Patrick Fischer

Patrick Fischer (born September 6, 1975) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey forward who played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Arizona Coyotes. He predominately played in his native country in the National League A. He is currently the head coach of the Swiss national team.

This article is about the Swiss ice hockey player. For other uses, see Patrick Fischer (disambiguation).
Patrick Fischer
Born (1975-09-06) September 6, 1975
Zug, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for EV Zug
HC Lugano
HC Davos
Arizona Coyotes
SKA Saint Petersburg
National team   Switzerland
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1992–2009

Playing career

Fischer made his professional debut at EV Zug of the Swiss National League A (NLA) during the 1992–93 season. He transferred to fellow NLA side HC Lugano in 1997 and won the Swiss championship with the club in 1999. After two years with Lugano, Fischer moved on to HC Davos, where he played until the end of the 2002–03 campaign. During his Davos stint, he won a Swiss championship in 2002 as well as the Spengler Cup in 2000.

He joined back EV Zug in 2003 and then in 2006–07 took his game to the NHL, joining the Arizona Coyotes. He appeared in his first NHL game on October 5, 2006 against the New York Islanders and played a total of 27 games for the Coyotes.[1] After a short stint at SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) at the beginning of the 2007–08 campaign, Fischer returned to Zug. He retired on May 8, 2009 from professional ice hockey. He was named to EV Zug's Wall of Fame and had his jersey number 21 retired by the club.[2]

Fischer won a total of 183 caps for the Swiss national team and played in the 2002 and 2006 Olympic Games as well as in several World Championships.[3]

Coaching career

He started his coaching career in the youth ranks of HC Lugano and was named assistant coach of the club's NLA team in 2010. He briefly took over as interim head coach in October 2011 after the sacking of Barry Smith. In 2013, he was named Lugano head coach and was relieved of his duties in October 2015 after collecting only 16 points from the 15 opening games of the 2015–16 season.[4]

Serving as assistant coach to Sean Simpson, Fischer helped the Swiss national team win the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships, and also joined the coaching staff for the 2014 World Championships.[5]

In December 2015, he was named head coach of the Swiss national team.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93 EV Zug U20 U20-Elit 29171835— 3202—
1992–93 EV Zug NLA 20000 —————
1993–94 EV Zug U20 U20-Elit 18121527— 5527—
1993–94 EV Zug NLA 3216714 902226
1994–95 EV Zug U20 U20-Elit 35496 1202—
1994–95 EV Zug NLA 3610182830 122464
1995–96 EV Zug U20 U20-Elit 1101— —————
1995–96 EV Zug NLA 3610172724 902216
1996–97 EV Zug NLA 4320183826 100110
1997–98 HC Lugano NLA 4015284338 70556
1998–99 HC Lugano NLA 4511172873 1630310
1999–00 HC Davos NLA 44191736107 52240
2000–01 HC Davos NLA 4213274054 —————
2001–02 HC Davos NLA 388223036 16561139
2002–03 HC Davos NLA 4417213887 1627943
2003–04 EV Zug NLA 4612233570 51450
2004–05 EV Zug NLA 4417183564 925712
2005–06 EV Zug NLA 4421325372 724624
2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 40116 —————
2006–07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 27461024 —————
2007–08 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 501122 —————
2007–08 EV Zug NLA 321011212 733610
2008–09 EV Zug NLA 5019274670 1005522
NLA totals 618203302505827 138225072212
NHL totals 27461024 —————
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References
  1. "Patrick Fischer Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. "Wall of Fame | EVZ". www.evz.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. "Patrick Fischer neuer Headcoach der Nati". eishockeyticker.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. "Hockey: Lugano se sépare de Patrick Fischer". rts.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  5. "Firepower and Swissness". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  6. "Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Patrick Fischer". www.greatesthockeylegends.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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