Michel Riesen

#79 EHC Basel Sharks / NLB - 13/14

Date of Birth: Apr 11, 1979
Age: 47
Place of Birth: Aarberg, SUI
Nation: Switzerland
Youth Team: SC Lyss
Position: RW
Height: 187 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Michel Riesen Facts

Drafted: 1997 round 1 #14 overall by Edmonton Oilers
Agency: Premium

Son: Levin Riesen
Father: Rolf Riesen, Stepmother: Franziska Riesen
Half-Brother: Yannik Riesen

Team Staff profile also available: Michel Riesen

Highly skilled, very attentive.
— Walt Kyle (Hamilton Bulldogs Head Coach) 1998

Michel Riesen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1987-1988	SC Lyss U15	Mini A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988-1989	SC Lyss U15	Mini B1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989-1990	Lyss U15		-	-	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	SC Lyss U15	Mini A1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991-1992	Biel-Bienne U15		-	-	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	Biel-Bienne U15		-	-	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	Elite Jr. A	16	5	3	8	-	-
1993-1994	Biel-Bienne U15		-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	EHC Biel-Bienne U17		-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	Elite Jr. B	22	23	14	37	-	-	Playoffs	3	4	1	5	-	-
1993-1994	Switzerland U16 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	5	1	0	1	0	-4
1993-1994	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-1995	EHC Biel-Bienne U17		-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-1995	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	Elite Jr. B	24	25	33	58	-	-
1994-1995	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	12	0	2	2	0	-	Relegation	5	2	0	2	0	-
1994-1995	Switzerland U17 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-1995	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	5	3	1	4	2	-
1994-1995	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-1996	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	Elite Jr. B	3	3	0	3	-	-
1995-1996	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLB	34	9	6	15	2	-	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-
1995-1996	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6	1	0	1	0	-
1995-1996	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLB	38	16	16	32	49	-
1996-1997	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	6	6	1	7	2	-
1996-1997	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6	4	1	5	8	6
1996-1997	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	HC Davos	NLA	32	16	9	25	8	-	Playoffs	18	5	5	10	4	-
1997-1998	EHC St. Moritz Loan	SwissDiv1	1	1	0	1	-	-
1997-1998	Switzerland U20 "C"	WJC-20	7	4	1	5	0	2
1997-1998	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Switzerland	WC	2	0	1	1	0	-3
1997-1998	Switzerland (all)	International	7	0	2	2	-	-
1998-1999	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	60	6	17	23	6	1	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998-1999	Switzerland U20 "C"	WJC-20	6	0	4	4	4	-
1998-1999	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-2000	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	73	29	31	60	20	-7	Playoffs	10	3	5	8	4	-3
1999-2000	Switzerland	WC	1	1	1	2	2	-1
1999-2000	Switzerland (all)	International	1	1	1	2	2	-1
2000-2001	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	12	0	1	1	4	2
2000-2001	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	69	26	28	54	14	-13
2000-2001	Switzerland	WC	6	3	1	4	0	2
2000-2001	Switzerland (all)	International	10	6	2	8	0	5
2001-2002	HC Davos	NLA	35	12	12	24	28	-	Playoffs	16	7	8	15	52	-
2001-2002	Switzerland (all)	International	4	0	0	0	4	0
2002-2003	HC Davos	NLA	44	17	17	34	30	-	Playoffs	16	3	6	9	8	-
2002-2003	Switzerland (all)	International	9	0	2	2	2	1
2003-2004	HC Davos	NLA	47	16	13	29	14	-	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	4	-
2004-2005	HC Davos	NLA	44	18	14	32	8	-	Playoffs	15	3	3	6	6	-
2005-2006	HC Davos	NLA	39	17	12	29	18	-	Playoffs	15	9	3	12	8	-
2006-2007	HC Davos	NLA	44	37	14	51	70	-	Playoffs	15	5	4	9	37	-
2007-2008	HC Davos	NLA	39	13	17	30	18	-	Playoffs	11	6	3	9	8	-
2008-2009	HC Davos	NLA	50	24	17	41	32	-	Playoffs	21	9	3	12	4	-
2009-2010	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers "A"	NLA	41	11	18	29	12	-
2010-2011	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	46	9	10	19	16	-22	Relegation	10	4	0	4	4	-2
2011-2012	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	35	7	11	18	4	-7
2012-2013	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	47	13	10	23	30	-16	Relegation	12	1	2	3	4	-1
2013-2014	EHC Basel Sharks "C"	NLB	33	7	9	16	8	-	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	0	-

Michel Riesen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2001-2002	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	5	1	1	2	0	-
2002-2003	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	1	1	2	0	-
2003-2004	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	1	1	2	0	0
2004-2005	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	3	2	5	2	-
2005-2006	HC Davos	ECC	2	0	2	2	0	0
2005-2006	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3	2	0	2	0	-
2006-2007	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	5	2	3	5	2	-
2007-2008	HC Davos	ECC	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2007-2008	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	4	2	1	3	4	-
2008-2009	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3	1	0	1	0	-

Michel Riesen Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	3	202	61	76	137	0.68	40	-19	2	13	3	5	8	0.62	4	-3
ECC	2	4	0	2	2	0.50	0	-1	0
EJC-18	3	16	10	2	12	0.75	4	-4*	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	1	16	5	3	8	0.50	-	-	0
Elite Jr. B (Swiss U21-Top)	3	49	51	47	98	2.00	-	-	1	3	4	1	5	1.67	-	-
International	5	31	7	7	14	0.45	8*	5*	0
International-Jr	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Mini A	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Mini A1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Mini B1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NHL	1	12	0	1	1	0.08	4	2	0
NLA (NL)	14	555	210	176	386	0.70	288	-45*	12	160	55	39	94	0.59	139	-3*
NLB (SL)	3	105	32	31	63	0.60	59	-	2	8	3	1	4	0.50	0	-
Spengler Cup	8	32	13	9	22	0.69	8	0	0
SwissDiv1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	-	-	0
WC	3	9	4	3	7	0.78	2	-2	0
WJC-20	4	25	9	6	15	0.60	12	8*	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Michel Riesen Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Edmonton Oilers	1	12	0	1	1	0.08	4	2	0
EHC Basel Sharks (old)	1	33	7	9	16	0.48	8	-	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	0	-
EHC Biel-Bienne	3	84	25	24	49	0.58	51	-	2	8	3	0	3	0.38	0	-
EHC Biel-Bienne U20	4	65	56	50	106	1.63	-	-	1	3	4	1	5	1.67	-	-
EHC St. Moritz	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	-	-	0
Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	3	202	61	76	137	0.68	40	-19	2	13	3	5	8	0.62	4	-3
HC Davos	9	410	183	136	319	0.78	234	-1*	9	133	48	37	85	0.64	131	-
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4	169	40	49	89	0.53	62	-45*	2	22	5	2	7	0.32	8	-3
SC Lyss U15	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland	3	9	4	3	7	0.78	2	-2	0
Switzerland (all)	5	31	7	7	14	0.45	8*	5*	0
Switzerland U16 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U17 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U18	3	16	10	2	12	0.75	4	-4*	0
Switzerland U18 (all)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U20	4	25	9	6	15	0.60	12	8*	0
Switzerland U20 (all)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Michel Riesen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1996-1997	U18 EJC Best Forward U18 EJC Bronze Medal
1997-1998	NLA Best Rookie (25) NLA Most Points by Junior (25) U20 WJC Bronze Medal
2000-2001	AHL Player of the Week (Mar. 25)
2001-2002	NLA Champion (Davos) Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)
2004-2005	NLA Champion (Davos) Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)
2006-2007	NLA Champion (Davos) NL Media All-Star Team (Davos) NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Davos) NLA Most Goals (37) Spengler Cup Winner (Davos)
2008-2009	NLA Champion (Davos) NLA Most Goals Playoffs (9)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
07/07/2014	Confirmed	EHC Basel Sharks	Retired
04/26/2013	Confirmed	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	EHC Basel Sharks
10/24/2008	Confirmed	HC Davos	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Michel Riesen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EHC Biel-Bienne
Cult/Star player for HC Davos
Cult/Star player for SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

On June 27th 1997, Michel Riesen became the first Swiss player to be drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft.