Thomas Rüfenacht

Date of Birth: Feb 22, 1985
Age: 41
Place of Birth: Meggen, SUI
Nation: Switzerland / USA
Youth Team: Culver Military Academy
Position: LW/RW
Height: 178 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: -

Thomas Rüfenacht Facts

Family relations
Brother: Dan Rüfenacht

Thomas Rüfenacht Statistics

									Post
2002-2003	Culver Military Academy Prep	USHS-Prep	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	SCL Young Tigers U20	Elite Jr. A	28	8	11	19	164	-
2003-2004	SC Langnau	NLA	10	1	0	1	2	-	Relegation	1	0	0	0	0	-
2003-2004	EHC Brandis Loan	SwissDiv1	5	1	2	3	-	-
2004-2005	SCL Young Tigers U20	Elite Jr. A	35	11	16	27	112	-
2004-2005	SC Langnau	NLA	13	0	0	0	0	-
2005-2006	EHC Visp	NLB	34	5	7	12	26	-	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	2	-
2005-2006	EHC Saastal Loan	SwissDiv1	5	2	4	6	22	-
2006-2007	EHC Visp	NLB	44	26	35	61	102	-	Playoffs	16	5	8	13	12	-
2007-2008	Lausanne HC	NLB	39	26	29	55	58	-	Playoffs	11	2	4	6	36	-
2007-2008	Genève-Servette HC Loan	NLA	3	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	-
2008-2009	Lausanne HC	NLB	45	22	29	51	105	-	Playoffs	15	10	11	21	22	-
2008-2009	Lausanne HC	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	7	0	1	1	51	-
2008-2009	Genève-Servette HC Loan	NLA	1	0	0	0	0	-
2009-2010	EV Zug	NLA	44	8	8	16	63	-	Playoffs	13	0	1	1	32	-
2009-2010	EHC Visp Loan	NLB	1	1	0	1	2	-
2010-2011	EV Zug	NLA	50	6	12	18	119	-2	Playoffs	10	1	1	2	47	-4
2011-2012	EV Zug	NLA	43	7	11	18	112	9	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	8	2
2012-2013	HC Lugano	NLA	40	14	17	31	36	11	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2	-3
2012-2013	Switzerland (all)	International	6	0	3	3	2	-1
2013-2014	HC Lugano	NLA	37	11	10	21	76	1	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	26	-2
2013-2014	Switzerland	WC	7	0	0	0	2	-2
2013-2014	Switzerland (all)	International	17	0	3	3	16	-1
2014-2015	SC Bern	NLA	45	8	9	17	53	1	Playoffs	11	0	2	2	4	-5
2014-2015	Switzerland (all)	International	7	1	2	3	4	1
2015-2016	SC Bern	NLA	37	6	15	21	26	1	Playoffs	14	3	4	7	20	4
2016-2017	SC Bern	NLA	36	7	15	22	22	4	Playoffs	16	7	11	18	49	4
2016-2017	Switzerland	WC	8	0	1	1	2	-2
2016-2017	Switzerland (all)	International	10	0	1	1	2	-2
2017-2018	SC Bern	NL	40	17	14	31	42	10	Playoffs	11	1	4	5	20	-3
2017-2018	Switzerland Olympics	OG	4	2	1	3	2	3
2017-2018	Switzerland (all)	International	11	2	1	3	8	1
2018-2019	SC Bern	NL	47	12	12	24	80	-3	Playoffs	17	3	5	8	12	1
2018-2019	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1	0	1	2	0
2019-2020	SC Bern	NL	50	7	21	28	76	6
2019-2020	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1	0	1	2	-1
2020-2021	SC Bern	NL	8	0	1	1	27	-1
2021-2022	SC Bern	NL	10	0	0	0	2	-4
2022-2023	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	8	1	4	5	2	2
2023-2024	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-2025	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2026-2027	EHC Worb	SwissDiv3	2	1	2	3	0	-

Thomas Rüfenacht Tournament Statistics


2014-2015	SC Bern	Champions HL	6	0	1	1	0	-3
2014-2015	SC Bern "A"	Swiss Cup	4	0	0	0	4	-
2015-2016	SC Bern	Champions HL	4	0	2	2	6	0
2015-2016	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	3	0	0	0	0	-
2016-2017	SC Bern	Champions HL	8	1	5	6	4	3
2017-2018	SC Bern	Champions HL	9	1	1	2	31	1
2017-2018	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	2	0	1	1	2	-
2018-2019	SC Bern	Champions HL	7	3	1	4	6	-1
2018-2019	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	3	1	0	1	0	-
2019-2020	SC Bern	Champions HL	8	0	3	3	0	0
2019-2020	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	3	0	3	3	2	-
2020-2021	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	2	0	0	0	0	-

Thomas Rüfenacht Career Totals by League


Champions HL	6	42	5	13	18	0.43	47	0	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	2	63	19	27	46	0.73	276	-	0
International	7	55	5	10	15	0.27	36	-3	0
NL (NLA)	18	522	105	149	254	0.49	738	35*	12	115	19	31	50	0.43	220	-6*
NLA Q	0								1	7	0	1	1	0.14	51	-
NLB (SL)	5	163	80	100	180	1.10	293	-	4	49	17	25	42	0.86	72	-
OG	1	4	2	1	3	0.75	2	3	0
Swiss Cup	6	17	1	4	5	0.29	8	-	0
SwissDiv1	2	10	3	6	9	0.90	22*	-	0
SwissDiv3	1	2	1	2	3	1.50	0	-	0
USHS-Prep	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	2	15	0	1	1	0.07	4	-4	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Thomas Rüfenacht Career Totals by Team


Culver Military Academy Prep	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
EHC Brandis	1	5	1	2	3	0.60	-	-	0
EHC Saastal	1	5	2	4	6	1.20	22	-	0
EHC Visp	3	79	32	42	74	0.94	130	-	2	23	5	10	15	0.65	14	-
EHC Worb	1	2	1	2	3	1.50	0	-	0
EV Zug	3	137	21	31	52	0.38	294	7*	3	32	3	4	7	0.22	87	-2*
Genève-Servette HC	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
HC Ambrì-Piotta	1	8	1	4	5	0.63	2	2	0
HC Lugano	2	77	25	27	52	0.68	112	12	2	8	2	1	3	0.38	28	-5
Lausanne HC	2	84	48	58	106	1.26	163	-	2	33	12	16	28	0.85	109	-
SC Bern	8	332	63	104	167	0.50	383	14*	5	69	14	26	40	0.58	105	1
SC Langnau	2	23	1	0	1	0.04	2	-	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
SCL Young Tigers U20	2	63	19	27	46	0.73	276	-	0
Switzerland	2	15	0	1	1	0.07	4	-4	0
Switzerland (all)	7	55	5	10	15	0.27	36	-3	0
Switzerland Olympics	1	4	2	1	3	0.75	2	3	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Thomas Rüfenacht Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2008-2009	NLB Champion (Lausanne) SL Championship Clinching Goal
2011-2012	NLA Most Penalized Player (112)
2014-2015	Swiss Cup Winner (Bern)
2015-2016	NLA Champion (Bern)
2016-2017	NLA Champion (Bern) NL Most Valuable Player Playoffs
2018-2019	NL Champion (Bern)
2020-2021	Swiss Cup Winner (Bern)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
09/06/2023	Confirmed	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Retired
02/15/2023	Extension	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Ambrì-Piotta
01/23/2023	Confirmed	No team	HC Ambrì-Piotta
08/03/2022	Confirmed	SC Bern	EHC Olten
11/05/2019	Extension	SC Bern	SC Bern
10/27/2016	Extension	SC Bern	SC Bern
11/04/2013	Confirmed	HC Lugano	SC Bern
03/27/2012	Confirmed	EV Zug	HC Lugano
11/18/2010	Extension	EV Zug	EV Zug

Thomas Rüfenacht Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for SC Bern