Sven Helfenstein

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Sven Helfenstein Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 30, 1982
place of birth Winterthur , Switzerland
Size 179 cm
Weight 78 kg
position striker
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 6th lap, 175th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
until 2000 EHC Kloten
2000-2001 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
2001-2003 SC Bern
2003 EHC Biel
2003-2007 ZSC Lions
2007-2008 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2008-2009 HC Davos
2009-2011 SCL Tigers
2011-2013 Lausanne HC

Sven Helfenstein (born July 30, 1982 in Winterthur ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with Lausanne HC in the National League A.

Career

Helfenstein (right) in a running duel with Sandy Jeannin

Sven Helfenstein began his career with the youngsters at EHC Winterthur , before moving to the Elite A-Juniors at EHC Kloten in 1997 . A year later, during the 1998/99 season , he made his debut in the National League A (NLA) for Kloten. But he continued to play for the juniors and won the Swiss junior championship with them in the spring of 1999.

In the following season he was a permanent member of the EHC's NLA squad and was able to score a total of 6 goals and three assists in his rookie year. In the summer of 2000 he was selected in the sixth round in the NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers in 175th place. During the 2000/01 season he moved first from Kloten to HC Thurgau in the NLB, then later to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds , with which he was able to avoid relegation to the NLB in the play-outs. From summer 2001 Helfenstein played for SC Bern and also played a few games for EHC Biel . From 2003 to 2007 he played for the ZSC Lions in the NLA and its farm team , the GCK Lions , in the NLB. In January 2007 it became known that Helfenstein had signed a two-year contract with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers . He also started the 2007/08 season in Rapperswil, but after Loïc Burkhalter had an argument with the management of HC Davos and moved to Rapperswil early, Sven Helfenstein was handed over to Davos in return. In February 2008 it was announced that Helfenstein had extended his contract beyond the end of the season until the end of the 2009/10 season.

However, since he was often surplus during the following season and so did not get enough assignments, he moved to the SCL Tigers in January 2009 . In January 2011 he was signed by Lausanne HC , where he signed a contract that will apply from the 2011/12 season. He won the National League B championship with the Vaudois in 2013 and then achieved promotion to the National League A with the team.

At the end of August 2013, Helfenstein was deregistered from gaming operations due to recurring back pain.

International

Sven Helfenstein played his first game for Switzerland at the U18 World Cup in 1999 , where the Swiss U18 team finished fourth. A year later, at the U18 World Cup in 2000 , Helfenstein was appointed to the U18 national team and scored five goals and six assists in seven games. With that he justified his commitment at the U20 World Cup in the same year, where he contributed two goals and four assists.

In the following two years he continued to play for the Swiss U20 national team , u. a. at the U20 World Cup 2001 and the U20 World Cup 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sven Helfenstein at hockeyfans.ch
  2. ^ Eishockey.ch, Lakers get Helfenstein , January 11, 2007
  3. ↑ nzz.ch, Burkhalter from now on in the Lakers dress
  4. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Helfenstein stays in Davos
  5. ↑ planetehockey.com, Sven Helfenstein ne jouera plus au LHC , August 29, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Helfenstein, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur , Switzerland