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Switzerland Luca Cereda
#16 HC Ambrì-Piotta / NLA - 06/07
1-time NL Champion 1
Date of Birth
Sep 07, 1981
Position
C
Age
42
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Bellinzona, SUI
Weight
203 lbs / 92 kg
Nation
Switzerland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
HC Ambrì-Piotta
Status
Retired
Drafted
1999 round 1 #24 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Team Staff profile of Luca Cereda also available

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Luca Cereda Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1996-97 Ambrì-Piotta U20 Elite Jr. A 35* 13* 8* 21* 26* -* |
1997-98 Ambrì-Piotta U20 Elite Jr. A 28* 17* 27* 44* 24* -* |
GDT Bellinzona SwissDiv2 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Switzerland U18 EJC-18 6* 1* 1* 2* 4* -1* |
1998-99 Ambrì-Piotta U20 Elite Jr. A 3* 4* 3* 7* 20* -* |
GDT Bellinzona SwissDiv1 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 38* 6* 10* 16* 8* -* | Playoffs 15 0 6 6 4 -
Switzerland U18 (all) International-Jr -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Switzerland U18 WJC-18 7* 2* 8* 10* 10* 1* |
Switzerland U20 WJC-20 6* 1* 0* 1* 10* -1* |
1999-00 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 43* 1* 5* 6* 14* -* | Playoffs 9 0 1 1 2 -
Ambrì-Piotta U20 Elite Jr. A 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
Switzerland U19 (all) International-Jr -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Switzerland U20 WJC-20 7* 2* 4* 6* 14* -2* |
2000-01 Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Did not play * * * * * * |
2001-02 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 71* 5* 8* 13* 23* -4* | Playoffs 11 2 1 3 10 -2
2002-03 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 78* 7* 18* 25* 26* -10* |
Switzerland WC 7* 0* 2* 2* 2* 0* |
2003-04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 22* 0* 2* 2* 8* -5* |
SC Bern NLA 9* 1* 3* 4* 22* -* | Playoffs 15 4 0 4 4 -
Switzerland (all) International 10* 0* 2* 2* -* -* |
Switzerland WC 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
2004-05 SC Bern NLA 37* 1* 1* 2* 2* -* | Playoffs 11 0 1 1 2 -
2005-06 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 42* 6* 16* 22* 51* -* | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 4 -
Switzerland (all) International 4* 1* 0* 1* 0* -* |
2006-07 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 30* 3* 14* 17* 26* -* | Relegation 6 0 1 1 16 -

Luca Cereda Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 171* 12* 28* 40* 0.23* 57* -19* | 1 11 2 * 1 * 3 * 0.27 * 10 * -2 *
EJC-18 1 6* 1* 1* 2* 0.33* 4* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
International 2 14* 1* 2* 3* 0.21* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 3 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NLA (NL) 6 199* 18* 49* 67* 0.34* 123* -* | 6 63 5 * 10 * 15 * 0.24 * 32 * - *
SwissDiv1 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
SwissDiv2 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit) 4 69* 34* 38* 72* 1.04* 72* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 2 12* 0* 2* 2* 0.17* 4* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 1 7* 2* 8* 10* 1.43* 10* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 13* 3* 4* 7* 0.54* 24* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Luca Cereda Career Highlights

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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2000, 1 #21 overall by Ottawa 67's in the CHL Import Draft

Cult/Star player for Ambrì-Piotta

- Had to retire because of a defect heart valvular, which was diagnosed in medical test at the Toronto Maple Leafs-Camp were he attended, after getting drafted by the Leafs in the first round. He underwent heart-surgery in the summer of 2000 and missed the entire 2000-2001 season.
In 2007 doctors advice Luca Cereda to retire from professional sports, because his heart was not strong enough to handle the pressure.