Philippe Furrer

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Philippe Furrer
Date of birth June 16, 1985
place of birth Bern , Switzerland
Size 186 cm
Weight 92 kg
position defender
number # 29
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 6th lap, 173rd position
New York Rangers
Career stations
2000-2015 SC Bern
2015-2018 HC Lugano
since 2018 Friborg-Gottéron

Philippe Furrer (born June 16, 1985 in Bern ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been playing for Friborg-Gottéron in the National League in the position of defender since 2018 .

Career

Furrer first went through the junior departments of his home club SC Bern before he made his debut in the National League A with the professionals in the 2001/02 season . In the summer of 2003 he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers in the sixth round in 173rd place, but missed the entire 2003/04 season due to an injury. After returning to the following season, he steadily improved his game and reached the Swiss runner-up in the 2006/07 season .

In the 2009/10 and 2012/13 seasons he won the Swiss championship with SC Bern.

In September 2014, after 14 years as a professional at SCB, Furrer signed a three-year contract with HC Lugano , which was valid from the 2015/16 season. For Lugano, Furrer played over 160 competitive games in the NLA, the Swiss Cup, the Champions Hockey League and the Spengler Cup . At the Spengler Cup 2015 he was elected to the all-star team of the tournament. In October 2017, he decided on a three-year contract with Friborg-Gottéron , which will bind him to the team between 2018 and 2021.

Furrer lives with his family in Murten .

International

In the 2007/08 season , Furrer was one of the best offensive defenders in the league, which led to an appointment to the Swiss national squad for the 2008 World Cup . During the World Cup, in which Switzerland reached seventh place, he scored an own goal in the quarter-finals against eventual world champions Russia.

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the silver medal with it. Other international tournaments in his career were the 2017 World Cup and the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. After the 2018 Olympic tournament, he ended his national team career.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Main round Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 SC Bern NLA 9 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2002/03 SC Bern NLA 26th 0 1 1 6th 13 0 0 0 2
2003/04 SC Bern NLA - - - - - - - - - -
2004/05 SC Bern NLA 37 3 3 6th 14th 11 1 1 2 4th
2005/06 SC Bern NLA 29 1 0 1 14th - - - - -
2006/07 SC Bern NLA 16 3 2 5 41 12 0 0 0 4th
2007/08 SC Bern NLA 43 6th 16 22nd 54 2 0 0 0 14th
2008/09 SC Bern NLA 36 4th 12 16 32 6th 0 1 1 6th
2009/10 SC Bern NLA 30th 5 5 10 65 15th 0 4th 4th 14th
2010/11 SC Bern NLA 38 3 9 12 50 11 0 4th 4th 4th
2011/12 SC Bern NLA 43 6th 15th 21st 48 17th 1 8th 9 4th
2012/13 SC Bern NLA 36 0 11 11 36 18th 2 3 5 16
2013/14 SC Bern NLA 16 3 5 8th 14th - - - - -
2014/15 SC Bern NLA 35 2 11 13 20th 11 1 3 4th 6th
NLA total 394 36 90 126 394 116 5 24 29 74

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Switzerland U18 World Cup 8th 2 0 2 0
2003 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 0 0 0 4th
2003 Switzerland U18 World Cup 6th 1 3 4th 20th
2005 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 0 0 0 10
2008 Switzerland WM 7th 1 1 2 16
2009 Switzerland WM 4th 0 0 0 6th
2010 Switzerland Olympia 5 0 1 1 2
2011 Switzerland WM 6th 0 0 0 4th
2012 Switzerland WM 7th 0 1 1 0
2013 Switzerland WM 10 0 1 1 4th
Juniors overall 26th 3 3 6th 34
Men overall 49 1 4th 5 32

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephan Roth: Transfer for next season: Fixed: SCB veteran Furrer to Lugano. In: blick.ch. September 9, 2014, accessed September 1, 2015 .
  2. ^ Philippe Furrer avec Friborg-Gottéron. In: gotteron.ch. October 26, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Bruno Hayoz: Nati defender Philippe Furrer signs with Friborg. In: blick.ch. November 3, 2017, accessed September 13, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Furrer and the dramatic failure: "I just still can't believe it". In: watson.ch. February 15, 2018, accessed September 13, 2018 .
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Squad of Friborg-Gottéron in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Furrer, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern