Benjamin Plüss
Benjamin Plüss | |||
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Born |
Bülach, Switzerland | March 3, 1979||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
National team | Switzerland | ||
Playing career | 1996–present |
Benjamin Plüss (born March 3, 1979) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A.[1]
Playing career
A product of the Kloten Flyers, he made his debut in the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA) for the Flyers during the 1998-99 season. In the course of his professional career, he spent one year each with third-division side EHC Winterthur and NLB side Lausanne HC, two years with the SCL Tigers in the NLA and 13 years with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the NLA. He reached the NLA finals with the team in 2013. He announced his retirement in March 2016.[2] Plüss saw the ice in a total of 743 NLA contests, tallying 444 points.[3]
International career
Plüss competed in the 2012 IIHF World Championship and the 2014 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team. He won 43 caps for the Swiss national team.
References
- ↑ "Profile". eurohockey.net. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ↑ "Benjamin Plüss erklärt Rücktritt: Benjamin Plüss beendet Karriere". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ sda/ste. "Benny Plüss beendet seine Karriere". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 2016-03-18.