Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 8 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| World Championship |
| 11 | Men | 2012 | Sweden/Finland |
- Hobbies: Music, playing guitar. (zsclions.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
- Club Name: ZSC Lions Zurich
- Position Style: Forward (zsclions.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
- Sporting Relatives: His father was ice hockey player in the Swiss NLA and NLB. (tagesanzeiger.ch, 4 Jan 2014)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
- Occupation: Athlete
- Coach: Marc Crawford [club], CAN; Sean Simpson [national], CAN (zsclions.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
- Hand: Shoots left (kloten-flyers.ch, 21 Jan 2010)
- Injuries: In April 2013 he broke his foot. (1815.ch, 4 Apr 2013)
Additional Information
National League
Swiss National League A [NLA] (nationalleague.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
Reason for taking up this sport
He was introduced to the sport by his father. (tagesanzeiger.ch, 4 Jan 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the Calder Cup in 2010/11 and playing in his first NHL game the same season. (zsclions.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
Most influential person in career
To win the Swiss championship. (zsclions.ch, 9 Jan 2014)
Awards
He was top scorer for the Swiss team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (nhl.com, 2014)
General
MUSIC
He plays guitar in a band called 'We and the Bulls' which also contains several other Swiss ice hockey players [Eric Blum, Romano Lemm, and Tim Ramholt]. They try to rehearse at least once a week during the Swiss ice hockey season. (tagesanzeiger.ch, 4 Jan 2014)
NHL DRAFT
He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round, 156th overall pick, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. (nhl.com, 2014)