Philipp Wetzel

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Philipp Wetzel Ice hockey player
Date of birth 5th June 1985
place of birth Urtenen-Schönbühl , Switzerland
Size 198 cm
Weight 96 kg
position striker
number # 48
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2000-2005 SC Bern
2005-2007 SC Langenthal
2007-2018 EHC Biel
since 2018 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

Philipp Wetzel (born June 5, 1985 in Urtenen-Schönbühl ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has played as a striker for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss League since the 2018/19 season .

Career

Kevin Gloor and Philipp Wetzel (right), 2013

Philipp Wetzel began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth team of SC Bern , for whose professional team he made his debut in the National League A in the 2002/03 season and became Swiss champion for the first time in 2004 . After a total of three years in the junior division, the attacker left Bern during the 2004/05 season and signed with the second division club SC Langenthal , for whom he was on the ice for the following year and a half.

Before the 2007/08 season, the left shooter was committed by their league rivals EHC Biel , with whom he became NLB champion and rose to the National League A. In this, the Swiss scored a total of three points, including one goal, in 25 games in the 2008/09 season .

Wetzel had to deal with an injury in the 2008/09 season. He dislocated his left shoulder, had an operation and was out until the next season. In October 2009, Wetzel returned to the ice. His coach, Kent Ruhnke , rarely used him at the beginning, but he gave him more ice age over the course of the season.

In 2018, after ten seasons in the dress of EHC Biel, Wetzel switched to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds after the decision in Biel not to extend his expiring contract.

International

For Switzerland , Wetzel took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2003 , in which he and his team finished ninth, making them relegated to Division I.

Achievements and Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Wetzel, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Urtenen-Schönbühl