Goran Bezina

#57 HC Sierre / SL - 21/22

Date of Birth: Mar 21, 1980
Age: 46
Place of Birth: Split, CRO
Nation: Switzerland / Croatia
Youth Team: HC Monthey
Position: D
Height: 190 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 100 kg / 220 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Goran Bezina Facts

Drafted: 1999 round 8 #234 overall by Phoenix Coyotes

Brother: Toni Bezina

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Goran Bezina Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1995-1996	HC Monthey	SwissDiv2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	Villars U20	Junioren A1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	Villars HC	SwissDiv1	-	4	-	4	-	-
1997-1998	Villars HC	SwissDiv1	24	7	5	12	-	-	Playoffs	8	0	3	3	-	-
1997-1998	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	6	0	1	1	6	0
1997-1998	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. A	22	11	6	17	64	-	Relegation	3	2	0	2	-	-
1998-1999	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	38	0	0	0	14	-	Relegation	4	0	0	0	2	-
1998-1999	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6	1	1	2	2	-
1998-1999	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-2000	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. A	2	0	1	1	16	-	Playoffs	2	1	1	2	8	-
1999-2000	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	44	3	6	9	10	-	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	6	-
1999-2000	EHC Visp Loan	NLB	2	0	0	0	2	-
1999-2000	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	7	0	0	0	8	8
2000-2001	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	44	10	10	20	44	-	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	12	-
2000-2001	Team Switzerland	International	0	0	0	0	0	-
2000-2001	Switzerland	WC	6	0	1	1	43	-4
2000-2001	Switzerland (all)	International	22	2	3	5	49	0
2001-2002	Springfield Falcons	AHL	66	2	11	13	50	-17
2001-2002	Switzerland (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	-3
2002-2003	Springfield Falcons	AHL	64	3	4	7	27	-10	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0	3
2002-2003	Switzerland	WC	6	1	1	2	0	1
2002-2003	Switzerland (all)	International	6	1	1	2	0	0
2003-2004	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	3	0	0	0	2	-1
2003-2004	Springfield Falcons	AHL	74	11	10	21	65	-22
2003-2004	Switzerland	WC	7	0	1	1	4	1
2003-2004	Switzerland (all)	International	10	1	2	3	4	-
2004-2005	Genève-Servette HC "A"	NLA	33	7	12	19	51	-	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	8	-
2004-2005	Switzerland Olympics	OGQ	3	0	0	0	0	3
2004-2005	Switzerland	WC	7	1	0	1	8	-2
2004-2005	Switzerland (all)	International	20	1	2	3	8	-
2005-2006	Genève-Servette HC "A"	NLA	32	8	14	22	38	-	Relegation	5	1	2	3	33	-
2005-2006	Switzerland Olympics	OG	6	0	2	2	0	-1
2005-2006	Switzerland	WC	6	2	1	3	4	-4
2005-2006	Switzerland (all)	International	23	3	5	8	12	-
2006-2007	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	41	13	20	33	72	-	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	4	-
2006-2007	EC Salzburg	EBEL	1	1	0	1	2	0	Playoffs	8	4	8	12	12	11
2006-2007	Switzerland	WC	7	1	1	2	6	-2
2006-2007	Switzerland (all)	International	14	1	2	3	16	-
2007-2008	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	48	11	25	36	46	-	Playoffs	16	4	6	10	16	-
2007-2008	Switzerland	WC	7	0	2	2	6	-3
2007-2008	Switzerland (all)	International	15	2	5	7	6	-
2008-2009	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	48	11	19	30	97	-	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	2	-
2008-2009	Switzerland	WC	6	0	0	0	6	-3
2008-2009	Switzerland (all)	International	17	0	4	4	6	-
2009-2010	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	47	7	19	26	34	-	Playoffs	20	4	12	16	22	-
2009-2010	Switzerland	WC	7	0	2	2	16	-1
2009-2010	Switzerland (all)	International	12	0	4	4	20	-
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	50	8	22	30	70	2	Playoffs	6	4	3	7	29	-
2010-2011	Switzerland "A"	WC	3	1	0	1	4	2
2010-2011	Switzerland (all)	International	10	3	2	5	12	-
2011-2012	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	50	7	20	27	58	-7	Relegation	9	2	8	10	14	-1
2011-2012	Switzerland	WC	5	1	1	2	29	1
2011-2012	Switzerland (all)	International	18	1	7	8	41	-
2012-2013	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	46	10	21	31	40	15
2012-2013	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1	0	1	0	0
2013-2014	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	50	8	24	32	81	8	Playoffs	12	0	4	4	35	3
2013-2014	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1	1	2	0	0
2014-2015	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	40	2	14	16	24	-3	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	12	-2
2015-2016	Genève-Servette HC "C"	NLA	50	6	13	19	73	3	Playoffs	11	0	6	6	8	-1
2016-2017	Medvescak Zagreb "A"	KHL	56	4	11	15	57	-14
2016-2017	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	6	0	3	3	2	5	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	8	-4
2017-2018	Genève-Servette HC	NL	36	5	6	11	34	6	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	4	-6
2018-2019	Genève-Servette HC	NL	42	3	5	8	20	-2	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	6	-2
2019-2020	HC Sierre	SL	32	3	9	12	39	-1	Relegation	4	1	1	2	2	1
2020-2021	HC Sierre "A"	SL	46	6	17	23	52	15	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	12	-1
2021-2022	HC Sierre "A"	SL	49	3	13	16	57	10	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	6	1

Goran Bezina Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-1994	Suisse Romande Béliers (Élite)	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Euro HL	6	0	0	0	0	-
2000-2001	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0	-
2005-2006	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	1	1	0	-
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC	Spengler Cup	4	1	2	3	0	-
2013-2014	Genève-Servette HC "C"	Spengler Cup	4	0	3	3	2	5
2014-2015	Genève-Servette HC "C"	Champions HL	8	3	4	7	4	6
2014-2015	Genève-Servette HC "C"	Swiss Cup	2	0	0	0	0	-
2014-2015	Genève-Servette HC	Spengler Cup	4	0	0	0	0	4
2015-2016	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	4	1	0	1	2	-3
2015-2016	Genève-Servette HC	Swiss Cup	1	0	0	0	0	-
2017-2018	Genève-Servette HC	Swiss Cup	3	1	1	2	2	-
2018-2019	Genève-Servette HC	Swiss Cup	2	0	1	1	0	-
2019-2020	HC Sierre	Swiss Cup	1	0	0	0	2	-
2020-2021	HC Sierre	Swiss Cup	1	0	0	0	0	-

Goran Bezina Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	3	204	16	25	41	0.20	142	-49	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	3
Champions HL	2	12	4	4	8	0.67	6	3	0
Deutschland Cup	2	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	-	0
EBEL (ICEHL)	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	2	0	1	8	4	8	12	1.50	12	11
EJC-18	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	6	0	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	2	24	11	7	18	0.75	80	-	2	5	3	1	4	0.80	8*	-
Euro HL	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
International	14	174	17	38	55	0.32	174	-3*	0
International-Jr	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Junioren A1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
KHL	1	56	4	11	15	0.27	57	-14	0
NHL	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	-1	0
NL (NLA)	18	745	119	253	372	0.50	808	27*	17	132	19	47	66	0.50	221	-13*
OG	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	0	-1	0
OGQ	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SL (NLB)	4	129	12	39	51	0.40	150	24*	3	14	3	3	6	0.43	20	1
Spengler Cup	3	12	1	5	6	0.50	2	9*	0
Swiss Cup	6	10	1	2	3	0.30	4	-	0
SwissDiv1	2	24*	11	5*	16	0.67*	-	-	1	8	0	3	3	0.38	-	-
SwissDiv2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	11	67	7	10	17	0.25	126	-14	0
WJC-20	2	13	1	1	2	0.15	10	8*	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Goran Bezina Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
EC Salzburg	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	2	0	1	8	4	8	12	1.50	12	11
EHC Visp	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
Genève-Servette HC	15	651	112	248	360	0.55	750	39*	14	119	18	46	64	0.54	201	-13*
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	3	132	13	16	29	0.22	68	-	3	13	1	1	2	0.15	20	-
HC Fribourg-Gottéron U20	2	24	11	7	18	0.75	80	-	2	5	3	1	4	0.80	8*	-
HC Monthey	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
HC Sierre	3	129	12	39	51	0.40	150	24*	3	14	3	3	6	0.43	20	1
Medvescak Zagreb (old)	1	56	4	11	15	0.27	57	-14	0
Phoenix Coyotes	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	-1	0
Springfield Falcons	3	204	16	25	41	0.20	142	-49	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	3
Suisse Romande Béliers (Élite)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland	11	67	7	10	17	0.25	126	-14	0
Switzerland (Cup)	2	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	-	0
Switzerland (all)	14	174	17	38	55	0.32	174	-3*	0
Switzerland Olympics	2	9	0	2	2	0.22	0	2	0
Switzerland U18	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	6	0	0
Switzerland U18 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U20	2	13	1	1	2	0.15	10	8*	0
Switzerland U20 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Team Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0
Villars HC	2	24*	11	5*	16	0.67*	-	-	1	8	0	3	3	0.38	-	-
Villars U20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Goran Bezina Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2006-2007	EBEL Best Plus/Minus Playoffs (+11) EBEL Most Points by Defenseman Playoffs (12) NL Media All-Star Team (Genève-Servette) NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Genève-Servette) NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (13)
2007-2008	NL Media All-Star Team (Genève-Servette) NL Media Best Defenseman NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Genève-Servette)
2008-2009	NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Genève-Servette)
2010-2011	Spengler Cup All-Star Team
2011-2012	NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Genève-Servette) World Championship Most Penalized Player (29)
2012-2013	NL Media All-Star Team (Genève-Servette)
2013-2014	NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (8) Spengler Cup Winner (Genève-Servette)
2014-2015	Spengler Cup Winner (Genève-Servette)
2024-2025	Swiss Hockey Hall of Fame

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
08/17/2022	Confirmed	HC Sierre	Retired
06/22/2021	Extension	HC Sierre	HC Sierre
05/05/2020	Extension	HC Sierre	HC Sierre
08/02/2019	Confirmed	Genève-Servette HC	HC Sierre
04/17/2018	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC
09/02/2017	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC
02/01/2017	Confirmed	Medvescak Zagreb	Genève-Servette HC
06/23/2016	Confirmed	Genève-Servette HC	Medvescak Zagreb
10/29/2012	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC
09/03/2008	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC

Goran Bezina Biography and Trivia

Number 57 retired by Genève-Servette HC
Cult/Star player for Genève-Servette HC
Cult/Star player for HC Sierre
Cult/Star player for Switzerland