Lukas Meili

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Lukas Meili
Date of birth January 19, 1992
place of birth Russikon , Switzerland
Size 178 cm
Weight 76 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 29
Catch hand Right
Career stations
2009-2010 GCK Lions
2010-2011 ZSC Lions
2010-2011 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2012-2013 Kloten Flyers
2013-2016 EHC Biel
since 2016 EHC Visp

Lukas Meili (born January 19, 1992 in Russikon ) is a Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with EHC Visp in the Swiss National League B since September 2016 .

Career

Meili played as a junior at Zürcher SC before making his first appearances in the National League B at partner club GCK Lions in the 2009/10 season . In the following 2010/11 season he was part of the extended squad of the ZSC Lions, but was not used and instead completed other games for the GCK Lions.

In the 2011/12 season he came to his first National League A game , again in addition to several assignments with the GCK Lions, when he was loaned for two games to the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers : In the game on February 24, 2012 against the He was substituted on at half of the game for EV Zug and received three goals.

On the 2012/13 season, Meili moved to the Kloten Flyers to replace their previous substitute goalkeeper Michael Flückiger . After Meili was nominated as a substitute in the first four games of the season, he came on the fifth match day on September 25, 2012 for his first use for the Flyers. At the same time, this was the first NLA game that he played through completely. In the 3-2 defeat after shootout against HC Lugano , he received two goals. Lukas Meili was considered by the Flyers as a potential successor to the then regular goalkeeper Ronnie Rüeger . In total, Meili had eleven appearances in the NLA by the end of the season in April 2013, but saw no more prospects after the Flyers signed Martin Gerber and received approval. At the same time, Robert Mayer , who had signed a contract with EHC Biel , asked for it to be terminated. The EHC Biel then signed Lukas Meili to replace Mayer for two years. In Biel, Meili was a regular goalkeeper at times, but received no contract extension after the 2015/16 season. He then trained with EHC Visp , which signed him for two months at the end of September 2016.

International

Lukas Meili played at junior level for several Swiss national teams, namely for the U17, U18, U19 and U20 selection teams. He played in the 2009/10 season at the U18 Junior World Championship for Switzerland. He also took part in the World Junior A Challenge in 2011. In the 2011/12 season he played at the U20 World Junior Championship .

Web links

Commons : Lukas Meili  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up to work victory In: nzz.ch. October 2, 2012, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Castling: Meili for Mayer in the gate of the EHC Biel. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 17, 2013, accessed on May 23, 2013 .
  3. ↑ EHC Visp releases license for Lukas Meili. In: 1815.ch . September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Meili, Lukas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Russikon