Marc Werlen

Marc Werlen
Marc Werlen
Date of birth	January 12, 1978
place of birth	Biel , Switzerland
Size	188 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-2002	Friborg-Gottéron
2002-2004	Lausanne HC
2003-2005	EHC Olten
2005-2007	EHC Biel
2007-2008	HC Neuchâtel Young Sprinters EHC Olten

Marc Werlen (born January 12, 1978 in Biel ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player .

Career

Marc Werlen began his professional career at the age of 17 with Friborg-Gottéron in the National League A , after having been active as a child and youth at SC Lyss . At the age of 14 he already played in the highest amateur league in Switzerland. During his 12-year professional career, he played a total of 600 games as a defender in the national leagues A and B.

One of his greatest successes was fourth place at the European Junior Championships in Ufa in 1996. Two years later he won the bronze medal with the Swiss national team at the U20 World Championships in Finland. Another highlight was the participation with Friborg in the Spartak Cup in Moscow .

With the EHC Biel Werlen was twice champion in the NLB, until he had to give up his professional career in 2008 due to a chronic inflammation of the Achilles tendon .

statistics

	Playing times	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NLA qualification	9	264	6th	16	22nd	186
NLA play-offs	4th	24	0	0	0	12
NLA relegation	2	15th	0	1	1	6th
NLB qualification	5	180	9	45	54	192
NLB play-offs	5	65	2	13	15th	86
NLB relegation	1	12	2	4th	6th	20th
U20 world championship	1	7th	0	0	0	4th
U18 European Championship	1	5	1	0	1	4th

(Status: end of the 2007/08 season)

Web links

• Marc Werlen at eurohockey.com
• Marc Werlen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} eishockey.ch, resignation of defender Marc Werlen , October 13, 2008, accessed on October 2, 2014