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Database: 658 438 players

Last added: Anthony Marcoux

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Brandon Pirri	25	13	21	34
2.	Greg Carey	24	12	16	28
3.	Cory Conacher	17	11	17	28
4.	Daniel Carr	19	11	17	28
5.	Phil Varone	22	11	17	28

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Team Facts

Plays in Swiss League
Full name GC/Küsnacht Lions
Town Küsnacht, SUI
Founded 1932

2018-2019 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#35	Daniel Guntern (G)	23	1995	Zürich, SUI	5'11"	165	R	18/19
	#36	Jeffrey Meier (G)	20	1998		6'0"	170	R	18/19
	#80	Wolfgang Zürrer (G)	22	1996		6'0"	170	L	18/19
DEFENSEMEN
	#29	Axel Andersson (D)	20	1998	Lausanne, SUI	6'0"	176	R	18/19
	#96	Alexander Braun (D)	22	1996	Zürich, SUI	6'2"	203	L	18/19
	#7	Gianluca Burger (D)	19	1999	Zürich, SUI	5'10"	170	R	20/21
	#27	Xeno Büsser (D)	23	1995	Zürich, SUI	5'10"	183	L	18/19
	#89	Fabio Cohen (D)	20	1998		5'10"	154	L	18/19
	#24	Marc Geiger (D) “A”	31	1986		5'10"	185	L	18/19
	#77	Bryan Peter (D)	23	1995		6'0"	190	L	18/19
	#16	Patrick Sidler (D)	32	1985	Zürich, SUI	5'9"	179	L	18/19
FORWARDS
	#9	Fabian Berni (LW/RW)	20	1998	Dübendorf, SUI	6'1"	187	L	18/19
	#98	Fabian Berri (F)	18	2000		5'9"	172	R	19/20
	#88	Yannick Brüschweiler (LW)	19	1999		5'10"	165	L	18/19
	#10	Raphael Calzimiglia (C/LW)	18	2000		5'8"	157	L	19/20
	#19	Nelson Chiquet (LW/RW)	21	1997	Courgenay, SUI	6'0"	170	L	18/19
	#94	Cian Derder (LW)	23	1995	Lausanne, SUI	5'11"	185	R
	#13	Dominik Hardmeier (LW)	21	1997		6'0"	183	L	18/19
	#18	Ryan Hayes (RW) “A”	29	1989	Syracuse, NY, USA	5'9"	176	R	18/19
	#10	Marks Lazarevs (LW/RW)	22	1996	Riga, LAT	5'11"	196	L	18/19
	#11	Shane Mathew (RW)	20	1998		5'10"	174	L	18/19
	#61	Robin Meier (F)	20	1998		5'10"	168	L	18/19
	#90	Samuel Oana (RW)	18	2000		5'9"	187	R	19/20
	#90	Nils Pfister (RW/LW)	19	1999		6'1"	157	R	18/19
	#15	Rihards Puide (LW)	21	1997		5'11"	196	L	18/19
	#94	Damon Puntus (RW)	23	1995		5'10"	154	R
	#8	Willy Riedi (F)	20	1998		6'1"	181	-	18/19
	#98	Raoul Seiler (C/RW)	24	1994	Basel, SUI	6'0"	165	L
	#38	Justin Sigrist (C/LW)	19	1999	Hombrechtikon, SUI	5'11"	165	L	18/19
	#71	Kaj Suter (C)	20	1998	Wallisellen, SUI	5'10"	176	L	18/19
		Simon Wettstein (C)	20	1998		5'8"	137	L	18/19
Position: G:3 D:8 F:20 \| Av Age: 21.61 years \| Av Ht: 5'11" \| Av Wt 174 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Registered

Team Staff

Head Coach Leo Schumacher
Asst. Coach Michael Liniger
Goaltending Coach Thomas Bolliger
Goaltending Coach Markus Peter
Sports Manager Patrick Hager
Conditioning Coach Mattia Stendahl
Dir. of Player Development Richard Jost
Dir. of Scouting Edgar Salis

Team Facts

Nationalities 27 players
2 players
1 player
1 player
Experience GC Küsnacht Lions: 2 270 GP
Affiliated Team(s) GC/Küsnacht U20 (Elite Jr. A)
ZSC (NLA)

Team Captains

“A” Ryan Hayes
Marc Geiger

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
12/10/2018
12/10/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Marks Lazarevs (F)	Joining from	Genève-Servette
12/04/2018
12/04/2018	Up/Down	Leaving	Victor Backman (F)	Leaving for	ZSC
12/01/2018
12/01/2018	Up/Down	Joining	Justin Sigrist (F)	Joining from	ZSC
11/30/2018
11/30/2018	Up/Down	Leaving	Tim Ulmann (F)	Leaving for	ZSC
10/28/2018
10/28/2018	Loan	Joining	Raoul Seiler (F)	Joining from	Dübendorf
10/26/2018
10/26/2018	Up/Down	Leaving	Daniel Guntern (G)	Leaving for	ZSC
10/23/2018
10/23/2018	Up/Down	Leaving	Justin Sigrist (F)	Leaving for	ZSC
10/14/2018
10/14/2018	Loan	Joining	Damon Puntus (F)	Joining from	Dübendorf

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
Grasshopper Club Zürich
1989-1990	SwissDiv1	22	12	4	6	-	-	105	79	28	3	Semifinal loss
1990-1991	SwissDiv1	22	16	4	2	-	-	100	66	36	2	Final loss
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	23	8	-	13	0	2	68	84	26	9	-

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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

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Santtu Sulander (F)	2018-2019	Viikingit	II-divisioona	13	19	12	31	10
2.	Alex Nikiforuk (F)	2018-2019	Coventry Blaze	EIHL	24	8	22	30	16
3.	Marco Rossi (F)	2018-2019	Ottawa 67's	OHL	23	13	14	27	16
4.	Lars Neher (F)	2018-2019	Pikes EHC Oberthurgau	SwissDiv1	17	8	18	26	8
5.	Rubio Schir (F)	2018-2019	EHC Basel	SRL	21	12	9	21	10
6.	Gian-Andrea Thöny (F)	2018-2019	HC Prättigau-Herrschaft	SwissDiv1	17	11	10	21	18
7.	Rémy Rimann (F)	2018-2019	HC Sierre	SRL	21	8	12	20	12
8.	Jan Tabacek (D)	2018-2019	HK Martin	Slovakia2	26	3	17	20	22
9.	Alexandre Tremblay (F)	2018-2019	Thetford Mines Assurancia	LNAH	15	11	7	18	23
10.	Ronalds Kenins (F)	2018-2019	Lausanne HC	NLA	26	6	12	18	12

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Mike Richard (F)	111	81	106	187
2.	Riccardo Signorell (F)	199	99	80	179
3.	Tim Ulmann (F)	349	60	99	159
4.	Marc Geiger (D)	344	41	118	159
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)	344	41	118	159
2.	Mike Richard (F)	111	81	106	187
3.	Tim Ulmann (F)	349	60	99	159
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)	349	60	159	422
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.	Tim Ulmann (F)	349	60	99	159
2.	Marc Geiger (D)	344	41	118	159
3.	Patrick Sidler (D)	286	28	49	77
4.	Pascal Tiegermann (F)	279	71	86	157
5.	Xeno Büsser (D)	241	21	61	82

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
2018-2019	View roster	5'11"	174 lbs	21.61
2017-2018	View roster	5'11"	178 lbs	22.93
2016-2017	View roster	5'11"	181 lbs	22.58
2015-2016	View roster	5'11"	181 lbs	21.76
2014-2015	View roster	5'11"	184 lbs	21.68

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