Patrick Geering

Patrick Geering
Born (1990-02-12) February 12, 1990
Zurich, SUI
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NL team ZSC Lions
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 2007present

Patrick Geering (born February 12, 1990) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently serves as captain of the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL).[1] He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Geering began his career in the youth system of the ZSC Lions. In the 2006–07 season he made his professional debut for GCK Lions in the National League B. In the following season he continued with GCK and the Swiss U-20 national ice hockey team in the National League B. In 2008 he returned to the ZSC Lions for the 2008–09 season in the National League A was appeared in 47 games with five assists. In 2009, Geering participated in the Champions Hockey League, which he won with the ZSC Lions in the finals against Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

On January 7, 2017, Geering was signed to a two-year contract extension by the Lions worth CHF 1.6 million.

Prior to the 2017-18 season, Geering replaced Mathias Seger as captain of the Lions.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 GCK Lions NLB 4 1 0 1 4
2007–08 GCK Lions NLA 35 2 13 15 8 3 1 0 1 0
2008–09 ZSC Lions NLA 47 0 5 5 10 4 0 0 0 2
2009–10 ZSC Lions NLA 43 0 6 6 8 7 0 0 0 2
2010–11 ZSC Lions NLA 50 2 6 8 10 5 0 0 0 2
2011–12 ZSC Lions NLA 47 3 15 18 20 15 0 0 0 8
2012–13 ZSC Lions NLA 50 6 19 25 26 12 0 6 6 2
2013–14 ZSC Lions NLA 49 2 10 12 6 16 0 4 4 27
2014–15 ZSC Lions NLA 25 3 5 8 15 18 2 7 9 6
2015–16 ZSC Lions NLA 50 3 8 11 20 4 0 1 1 2
NLA totals 361 19 74 93 100 81 2 18 20 51

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Switzerland WJC18 6th 6 0 0 0 4
2008 Switzerland WJC18 8th 6 3 2 5 8
2008 Switzerland WJC 9th 6 0 0 0 0
2009 Switzerland WJC-D1 11th 5 0 0 0 2
2010 Switzerland WJC 4th 7 0 5 5 2
2010 Switzerland WC 5th 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Switzerland WC 8th 8 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 30 3 7 10 16
Senior totals 9 0 0 0 2

References

  1. "Lions extend Geering for three-years" (in German). ZSC Lions. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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