Swiss national ice hockey team

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Swiss national ice hockey team (terminology) .

Switzerland
Association	Swiss Ice Hockey Federation
World ranking	7th place
Trainer	Patrick Fischer
Assistant coach	Tommy Albelin
Most games	Mathias Seger (305, as of November 22, 2017)
Most of the points	Jörg Eberle (142)
statistics
First international match Great Britain 3-0 Switzerland Chamonix , France ; January 23, 1909
Biggest win Switzerland 23: 0 Yugoslavia Zurich , Switzerland ; February 4, 1939
Biggest defeat Switzerland 0:33 Canada Chamonix , France ; January 30, 1924
Olympic games
Participation	17; since 1920
Best result:	Bronze medal 1928, 1948
World Championship
Participation	42; since 1920
best result	Silver medal 1935, 2013, 2018
(As of May 2018)

Jonas Hiller at the 2010 Olympic Games

Swiss national team at the 2009 World Cup (game against Latvia )

The Swiss national ice hockey team is a selection of Swiss ice hockey players who represent the Swiss ice hockey association on an international level. The players are sometimes called "ice cream comrades".

Patrick Fischer has been the national team's head coach since December 2015 . Mathias Seger ( ZSC Lions ) is the current record national player.

At the 2013 World Cup in Sweden and Finland, Switzerland reached the final against Sweden after nine wins and a 3-0 semi-final victory against the USA . Despite the 1: 5 defeat in the final, this meant the greatest success since the first participation in the finals at the World Cup in 1935. At the World Cup in Denmark in 2018 , Switzerland reached the final again, in which they were defeated 2: 3 by the same opponent. In the world rankings, the team is currently (as of May 2018) in seventh place.

Squad

Current squad

The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held from May 10th to 26th, 2019 in Bratislava and Košice , Slovakia :

No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	team
# 20	Reto Berra	G	0Jan. 3, 1987	HC Friborg-Gottéron  ( NL )
# 63	Leonardo Genoni	G	Aug 28, 1987	SC Bern  ( NL )
# 29	Robert Mayer	G	0Oct 9, 1989	Genève-Servette HC  ( NL )
# 16	Raphael Diaz ( C )	D.	0Jan. 9, 1986	EV Zug  ( NL )
# 45	Michael Fora	D.	Oct. 30, 1995	HC Ambrì-Piotta  ( NL )
# 38	Lukas Frick	D.	Sep 15 1994	Lausanne HC  ( NL )
# 76	Joël Genazzi	D.	Feb 10, 1988	Lausanne HC  ( NL )
# 90	Roman Josi ( A )	D.	0June 1, 1990	Nashville Predators  ( NHL )
# 6	Yannick Weber	D.	23 Sep 1988	Nashville Predators  ( NHL )
# 55	Romain Loeffel	D.	10 Mar 1991	HC Lugano  ( NL )
# 56	Janis Moser	D.	0June 6, 2000	EHC Biel  ( NL )
#8th	Vincent Praplan	F.	June 10, 1994	Springfield Thunderbirds  ( AHL )
# 10	Andres Ambühl	F.	Sep 14 1983	HC Davos  ( NL )
# 13	Nico Hischier	F.	0Jan. 4, 1999	New Jersey Devils  ( NHL )
# 21	Kevin Fiala	F.	July 22, 1996	Minnesota Wild  ( NHL )
# 92	Gaetan Haas	F.	Jan. 31, 1992	SC Bern  ( NL )
# 15	Grégory Hofmann	F.	Nov 13, 1992	HC Lugano  ( NL )
# 23	Philipp Kurashev	F.	Oct 12, 1999	Rockford IceHogs  ( AHL )
# 82	Simon Moser ( A )	F.	10 Mar 1989	SC Bern  ( NL )
# 22	Nino Niederreiter	F.	08 Sep 1992	Carolina Hurricanes  ( NHL )
# 85	Sven Andrighetto	F.	21 Mar 1993	Colorado Avalanche  ( NHL )
# 46	Noah Rod	F.	0June 7, 1996	Genève-Servette HC  ( NL )
# 60	Tristan Scherwey	F.	0May 7, 1991	SC Bern  ( NL )
# 64	Christoph Bertschy	F.	0Apr 5, 1994	Lausanne HC  ( NL )
# 93	Lino Martschini	F.	Jan. 21, 1993	EV Zug  ( NL )

Official
function	Nat.	Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Patrick Fischer	06 Sep 1975
Assistant coach		Tommy Albelin	May 21, 1964
Assistant coach		Christian Wohlwend	0Jan. 4, 1977

statistics

• List of international matches for the Swiss national ice hockey team from 2010 to 2019
• List of international matches for the Swiss national ice hockey team from 2019 to 2029

International results

Olympic games

• 1920 : 5.
• 1924 : 7.
• 1928 : 3.
• 1932 : no participation
• 1936 : 13.
• 1948 : 3.
• 1952 : 5.
• 1956 : 9.
• 1960 : no participation
• 1964 : 8.
• 1968 : not qualified
• 1972 : 10.
• 1976 : 11.
• 1980 : not qualified, winner of the Thayer Tutt Trophy
• 1984 : not qualified, 2nd Thayer Tutt Trophy
• 1988 : 8.
• 1992 : 10.
• 1994 : not qualified
• 1998 : not qualified, 6th final qualifying round
• 2002 : 11.
• 2006 : 6.
• 2010 : 8.
• 2014 : 9.
• 2018 : 10.

World championships

year	A-WM	B-WM	C-WM
1920	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1924	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1928	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1930	3.
1931	no participation
1932	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1933	5.
1934	4th
1935	2.
1936	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1937	3.
1938	6th
1939	3.
1947	4th
1948	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1949	5.
1950	3.
1951	3.
1952	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1953	3.
1954	7th
1955	8th.
1956	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1957	no participation
1958	no participation
1959	12. ↓
1960	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1961		3. ↑
1962	7. ↓
1963		2. ↑
1964	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1965		2.
1966		6th
1967		7. ↓
1968	Olympic ice hockey tournament is considered a world championship
1969			2. ↑
1970		6th
1971		1. ↑
1972	6. ↓
1973		7. ↓
1974			1. ↑
1975		3.
1976		4th
1977		5.
1978		3.
1979		5.
1981		3.
1982		6th
1983		6th
1985		2.
1986		1. ↑
1987	8. ↓
1989		4th
1990		1. ↑
1991	7th
1992	4th
1993	12. ↓
1994		1. ↑
1995	12. ↓
1996		2.
1997		3. ↑
1998	4th
1999	8th.
2000	6th
2001	9.
2002	10.
2003	8th.
2004	8th.
2005	8th.
2006	9.
2007	8th.
2008	7th
2009	9.
2010	5.
2011	9.
2012	11.
2013	2.
2014	10.
2015	8th.
2016	11.
2017	6th
2018	2.
2019	8th.

↑: ascent, ↓: descent

European championships

competition	rank
1910	4th
1911	4th
1912	no participation
1913	no participation
1914	no participation
1921	no participation
1922	3.
1923	5.
1929	5.
1931	no participation

Trainer

• 1985–1990 Simon Schenk
• 1990-1991 Hans Lindberg
• 1991-1992 Juhani Tamminen
• 1992-1992 John Slettvoll
• 1992-1993 Bill Gilligan
• 1993-1993 John Slettvoll
• 1993-1994 Hans Lindberg
• 1994-1995 Hardy Nilsson
• 1995–1997 Simon Schenk
• 1997-2010 Ralph Krueger
• 2010-2014 Sean Simpson
• 2014–2015 Glen Hanlon
• 2015–2015 Felix Hollenstein (ad interim)
• since 2015 Patrick Fischer

Remarks

1. ↑ sihf.ch, player statistics, completed international matches
2. ↑ sihf.ch, player statistics, points scored
3. ↑ Welt.de
4. ↑ sihf.ch, current squad
5. ↑ srf.ch, Damien Riat has to go home
6. ↑ srf.ch, Niederreiter will join the national team on Monday

Web links

Commons : Swiss national ice hockey team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Swiss national ice hockey team