Laura Benz

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Laura Benz Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 25, 1992
place of birth Kloten , Switzerland
Nickname Banzli
Size 172 cm
Weight 63 kg
position defender
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2011 EHC Winterthur
since 2009 ZSC Lions

Laura Benz (born August 25, 1992 in Kloten ) is a Swiss national ice hockey player who has been under contract with the ZSC Lions in the Swiss Women's Hockey League A since 2009 . Her twin sister Sara is also a hockey player.

Career

The twin sisters Laura and Sara Benz have been doing ice sports together since they were four: “Our parents first sent us to figure skating. But we would much rather wear great equipment like our ice hockey brother. " The two learned ice hockey at EHC Winterthur , went through its male junior teams and between 2007 and 2009 played for the U17 juniors of the club in the highest junior league in Switzerland (top novices). At the Mountain Cup in February 2008 Laura Benz made her debut for the Swiss national ice hockey team for women . A year later, during the play-offs of performance class A, she came to her first assignments for the women's team of the ZSC Lions .

In the same year the sisters completed their first women's world championship after playing for the U18 national team from 2008. In 2010 Laura Benz took part in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with her sister . A few months later, the Benz twins with the U18 national team made it back to the top division at the 2010 World Cup in Division I , Laura Benz contributed 5 goals and 2 assists to this success, while her sister Sara was the top scorer of the tournament and was named the best striker.

After graduating from high school, Laura and Laura Benz received offers for scholarships from a US college. Due to the higher level of education in Switzerland and the necessary obligation to spend four years overseas, they decided to study in Switzerland instead. While Laura began studying medicine, Sara Benz trained as a lawyer.

In 2011 the sisters won their first championship title with the ZSC Lions , at the same time it was the first championship title of the ZSC Lions women. In 2012 and 2013 further championship titles followed with the Lions. In 2014 they took part in the Winter Olympics in Sochi , where they won the bronze medal with the national team.

In 2016 Laura won another Swiss championship with the women of the ZSC Lions.

Achievements and Awards

Winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  • 2010 Promotion in top division at the U18 World Championship of the Div. I.
  • 2010 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2011 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2012 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2013 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2010 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2014 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
  • 2015 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2016 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 EHC Winterthur U15 top mini 11 0 2 2 10
2007/08 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 9 0 0 0 4th
2008/09 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 9 0 0 0 8th
2008/09 ZSC Lions women SWHL A - - - - - 2 0 0 0 0 
2009/10 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 6th 1 2 3 2
2009/10 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 2 0 0 0 2
2010/11 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 9 1 1 2 6th
2010/11 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6th 
2011/12 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 10 3 5 8th 4th - - - - -
2012/13 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 3 4th 
2013/14 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 15th 4th 12 16 12 4th 0 1 1 4th 
 2014/15 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 9 1 2 3 2 8th 2 3 5 6th 
2015/16 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 5 2 1 3 6th - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 Switzerland U18 World Cup 5 0 1 1 18th 0
2009 Switzerland U18 World Cup 4th 0 1 1 4th −1
2009 Switzerland WM 4th 1 0 1 4th −1
2010 Switzerland Olympia 5 0 2 2 2 +3
2010 Switzerland U18 World Championship Div. I. 5 5 2 7th 14th +16
2014 Switzerland Olympia 6th 0 2 2 10 −6
2015 Switzerland WM 4th 0 0 0 2 +1
2016 Switzerland WM 5 0 1 1 4th +1

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alice Werner: UZH News - Our women in Sotchi. In: uzh.ch . February 12, 2014, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b SportWoche, A concentrated load of twin power , February 6, 2010, (PDF file)
  3. ↑ The big interview with Monika Leuenberger and Laura Benz , February 8, 2008 (PDF file)
  4. ↑ Reports of the A-Nati from Finland: Day 8 - first games and "double win action". In: frauennati.ch. March 28, 2009, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ ZSC women win first championship title. In: hockeyfans.ch. March 14, 2011, accessed May 3, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Benz, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Kloten , Switzerland