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Switzerland Alain Bircher

#86 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers / NL - 21/22
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Mar 07, 1997
Position
D
Age
24
Height
6'3" / 190 cm
Place of Birth
Stansstad, SUI
Weight
201 lbs / 91 kg
Nation
Switzerland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
EHC Kloten
Contract
21/22+1

Father: Jürg Bircher

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 Bülach II U15 Mini B 3 1 2 3 2 |
2010-11 Kloten U15 Top Mini 19 0 1 1 10 |
Bülach U15 Mini A 7 0 1 1 12 |
2011-12 Kloten U15 Top Mini 21 4 5 9 24 |
Kloten U17 Elite Novizen 1 0 0 0 0 |
2012-13 Kloten U17 Elite Novizen 24 0 1 1 12 | Playoffs 5 0 1 1 4
Switzerland U16 (all) International-Jr 10 1 2 3 2 |
2013-14 Kloten U17 Elite Novizen 30 4 8 12 48 | Playoffs 5 2 3 5 0
Kloten U20 Elite Jr. A 9 0 0 0 2 |
Switzerland U17 (all) International-Jr 7 0 0 0 4 |
2014-15 Kloten U20 Elite Jr. A 35 0 4 4 30 | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0
Switzerland U18 WJC-18 7 0 0 0 4 -1 |
Switzerland U18 (all) International-Jr 16 1 0 1 10 |
2015-16 Kloten U20 Elite Jr. A 33 2 10 12 24 | Relegation 8 1 1 2 4
Kloten Flyers NLA 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
EHC Winterthur NLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
Switzerland U19 (all) International-Jr 4 0 0 0 4 |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr 3 1 0 1 0 |
2016-17 Kloten U20 Elite Jr. A 10 2 2 4 8 | Playoffs 9 1 2 3 18
EHC Kloten NLA 24 0 2 2 31 -7 | Relegation 2 1 0 1 2 1
EHC Winterthur NLB 21 0 1 1 18 -9 |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr 7 0 0 0 2 |
2017-18 EHC Kloten NL 8 0 0 0 0 -1 | Relegation 1 0 0 0 16 0
EHC Winterthur SL 13 2 1 3 2 -1 |
2018-19 EHC Kloten SL 33 2 6 8 32 -8 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -1
2019-20 SC Langenthal SL 36 1 7 8 20 -3 | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 18 2
2020-21 SCL Tigers NL 33 0 3 3 8 -5 |
SC Langenthal SL 20 1 2 3 8 0 |
2021-22 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NL 9 0 0 0 6 0 |
HC Thurgau SL 13 1 0 1 4 2 |
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 Swiss Eastern Selects QC Int PW - - - - - |
2014-15 Kloten Flyers Swiss Cup 1 0 0 0 0 |
Switzerland U18 WJAC-19 4 0 0 0 2 |
2015-16 Kloten U20 RBS Elite Jr. A 2 0 1 1 0 |
2016-17 EHC Kloten Swiss Cup 4 0 0 0 0 |
2017-18 EHC Kloten Swiss Cup 1 0 0 0 0 |
2018-19 EHC Kloten Swiss Cup 3 1 1 2 0 |
2019-20 SC Langenthal Swiss Cup 1 1 1 2 0 |
2020-21 SC Langenthal Swiss Cup 3 0 0 0 0 |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NL
Sat 04/12 Rapperswil-Jona vs Gottéron
Fri 03/12 Rapperswil-Jona @ Genève-Servette
Sun 28/11 Rapperswil-Jona vs Ajoie
Fri 26/11 Rapperswil-Jona @ Ajoie
Tue 23/11 Rapperswil-Jona @ Langnau
Tue 16/11 Rapperswil-Jona @ Biel-Bienne
Sat 06/11 Rapperswil-Jona @ Zug
Fri 05/11 Rapperswil-Jona vs Langnau
Tue 02/11 Rapperswil-Jona vs Ambrì-Piotta
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Sun 31/10 Thurgau @ Olten
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
International-Jr 5 47 3 2 5 0.11 22 - | 0
Mini B 1 3 1 2 3 1.00 2 - | 0
NL (NLA) 5 76 0 5 5 0.07 45 -13 | 2 3 1 0 1 0.33 18 1
QC Int PW 1 - - - - - - - | 0
RBS Elite Jr. A 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 - | 0
SL 7 137 7 17 24 0.18 84 -19 | 2 7 0 0 0 0.00 20 1
Swiss Cup 6 13 2 2 4 0.31 0 - | 0
Top Mini (U15-Elit) 2 40 4 6 10 0.25 34 - | 0
Mini A (U15-Top) 1 7 0 1 1 0.14 12 - | 0
Elite Novizen (U17-Elit) 3 55 4 9 13 0.24 60 - | 2 10 2 4 6 0.60 4 -
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit) 4 87 4 16 20 0.23 64 - | 3 21 2 3 5 0.24 22 -
WJAC-19 1 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 - | 0
WJC-18 1 7 0 0 0 0.00 4 -1 | 0
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14
Aggression
14
Strength
13
Teamwork
12

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Player Period Teams
Serge Weber (D) 2009-2021 12 Bülach II U15, Kloten, Kloten U15, Kloten U17, Kloten U20, Langenthal, Swiss Eastern Selects, Switzerland U16 (all), Switzerland U17 (all), Switzerland U18, Switzerland U18 (all), Switzerland U19, Switzerland U19 (all), Switzerland U20 (all), Winterthur
Yannick Waller (D) 2010-2019 8 Kloten, Kloten U15, Kloten U17, Kloten U20, Winterthur
Oliver Steiner (F) 2010-2019 8 Bülach U15, Kloten, Kloten U15, Kloten U17, Kloten U20
Andrin Seifert (G) 2011-2019 8 Kloten, Kloten U15, Kloten U17, Kloten U20, Switzerland U18 (all), Winterthur

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Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/03/2021
11/03/2021 Up/Down HC Thurgau SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
09/17/2021
09/17/2021 Loan SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers HC Thurgau
05/06/2021
05/06/2021 Confirmed SCL Tigers SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
10/02/2020
10/02/2020 Loan SCL Tigers SC Langenthal
09/09/2019
09/09/2019 Loan SCL Tigers SC Langenthal
01/31/2019
01/31/2019 Confirmed EHC Kloten SCL Tigers
05/09/2018
05/09/2018 Extension EHC Kloten EHC Kloten
12/13/2017
12/13/2017 Extension EHC Kloten EHC Kloten
04/12/2017
04/12/2017 Loan EHC Kloten EHC Winterthur
10/18/2016
10/18/2016 Loan EHC Kloten EHC Winterthur
05/10/2016
05/10/2016 Extension Kloten U20 Kloten Flyers
01/23/2016
01/23/2016 Loan Kloten U20 EHC Winterthur
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