Nicolas Besch

Nicolas Besch
Date of birth	October 25, 1984
place of birth	Le Havre , France
size	179 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2007	Dragons de Rouen
2007-2008	Leksands IF Nyköpings HK Vaasan Sport
2008-2009	Mikkelin Jukurit
2009-2010	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
2010-2011	Mikkelin Jukurit
2011-2013	KS Cracovia
2013	KTH Krynica
2013-2014	KH Sanok
2014-2015	GKS Tychy
since 2015	Bordeaux Gironde hockey sur glace

Nicolas Besch (born October 25, 1984 in Le Havre ) is a French ice hockey player who will play hockey sur glace at Bordeaux Gironde in the French Ligue Magnus from 2015 .

Career

Nicolas Besch began his career as a hockey player in the youth division of the Dragons de Rouen , for whose professional team he was active from 2001 to 2007 in the Ligue Magnus , the top French division. The defender was very successful with his team during this period. In 2003 and 2006 he was French champion with Rouen, in 2002, 2004 and 2005 he was with the team each time the Coupe de France , the national cup competition. He was also appointed to the league's all-star team in 2006 and 2007.

For the 2007/08 season , Besch went abroad for the first time and played for Leksands IF and Nyköpings HK in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, and for the Finnish second division Vaasan Sport in Mestis . He also spent the following season in the Mestis, but this time with Mikkelin Jukurit . After the Frenchman had played for the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble in the Ligue Magnus in the 2009/10 season and was called back to the All-Star team, he joined the Finnish second division club Mikkelin Jukurit again for the 2010/11 season on.

For the 2011/12 season , the long-time national player of KS Cracovia was signed from the Polish Ekstraliga , where he stayed for two years and was Polish champion in 2013 . After a short flying visit to KTH Krynica , he moved to KH Sanok in November 2013 , with which he not only became champion again in 2014, but also achieved the best plus / minus balance in the Polish league. A year later he also won the title with GKS Tychy , to which he had switched in the meantime, and was also a cup winner. In 2015 he moved back to France for Ligue Magnus promoted Bordeaux Gironde hockey sur glace .

International

For France , Besch took part in the junior division of the U18 World Cup in Division II in 2002 and the U20 World Cup in Division I in 2004 , when he was the top scorer among the defensive players. In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 and in the Top Division in 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2015 . He also represented his colors in the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

2002 Coupe de France with the Dragons de Rouen 2003 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 2004 Coupe de France with the Dragons de Rouen 2005 Coupe de France with the Dragons de Rouen 2006 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 2006 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team

2007 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team 2010 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team 2013 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2014 Polish champion with the KH Sanok and best plus / minus balance of the Ekstraliga 2015 Polish champion and cup winner with the GKS Tychy

International

• 2002 Promotion to Division I at the U18 Junior World Championship of Division II
• 2007 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
HockeyAllsvenskan main round	1	18th	1	3	4th	18th
HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mestis main round	3	76	9	13	22nd	106
Mestis playoffs	2	6th	0	0	0	6th
LM main round	7th	160	9	42	51	180
LM playoffs	5	41	6th	7th	13	58

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Nicolas Besch at hockeydb.com (English)
• Nicolas Besch at eliteprospects.com (English)