What league does HC Fribourg-Gottéron play in?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron play in the NL.

When was HC Fribourg-Gottéron founded?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron was founded in 1937 in Fribourg, SUI, Switzerland.

Where is HC Fribourg-Gottéron based?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron is based in Fribourg, SUI.

Who is the head coach of HC Fribourg-Gottéron?

The head coach of HC Fribourg-Gottéron is Larry Huras.

Who is the captain of HC Fribourg-Gottéron?

The captain of HC Fribourg-Gottéron is Julien Sprunger.

What arena does HC Fribourg-Gottéron play in?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron play their home games at BCF Arena in Fribourg, SUI.

What are the team colors of HC Fribourg-Gottéron?

The team colors of HC Fribourg-Gottéron are Black + White.

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2016-2017 Season

HC Fribourg-Gottéron were 17-31-2 in the 2016-17 NLA season with 48 points, 11th overall.

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2016-2017 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
NLA
1.	Julien Sprunger (RW)	50	26	25	51	16	-2	10	9	5	14	4	3
2.	Roman Červenka (C/LW)	44	16	35	51	32	-8	10	4	10	14	14	6
3.	Yannick Rathgeb (D)	45	11	23	34	115	-21	5	1	5	6	2	1
4.	Michal Birner (LW)	31	9	23	32	8	-6	10	2	8	10	14	4
5.	Andrei Bykov (C)	33	9	20	29	8	6
6.	Killian Mottet (LW)	50	9	15	24	34	-7	11	1	2	3	12	-3
7.	Greg Mauldin (C/W)	34	10	9	19	6	-10	10	3	7	10	4	1
8.	Mattias Ritola (LW/RW)	27	4	13	17	22	-7
9.	Larri Leeger (D)	39	4	8	12	14	-5	11	0	2	2	2	2
10.	Marc Abplanalp (D)	50	4	8	12	18	-9	10	0	2	2	2	0
11.	Benjamin Neukom (LW)	49	7	1	8	16	-15	10	3	0	3	16	1
12.	Lorenz Kienzle (D/RW)	40	1	7	8	32	9	5	0	1	1	0	-1
13.	Sebastian Schilt (D)	29	2	5	7	53	-8	11	1	6	7	8	4
14.	Flavio Schmutz (C/LW)	43	1	6	7	6	-8
15.	Christopher Rivera (C/W)	44	4	2	6	62	-13	9	0	2	2	27	-2
16.	Anton Gustafsson (C/D)	24	2	3	5	4	-9
17.	Daniel Steiner (RW)	20	1	4	5	14	-2	9	0	1	1	0	2
18.	Nelson Chiquet (LW/RW)	32	1	4	5	6	-2	11	1	2	3	12	-1
19.	Alexandre Picard (D)	35	1	4	5	12	-9	9	0	1	1	2	2
20.	Antti Pihlström (LW/RW)	10	3	1	4	2	-3
21.	John Fritsche (LW/RW)	40	1	3	4	8	-11	9	2	2	4	2	2
22.	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (C/RW)	8	1	2	3	6	-6
23.	Mathieu Maret (D)	21	1	2	3	2	-1	7	0	0	0	6	-1
24.	Caryl Neuenschwander (RW)	50	0	3	3	18	-13	11	1	1	2	6	0
25.	Nathan Marchon (C/LW)	12	2	0	2	0	0	11	2	1	3	8	-2
26.	Ralph Stalder (D)	44	0	2	2	12	-12	11	0	4	4	2	0
27.	Michaël Loichat (LW/RW)	12	0	1	1	2	0
28.	Benjamin Chavaillaz (D)	41	0	1	1	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	-1
29.	Gill Ducret (C)	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Geoffrey Jaquet (D)	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Lucas Joly (LW)	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	-1
32.	Dominik Schmid (RW)	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	-1
33.	Tristan Vauclair (LW)	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	4	6	1
34.	Ron Fischer (D)	2	0	0	0	0	0
35.	Janis Elsener (D/LW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
36.	Andrea Glauser (D)	6	0	0	0	0	-2	10	0	2	2	8	0
37.	Robin Fuchs (LW)	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
38.	Ryan Vesce (C/RW)	9	0	0	0	6	-5	2	2	0	2	4	-2
Champions HL
1.	Roman Červenka (C/LW)	9	5	7	12	10	7
2.	Yannick Rathgeb (D)	12	4	8	12	36	9
3.	Julien Sprunger (RW)	12	5	5	10	10	6
4.	Killian Mottet (LW)	12	1	6	7	6	3
5.	Andrei Bykov (C)	8	1	4	5	0	4
6.	Michal Birner (LW)	5	1	3	4	6	-1
7.	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (C/RW)	4	3	0	3	6	3
8.	Caryl Neuenschwander (RW)	11	3	0	3	2	4
9.	Mattias Ritola (LW/RW)	9	0	3	3	4	-1
10.	Greg Mauldin (C/W)	9	2	0	2	6	-3
11.	Flavio Schmutz (C/LW)	12	2	0	2	6	-4
12.	Sebastian Schilt (D)	6	0	2	2	10	2
13.	Larri Leeger (D)	9	0	2	2	2	-1
14.	Lorenz Kienzle (D/RW)	8	1	0	1	2	-4
15.	Christopher Rivera (C/W)	11	1	0	1	4	-1
16.	Benjamin Neukom (LW)	12	1	0	1	6	-2
17.	Mathieu Maret (D)	7	0	1	1	2	3
18.	Anton Gustafsson (C/D)	8	0	1	1	6	1
19.	Alexandre Picard (D)	10	0	1	1	6	3
20.	Ralph Stalder (D)	12	0	1	1	4	1
21.	Benjamin Chavaillaz (D)	12	0	1	1	6	-1
22.	Antti Pihlström (LW/RW)	1	0	0	0	0	0
23.	Daniel Steiner (RW)	1	0	0	0	0	-2
24.	Robin Fuchs (LW)	2	0	0	0	2	0
25.	John Fritsche (LW/RW)	5	0	0	0	2	2
26.	Michaël Loichat (LW/RW)	5	0	0	0	2	-1
27.	Nathan Marchon (C/LW)	5	0	0	0	2	0
28.	Nelson Chiquet (LW/RW)	8	0	0	0	4	-1
29.	Marc Abplanalp (D)	9	0	0	0	4	1
Swiss Cup
1.	Andrei Bykov (C)	3	2	2	4	0	-
2.	Ralph Stalder (D)	2	1	2	3	0	-
3.	Julien Sprunger (RW)	2	0	3	3	0	-
4.	Antti Pihlström (LW/RW)	1	1	1	2	0	-
5.	Killian Mottet (LW)	3	1	1	2	0	-
6.	Benjamin Neukom (LW)	3	0	2	2	2	-
7.	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (C/RW)	1	1	0	1	2	-
8.	Mattias Ritola (LW/RW)	2	1	0	1	0	-
9.	Larri Leeger (D)	2	1	0	1	4	-
10.	Greg Mauldin (C/W)	2	0	1	1	0	-
11.	Alexandre Picard (D)	3	0	1	1	2	-
12.	John Fritsche (LW/RW)	1	0	0	0	0	-
13.	Andrea Glauser (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-
14.	Lorenz Kienzle (D/RW)	2	0	0	0	0	-
15.	Mathieu Maret (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-
16.	Sebastian Schilt (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-
17.	Robin Fuchs (LW)	2	0	0	0	0	-
18.	Nelson Chiquet (LW/RW)	2	0	0	0	0	-
19.	Nathan Marchon (C/LW)	2	0	0	0	0	-
20.	Benjamin Chavaillaz (D)	3	0	0	0	0	-
21.	Anton Gustafsson (C/D)	3	0	0	0	0	-
22.	Caryl Neuenschwander (RW)	3	0	0	0	0	-
23.	Yannick Rathgeb (D)	3	0	0	0	0	-
24.	Flavio Schmutz (C/LW)	3	0	0	0	0	-
25.	Marc Abplanalp (D)	3	0	0	0	2	-
26.	Christopher Rivera (C/W)	3	0	0	0	14	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
NLA
1.	Benjamin Conz (G)	45	3.16	.891	14	27	2	2	2602:22	1121	9	1.20	.959
2.	Dennis Saikkonen (G)	13	3.83	.870	3	4	0	0	391:22	168	3	3.99	.876
3.	Raphaël Garnier (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-	0
Champions HL
1.	Dennis Saikkonen (G)	3	0.88	.969	1	0	1	0	136:47	63
2.	Benjamin Conz (G)	10	2.26	.925	6	3	1	1	584:30	272
Swiss Cup
1.	Benjamin Conz (G)	2	2.53	-	1	1	0	0	118:40	-
2.	Dennis Saikkonen (G)	2	1.96	-	1	0	0	0	61:17	-

2016-2017 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Staff

Head CoachLarry Huras
Head CoachGerd Zenhäusern
Asst. CoachKari Martikainen
Goaltending CoachDavid Aebischer
Sports ManagerChristian Dubé
CEORaphaël Berger
Dir. of Player DevelopmentGerd Zenhäusern
Dir.Yvan Haymoz
Dir.Hubert Waeber
Equipment ManagerOlivier Sugnaux
Mental CoachDavid Scott
PresidentMichel Volet
Team ConsultantVyacheslav Bykov

Team Staff History

2016-2017 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Captains

"C"

Julien Sprunger

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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2016-2017 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Demographics

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Facts

Plays in: National League
Team Colors: Black + White
Town: Fribourg, SUI Map
Founded: 1937

2016-2017 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Roster Facts

Nationalities

31 players
2 players
2 players
2 players
2 players
1 player
1 player

Experience

HC Fribourg-Gottéron: 4 021 GP
NHL: 636 GP
WC: 181 GP
OG: 20 GP
SHL: 338 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 158 GP
Liiga: 623 GP
KHL: 777 GP
Czechia: 340 GP
AHL: 1 655 GP
DEL: 29 GP
NL: 7 679 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

HC Düdingen Bulls (SwissDiv1)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21 (Swiss U21-Elit)
HC Thurgau (SL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: BCF Arena
Location: Fribourg, SUI
Capacity: 9 075
Construction Year: 1982

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/03/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Ambrì-Piotta	-	NL
10/02/2026 05:45 PM UTC	EHC Kloten	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	-	NL
09/26/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	SCL Tigers	4 - 3 (OT 64:40)	NL
09/25/2026 05:45 PM UTC	Genève-Servette HC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	4 - 3 (SO)	NL
09/22/2026 05:45 PM UTC	HC Davos	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	1 - 2 (SO)	NL

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Elijah Neuenschwander (G)

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Attilio Biasca (F)

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Jeremi Gerber (F)

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Kevin Etter (F)

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HC Fribourg-Gottéron History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	NL	6	1	2	-	2	1	17	17	8	1.33	5	-
2025-2026	NL	52	24	13	-	13	2	172	126	100	1.92	2	Champion
2024-2025	NL	52	21	16	-	5	10	132	128	83	1.6	6	Semifinal loss
2023-2024	NL	52	28	13	-	7	4	175	124	102	1.96	2	Semifinal loss
2022-2023	NL	52	23	19	-	2	8	155	136	81	1.56	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2021-2022	NL	50	26	14	-	6	4	159	124	94	1.88	2	Semifinal loss
2020-2021	NL	51	26	17	-	4	4	159	151	90	1.76	3	Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020	NL	50	17	21	-	10	2	122	136	73	1.46	7	No playoffs held
2018-2019	NL	50	22	23	-	3	2	125	125	74	1.48	10	Saved in relegation
2017-2018	NL	50	20	18	-	5	7	133	139	77	1.54	5	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	NLA	50	12	31	-	5	2	130	177	48	0.96	11	Saved in play-out
2015-2016	NLA	50	22	21	-	2	5	148	154	75	1.5	6	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	NLA	50	11	22	-	9	8	144	177	59	1.18	9	Saved in relegation
2013-2014	NLA	50	25	18	-	4	3	151	147	86	1.72	2	Semifinal loss
2012-2013	NLA	50	24	10	-	11	5	163	123	99	1.98	1	Final loss
2011-2012	NLA	50	26	14	-	6	4	156	120	94	1.88	3	Semifinal loss
2010-2011	NLA	50	14	22	-	8	6	157	154	64	1.28	8	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	NLA	50	18	22	-	4	6	145	160	68	1.36	7	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	NLA	50	19	20	0	7	4	154	143	75	1.5	7	Semifinal loss
2007-2008	NLA	50	17	21	0	7	5	132	163	70	1.4	8	Semifinal loss
2006-2007	NLA	44	12	19	0	1	12	134	167	50	1.14	10	Saved in play-out
2005-2006	NLA	44	17	21	6	-	-	136	154	40	0.91	9	Saved in relegation
2004-2005	NLA	44	13	24	7	-	-	115	145	33	0.75	10	Saved in play-out
2003-2004	NLA	48	22	23	3	-	-	152	135	47	0.98	8	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	NLA	44	16	23	5	-	-	118	165	37	0.84	9	Did not make playoffs
2001-2002	NLA	44	21	16	7	-	-	142	138	49	1.11	3	Quarterfinal loss
2000-2001	NLA	44	18	20	6	-	-	133	136	42	0.95	8	Quarterfinal loss
1999-2000	NLA	45	14	25	6	-	-	132	153	34	0.76	8	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	NLA	45	13	29	3	-	-	112	165	29	0.64	9	Saved in relegation
1997-1998	NLA	40	23	12	5	-	-	142	111	51	1.28	2	Semifinal loss

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Champions HL	4	2	2	-	0	0	12	11	6	1.5	13	-
2025-2026	Spengler Cup	2	2	0	-	0	0	9	5	6	3	1	Semifinal loss
2024-2025	Spengler Cup	2	1	0	-	0	1	8	7	4	2	1	Champion
	Champions HL	6	3	1	-	1	1	23	16	12	2	5	Eighth Final Loss
2022-2023	Champions HL	6	4	1	-	1	0	12	5	14	2.33	1	Eighth Final Loss
2021-2022	Champions HL	6	6	0	-	0	0	25	9	18	3	1	Eighth Final Loss
2020-2021	Swiss Cup	4	3	1	-	0	0	15	8	9	2.25	4	Semifinal loss
2019-2020	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	11	5	3	1.5	13	Eighth Final Loss
2018-2019	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	8	8	3	1.5	14	Eighth Final Loss
2017-2018	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	7	3	3	1.5	12	Eighth Final Loss
2016-2017	Swiss Cup	3	2	1	-	0	0	8	7	6	2	8	Quarterfinal loss
	Champions HL	4	3	1	-	0	0	12	6	9	2.25	2	Semifinal loss
2015-2016	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	4	3	3	1.5	13	Eighth Final Loss
	Champions HL	4	1	2	-	0	1	11	15	4	1	3	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	12	5	3	1.5	12	Eighth Final Loss
	Champions HL	6	3	0	-	2	1	21	13	14	2.33	1	16th final loss
2013-2014	ET	8	2	3	-	2	1	23	24	11	1.38	6	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	Spengler Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	6	3	3	1.5	2	Semifinal loss
	ET	8	2	4	-	1	1	18	23	9	1.13	7	Did not make playoffs
1998-1999	Euro HL	6	0	5	-	0	1	11	32	1	0.17	4	Did not make playoffs
1992-1993	Spengler Cup	4	0	4	-	-	-	13	20	0	0	5	Did not make playoffs

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Retired Numbers

HC Fribourg-Gottéron Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Roman Červenka (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	7	2	9	11	2
2.	Martin Réway (F)	2026-2027	HK Spartak Dubnica	1. liga	6	3	7	10	2
3.	Arthur Dandois (F)	2026-2027	Genève Future Hockey U21	Swiss U21-Elit	10	2	6	8	16
4.	Nic Wülser (D)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Swiss U21-Elit	11	0	8	8	6
5.	Daniel Audette (F)	2026-2027	Rytíři Kladno	Extraliga	6	2	4	6	0
6.	Maxime Montandon (D)	2026-2027	HC Sierre	SL	4	1	5	6	4
7.	Linden Vey (F)	2026-2027	Vienna Capitals	ICEHL	5	1	5	6	2
8.	Jordann Bougro (F)	2026-2027	HC Sierre	SL	4	0	6	6	0
9.	Arnaud Montandon (F)	2026-2027	HC Sierre	SL	4	3	2	5	0
10.	Anthony Huguenin (D)	2026-2027	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	SL	5	2	3	5	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	25.79
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	28.17
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	29.42
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	30.65
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	30.88

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
2.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	263	200	330	530
3.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	248	220	269	489
4.	Andrei Bykov (F)	697	118	304	422
5.	Gil Montandon (F)	530	194	216	410

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
2.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	248	220	269	489
3.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	263	200	330	530
4.	Jean Lussier (F)	171	196	99	295
5.	Gil Montandon (F)	530	194	216	410

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
2.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	263	200	330	530
3.	Andrei Bykov (F)	697	118	304	422
4.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	248	220	269	489
5.	Gil Montandon (F)	530	194	216	410

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Shawn Heins (D)	287	46	164	698
2.	Patrice Brasey (D)	487	96	282	690
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	719	522
4.	Alain Birbaum (D)	517	20	99	512
5.	Antoine Descloux (D)	507	49	132	475

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
2.	Andrei Bykov (F)	697	118	304	422
3.	Marc Abplanalp (D)	624	24	71	95
4.	Killian Mottet (F)	600	149	196	345
5.	Mario Rottaris (F)	583	163	199	362

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Jonathan Roy (F)	1	2	3	3.00
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	102	90	235	2.30
3.	Bernard Nadeau (F)	52	81	119	2.29
4.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	263	200	530	2.02
5.	Luc Saintonge (F)	5	7	10	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	32	32	90
2.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1991-1992	34	39	87
3.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	1994-1995	35	41	86
4.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1987-1988	36	34	86
5.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1990-1991	36	35	84

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Bernard Nadeau (F)	1974-1975	27	45	65
2.	Jean Lussier (F)	1980-1981	27	42	61
3.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	1994-1995	35	41	86
4.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1991-1992	34	39	87
5.	Andrei Khomutov (F)	1990-1991	36	39	82

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	32	58	90
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1987-1988	36	52	86
3.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1992-1993	35	51	76
4.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1994-1995	30	51	75
5.	Vyacheslav Bykov (F)	1990-1991	36	49	84

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Shawn Heins (D)	2008-2009	47	31	174
2.	Josh Holden (F)	2005-2006	44	35	127
3.	Shawn Heins (D)	2010-2011	50	27	121
4.	Shawn Heins (D)	2006-2007	26	19	120
5.	Jim Slater (F)	2018-2019	48	31	117