CAREER NOTES: Expected to play his first season in North America in 2010-11… Helped SC Bern win both the Swiss League regular season and playoff titles in 2009-10… Paced all blueliners, and tied for fourth overall, in goals (6) during the 2010 playoffs… Ranked second among defensemen, and tied for ninth among all skaters, in points (13) in Bern’s run to the 2010 NLA Playoff title… Also fourth among d-men in postseason assists (7)… Led all blueliners, and tied for second overall, in game-winning goals during the 2010 playoffs (2)… One of three defensemen to notch a shorthanded goal during the 2010 postseason… Limited to 26 of Bern’s 50 regular-season games in 2009-10 due to various injuries… Ranked second among Swiss blueliners in points per game (.81) during the 2009-10 regular season… Started the 2009-10 campaign with 16 points (7g-9a) in his first 13 outings… Named to the Swiss team for the 2010 Olympic Games, but did not participate due to injury… Led Swiss defensemen in points (1g-2a-3pts) and plus/minus rating (+3) in seven games at the 2010 World Championships… Played in Switzerland’s first four games at the 2010 World Junior Championships, notching three points (1g-2a), before being sidelined due to injury… Led all Swiss League junior players (under-20) in points (7), goals (17) and assists (24) in 2008-09… Also ranked second among SC Bern defensemen points, goals and assists, helping it to the 2008-09 regular-season title… Notched a goal in four games during 2009 Champions League play… Named Top Defenseman at the 2009 Division I World Junior Championships, which Switzerland won to earn promotion to the top division in 2010… Tied for first among blueliners in goals (3) and ranked second among defensemen in scoring (4) at the DI World Junior tournament … Appeared in all six of Switzerland’s contests at the 2009 World Championships… The youngest player on the Swiss roster, and third-youngest player overall, at the 2009 World Championships… One of just four 17-year-olds to play in Switzerland’s top division with SC Bern in 2007-08… Ranked fifth among Swiss League junior players (under-20) in points (8) and assists (6) in 2007-08… Represented Switzerland at both the World Junior Championships and the Under-18 World Championships in 2007 and 2008… Tied for the Swiss team lead in points (1g-4a) and tied for fourth in assists among tournament defensemen at the 2008 Under-18 World Championships.
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