Morris Trachsler

{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Morris Trachsler

| image = Morris Trachsler - Fribourg-Gottéron vs. Genève-Servette, 6th March 2010.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| ntl_team = SUI

| position = Forward

| league = NLA

| team =

| played_for = Genève-Servette HC
ZSC Lions
EHC Kloten

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 198

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2018

}}

Morris Trachsler (born 15 July 1984) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey player and the current CFO of Seervision AG.

Playing career

He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 181|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}} He won a total of 104 caps for the Swiss team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bote.ch/sport/eishockey/nla/morris-trachsler-zurueckgetreten;art2057,1135894|title=Morris Trachsler zurückgetreten|website=Bote der Urschweiz|language=de|access-date=2018-11-02}}

At the club level, he played for the GC Küsnacht Lions in the National League B, the ZSC Lions, Genève-Servette HC and again the ZSC Lions in the National League A (NLA). In 2014, he captured the Swiss championship with the Lions. On May 8, 2017, Trachsler left the Lions for their biggest rival, EHC Kloten, on a 2-year deal,{{Cite news|url=https://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/8991-morris-trachsler-to-join-ehc-kloten-as-of-next-season|title=Morris Trachsler to join EHC Kloten as of next season?|last=Tages-Anzeiger|work=swisshockeynews.ch|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-gb}} but parted ways with the club after the conclusion of the 2017-18 season. He announced his retirement in November 2018.

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

2001–02

| GCK Lions

| SUI U20

| 34

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 24

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| 2001–02

| GCK Lions

| SUI.2

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 9

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2001–02

| EHC Dübendorf

| SUI.3

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| GCK Lions

| SUI U20

| 23

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 34

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 6

2002–03

| GCK Lions

| SUI.2

| 21

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 10

| 9

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

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| 2002–03

| EHC Dübendorf

| SUI.3

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2003–04

| GCK Lions

| SUI.2

| 14

| 5

| 2

| 7

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 30

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 6

| 13

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

2004–05

| GCK Lions

| SUI.2

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 20

| 6

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 39

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 14

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2005–06

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 44

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 38

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 44

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 32

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 0

2007–08

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 33

| 2

| 8

| 10

| 30

| 16

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 35

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| 2008–09

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 50

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 40

| 4

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 2

2009–10

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 46

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 28

| 20

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 18

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 45

| 6

| 6

| 12

| 20

| 6

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 8

2011–12

| Genève–Servette HC

| NLA

| 49

| 5

| 12

| 17

| 18

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 46

| 6

| 8

| 14

| 14

| 12

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 10

2013–14

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 39

| 8

| 6

| 14

| 16

| 15

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 6

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| 2014–15

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 50

| 8

| 16

| 24

| 28

| 18

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 4

2015–16

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 37

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 6

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| ZSC Lions

| NLA

| 50

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 14

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

2017–18

| EHC Kloten

| NL

| 50

| 2

| 10

| 12

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | NLA/NL totals

! 652

! 59

! 108

! 167

! 340

! 120

! 10

! 32

! 42

! 91

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{{MedalCountry|{{SUI}}}}

{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Sweden/Finland|}}

{{MedalBottom}}

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2004

| Switzerland

| WJC

| 8th

| 6

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 8

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| 2010

| Switzerland

| WC

| 5th

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2011

| Switzerland

| WC

| 9th

| 6

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| Switzerland

| WC

| 11th

| 7

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

2013

| Switzerland

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014

| Switzerland

| OG

| 9th

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

2015

| Switzerland

| WC

| 8th

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016

| Switzerland

| WC

| 11th

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 6

! 0

! 4

! 4

! 8

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 46

! 2

! 4

! 6

! 14

Academic career

From 2006 to 2009, Traschler completed his bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Geneva, after which, in 2012, he completed his Master of Science in Economics also at UNIGE.{{Cite web |last=Latella |first=Antonio |title=UNIGE - Journal No. 71 |url=https://www.unige.ch/lejournal/files/4314/8941/7284/journal71_article4_J71_p4.pdf }}{{Cite web |title=Morris Trachsler – LinkedIn profile |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/morris-trachsler-013090176 |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=LinkedIn}}

Professional career

After retiring from hockey in November 2018, Trachsler also left his role as a consultant and joined [https://www.seervision.com/ Seervision] as the CFO.

References

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