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Switzerland Luca Balerna

#17 GDT Bellinzona / SwissDiv1 - 16/17
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Aug 21, 1986
Position
LW
Age
36
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
-
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Switzerland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
HC Chiasso
Status
Retired
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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1999-00 Chiasso U15 Mini A - - - - - - |
2000-01 Lugano U17 Top Novizen - - - - - - |
2001-02 Lugano U17 Top Novizen - - - - - - |
Lugano II U20 Junioren A - - - - - - |
2002-03 Lugano II U20 Junioren A - - - - - - |
Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 5 0 0 0 0 - | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
2003-04 Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 19 1 3 4 16 - |
2004-05 Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 33 15 11 26 60 - |
2005-06 Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 41 24 10 34 106 - |
HC Lugano NLA 2 0 0 0 4 - |
EHC St. Moritz SwissDiv1 17 7 4 11 47 - | Relegation 7 4 1 5 6 -
2006-07 HC Lugano NLA 29 0 3 3 0 - |
EHC Chur NLB 8 0 2 2 16 - |
2007-08 SC Langnau NLA 38 0 2 2 6 - |
EHC Olten NLB 10 1 3 4 8 - | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 14 -
2008-09 EHC Basel NLB 26 3 3 6 48 - |
HC Ceresio SwissDiv1 15 13 4 17 44 - | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 25 -
2009-10 HC Ceresio SwissDiv1 5 0 2 2 6 - | Playoffs 5 3 2 5 6 -
HC Thurgau NLB 35 3 7 10 14 - |
2010-11 HC Chiasso SwissDiv1 27 13 15 28 26 - | Playoffs 6 4 0 4 4 -
2011-12 HC Chiasso SwissDiv1 26 8 11 19 41 - | Playoffs 7 5 3 8 0 -
2012-13 HC Chiasso SwissDiv1 23 12 13 25 8 - | Playoffs 8 1 6 7 6 -
2013-14 HC Chiasso/Biasca SwissDiv1 27 14 20 34 16 - | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
2014-15 HC Chiasso/Biasca “A” SwissDiv1 31 18 25 43 26 - | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 4 -
2015-16 HC Chiasso/Biasca SwissDiv1 27 20 17 37 59 - | Playoffs 19 11 10 21 20 -
2016-17 GDT Bellinzona SwissDiv1 29 28 15 43 36 - | Playoffs 4 2 4 6 2 -
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2006-07 HC Lugano ECC 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
2013-14 HC Chiasso/Biasca Swiss Cup Q 1 1 3 4 0 - |
2014-15 HC Chiasso/Biasca Swiss Cup 1 0 0 0 0 - |
HC Chiasso/Biasca Swiss Cup Q 2 1 1 2 0 - |
2015-16 HC Chiasso/Biasca Swiss Cup Q 3 2 5 7 0 - |
2016-17 GDT Bellinzona Swiss Cup Q 2 3 2 5 2 - |
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
ECC 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
Junioren A 2 - - - - - - - | 0
NLA (NL) 3 69 0 5 5 0.07 10 - | 0
NLB (SL) 4 79 7 15 22 0.28 86 - | 1 5 0 0 0 0.00 14 -
Swiss Cup 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 - | 0
Swiss Cup Q 4 8 7 11 18 2.25 2 - | 0
SwissDiv1 10 227 133 126 259 1.14 309 - | 10 66 31 27 58 0.88 73 -
Mini A (U15-Top) 1 - - - - - - - | 0
Top Novizen (U17-Top) 2 - - - - - - - | 0
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit) 4 98 40 24 64 0.65 182 - | 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 -
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Danny Masa (F) 2000-2017 8 Bellinzona, Chur, Lugano, Lugano II U20, Lugano U17, Lugano U20, St. Moritz
Luca Grassi (F) 2001-2010 8 Lugano, Lugano II U20, Lugano U17, Lugano U20, Pregassona Ceresio
Joël Rossetti (F) 2010-2017 7 Bellinzona, Bellinzona Rockets
Joel Riva (F) 2001-2010 7 Lugano II U20, Lugano U17, Lugano U20, Pregassona Ceresio
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/02/2016
09/02/2016 Confirmed HCB Ticino Rockets GDT Bellinzona
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