Michel Giant

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Michel Giant
Date of birth April 11, 1979
place of birth Oberbalm , Switzerland
Size 188 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Right wing
number # 79
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 1st lap, 14th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1994-1997 EHC Biel
1997-1998 HC Davos
1998-2001 Hamilton Bulldogs
2001-2009 HC Davos
2009-2013 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2013-2014 EHC Basel Sharks

Michel Riesen (born April 11, 1979 in Oberbalm ) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former player who, among other things, made twelve appearances in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers . He was also four times Swiss champion with HC Davos .

Career

Riesen began his career as an ice hockey player at SC Lyss . As a professional player, the right winger played from 1994 in National League A at EHC Biel , where he was relegated to National League B in the first season . In the 1997/98 season he switched to HC Davos , back to the top Swiss league. He had previously been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 14th place by the Edmonton Oilers . After one season and 32 games for HC Davos, the right-handed shooter made his debut in North America with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League in 1998 . The time in Hamilton brought him some high points in his career: in the 1999/2000 season, for example, he achieved 60 points scorer in 73 games. In the 2000/01 season he was used twelve times in the National Hockey League by the Edmonton Oilers. On July 1, 2001, he was the first Swiss ever to be part of a transfer deal in the National Hockey League. The Edmonton Oilers transferred Giant to the St. Louis Blues together with Doug Weight in exchange for Marty Reasoner , Jochen Hecht and Jan Horáček . After this year, his third in North America, he moved back to Switzerland, where he went hunting for goals again for HC Davos. In the following eight years, up to 2009 , Riesen won the Swiss championship title four times with Davos . Although his contract ran until 2011, he moved to the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers for the 2009/10 season . After another four years in the National League A , Michel Riesen moved to the EHC Basel Sharks before the 2013/14 season .

In 2015 he became a member of the coaching staff at HC Davos, where he initially took on the task of shooting coach and then heading the elite juniors. After Arno del Curto's resignation as Davos coach in November 2018, Riesen stepped in as a transition coach. Shortly thereafter, a new head coach was signed with Harijs Vītoli ,š , whose assistant was giant.

International

Michel Riesen played his first game for Switzerland at the 1996 World Junior Championship . A year later at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1997 , he was appointed to the All-Star team and voted best striker of the tournament. In 1997 and 1998 he was also a member of the national team at the Junior World Championships. In 1998 he won the bronze medal with the Swiss. Before and after his time in the AHL, he also appeared at the Ice Hockey World Championships . In total, he was on the ice in eight competitive games for the Swiss national team .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 EHC Biel NLA 12 0 2 2 0 6 1 2 0 2 0
1995/96 EHC Biel NLB 34 9 6th 15th 2 3 1 0 1 0
1996/97 EHC Biel NLB 38 16 16 32 49 - - - - -
1997/98 HC Davos NLA 32 16 9 25th 8th 18th 5 5 10 4th
1998/99 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 60 6th 17th 23 6th 3 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 73 29 31 60 20th 10 3 5 8th 4th
2000/01 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 69 26th 28 54 14th - - - - -
2000/01 Edmonton Oilers NHL 12 0 1 1 14th - - - - -
2001/02 HC Davos NLA 35 12 12 24 28 16 7th 8th 15th 52
2002/03 HC Davos NLA 44 17th 17th 34 30th 17th 3 6th 9 8th
2003/04 HC Davos NLA 47 16 13 29 14th 6th 1 2 3 4th
2004/05 HC Davos NLA 44 19th 14th 33 8th 15th 3 3 6th 6th
2005/06 HC Davos NLA 39 17th 12 29 18th 15th 9 3 12 8th
2006/07 HC Davos NLA 44 37 14th 51 70 15th 5 4th 9 37
2007/08 HC Davos NLA 39 13 17th 30th 18th 11 6th 3 9 8th
2008/09 HC Davos NLA 50 24 17th 41 32 21st 9 3 12 4th
2009/10 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 40 11 18th 29 12 - - - - -
2010/11 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 46 9 10 19th 16 10 1 4th 0 4th 4th
2011/12 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 35 7th 11 18th 4th - - - - -
2012/13 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 47 13 10 23 28 12 1 1 2 3 4th
2013/14 EHC Basel Sharks NLB 33 7th 9 16 8th 5 2 1 3 0
NLB total 105 32 31 63 59 8th 3 1 4th 0
NLA total 554 211 176 387 286 134 48 37 85 131
AHL total 202 61 76 137 40 13 3 5 8th 4th
NHL overall 12 0 1 1 14th - - - - -

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 1 0 1 0
1997 Switzerland U18 European Championship 6th 6th 1 7th 2
1997 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 4th 1 5 8th
1998 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 4th 1 5 0
1998 Switzerland WM 2 0 1 1 0
2000 Switzerland WM 1 1 0 1 2
2001 Switzerland WM 6th 3 1 4th 0
Juniors overall 25th 15th 3 18th 10
Men overall 9 4th 2 6th 2

( 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 )

After the professional career

The father of three is married to his wife Andrea and remains true to his passion for ice hockey even after his professional career ended in 2014. He passes on his knowledge and experience and is now working as a trainer and shooting coach and since November 29, 2018 as a coach at HC Davos.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Graf, Urs Keel, Klaus Zaugg: Ice Hockey Stars 2002 . 2001, p. 377 .
  2. ↑ bielertagblatt.ch, Michel Riesen becomes a Laker
  3. ↑ basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch, Michel Riesen moves to the knee of the Rhine ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch
  4. ^ Daniel Germann: HC Davos: Riesen takes over ad interim after Del Curto's resignation . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 29, 2018, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed December 27, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Witolinsch succeeds Arno Del Curto in Davos. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ It is becoming increasingly clear: HC Davos actually (also) had a coaching problem. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  7. ↑ rek: Michel Riesen: The conviction was missing. In: srf.ch . SRG SSR , June 22, 2017, p. 1 , accessed on September 12, 2017 : "... today's Elite-A-Trainer at HCD"
  8. ↑ Staff: Juniors (U20). In: hcd.ch. Hockey Club Davos AG, p. 1 , accessed on September 11, 2017 : "Headcoach RIESEN Michel"
  9. ↑ Staff: SFG79 - Shoot for Goals. In: sfg79.ch. SFG79 GmbH, p. 1 , accessed on September 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Giants, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbalm , Switzerland