Sven Bärtschi

Sven Bärtschi
Born October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05) (age 19)
Langenthal, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Winger
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Calgary Flames
Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
NHL Draft 13th overall, 2011
Calgary Flames
Playing career 2009–present

Sven Bärtschi (sometimes spelled Sven Baertschi) (born October 5, 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey player with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played his first professional games in 2009 for SC Langenthal in the National League B, before moving to North America to join Portland in the 2010–11 WHL season, where he finished as the runner-up for the league's Rookie of the Year award. He is a prospect of the Calgary Flames, selected 13th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

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Playing career

Bärtschi was the seventh pick overall in the June 2010 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft.[1]Before he departed to North America in mid-2010, he played one winter for SC Langenthal in the Swiss National League B,[2] and the Swiss top-tier SC Bern tried to recruit him.[3] He also played on the Swiss under-18 national team in 2009 (8th place) and 2010 (5th place).[4] His father once played Swiss professional hockey.[2]

Bärtschi was born and raised in Langenthal, Switzerland.[5]

On July 5, 2011, Calgary Flames signed Bärtschi to his three-year entry-level deal, earning $925,000 per season, average annual value of $1,450,000.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 SC Langenthal NLB 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 SC Langenthal NLB 37 6 5 11 10 — — — — —
2010–11 Portland Winterhawks WHL 66 34 51 85 74 21 10 17 27 16

Statistics complete to the end of the 2010–11 season.

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM Team result
2009 Switzerland U18 6 1 2 3 2 8th place
2010 Switzerland U18 6 1 2 3 2 5th place
2011 Switzerland WJC 6 1 1 2 4 5th place
Junior totals 18 3 5 8 8

References

  1. ^ (3 August 2010). Winterhawks sign Sven Bartschi, import draft pick, The Oregonian
  2. ^ a b (21 October 2010). Junger Langenthaler auf den Spuren Niederreiters, Berner Zeitung (in German)
  3. ^ Germann, Daniel (5 December 2010). Das nächste Juwel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German) (describing Bärtschi as the best rookie in the WHL, noting that SC Bern had tried to recruit him)
  4. ^ Danzer, Paul (30 June 2010). Winterhawks hope they have unearthed another gem overseas, The Columbian
  5. ^ Merk, Martin (1 February 2011). "Switzerland’s next Nino?" (in English). iihf.com. IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20/news/news-singleview-wm20/browse/1/article/switzerlands-next-nino.html. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 
  6. ^ Flames sign Sven Baertschi - Calgary Flames - News

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Preceded by
Tim Erixon
(2009)		 Calgary Flames first round draft pick
2011		 Succeeded by
TBD