Reto Schäppi

Reto Schäppi
Reto Schäppi (right)
Date of birth	January 27, 1991
place of birth	Horgen , Switzerland
Size	194 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	center
number	# 19
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2010	GCK Lions
since 2010	ZSC Lions

Reto Schäppi (born January 27, 1991 in Horgen ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been playing in the center position for the ZSC Lions in the National League A since 2010 .

Career

Schäppi (left) in a duel with Samuel Welser

Schäppi began playing ice hockey at EHC Wallisellen and EHC Dübendorf . He then moved to the ZSC Lions youth academy , where he worked for the ZSC and GCK Lions junior teams between 2006 and 2010 . In total, the center forward won four Swiss championship titles in the junior division during his junior years.

Already in the course of the 2008/09 season Schäppi had made his debut with the GCK Lions in the National League B and had been used in 33 games of the season, although he was still eligible to play for the A-Juniors. The same was true for the following season, which he also spent with the Lions in the NLB. In the course of the 2010/11 season Schäppi finally made his debut in the National League A with the ZSC Lions, but also came to other games for the GCK in the NLB. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season, the center established itself in the ZSC squad and celebrated winning the Swiss championship in 2012 and 2014 .

International

Schäppi was deployed for his home country in the junior division at the U18 Junior World Championships in 2008 and 2009 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2010 and 2011 . The best place he achieved in tournaments with the Swiss was a fourth place in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2010.

For the seniors, Schäppi was used for the first time at the 2014 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

2008 Swiss Elite Novice Master with the ZSC Lions 2008 Swiss Elite A Junior Champion with the GCK Lions 2010 Swiss Elite A Junior Champion with the GCK Lions 2011 Swiss Elite A Junior Champion with the GCK Lions

2012 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions 2014 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions 2018 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions

International

• 2018 silver medal at the world championship

NLA statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	4th	175	22nd	25th	47	40
Playoffs	4th	50	6th	7th	13	26th

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Reto Schäppi at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Reto Schäppi at hockeyfans.ch