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Julien Sprunger

#86 HC Fribourg-Gottéron / NL - 23/24

Date of Birth

Jan 04, 1986

Position

Age

Height

6'4" / 194 cm

Place of Birth

Fribourg, SUI

Weight

198 lbs / 90 kg

Nation

Switzerland

Shoots

Youth Team

HC Gottéron

Contract

24/25

Drafted

2004 round 4 #117 overall by Minnesota Wild

Agency

PREMIUM

Sprunger is a big winger with a big shot. Has natural goal-scoring instincts and good hands. Doesn't always use his size well enough. His defensive game is below average.
Has battled concussion woes throughout his career.
- Ulf Andersson, EP (2013)

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Julien Sprunger Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1998-99	Gottéron U15	Mini A1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1999-00	Gottéron U15	Top Mini	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2000-01	Gottéron U17	Elite Novizen	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2001-02	Gottéron U17	Elite Novizen	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Switzerland U16 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2002-03	Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. B	24*	21*	19*	40*	32*	-*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	HC Düdingen Bulls	SwissDiv1	7*	6*	0*	6*	8*	5*	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	4	4
	Switzerland U17 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2003-04	Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. A	13*	7*	8*	15*	24*	-*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	42*	2*	3*	5*	14*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	4	-
	Switzerland U18	WJC-18 D1	5*	7*	2*	9*	0*	7*	\|
2004-05	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	41*	9*	7*	16*	35*	-*	\|	Relegation	11	2	1	3	14	-
	Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. A	4*	3*	4*	7*	4*	-*	\|
	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	NLB	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-1*	\|
	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2005-06	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	38*	19*	14*	33*	36*	-*	\|	Relegation	15	7	3	10	29	-
	Gottéron U20	Elite Jr. A	2*	2*	1*	3*	6*	-*	\|
	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6*	2*	3*	5*	12*	-4*	\|
2006-07	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	34*	10*	10*	20*	46*	-*	\|
	Switzerland	WC	7*	2*	0*	2*	4*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	20*	7*	6*	13*	6*	-*	\|
2007-08	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	49*	27*	20*	47*	34*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	20	-
	Switzerland	WC	7*	3*	2*	5*	6*	-1*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	20*	9*	7*	16*	6*	-*	\|
2008-09	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	47*	25*	21*	46*	56*	-*	\|	Playoffs	10	6	4	10	6	-
	Switzerland	WC	5*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	15*	4*	2*	6*	0*	-*	\|
2009-10	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	28*	9*	17*	26*	10*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	2	-
	Switzerland	OG	5*	2*	0*	2*	2*	0*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	10*	3*	6*	9*	2*	-*	\|
2010-11	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	50*	16*	26*	42*	42*	7*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	4	-3
	Switzerland	WC	6*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-3*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “A”	International	18*	3*	5*	8*	8*	-*	\|
2011-12	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “A”	NLA	49*	27*	24*	51*	22*	24*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	4	6	6	-7
	Switzerland (all)	International	12*	5*	4*	9*	4*	-*	\|
2012-13	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “A”	NLA	32*	19*	14*	33*	18*	14*	\|	Playoffs	16	5	8	13	10	4
2013-14	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	49*	12*	21*	33*	32*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	10	6	4	10	4	-3
	Switzerland (all) “A”	International	2*	2*	2*	4*	2*	2*	\|
2014-15	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NLA	50*	14*	26*	40*	18*	-3*	\|	Relegation	6	3	5	8	0	1
2015-16	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NLA	43*	25*	11*	36*	20*	0*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	2	-7
2016-17	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NLA	50*	26*	25*	51*	16*	-2*	\|	Relegation	10	9	5	14	4	3
2017-18	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	20*	7*	6*	13*	4*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	4	-3
2018-19	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	50*	20*	18*	38*	33*	-1*	\|	Relegation	5	1	0	1	2	3
2019-20	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	34*	7*	18*	25*	8*	-2*	\|
2020-21	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	51*	15*	11*	26*	16*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	-4
2021-22	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	41*	18*	19*	37*	10*	7*	\|	Playoffs	8	3	1	4	6	-2
2022-23	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	49*	15*	18*	33*	10*	1*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2023-24	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	NL	52*	9*	10*	19*	10*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	11	0	1	1	25	1

Julien Sprunger Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	Switzerland “A”	Deutschland Cup	2*	1*	0*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2011-12	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	3*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-2*	\|
2012-13	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	ET	1*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “A”	Spengler Cup	4*	3*	2*	5*	0*	0*	\|
2013-14	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	ET	7*	3*	2*	5*	6*	-*	\|
	Switzerland “A”	Deutschland Cup	2*	2*	2*	4*	2*	2*	\|
2014-15	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	8*	0*	2*	2*	4*	0*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	Swiss Cup	1*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-*	\|
2015-16	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	4*	2*	1*	3*	6*	-1*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Swiss Cup	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2016-17	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	12*	5*	5*	10*	10*	6*	\|
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	Swiss Cup	2*	0*	3*	3*	0*	-*	\|
2018-19	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	Swiss Cup	1*	2*	1*	3*	0*	-*	\|
2019-20	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	Swiss Cup	1*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-*	\|
2020-21	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “C”	Swiss Cup	3*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-*	\|
2021-22	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	5*	3*	2*	5*	2*	6*	\|
2022-23	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	7*	2*	1*	3*	2*	2*	\|

Julien Sprunger Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	5	36*	12*	11*	23*	0.64*	24*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Deutschland Cup	3	7*	4*	2*	6*	0.86*	6*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	2	8*	4*	2*	6*	0.75*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	7	97*	33*	32*	65*	0.67*	28*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Mini A1	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NL (NLA)	22	901*	331*	339*	670*	0.74*	490*	37*	\|	19	150	52 *	44 *	96 *	0.64 *	142 *	-18 *
OG	1	5*	2*	0*	2*	0.40*	2*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NLB (SL)	1	1*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	1	4*	3*	2*	5*	1.25*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Swiss Cup	6	9*	4*	9*	13*	1.44*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SwissDiv1	1	7*	6*	0*	6*	0.86*	8*	5*	\|	1	3	1 *	1 *	2 *	0.67 *	4 *	4 *
Top Mini (U15-Elit)	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Elite Novizen (U17-Elit)	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit)	3	19*	12*	13*	25*	1.32*	34*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Elite Jr. B (U20-Top)	1	24*	21*	19*	40*	1.67*	32*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	4	25*	5*	3*	8*	0.32*	12*	-8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18 D1	1	5*	7*	2*	9*	1.80*	0*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	12*	2*	3*	5*	0.42*	14*	-5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Julien Sprunger Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2003-2004
- U18 WJC (D1|A) Gold Medal
- U18 WJC (D1|A) Most Goals (7)
2005-2006
- NL Most Points by Junior (33)
2007-2008
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Gottéron)
- NLA Most Valuable Player
2011-2012
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Gottéron)
- NLA Most Goals (27)
2012-2013
- Spengler Cup All-Star Team
- Spengler Cup Most Points (5 pts)
2016-2017
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Gottéron)
- NLA Most Goals (26)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
12/09/2023
12/09/2023	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
06/28/2022
06/28/2022	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
09/05/2019
09/05/2019	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
05/02/2016
05/02/2016	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
09/05/2013
09/05/2013	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
01/21/2010
01/21/2010	Extension	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Fribourg-Gottéron

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Gottéron

Milestones
- 2023-10-07 • Played in his 1000. Professional Hockey Game (Regular Season & Playoffs combined).