René Back

René Back
Date of birth	September 8, 1982
place of birth	Kemmental , Switzerland
Size	177 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
number	# 34
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1999	HC Davos
1999-2000	EHC Chur
2000-2001	HC Davos
2001-2002	EHC Chur
2002-2004	ZSC Lions GCK Lions
2004-2009	EV train
2009-2014	HC Davos
since 2014	EHC Kloten

René Back (born September 8, 1982 in Kemmental TG ) is a Swiss ice hockey defender who has been under contract with EHC Kloten in the National League A since 2014 .

Career

René Back began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of the EHC Kreuzlingen . From there he moved to HC Davos , for whose U20 juniors he was used for the first time in the 1998/99 season. After a season with the U20 juniors of the EHC Chur , the defender returned to Davos and made his debut for the professional team of HC Davos in the National League A in the 2000/01 season . He gave two assists in 40 games. In parallel, he ran twice for the SC Herisau in the National League B on. However, he ended the season at EHC Chur, with whom he competed in the relegation for relegation.

After baking the entire 2001-02 season spent in Chur, he played two years for the ZSC Lions in the NLA and their farm team , the GCK Lions , in the NLB before he start of the 2004/05 season from EV train bound where he stayed for a total of five years. From the 2009/10 season , the former junior national player was again on the ice for Davos in the NLA, before he moved to EHC Kloten for three years in the 2014/15 season.

International

For Switzerland , Back took part in the U18 Junior World Championship 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2002 . He also took part in the 2010 ice hockey world championship with the senior national team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Swiss champion with HC Davos

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	HC Davos	Elite Jr. A		33	1	4th	5	22nd		1	0	0	0	2
1999/00	EHC Chur	Elite Jr. A		18th	2	13	15th	30th		6th	1	1	2	10
2000/01	HC Davos	NLA		40	0	2	2	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	EHC Chur	NLA		-	-	-	-	-		12 1	1	3	4th	6th
2000/01	SC Herisau	NLB		2	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	HC Davos	Elite Jr. A		6th	0	3	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	EHC Chur	NLA		34	1	4th	5	18th		14 1	1	1	2	6th
2002/03	ZSC Lions	NLA		25th	0	1	1	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	GCK Lions	NLB		12	1	5	6th	26th		8th	0	5	5	6th
2003/04	ZSC Lions	NLA		45	0	1	1	32		13	0	0	0	14th
2003/04	GCK Lions	NLB		3	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	ZSC Lions	NLA		5	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	EV train	NLA		26th	3	8th	11	28		9	1	1	2	8th
2004/05	GCK Lions	NLB		4th	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	EV train	NLA		34	1	6th	7th	47		7th	1	1	2	12
2006/07	EV train	NLA		36	1	8th	9	30th		12	0	2	2	12
2007/08	EV train	NLA		50	1	9	10	44		7th	0	3	3	6th
2008/09	EV train	NLA		50	6th	12	18th	42		10	1	0	1	16
2009/10	HC Davos	NLA		49	2	14th	16	28		6th	0	0	0	14th
2010/11	HC Davos	NLA		45	1	5	6th	42		13	0	1	1	8th
2011/12	HC Davos	NLA		43	1	5	6th	40		4th	1	0	1	0
2012/13	HC Davos	NLA		49	2	8th	10	28		7th	0	2	2	4th
2013/14	HC Davos	NLA		39	0	7th	7th	14th		6th	0	0	0	4th
NLA total				575	19th	90	109	439		94	4th	11	15th	98
NLB total				21st	1	7th	8th	21st		8th	0	5	5	6th
Elite Juniors A total				57	3	20th	23	54		7th	1	1	2	12

International

Represented Switzerland at:

U18 Junior World Championship 2000 U20 Junior World Championship 2002

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2000	Switzerland	U18 World Cup		7th	1	1	2	8th	−3
2002	Switzerland	U20 World Cup		7th	0	1	1	8th	−7
Juniors overall				17th	1	2	3	16	−10

( 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

• René Back at eliteprospects.com (English)
• René Back at hockeyfans.ch