Andres Ambühl (born 14 September 1983) is a Swiss professional

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forward who currently serves as captain of

HC Davos Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos plays in the National League (NL). The team is usually a strong force in the league and often bolster their roster with Swiss national team players and ...

of the

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(NL). He has won six Swiss NL championships, two Spengler Cups with HC Davos, and a silver medal with Switzerland at the 2013 World Championship. Ambühl also represented Switzerland at the 2006, 2010,

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and

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. He holds the records for the most top-division appearances (18) and top-division games played (131) in World Championship history.

Playing career

Ambühl began playing

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in the

organization with the club's junior team. In 2000–01, he scored 41 points in 31 games as a junior and debuted in three games with Davos in the NLA. He joined the senior team in 2001–02, scoring eight points in 38 games during his rookie season. Playing with Davos in the

2006 Spengler Cup The 2006 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2006. All matches were played at HC Davos' home arena, Eisstadion Davos. Brent Payne, a member of Modo played for Team Canada and scored a total of 7 points, i ...

as tournament hosts, Ambühl scored the championship-winning goal against Team Canada in a 3–2 final win. In 2007–08, Ambühl scored a career-high 26 points in 49 games for HC Davos. Having previously played nine seasons for Davos, Ambühl signed a contract with the

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on 27 May 2009. He was then assigned to the Rangers affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the

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for the duration of the 2009–10 season. On 17 April 2010, Andres returned to the Swiss NLA, signing with the ZSC Lions. In 2012 he was part of ZSC's Swiss NLA championship winning team. After three seasons with the ZSC Lions, Andres Ambühl returned to his home team HC Davos for the 2013–14 season. On 28 January 2016 Ambühl signed a 3-year contract extension with HC Davos worth CHF 3 million. On 17 December 2018 Ambühl agreed to an early two-year contract extension with HC Davos through the 2020–21 season. On 18 January 2021 Ambühl was signed to an early two-year contract extension by HC Davos through the 2022–23 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1983 births Living people Hartford Wolf Pack players HC Davos players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Sportspeople from Davos Swiss ice hockey right wingers ZSC Lions players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Graubünden {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub