Michael Fora

#20 Lausanne HC / NL - 26/27

Date of Birth: Oct 30, 1995
Age: 31
Place of Birth: Giubiasco, SUI
Nation: Switzerland
Youth Team: GDT Bellinzona
Position: D
Height: 191 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 97 kg / 214 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: 30/31

Michael Fora Facts

Agency: Premium

Sister: Nancy Fora (basketball player - external link)

Michael Fora Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2007-2008	GDT Bellinzona U15	Mini A	8	2	1	3	4	-
2008-2009	GDT Bellinzona U15	Mini A	14	24	21	45	12	-	Playoffs QC	2	2	3	5	0	-
2009-2010	HC Ambrì-Piotta U15	Mini Top	24	20	20	40	50	-
2009-2010	GDT Bellinzona U17	Novizen A	2	2	1	3	0	-
2009-2010	GDT Bellinzona U17	Top Novizen Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	1	0	0	0	0	-
2010-2011	HC Ambrì-Piotta U17	Novizen Elite	32	10	6	16	36	-	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	8	-
2010-2011	GDT Bellinzona U17	Novizen Top	6	3	1	4	2	-
2010-2011	Switzerland U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	0	-
2011-2012	HC Ambrì-Piotta U17	Novizen Elite	1	0	0	0	2	-
2012-2013	HC Ambrì-Piotta U17	Novizen Elite	1	1	0	1	2	-
2012-2013	HC Ambrì-Piotta U20	Elite Jr. A	38	3	8	11	52	-	Relegation	10	0	3	3	6	-
2012-2013	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	8	-
2013-2014	HC Ambrì-Piotta U20 "C"	Elite Jr. A	38	5	4	9	66	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-
2013-2014	GDT Bellinzona Loan	SwissDiv1	7	0	1	1	22	-	Relegation	5	1	1	2	6	-
2013-2014	Switzerland U19 (all)	International-Jr	12	1	1	2	6	-
2014-2015	Kamloops Blazers	WHL	60	6	26	32	68	-9
2014-2015	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6	0	2	2	2	-1
2014-2015	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	14	1	3	4	2	-
2015-2016	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	32	3	3	6	33	-11	Relegation	6	0	1	1	0	0
2016-2017	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	50	1	8	9	56	-11	Relegation	6	0	0	0	29	1
2016-2017	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	4	2	1	3	0	2
2016-2017	Switzerland (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	0
2017-2018	HC Ambrì-Piotta "C"	NL	50	6	21	27	26	-1	Relegation	3	0	1	1	0	0
2017-2018	Switzerland	WC	10	0	1	1	4	-1
2017-2018	Switzerland (all)	International	22	4	2	6	12	0
2018-2019	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	1	0	0	0	0	1
2018-2019	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	30	4	10	14	32	-10	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0	-4
2018-2019	Switzerland	WC	8	0	0	0	6	1
2018-2019	Switzerland (all) "A"	International	17	0	3	3	10	8
2019-2020	HC Ambrì-Piotta "A"	NL	44	5	15	20	26	-4
2019-2020	Switzerland (all) "A"	International	2	0	1	1	2	1
2020-2021	HC Ambrì-Piotta "C"	NL	45	7	14	21	95	-25
2020-2021	Switzerland (all)	International	4	0	0	0	4	0
2021-2022	HC Ambrì-Piotta "C"	NL	39	5	13	18	24	4	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	4	-4
2021-2022	Switzerland Olympics	OG	4	0	0	0	2	-2
2021-2022	Switzerland "A"	WC	8	1	0	1	33	4
2021-2022	Switzerland (all) "C"	International	21	2	0	2	39	7
2022-2023	HC Davos "A"	NL	41	3	10	13	18	13	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	4	-2
2022-2023	Switzerland	WC	8	0	2	2	4	6
2022-2023	Switzerland (all) "C"	International	19	1	5	6	12	7
2023-2024	HC Davos "A"	NL	32	1	10	11	49	-7	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	8	-3
2023-2024	Switzerland	WC	8	0	1	1	2	2
2023-2024	Switzerland (all) "A"	International	20	0	6	6	37	4
2024-2025	HC Davos	NL	43	6	9	15	82	15	Playoffs	10	0	5	5	8	3
2024-2025	Switzerland	WC	10	0	5	5	2	13
2024-2025	Switzerland (all) "A"	International	20	1	6	7	10	14
2025-2026	HC Davos	NL	42	6	22	28	20	22	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	6	3
2025-2026	Switzerland Olympics	OG	5	0	1	1	6	3
2025-2026	Switzerland (all) "C"	International	7	0	2	2	6	0
2026-2027	Lausanne HC	NL	7	2	1	3	2	1
2026-2027	Projected	NL	39	11	6	17	11	6

Michael Fora Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2013-2014	GDT Bellinzona Loan	Swiss Cup Q	1	0	0	0	0	-
2013-2014	Switzerland U20	WJAC-19	5	0	1	1	2	-
2015-2016	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Swiss Cup	2	0	0	0	2	-
2016-2017	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Swiss Cup	1	0	0	0	2	-
2017-2018	HC Ambrì-Piotta "C"	Swiss Cup	2	1	0	1	0	-
2017-2018	Team Switzerland	Spengler Cup	3	1	1	2	2	2
2018-2019	Switzerland "A"	Deutschland Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1
2019-2020	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Champions HL	5	0	1	1	6	1
2019-2020	HC Ambrì-Piotta "A"	Swiss Cup	2	0	0	0	4	-
2019-2020	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Spengler Cup	3	0	1	1	2	1
2020-2021	HC Ambrì-Piotta "C"	Swiss Cup	3	0	3	3	2	-
2021-2022	Switzerland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2	2
2022-2023	HC Davos	Champions HL	7	2	1	3	6	3
2022-2023	HC Davos "A"	Spengler Cup	4	0	1	1	0	-1
2022-2023	Switzerland	EHT	8	1	3	4	8	1
2023-2024	HC Davos "A"	Spengler Cup	4	1	0	1	0	4
2023-2024	Switzerland	EHT	7	0	3	3	27	3
2024-2025	Switzerland "C"	EHT	8	0	1	1	6	-2
2025-2026	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	1	0	1	0	4
2025-2026	Switzerland "C"	EHT	2	0	1	1	0	-3

Michael Fora Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0
Champions HL	2	12	2	2	4	0.33	12	4	0
Deutschland Cup	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	1	0
EHT	5	28	1	8	9	0.32	43	1	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	2	76	8	12	20	0.26	118	-	2	13	0	3	3	0.23	12	-
International	10	134	8	25	33	0.25	132	41	0
International-Jr	4	32	2	4	6	0.19	16	-	0
Mini A (Swiss U16-Top)	2	22	26	22	48	2.18	16	-	1	2	2	3	5	2.50	0	-
Mini Top (Swiss U16-Elit)	1	24	20	20	40	1.67	50	-	0
NL (NLA)	12	455	49	136	185	0.41	463	-14	9	55	3	13	16	0.29	59	-6
NLA Q	0								1	4	2	1	3	0.75	0	2
Novizen A (Swiss U18-A)	1	2	2	1	3	1.50	0	-	0
Novizen Elite (Swiss U18-Elit)	3	34	11	6	17	0.50	40	-	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	8	-
Novizen Top (Swiss U18-Top)	1	6	3	1	4	0.67	2	-	0
OG	2	9	0	1	1	0.11	8	1	0
Spengler Cup	5	18	3	3	6	0.33	4	10	0
Swiss Cup	5	10	1	3	4	0.40	10	-	0
Swiss Cup Q	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
SwissDiv1	1	7	0	1	1	0.14	22	-	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	6	-
Top Novizen Q	0								1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
WC	6	52	1	9	10	0.19	51	25	0
WHL	1	60	6	26	32	0.53	68	-9	0
WJAC-19	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	2	-	0
WJC-20	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	2	-1	0

Michael Fora Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Charlotte Checkers	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0
GDT Bellinzona	1	8	0	1	1	0.13	22	-	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	6	-
GDT Bellinzona U15 (103976)	2	22	26	22	48	2.18	16	-	1	2	2	3	5	2.50	0	-
GDT Bellinzona U17	2	8	5	2	7	0.88	2	-	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
HC Ambrì-Piotta	7	308	32	89	121	0.39	310	-56*	5	27	3	4	7	0.26	33	-5
HC Ambrì-Piotta U15	1	24	20	20	40	1.67	50	-	0
HC Ambrì-Piotta U17	3	34	11	6	17	0.50	40	-	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	8	-
HC Ambrì-Piotta U20	2	76	8	12	20	0.26	118	-	2	13	0	3	3	0.23	12	-
HC Davos	4	177	20	53	73	0.41	175	53	4	32	2	10	12	0.38	26	1
Kamloops Blazers	1	60	6	26	32	0.53	68	-9	0
Lausanne HC	1	7	2	1	3	0.43	2	1	0
Switzerland	6	52	1	9	10	0.19	51	25	0
Switzerland (Cup)	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	1	0
Switzerland (EHT)	5	28	1	8	9	0.32	43	1	0
Switzerland (all)	10	134	8	25	33	0.25	132	41	0
Switzerland Olympics	2	9	0	1	1	0.11	8	1	0
Switzerland U16 (all)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Switzerland U18 (all)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	8	-	0
Switzerland U19 (all)	1	12	1	1	2	0.17	6	-	0
Switzerland U20	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	2	-1	0
Switzerland U20	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	2	-	0
Switzerland U20 (all)	1	14	1	3	4	0.29	2	-	0
Team Switzerland	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	2	2	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Michael Fora Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2017-2018	World Championship Silver Medal
2021-2022	World Championship Most Penalized Player (33)
2023-2024	Spengler Cup Winner (Davos) World Championship Silver Medal
2024-2025	World Championship Best Plus/Minus (+13) World Championship Silver Medal
2025-2026	NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Davos) Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
09/03/2025	Confirmed	HC Davos	Lausanne HC
12/03/2021	Confirmed	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Davos
04/15/2021	Extension	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Ambrì-Piotta
10/21/2018	Confirmed	Charlotte Checkers	HC Ambrì-Piotta
10/19/2018	Confirmed	Carolina Hurricanes	Unknown
06/15/2018	Confirmed	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Carolina Hurricanes
12/23/2017	Extension	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Ambrì-Piotta
12/14/2016	Extension	HC Ambrì-Piotta	HC Ambrì-Piotta
07/03/2015	Confirmed	Kamloops Blazers	HC Ambrì-Piotta
07/14/2014	Confirmed	HC Ambrì-Piotta U20	Kamloops Blazers

Michael Fora Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2014, 2 #66 by Kamloops Blazers in the CHL Import Draft
2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #205 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING