Reto from Arx

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Reto from Arx
Date of birth September 13, 1976
place of birth Biel / Bienne , Switzerland
Size 182 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
number # 83
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 9th round, 271st position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 1995 SC Langnau
1995-2000 HC Davos
2000-2001 Chicago Blackhawks
2001-2015 HC Davos

Reto von Arx (born September 13, 1976 in Biel / Bienne ) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player who was active for HC Davos in the National League A for 20 years . In 2003, 2006 and 2009 the HC Davos striker was awarded the title of MVP . His strengths lay particularly in power play and boxing . His brother Jan was also a hockey player.

Player career

Reto von Arx began his career at SC Langnau , from where he moved to HC Davos in 1995 together with his brother Jan von Arx . Meanwhile appointed to the leader of his team, he was drawn by the Chicago Blackhawks in the ninth round at position 271 in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 and moved in the fall of the same year to the Norfolk Admirals , the farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks. Due to his excellent statistics, von Arx was soon appointed to the National Hockey League , where he was the first Swiss ice hockey player to score in the NHL. After being reassigned to the farm team, he made the decision to return to Switzerland on October 14, 2001. He decided against a lucrative offer from SC Bern and rejoined HC Davos. Together with the wing Michel Riesen , who also returned from the NHL , he made a significant contribution to the fact that HC Davos was able to celebrate the 26th championship title in club history that season.

On December 27, 2004, the key player, like his brother, extended his contract with HC Davos until 2009.

Due to a dispute between von Arx and national coach Ralph Krueger , the 94-time international and temporarily captain of the Swiss national team has not been called up for an international match since 2002. Together with Marcel Jenni, during the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he had taken the qualification for the quarterfinals as an opportunity to organize a "Zechtour" and was then immediately banned from the national team and sent home. Since then, von Arx has never played for the national team. Shortly before the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, intensive discussions took place between the association and its trainer Arno Del Curto, but none between Reto von Arx and Ralph Krueger. In autumn 2006, Krueger's "attempt" to bring the striker back to the national team failed and in spring 2010 von Arx definitely decided not to play for the national team anymore.

Reto von Arx reached the final of the championship with his team in the so-called "lockout" season 2004/05 and defeated the ZSC Lions there. In 2007 he was able to celebrate his third title with the Graubünden team when Davos got the upper hand in seven games against SC Bern. In 2009 and 2011 Reto von Arx was again Swiss champion with the HCD, the opponent was always called Kloten Flyers, in 2015 Reto von Arx celebrated his sixth title after beating the ZSC Lions in the final.

In June 2015, the Arx brothers retired from competitive sports.

Coaching career

From the Arosa Challenge 2015 , Reto von Arx acted together with Felix Hollenstein as assistant to the new national coach Patrick Fischer . In July 2016, von Arx left the coaching staff of the men's national team, but remained with the Swiss Association as the coach of the U17 team.

Achievements and Awards

  • Swiss champions with HC Davos in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
  • Spengler Cup winner with HC Davos 2001, 2004, 2006, 2011
  • Most valuable player of the NLA 2003, 2006 and 2009
  • All-Star-Team of the Spengler Cup 2010

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1993/94 SC Langnau NLB 35 11 4th 15th 28 5 0 0 0 6th
1994/95 SC Langnau NLB 36 14th 9 23 71 5 1 2 3 27
1995/96 HC Davos NLA 34 4th 5 9 59 5 0 2 2 4th
1996/97 HC Davos NLA 42 10 17th 27 78 6th 1 3 4th 4th
1997/98 HC Davos NLA 39 8th 15th 23 113 18th 9 6th 15th 18th
1998/99 HC Davos NLA 45 21st 20th 41 67 6th 4th 6th 10 16
1999/00 HC Davos NLA 45 19th 26th 45 70 5 2 0 2 10
2000/01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 19th 3 1 4th 4th −4 - - - - -
2000/01 Norfolk Admirals AHL 49 16 26th 42 28 +14 - - - - - −5
2001/02 HC Davos NLA 31 6th 15th 21st 95 12 3 8th 11 35
2002/03 HC Davos NLA 42 10 32 42 73 17th 4th 8th 12 28
2003/04 HC Davos NLA 47 20th 31 51 72 6th 0 2 2 6th
2004/05 HC Davos NLA 43 11 27 38 75 15th 6th 11 17th 14th
2005/06 HC Davos NLA 44 14th 34 48 76 15th 6th 11 17th 14th
2006/07 HC Davos NLA 38 11 38 49 46 19th 2 8th 10 38
2007/08 HC Davos NLA 49 13 34 47 95 12 2 7th 9 10
2008/09 HC Davos NLA 44 15th 24 39 80 21st 7th 8th 15th 16
2009/10 HC Davos NLA 49 10 32 42 78 6th 2 4th 6th 18th
2010/11 HC Davos NLA 49 15th 33 48 54 14th 1 11 12 6th
2011/12 HC Davos NLA 46 10 30th 40 56 +17 2 0 0 0 2
2012/13 HC Davos NLA 42 11 19th 30th 54 +16 5 2 3 5 4th +2
NLB total 71 25th 13 38 99 10 1 2 3 33
NLA total 729 206 433 639 1181 184 21st 98 149 245
NHL overall 19th 3 1 4th 4th -4 - - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th 5 2 7th 35
1996 Switzerland B-WM 7th 1 5 6th 12
1997 Switzerland B-WM 7th 1 4th 5 6th
1998 Switzerland Olympic torment. 4th 0 0 0 2
1999 Switzerland WM 6th 2 2 4th 10
2000 Switzerland WM 7th 1 2 3 2
2002 Switzerland Olympia 2 0 1 1 0
Juniors overall 6th 5 2 7th 35
Men overall 33 5 14th 19th 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. ↑ Dino Kessler: "And bye, dear fans!": This is where the Von Arx brothers give their last interview. blick.ch , June 10, 2015, accessed on September 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Switzerland on Sunday of December 20, 2015, p. 27.
  3. ↑ These are the winners from Arosa. Accessed December 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Country tournament in Arosa: Nice days - as hoped.Retrieved on December 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ News. In: www.sihf.ch. Retrieved July 9, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Arx, Reto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel / Bienne