Patrick Fischer

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = NLA, HC Lugano vs. Genève-Servette HC, 18th October 2014 13.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 194

| played_for = EV Zug
HC Lugano
HC Davos
Arizona Coyotes
SKA Saint Petersburg

| ntl_team = Switzerland

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|6}}

| birth_place = Zug, Switzerland

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2009

}}

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 predominantly played in his native country in the National League A. He is currently the head coach of the Swiss national team.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/patrick-fischer-8472418|title=Patrick Fischer Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2016-04-01}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.evz.ch/team/wall-of-fame/|title=Wall of Fame {{!}} EVZ|website=www.evz.ch|access-date=2016-04-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401162533/http://www.evz.ch/team/wall-of-fame/|archivedate=2016-04-01}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eishockeyticker.ch/news/artikel/patrick-fischer-neuer-headcoach-der-nati-70585/|title=Patrick Fischer neuer Headcoach der Nati|website=eishockeyticker.ch|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806104455/http://www.eishockeyticker.ch/news/artikel/patrick-fischer-neuer-headcoach-der-nati-70585/|archive-date=2016-08-06|url-status=dead}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.ch/sport/hockey/lna/7190886-hockey-lugano-se-separe-de-patrick-fischer.html|title=Hockey: Lugano se sépare de Patrick Fischer|website=rts.ch|access-date=2016-04-01}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/sv/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D=10128&cHash=b062a0b07f4eb653fd1af96976346a5c|title=Firepower and Swissness|website=www.iihf.com|access-date=2016-04-01}}

In December 2015, he was named head coach of the Swiss national team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2015/12/patrick-fischer.html|title=Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Patrick Fischer|website=www.greatesthockeylegends.com|access-date=2016-04-01}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1991–92 \| Carman Collegiate \| HSMB \| —	—	—	—	— \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| EV Zug \| SUI U20 \| 29	17	18	35	— \| 3	2	0	2	—
1992–93 \| EV Zug \| NDA \| 2	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| EV Zug \| SUI U20 \| 18	12	15	27	— \| 5	5	2	7	—
1993–94 \| EV Zug \| NDA \| 32	1	6	7	14 \| 9	0	2	2	26
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| EV Zug \| SUI U20 \| 3	5	4	9	6 \| 1	2	0	2	—
1994–95 \| EV Zug \| NDA \| 36	10	18	28	30 \| 12	2	4	6	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| EV Zug \| SUI U20 \| 1	1	0	1	— \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| EV Zug \| NDA \| 36	10	17	27	24 \| 9	0	2	2	16
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| EV Zug \| NDA \| 43	20	18	38	26 \| 10	0	1	1	0
1997–98 \| HC Lugano \| NDA \| 40	15	28	43	38 \| 7	0	5	5	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| HC Lugano \| NDA \| 45	11	17	28	73 \| 16	3	0	3	10
1999–00 \| HC Davos \| NLA \| 44	19	17	36	107 \| 5	2	2	4	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| HC Davos \| NLA \| 42	13	27	40	54 \| —	—	—	—	—
2001–02 \| HC Davos \| NLA \| 38	8	22	30	36 \| 16	5	6	11	39
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| HC Davos \| NLA \| 44	17	21	38	87 \| 16	2	7	9	43
2003–04 \| EV Zug \| NLA \| 46	12	23	35	70 \| 5	1	4	5	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| EV Zug \| NLA \| 44	17	18	35	64 \| 9	2	5	7	12
2005–06 \| EV Zug \| NLA \| 44	21	32	53	72 \| 7	2	4	6	24
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| San Antonio Rampage \| AHL \| 4	0	1	1	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Phoenix Coyotes \| NHL \| 27	4	6	10	24 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| SKA Saint Petersburg \| RSL \| 5	0	1	1	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
2007–08 \| EV Zug \| NLA \| 32	10	11	21	2 \| 7	3	3	6	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| EV Zug \| NLA \| 50	19	27	46	70 \| 10	0	5	5	22
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\| NLA totals ! 618 !! 203 !! 302 !! 505 !! 827 ! 138 !! 22 !! 50 !! 72 !! 212
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\| NHL totals ! 27 !! 4 !! 6 !! 10 !! 24 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1993 \| Switzerland \| EJC B \| 7	5	4	9	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994 \| Switzerland \| WJC \| 7	1	0	1	8
1995 \| Switzerland \| WJC B \| 7	4	2	6	12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996 \| Switzerland \| WC B \| 7	3	3	6	4
1997 \| Switzerland \| OGQ \| 4	1	0	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 8	1	2	3	4
1999 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 6	4	0	4	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	3	2	5	8
2002 \| Switzerland \| OG \| 4	1	0	1	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	2	2	4	8
2004 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	1	0	1	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005 \| Switzerland \| OGQ \| 3	1	0	1	2
2005 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	2	2	4	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006 \| Switzerland \| OG \| 6	1	1	2	4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Junior totals ! 21 ! 10 ! 6 ! 16 ! 20
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Senior totals ! 66 ! 20 ! 12 ! 32 ! 52

References

External links

{{icehockeystats}}

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:HC Davos players

Category:EV Zug players

Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Category:HC Lugano players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland

Category:Sportspeople from Zug

Category:Ice hockey people from the canton of Zug

Category:Phoenix Coyotes players

Category:San Antonio Rampage players

Category:SKA Saint Petersburg players

Category:Swiss ice hockey centres

Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Category:Switzerland men's national ice hockey team coaches

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players

Category:Ice hockey coaches at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey coaches at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Swiss expatriate ice hockey players in Canada

Category:Swiss expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1993 \| Switzerland \| EJC B \| 7	5	4	9	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994 \| Switzerland \| WJC \| 7	1	0	1	8
1995 \| Switzerland \| WJC B \| 7	4	2	6	12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996 \| Switzerland \| WC B \| 7	3	3	6	4
1997 \| Switzerland \| OGQ \| 4	1	0	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 8	1	2	3	4
1999 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 6	4	0	4	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	3	2	5	8
2002 \| Switzerland \| OG \| 4	1	0	1	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	2	2	4	8
2004 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	1	0	1	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005 \| Switzerland \| OGQ \| 3	1	0	1	2
2005 \| Switzerland \| WC \| 7	2	2	4	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006 \| Switzerland \| OG \| 6	1	1	2	4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Junior totals ! 21 ! 10 ! 6 ! 16 ! 20
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Senior totals ! 66 ! 20 ! 12 ! 32 ! 52