Nico Hischier

Switzerland Nico Hischier


Date of birth	January 4, 1999
place of birth	Naters , Switzerland
Size	183 cm
Weight	79 kg

position	center
number	# 13
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2017 , 1st round, 1st position New Jersey Devils

Career stations

until 2014	EHC Visp
2014-2016	SC Bern
2016-2017	Halifax Mooseheads
since 2017	New Jersey Devils

Nico Hischier ( ˈhɪˌʃiəɾ ; born January 4, 1999 in Naters ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New Jersey Devils from the National Hockey League since July 2017 . In the 2017 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected as the first overall draft pick by the Devils. His older brother Luca is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

youth

Hischier began his career with the juniors of the EHC Visp . At the age of 15 he moved to the youth department of SC Bern in 2014 , where he made his professional debut in the National League A a year later . He graduated in the season 2015/16 15 games for Bern in the NLA, and on loan for seven Visp in the National League B . After the season, Hischier was selected sixth in the 2016 CHL Import Draft and then moved to Canada to the Halifax Mooseheads in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ). In his first season in Halifax, he led all rookies in the league in goals (38), assists (48) and scorer points (86) and was consequently awarded the Trophée Michel Bergeron and the Coupe RDS as the best newcomer. At the same time, he was elected to the LHJMQ All-Rookie Team and was awarded the Michael Bossy Trophy , which honors the player who has the best chance of a successful career in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadian Hockey League , which represents the three major Canadian junior leagues together, honored him as CHL Rookie of the Year .

NHL

In the 2017 NHL Entry Draft , it was expected that Hischier would be one of the first players to be drawn, the NHL's Central Scouting Service estimated the attacker to be second among the North American outfield players. In the actual draft he was then selected in first overall position by the New Jersey Devils and thus became the highest selected Swiss in NHL history. Just a few weeks after the draft, the Confederate received an NHL entry contract at maximum terms from the Devils in July 2017 .

As part of the preparation for the season, he earned a place in the NHL line-up of the Devils and thus made his debut in the NHL in October 2017. He was also honored as Newcomer of the Year at the Swiss Sports Awards in December 2017 . In his first season in New Jersey, the attacker scored 52 points and, as the team's second-best scorer (behind Taylor Hall ), played a key role in helping the Devils reach the playoffs for the first time in six years. There they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round . After confirming his achievements in the 2018-19 season, he signed a new seven-year contract in New Jersey in October 2019, which is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 7.25 million from the start of the 2020-21 season.

International

In the junior sector, Hischier took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2015 and 2016 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017 for Switzerland.

At the end of April 2019, Hischier made his debut for the Swiss men's national team in a preparatory game against France. In the last third of the game he not only managed his first international goal, but also a "flawless" hat trick .

Achievements and Awards

2014 Swiss champion with the elite novices of SC Bern
2015 Swiss champion with the elite novices of SC Bern
2016 Swiss champion with the elite A-Juniors of SC Bern
2017 Coupe RDS
2017 Trophée Michel Bergeron
2017 Trophée Michael Bossy

2017 LHJMQ All-Rookie Team
2017 CHL Rookie of the Year
2017 EJ McGuire Award of Excellence
2017 Newcomer of the Year at the Swiss Sports Awards
2020 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

			Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2014/15	SC Bern	Elite A Juniors	11	1	1	2	-	2	10	3	3	6th	-	0
2015/16	SC Bern	Elite A Juniors	18th	11	17th	28	-	6th	9	1	8th	9	-	2
2015/16	SC Bern	NLA	15th	1	0	1	-3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	EHC Visp	NLB	7th	1	1	2	+2	0	6th	2	0	2	+2	8th
2016/17	Halifax Mooseheads	LHJMQ	57	38	48	86	+20	24	6th	3	4th	7th	+2	0
2017/18	New Jersey Devils	NHL	82	20th	32	52	+10	26th	5	1	0	1	-4	0
2018/19	New Jersey Devils	NHL	69	17th	30th	47	± 0	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	New Jersey Devils	NHL	58	14th	22nd	36	-16	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elite A Juniors total			29	12	18th	30th	-	8th	19th	4th	11	15th	-	2
NHL overall			209	51	84	135	–6	62	5	1	0	1	-4	0

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2015	Switzerland	EOWYF	4th Place	3	1	1	2	0
2015	Switzerland	U18 World Cup	4th Place	5	1	0	1	0
2015	Switzerland	HIMT	7th place	4th	3	3	6th	0
2016	Switzerland	U20 World Cup	9th place	6th	0	2	2	0
2016	Switzerland	U18 World Cup	8th place	5	1	3	4th	0
2016	Switzerland	HIMT	8th place	3	1	1	2	2
2017	Switzerland	U20 World Cup	7th place	5	4th	3	7th	2
2019	Switzerland	WM	8th place	8th	4th	5	9	4th
Juniors overall				31	11	13	24	4th
Men overall				8th	4th	5	9	4th

( 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

Commons : Nico Hischier - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Nico Hischier - official website (German / English)
Player biography on the New Jersey Devils website
Nico Hischier at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ “Americans ask how to say my name” , 20min.ch , July 6, 2017.
↑ Klaus Zaugg: Big appearance by Nico Hischier: Three hits in the final third. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . April 26, 2019, accessed April 30, 2019 .

Squad of the New Jersey Devils in the season 2020/21

personal data
SURNAME	Hischier, Nico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naters , Switzerland

[1] “Americans ask how to say my name” , 20min.ch , July 6, 2017.

[luzerner-114120-2] Klaus Zaugg: Big appearance by Nico Hischier: Three hits in the final third. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . April 26, 2019, accessed April 30, 2019 .