 10
2016/17 HC Lugano NLA 27 1 9 10 22nd 6th 4th 0 4th 0
2017/18 HC Lugano NL 38 5 7th 12 16 14th 1 3 4th 4th
2018/19 HC Lugano NL 44 4th 6th 10 24 3 0 0 0 2
2019/20 HC Lugano NL 36 0 0 0 22nd - - - - -
NLA / NL total 791 100 173 273 632 154 14th 20th 34 132
AHL total 216 20th 60 80 87 20th 0 2 2 12
NHL overall 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1997 Switzerland U18 European Championship 6th 1 0 1 4th
1998 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 1 2 3 12
1999 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 1 1 2 6th
1999 Switzerland WM 6th 0 0 0 2
2000 Switzerland WM 7th 0 0 0 0
2001 Switzerland WM 6th 1 0 1 27
2002 Switzerland Olympia 4th 1 0 1 2
2002 Switzerland WM 6th 0 2 2 2
2004 Switzerland WM 5 0 0 0 16
2005 Switzerland WM 7th 0 0 0 10
2006 Switzerland Olympia 6th 0 0 0 6th
2006 Switzerland WM 6th 0 0 0 4th
2007 Switzerland WM 7th 0 0 0 4th
2008 Switzerland WM 7th 1 1 2 4th
2010 Switzerland WM 7th 1 1 2 0
2011 Switzerland WM 6th 1 1 2 2
2013 Switzerland WM 10 0 3 3 2
2014 Switzerland Olympia 4th 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 19th 3 3 6th 22nd
Men overall 94 5 8th 13 83

( 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 : Julien Vauclair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www rtn ch, RTN, Radio Télévision Neuchâtel: “Je ne croyais pas vraiment que c'était possible”. Retrieved July 23, 2020 (Swiss French).
  2. ↑ Julien Vauclair veut une belle fête pour son number "3" . March 31, 2020, ISSN  1018-3736 ( lematin.ch [accessed on July 23, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Vauclair, Julien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bure