Denis Hollenstein

{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = {{PAGENAME}}

| image = 2024-12-04 Eisbären Berlin gegen ZSC Lions (Champions Hockey League 2024-25) by Sandro Halank–055.jpg

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| caption = Hollenstein in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| position = Left wing

| ntl_team = SUI

| shoots = Left

| height_cm = 182

| weight_kg = 90

| league = NL

| team = ZSC Lions

| former_teams = EHC Kloten
Genève-Servette HC

| career_start = 2006

| draft = Undrafted

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Denis Hollenstein (born 15 October 1989) is a Swiss professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL).{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=111677|title=Denis Hollenstein profile|publisher=eurohockey.net|date=2012-05-28|accessdate=2012-05-28}}

Playing career

On 8 December 2015, Hollenstein signed a three-year contract extension worth {{CHF|2.1{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}} to continue playing for Kloten.

On 21 November 2017, it was announced that despite having a contract valid through the 2019–20 season with Kloten, Hollenstein would join the ZSC Lions for the 2018–19 season. The Lions paid Kloten a SFr 2 million fee to acquire Hollenstein.{{cite web|url=https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/17-rumors/10565-denis-hollenstein-to-join-the-zsc-lions-after-all|title=Denis Hollenstein to join the ZSC Lions after all?|last=Blick|date=21 November 2017|publisher=}} Meanwhile, rumors circulated that Hollenstein's contract with the ZSC had been increased to SFr 1 million per season. It was officially confirmed on 27 November 2017 that Hollenstein had agreed to a five-year contract worth SFr 5 million with the Lions.{{cite web|url=https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/10653-ehc-kloten-signs-timo-helbling-denis-hollenstein-to-join-the-zsc-lions|title=EHC Kloten signs Timo Helbling, Denis Hollenstein to join the ZSC Lions|first=EHC Kloten / ZSC|last=Lions|date=27 November 2017|publisher=}} Hollenstein is set to make his debut with Kloten's biggest rival in September 2018.

International play

Hollenstein competed in the 2012 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005–06

| Kloten Flyers

| SUI U20

| 46

| 9

| 11

| 20

| 38

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2006–07

| Kloten Flyers

| SUI U20

| 29

| 14

| 21

| 35

| 60

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 12

2006–07

| EHC Bülach

| SUI.3

| 3

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 27

| 2

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 14

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| 2007–08

| Guelph Storm

| OHL

| 37

| 5

| 4

| 9

| 32

| 7

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 4

2008–09

| Guelph Storm

| OHL

| 56

| 12

| 12

| 24

| 25

| 4

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 6

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| 2009–10

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 28

| 6

| 8

| 14

| 20

| 10

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 6

2009–10

| HC Thurgau

| SUI.2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2010–11

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 45

| 13

| 16

| 29

| 94

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

2011–12

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 15

| 0

| 10

| 10

| 34

| 5

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 14

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| 2012–13

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 48

| 12

| 25

| 37

| 89

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2013–14

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 41

| 10

| 27

| 37

| 53

| 12

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 18

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| 2014–15

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 35

| 8

| 21

| 29

| 28

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2015–16

| Kloten Flyers

| NLA

| 43

| 14

| 23

| 37

| 38

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 4

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| 2016–17

| EHC Kloten

| NLA

| 50

| 23

| 21

| 44

| 99

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2017–18

| EHC Kloten

| NL

| 49

| 15

| 24

| 39

| 56

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| ZSC Lions

| NL

| 49

| 12

| 21

| 33

| 46

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2019–20

| ZSC Lions

| NL

| 45

| 14

| 20

| 34

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2020–21

| ZSC Lions

| NL

| 50

| 21

| 23

| 44

| 32

| 8

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 4

2021–22

| ZSC Lions

| NL

| 43

| 13

| 20

| 33

| 49

| 15

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 10

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! colspan="3" | NL totals

! 541

! 161

! 259

! 420

! 680

! 57

! 8

! 18

! 26

! 58

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{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Sweden/Finland|}}

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=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2007

| Switzerland

| WJC18

| 6th

| 6

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 8

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| 2008

| Switzerland

| WJC

| 9th

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2012

| Switzerland

| WC

| 11th

| 7

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 2

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| 2013

| Switzerland

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 10

| 4

| 4

| 8

| 2

2014

| Switzerland

| OG

| 9th

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014

| Switzerland

| WC

| 10th

| 7

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 2

2015

| Switzerland

| WC

| 8th

| 8

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016

| Switzerland

| WC

| 11th

| 7

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 4

2017

| Switzerland

| WC

| 6th

| 7

| 0

| 5

| 5

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018

| Switzerland

| OG

| 10th

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

2022

| Switzerland

| OG

| 8th

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 12

! 2

! 2

! 4

! 8

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! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 58

! 13

! 16

! 29

! 22

References

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