Reto von Arx

Reto von Arx (born 13 September 1976 in Biel, Switzerland) is a Swiss former ice hockey player who last played for HC Davos of the National League A. He also played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. He is currently an assistant coach for the Swiss U17 national team.

Reto von Arx
Born (1976-09-13) 13 September 1976
Biel, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for HC Davos
Chicago Blackhawks
National team   Switzerland
NHL Draft 271st overall, 2000
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 1995–2015

Playing career

A product of SC Langnau,[1] von Arx played in Switzerland's second division before signing with HC Davos of the top-flight National League A (NLA) in 1995.

Von Arx was drafted 271st overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He only played the 2000–01 season in the U.S. with the Blackhawks and affiliate the Norfolk Admirals before returning to Switzerland.

Von Arx retired from professional hockey after the 2014-15 NLA season. He played all his 1004 NLA games with HC Davos and won six Swiss championships with the club[2] as well as two Spengler Cup titles (2006, 2011). He was named Most Valuable Player of the National League A three times (2001–02, 2005–06, 2008–09).

Internationally, he competed for Switzerland in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and at four World Championships.

Coaching career

Before the 2015-16 season, he was named assistant coach for the Swiss national team along Felix Hollenstein and with former NHL player, Patrick Fischer as head coach. Von Arx remained in that job until July 2016 and then joined the coaching staff of the Swiss under-17 national team.[3]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94SCL TigersNLB35114152850006
1994–95SCL TigersNLB361492371512327
1995–96HC DavosNLA344595950224
1996–97HC DavosNLA421017277861344
1997–98HC DavosNLA398152311318961518
1998–99HC DavosNLA45212041676461016
1999–00HC DavosNLA4519264570520210
2000–01Norfolk AdmiralsAHL4916264228-----
2000–01Chicago BlackhawksNHL193144-----
2001–02HC DavosNLA31615219512381135
2002–03HC DavosNLA421032427317481228
2003–04HC DavosNLA472031517260226
2004–05HC DavosNLA43112738751544824
2005–06HC DavosNLA4414344876156111714
2006–07HC DavosNLA381138494619281038
2007–08HC DavosNLA49133447951227910
2008-09HC DavosNLA441524398021781516
2009-10HC DavosNLA4910324278624618
2010-11HC DavosNLA491533485414111126
2011-12HC DavosNLA461030405621012
2012-13HC DavosNLA421119305452354
2013-14HC DavosNLA41514194230334
2014-15HC DavosNLA43110112641122
NLA totals 813 214 457 671 1316 191 51 94 145 259
NLB totals 71 25 13 38 99 10 1 2 3 33
AHL totals 49 16 26 42 28 -- -- -- -- --
NHL totals 19 3 1 4 4 -- -- -- -- --

References
  1. "Von Arx-Brüder werden keine Tigers". derbund.ch/. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. sta. "Reto von Arx: Geschichten, wie sie nur der Sport schreibt". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. "News". www.sihf.ch. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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