Gil Montandon

Gil Montandon (born April 28, 1965 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National League (NL) for HC Fribourg-Gottéron and SC Bern.

Gil Montandon
Born (1965-04-28) April 28, 1965
Neuchâtel, SUI
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for SC Bern
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 1984–2009

Montandon is currently working as a hockey analyst for the Francophone Swiss television station, RTS. He also works as a hockey expert for MySports, the official broadcaster of the Swiss National League. He is also a regular guest on hockey talk show, Les Puckalistes, on the Francophone Swiss television station, La Télé.

Playing career

Montandon made his professional debut during the 1984-85 National League season, playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron. He went on to play 5 seasons with the team before joining SC Bern in the summer of 1989. He played 11 seasons with Bern, winning 3 Swiss championships. In the summer of 2000, Montandon returned to his former team, HC Fribourg-Gottéron, to play 9 more seasons in the National League. He eventually retired from professional hockey at age 43. He played a total of 1,069 games in the National League, tallying 416 goals and 444 assists.

Achievements
  • 1991 - NL Champion with SC Bern
  • 1992 - NL Champion with SC Bern
  • 1997 - NL Champion with SC Bern

He is the first player to have played 1000 games in the Swiss National League.

International play

Gil Montandon played a total of 156 games for the Swiss national team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

Coaching career

Prior to the 2011-12 MySports League season, Montandon was named head coach of HC Université Neuchâtel. He stayed at the helm of the team for 4 seasons before being named General Manager of Swiss League (SL) team, EHC Visp at the beginning of the 2015/16 SL season. He was then named head coach of the team ad interim, before being replaced by Scott Beattie on December 28, 2015.

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