Thomas Nüssli

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Thomas Nüssli
Date of birth March 12, 1982
place of birth Herisau , Switzerland
Size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position striker
number # 88
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 9th lap, 277th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
until 1999 SC Herisau
1999-2002 EV train
2002-2004 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2004-2008 EHC Basel
2008-2011 EHC Biel
2011-2014 HC Thurgau
2012-2019 SCL Tigers

Thomas Nüssli (born March 12, 1982 in Herisau ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who was last under contract with the SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League .

Career

Thomas Nüssli began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown at SC Herisau , for which he made his debut in the National League B in the 1998/99 season . In the following three years the attacker played for EV Zug in the National League A , where he ran parallel for the EHC Basel in the NLB. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the ninth round as a total of 277th player by the Vancouver Canucks , for which he however never played. Instead, the right-shooter moved towards the end of the 2001/02 season to the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers , for whom he was on the ice until 2004.

For the 2004/05 season Nüssli signed with EHC Basel , with whom he immediately succeeded in promotion to the National League A. The Swiss played for Basel for a total of four years before he left them after their relegation in 2008 and was signed by their relegation opponent and promoted EHC Biel . In April 2011 Nüssli moved to HC Thurgau in the second highest Swiss division due to his chronic back pain .

In the following two seasons he was used in parallel as a loan player with the SCL Tigers before he moved permanently to them in April 2014.

Due to persistent back problems, he missed the entire 2018/19 season.

International

For Switzerland , Nüssli took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2001 and 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A back patient shows a spine. In: derbund.ch. November 28, 2015, accessed October 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ SCL Tigers longer without Thomas Nüssli. In: aargauerzeitung.ch. October 9, 2019, accessed October 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nüssli, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau