Ronnie Rüeger

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Ronnie Rüeger Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 26, 1973
place of birth Bülach , Switzerland
Size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 66
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1990-1992 EHC Kloten
1992-1993 HC Davos
1993-1994 EHC Bülach
1994-1995 HC Ambrì-Piotta
1995-1996 SC Herisau
1996-1997 HC Lausanne
1997-2002 EV train
2001 AIK Solna
2002-2006 HC Lugano
2006-2013 Kloten Flyers

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Ronnie Rüeger (born February 26, 1973 in Bülach ) is a former Swiss - British ice hockey goalkeeper who stood on the ice in the National League A for the Kloten Flyers , HC Ambrì-Piotta , EV Zug and HC Lugano and more than 1000 games played.

Career

Rüeger began his career at EHC Kloten , for whose professional team he was active in the National League A from 1990 to 1992 . He then moved to HC Davos in the National League B , with which he immediately achieved promotion to the NLA in 1993. He then came back to Bülach in the Unterland , then went to HC Ambrì-Piotta from the NLA, before playing for SC Herisau and Lausanne HC in the NLB for a year and a half . During the 1996/97 season he switched to EV Zug in the NLA. With the EVZ he became Swiss champion for the first time in his career in the 1997/98 season . In the same year he took part with Zug at the European level in the European Hockey League and was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament. He finished the 2000/01 season at AIK Solna in the Swedish Elitserien . For the 2001/02 season he returned to Zug, but switched to its league rivals HC Lugano during the season , with whom he again became Swiss champions in 2003 and 2006.

Ronnie Rüeger (left) and Thibaut Monnet , March 2011

For the 2006/07 season he joined his ex-club Kloten Flyers, with whom he reached the playoff semifinals and only failed at the eventual champions from Davos. He was also runner- up with his team in the 2008/09 and 2010/11 seasons. Especially in 2009 he was able to convince and was elected Goalkeeper of the Year of the NLA and in their All-Star Team.

On January 18, 2013, it was announced that the then almost 40-year-old would end his career at the end of the 2012/13 season.

With 1,000 games (304 of them as a substitute goalkeeper), Rüeger is only the third NLA player to break this mark after Gil Montandon and Martin Steinegger . For goalkeepers, the games in which they were only substitute goalkeepers are also counted.

International

For Switzerland , Rüeger took part in the junior division of the U18 European Junior Championship in 1990 , the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1991 and the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1993 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . At the 2008 World Cup and the 2010 Olympics, he was not used as a substitute goalkeeper.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2009 Swiss runner-up with the Kloten Flyers
  • 2009 NLA All-Star Team
  • 2009 NLA goalkeeper of the year
  • 2011 Swiss runner-up with the Kloten Flyers

credentials

  1. ↑ srf.ch, Ronnie Rüeger stops at the end of the season

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personal data
SURNAME Rüeger, Ronnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-British ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bülach , Switzerland