Beat Forster

#29 EHC Biel-Bienne / NL - 23/24

Date of Birth: Feb 02, 1983
Age: 43
Place of Birth: Bütschwil-Ganterschwil, SUI
Nation: Switzerland
Youth Team: SC Herisau
Position: D
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 99 kg / 218 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Beat Forster Facts

Drafted: 2001 round 3 #78 overall by Phoenix Coyotes

Brother: Ruedi Forster

Team Staff profile also available: Beat Forster

Beat Forster Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1998-1999	HC Davos U17	Novizen Top	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-2000	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	34	4	15	19	40	-	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	6	-
1999-2000	Switzerland U18	WJC-18	7	0	0	0	24	1
1999-2000	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000-2001	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	27	6	7	13	44	-	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	2	-
2000-2001	HC Davos	NLA	7	0	0	0	6	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-
2000-2001	SC Herisau Loan	NLB	3	0	0	0	16	-
2000-2001	Switzerland U18	WJC-18	7	2	2	4	34	0
2000-2001	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000-2001	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	7	0	1	1	4	-2
2001-2002	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	4	2	2	4	12	-
2001-2002	HC Davos	NLA	33	1	3	4	49	-	Playoffs	16	0	1	1	2	-
2001-2002	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	7	0	2	2	10	-6
2001-2002	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002-2003	HC Davos	NLA	30	1	4	5	24	-	Playoffs	17	0	1	1	16	-
2002-2003	EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella Loan	SwissDiv1	1	0	2	2	-	-
2002-2003	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6	1	3	4	2	0
2002-2003	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002-2003	Switzerland	WC	7	1	2	3	8	0
2002-2003	Switzerland (all)	International	10	1	3	4	10	4
2003-2004	HC Davos	NLA	44	3	8	11	34	-	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	36	-
2003-2004	Switzerland	WC	7	1	2	3	6	1
2003-2004	Switzerland (all)	International	19	3	5	8	8	-
2004-2005	HC Davos	NLA	29	3	4	7	28	-	Playoffs	15	1	0	1	10	-
2004-2005	EHC Chur Loan	NLB	1	0	1	1	2	-
2004-2005	Switzerland Olympics	OGQ	3	2	0	2	0	2
2004-2005	Switzerland	WC	7	1	1	2	12	-2
2004-2005	Switzerland (all)	International	15	4	1	5	-	-
2005-2006	ZSC Lions	NLA	32	3	2	5	83	-	Relegation	9	0	0	0	8	-
2005-2006	Switzerland Olympics	OG	6	0	0	0	6	1
2005-2006	Switzerland	WC	6	1	0	1	12	1
2005-2006	Switzerland (all)	International	23	3	1	4	61	-
2006-2007	ZSC Lions	NLA	44	7	3	10	119	-	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	12	-
2006-2007	Switzerland	WC	7	0	0	0	4	-2
2006-2007	Switzerland (all)	International	23	2	3	5	14	-
2007-2008	ZSC Lions	NLA	49	14	11	25	136	-	Playoffs	15	5	8	13	16	-
2007-2008	Switzerland	WC	7	2	2	4	2	0
2007-2008	Switzerland (all)	International	13	2	2	4	2	-
2008-2009	ZSC Lions	NLA	26	5	11	16	58	-
2008-2009	HC Davos	NLA	13	3	4	7	32	-	Playoffs	21	1	5	6	44	-
2008-2009	Switzerland (all)	International	3	1	0	1	0	-
2009-2010	HC Davos	NLA	50	13	18	31	97	-	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	12	-
2010-2011	HC Davos	NLA	47	5	17	22	93	12	Playoffs	14	4	4	8	40	4
2011-2012	HC Davos "A"	NLA	37	5	20	25	40	21	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	2	-3
2012-2013	HC Davos "C"	NLA	35	4	13	17	51	3	Playoffs	7	0	4	4	6	1
2013-2014	HC Davos "A"	NLA	48	4	10	14	66	-1	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	6	3
2014-2015	HC Davos	NLA	15	1	4	5	18	0	Playoffs	15	0	5	5	10	1
2015-2016	HC Davos "A"	NLA	44	8	13	21	116	25	Playoffs	8	0	3	3	29	-2
2016-2017	HC Davos "A"	NLA	48	4	24	28	40	6	Playoffs	10	1	3	4	24	0
2017-2018	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	46	10	15	25	38	16	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	6	-1
2018-2019	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	21	0	7	7	20	4	Playoffs	12	0	2	2	4	-2
2019-2020	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	50	2	12	14	24	6
2020-2021	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	41	3	3	6	46	-6	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2021-2022	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	49	0	7	7	24	0	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0	-1
2022-2023	EHC Biel-Bienne "A"	NL	46	4	9	13	26	6	Playoffs	17	0	2	2	8	3
2023-2024	EHC Biel-Bienne "A"	NL	50	3	5	8	14	0	Playoffs	8	1	1	2	2	0

Beat Forster Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-2004	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	5	0	2	2	10	-2
2004-2005	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	1	0	0	0	0	-
2005-2006	ZSC Lions	Continental Cup	3	0	0	0	2	0
2005-2006	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	29	-
2008-2009	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	3	1	2	3	4	1
2009-2010	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	0	3	3	4	-
2010-2011	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3	0	1	1	0	-
2011-2012	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	0	2	2	2	-
2012-2013	HC Davos "C"	Spengler Cup	5	0	1	1	6	-1
2013-2014	HC Davos "C"	Spengler Cup	3	1	1	2	2	0
2014-2015	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3	1	0	1	2	1
2015-2016	HC Davos "A"	Champions HL	10	1	0	1	20	2
2015-2016	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	2	0	0	0	2	-1
2016-2017	HC Davos "A"	Champions HL	5	0	3	3	10	-2
2016-2017	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	0	1	1	4	0
2017-2018	EHC Biel-Bienne	Swiss Cup	2	0	0	0	6	-
2019-2020	EHC Biel-Bienne	Champions HL	5	0	0	0	2	-3
2019-2020	EHC Biel-Bienne	Swiss Cup	3	0	1	1	2	-
2020-2021	EHC Biel-Bienne	Swiss Cup	1	0	0	0	2	-
2023-2024	EHC Biel-Bienne	Champions HL	7	0	2	2	0	1

Beat Forster Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	5	30	2	7	9	0.30	36	-1	0
Continental Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
Deutschland Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	29	-	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	3	65	12	24	36	0.55	96	-	2	9	2	1	3	0.33	8	-
International	7	106	16	15	31	0.29	95*	4*	0
International-Jr	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NL (NLA)	24	934	106	227	333	0.36	1282	92*	23	237	17	47	64	0.27	295	2*
NLB (SL)	2	4	0	1	1	0.25	18	-	0
Novizen Top (Swiss U18-Top)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
OG	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0
OGQ	1	3	2	0	2	0.67	0	2	0
Spengler Cup	10	34	2	11	13	0.38	32	-3*	0
Swiss Cup	3	6	0	1	1	0.17	10	-	0
SwissDiv1	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	-	-	0
WC	6	41	6	7	13	0.32	44	-2	0
WJC-18	2	14	2	2	4	0.29	58	1	0
WJC-20	3	20	1	6	7	0.35	16	-8	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Beat Forster Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
EHC Biel-Bienne	7	321	22	61	83	0.26	204	24*	6	58	3	8	11	0.19	20	-2
EHC Chur	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	2	-	0
EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	-	-	0
HC Davos	14	529	58	156	214	0.40	756	63*	14	148	9	30	39	0.26	239	4*
HC Davos U17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
HC Davos U20	3	65	12	24	36	0.55	96	-	2	9	2	1	3	0.33	8	-
SC Herisau	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	16	-	0
Switzerland	6	41	6	7	13	0.32	44	-2	0
Switzerland (Cup)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	29	-	0
Switzerland (all)	7	106	16	15	31	0.29	95*	4*	0
Switzerland Olympics	2	9	2	0	2	0.22	6	3	0
Switzerland U18	2	14	2	2	4	0.29	58	1	0
Switzerland U18 (all)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U20	3	20	1	6	7	0.35	16	-8	0
Switzerland U20 (all)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
ZSC Lions	4	157	30	29	59	0.38	402	1*	3	31	5	9	14	0.45	36	-

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Beat Forster Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1997-1998	Novizen Elite Champion (Herisau U17)
1999-2000	Elite Jr. A Champion (Davos U20)
2000-2001	Elite Jr. A Champion (Davos U20) U18 WJC Most Goals by Defenseman (2) U18 WJC Silver Medal
2001-2002	NLA Champion (Davos)
2004-2005	NLA Champion (Davos) Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)
2007-2008	NLA Champion (ZSC) NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (14) NLA Most Penalized Player (136) World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2008-2009	Champions Hockey League Champion NLA Champion (Davos)
2010-2011	NLA Champion (Davos)
2011-2012	NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Davos) Spengler Cup All-Star Team Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)
2014-2015	NLA Champion (Davos)
2015-2016	NLA Most Penalized Player (116)
2023-2024	Swiss Hockey Special Award

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
12/07/2023	Confirmed	EHC Biel-Bienne	Retired
02/22/2023	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne
02/03/2022	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne
03/17/2021	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne
08/27/2018	Extension	EHC Biel-Bienne	EHC Biel-Bienne
02/13/2017	Confirmed	HC Davos	EHC Biel-Bienne
02/17/2015	Extension	HC Davos	HC Davos
01/03/2010	Extension	HC Davos	HC Davos

Beat Forster Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EHC Biel-Bienne
Cult/Star player for HC Davos
Cult/Star player for Switzerland