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Last added: Sune Almkvist

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jack Dugan	34	10	42	52
2.	Jordan Kawaguchi	33	15	30	45
3.	Marc Michaelis	31	20	24	44
4.	Tyce Thompson	34	19	25	44
5.	Nicholas Abruzzese	31	14	30	44

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Team Facts

Plays in Swiss League
Full name GC/Küsnacht Lions
Town Küsnacht, SUI
Founded 1922

2020-2021 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#36	Jeffrey Meier (G)	22	1998		6'0"	176	R	20/21
	#31	Robin Zumbühl (G)	21	1998		5'10"	161	L	20/21
DEFENSEMEN
	#29	Axel Andersson (D)	21	1998	Lausanne, SUI	6'0"	176	R	20/21
	#96	Alexander Braun (D)	23	1996	Zürich, SUI	6'2"	187	L	20/21
	#47	Gianluca Burger (D)	21	1999	Zürich, SUI	5'10"	172	R	20/21
	#27	Xeno Büsser (D)	25	1995	Zürich, SUI	5'10"	183	L	20/21
		Luca Capaul (D)	20	1999		5'10"	159	L	22/23
	#91	Noah Meier (D)	17	2002		5'11"	163	L	22/23
	#33	Gabriel Widmer (D)	20	1999	Küsnacht, SUI	5'8"	174	L	20/21
FORWARDS
		Kristers Arnicans (F)	20	2000		6'3"	192	R	20/21
	#9	Fabian Berni (LW/RW)	22	1998	Dübendorf, SUI	6'1"	187	L	20/21
		Fabian Berri (RW)	20	2000		5'11"	196	R	21/22
	#88	Yannick Brüschweiler (LW)	20	1999		5'10"	170	L	20/21
		Corsin Casutt (LW)	35	1984	Chur, SUI	5'10"	181	L	20/21
	#19	Nelson Chiquet (LW/RW)	22	1997	Courgenay, SUI	6'0"	170	L	20/21
	#18	Ryan Hayes (RW)	30	1989	Syracuse, NY, USA	5'9"	176	R	20/21
	#11	Shane Mathew (RW)	22	1998		5'10"	174	L	20/21
		Julian Mettler (W/C)	19	2000	Wattwil, SUI	5'10"	170	L	20/21
	#8	Willy Riedi (F)	22	1998		6'2"	205	L	20/21
	#38	Justin Sigrist (C/LW)	21	1999	Hombrechtikon, SUI	5'11"	172	L	21/22
	#71	Kaj Suter (C)	22	1998	Wallisellen, SUI	5'10"	176	L	21/22
Position: G: 2, D: 7, F: 12 \| Av Age: 22.14 years \| Av Ht: 5'11" \| Av Wt: 177 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Michael Liniger
Asst. Coach Peter Andersson
Goaltending Coach Thomas Bolliger
Goaltending Coach Markus Peter
Sports Manager Patrick Hager
Team Manager Manfred Frischknecht
Conditioning Coach Martin Kierot
Dir. of Hockey Operations Peter Zahner
Dir. of Player Development Edgar Salis
Equipment Manager Walter Morger
Physical Therapist Sandro Kolb
Physical Therapist Stefan Raschle

Team Facts

Nationalities 19 players
1 player
1 player
Experience GC Küsnacht Lions: 1 578 GP
Affiliated Team(s) GC/Küsnacht U20 (U20-Elit)
ZSC (NLA)

Team Captains

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name KEK Kunsteisbahn Küsnacht
Location Küsnacht
Capacity 2 200
Construction Year 1993

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
04/30/2020
04/30/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Corsin Casutt (F)	Joining from	Rapperswil-Jona
04/30/2020	Confirmed	Leaving	Antonio Rizzello (F)	Leaving for	Retired
04/30/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Julian Mettler (F)	Joining from	Kloten U20
04/30/2020	Extension	Joining	Kristers Arnicans (F)	Joining from	GC/Küsnacht U20
04/30/2020	Extension	Joining	Fabian Berri (F)	Joining from	GC/Küsnacht U20
04/30/2020	Confirmed	Leaving	Patrick Sidler (D)	Leaving for	Unknown
04/30/2020	Confirmed	Leaving	Marc Geiger (D)	Leaving for	Retired
04/28/2020
04/28/2020	Extension		Jeffrey Meier (G)

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
Grasshopper Club Zürich
1991-1992	SwissDiv1	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	2	Final loss
1992-1993	SwissDiv1	22	17	5	0	-	-	119	39	39	1	Champion \| Promoted
1993-1994	NLB	36	15	3	18	-	-	124	132	33	6	Quarterfinal loss
1994-1995	NLB	36	20	6	10	-	-	149	102	46	2	Final loss
1995-1996	NLB	36	28	3	5	-	-	168	95	59	1	Champion
1996-1997	NLB	22	17	0	5	-	-	114	60	34	1	Final loss
1997-1998	NLB	40	16	5	19	-	-	156	163	37	7	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	NLB	40	17	3	20	-	-	133	156	37	8	Quarterfinal loss
1999-2000	NLB	36	4	7	25	-	-	91	154	15	10	-
GC Küsnacht Lions
2000-2001	NLB	40	17	6	17	-	-	144	138	40	6	Quarterfinal loss
2001-2002	NLB	36	18	4	14	-	-	150	145	40	4	Semifinal loss
2002-2003	NLB	38	27	3	8	-	-	159	83	57	1	Semifinal loss
2003-2004	NLB	45	19	8	18	-	-	141	140	46	5	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	NLB	44	22	5	17	-	-	157	118	49	7	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	NLB	42	16	5	21	-	-	123	140	37	8	Quarterfinal loss
2006-2007	NLB	45	19	-	17	3	6	169	156	69	7	Semifinal loss
2007-2008	NLB	49	10	-	20	7	4	177	176	72	8	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	NLB	41	7	-	30	1	3	116	177	26	11	Did not make playoffs
2009-2010	NLB	45	10	0	33	2	0	123	199	34	10	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	NLB	45	14	-	25	2	4	133	180	50	9	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	NLB	45	19	-	22	2	2	122	134	63	6	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	NLB	50	22	-	24	2	2	155	173	70	7	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	NLB	45	10	-	23	5	7	113	148	47	10	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	NLB	48	11	-	21	7	9	124	169	56	9	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	NLB	45	11	-	30	2	2	107	183	39	9	Did not make playoffs
2016-2017	NLB	48	9	-	31	3	5	106	184	38	12	Did not make playoffs
2017-2018	NLB	46	13	-	24	6	3	130	179	54	9	Did not make playoffs
2018-2019	NLB	44	14	-	25	3	2	123	163	50	9	Did not make playoffs
2019-2020	NLB	44	16	-	20	3	5	136	144	59	8	Quarterfinal loss
2020-2021	NLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
Grasshopper Club Zürich
1931-1932	Spengler Cup	2	1	0	1	-	-	11	3	2	2	Did not make playoffs
1932-1933	Spengler Cup	2	1	0	1	-	-	4	1	2	2	Bronze game loss
1933-1934	Spengler Cup	2	1	0	1	-	-	1	2	2	3	Did not make playoffs
1934-1935	Spengler Cup	2	1	0	1	-	-	5	3	2	2	Bronze game win
1965-1966	Swiss Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Champion
	Spengler Cup	4	2	0	2	-	-	9	14	4	3	No playoffs held
1966-1967	European Cup	4	1	0	3	-	-	8	11	-	12	16th final loss
GC Küsnacht Lions
2014-2015	Swiss Cup	1	0	-	1	0	0	0	3	0	23	16th final loss
2015-2016	Swiss Cup	1	0	-	1	0	0	1	4	0	23	16th final loss
2016-2017	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	5	4	3	14	Eight final loss
2018-2019	Swiss Cup	1	0	-	1	0	0	1	7	0	27	16th final loss
2019-2020	Swiss Cup	1	0	-	1	0	0	0	4	0	23	16th final loss

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Marco Rossi (F)	2019-2020	Ottawa 67's	OHL	56	39	81	120	40
2.	Pius Suter (F)	2019-2020	ZSC Lions	NLA	50	30	23	53	16
3.	Kris Foucault (F)	2019-2020	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL	52	16	26	42	22
4.	Matthias Schoop (F)	2019-2020	EHC Wilen-Neunforn	SwissDiv3	12	21	20	41	0
5.	Eric Arnold (F)	2019-2020	Pikes EHC Oberthurgau	SwissDiv1	27	16	20	36	18
6.	Reto Schmutz (F)	2019-2020	HC Ajoie	NLB	43	12	24	36	14
7.	Alex Nikiforuk (F)	2019-2020	Heilbronner Falken	DEL2	32	15	19	34	28
8.	Martin Ulmer (F)	2019-2020	Villacher SV	EBEL	50	15	19	34	16
9.	Gian-Andrea Thöny (F)	2019-2020	EHC Wetzikon	SwissDiv1	25	19	13	32	4
10.	Santtu Sulander (F)	2019-2020	Viikingit	II-divisioona	24	12	20	32	2

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Marc Geiger (D)	406	45	146	191
2.	Mike Richard (F)	111	81	106	187
3.	Riccardo Signorell (F)	199	99	80	179
4.	Tim Ulmann (F)	360	62	104	166
5.	Patrick Looser (F)	228	61	97	158

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Riccardo Signorell (F)	199	99	80	179
2.	Mike Richard (F)	111	81	106	187
3.	Pascal Tiegermann (F)	279	71	86	157
4.	Marco Gruber (F)	216	71	81	152
5.	Mika Nieminen (F)	74	69	79	148

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Marc Geiger (D)	406	45	146	191
2.	Mike Richard (F)	111	81	106	187
3.	Tim Ulmann (F)	360	62	104	166
4.	Patrick Looser (F)	228	61	97	158
5.	Martin Wichser (F)	206	60	96	156

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Patrick Looser (F)	228	61	158	539
2.	Tim Ulmann (F)	360	62	166	440
3.	Pascal Tiegermann (F)	279	71	157	349
4.	Riccardo Signorell (F)	199	99	179	346
5.	Philippe Schelling (D)	209	23	58	319

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Marc Geiger (D)	406	45	146	191
2.	Tim Ulmann (F)	360	62	104	166
3.	Patrick Sidler (D)	336	30	53	83
4.	Xeno Büsser (D)	302	26	87	113
5.	Pascal Tiegermann (F)	279	71	86	157

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Axel Heim (F)	1	2	3	3.000
2.	Martin Kout (D)	2	3	5	2.500
3.	Mika Nieminen (F)	74	69	148	2.000
4.	Xavier Majic (F)	1	1	2	2.000
5.	Leo Cadisch (F)	35	35	66	1.886

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mark Kaufmann (F)	1997-1998	NLB	38	31	46	77	2.03	24
2.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1996-1997	NLB	38	41	33	74	1.95	60
3.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1995-1996	NLB	36	28	46	74	2.06	16
4.	Christian Ruuttu (F)	1996-1997	NLB	42	31	40	71	1.69	72
5.	Mike Richard (F)	2002-2003	NLB	38	33	37	70	1.84	20

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Dave Gorman (F)	1982-1983	NLB	38	48	19	67	1.76	-
2.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1996-1997	NLB	38	41	33	74	1.95	60
3.	Domenic Amodeo (F)	1997-1998	NLB	38	37	32	69	1.82	24
4.	Mike Richard (F)	2002-2003	NLB	38	33	37	70	1.84	20
5.	Mark Kaufmann (F)	1997-1998	NLB	38	31	46	77	2.03	24

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mark Kaufmann (F)	1997-1998	NLB	38	31	46	77	2.03	24
2.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1995-1996	NLB	36	28	46	74	2.06	16
3.	Christian Ruuttu (F)	1996-1997	NLB	42	31	40	71	1.69	72
4.	Chris Belanger (D)	2001-2002	NLB	35	14	39	53	1.51	24
5.	Mike Richard (F)	2002-2003	NLB	38	33	37	70	1.84	20

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Patrick Looser (F)	1997-1998	NLB	25	11	24	35	1.40	111
2.	Patrick Looser (F)	1998-1999	NLB	36	11	23	34	0.94	111
3.	Matthias Schenkel (F)	1996-1997	NLB	42	15	26	41	0.98	109
4.	Alain Ayer (F)	1993-1994	NLB	35	13	21	34	0.97	109
5.	Riccardo Signorell (F)	1998-1999	NLB	37	13	18	31	0.84	107

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2020-2021	View roster	5'11"	177 lbs	22.14
2019-2020	View roster	5'11"	182 lbs	23.68
2018-2019	View roster	5'11"	179 lbs	22.93
2017-2018	View roster	5'11"	180 lbs	22.47
2016-2017	View roster	5'11"	181 lbs	22.03

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