Marco Truttmann

Marco Truttmann
Date of birth	February 27, 1985
place of birth	Schwyz , Switzerland
Size	173 cm
Weight	70 kg
position	striker
number	# 94
Career stations
2000-2005	EV train
2005-2008	HC Thurgau
2008-2010	EHC Biel
2010-2011	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2011–2012	EHC Biel
2012-2019	EHC Olten
since 2019	EHC Kloten

Marco Truttmann (born February 27, 1985 in Schwyz ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been playing for EHC Kloten in the Swiss League since November 2019 .

Career

Marco Truttmann began his career as an ice hockey player at EHC Seewen, where he practically went through the entire youth department. As a junior, he then moved to EV Zug , for whose professional team he made his debut in the National League A in the 2003/04 season , where he remained pointless in three games. Parallel to his time at EV Zug, the attacker played for HC Ajoie and EHC Olten in the National League B from 2003 to 2005 .

In the summer of 2005 he moved to third division HC Thurgau , with whom he was promoted to the NLB straight away. For his new club he was on the ice in the NLB until 2008. The Swiss player also played a number of games for third division clubs SC Weinfelden and EHC Frauenfeld during this period . With the EHC Biel , where he finished the 2006/07 season, Truttmann was NLB champion. After he finished the 2007/08 season again in Biel, with which he was NLB champion as in the previous year and also achieved promotion to the NLA, he was obliged by this. For the promoted team he scored a total of 24 scorer points in 44 games in the 2008/09 season , including nine goals.

After Truttmann was unable to assert himself with his new employer, the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers , also due to a protracted injury, he switched back to EHC Biel after a year. The following season 2012/13 the striker spent at EHC Olten in the National League B and finished the season as the best scorer in qualification with 84 scorer points in 50 games and thus finished first ahead of Ajoie's James Desmarais , who also got 84 points . Truttmann was also named Striker of the Year in the second highest Swiss league.

In his first four seasons with EHCO, he collected a total of 270 scorer points in 217 games and was one of the best Swiss players in the second division. In December 2016, Truttmann received a new three-year contract with EHC Olten and was then one of the top earners in the Olten team. In the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, he played only 41 of 116 competitive games due to injuries. In autumn 2019 he was initially no longer used due to a lack of services and in November 2019 Truttmann agreed with the EHCO to terminate the contract. A few weeks later, he received a short-term contract with EHC Kloten , which was later extended until the end of the 2019/20 season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 promotion to the National League B with HC Thurgau
• 2007 Champion of the National League B with the EHC Biel
• 2008 Champion of the National League B and promotion to the National League A with the EHC Biel
• 2013 top scorer of the National League B
• 2013 National League Striker of the Year B

Web links

• Marco Truttmann at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Marco Truttmann at eurohockey.com
• Marco Truttmann at hockeyfans.ch

Individual evidence

1. ^ Offside: The complicated relationship between Marco Truttmann and the EHC Olten. In: solothurnerzeitung.ch. October 22, 2019, accessed January 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Termination of contract! Striker Marco Truttmann is leaving EHC Olten with immediate effect. In: solothurnerzeitung.ch. October 31, 2019, accessed January 8, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Truttmann stays, Altorfer comes. In: ehc-kloten.ch. December 4, 2019, accessed January 8, 2020 .