Joren van Pottelberghe (born 5 June 1997) is a

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professional

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for

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the tea ...

of the

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(NL). He previously played for

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 ...

Playing career

van Pottelberghe was drafted 110th overall by the

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

in the

2015 NHL Entry Draft The 2015 NHL Entry Draft was the 53rd NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The first three selections were Connor McDavid going to the Edmonton Oilers, Jack Eichel going to the Buffa ...

. He became the first Swiss player ever drafted by the Red Wings. He made his professional debut for

during the 2016–17 season where he posted a 2.62

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(GAA) and .906 save percentage in 17 games. On 8 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract with

of the NL. On 30 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract extension with EHC Biel.

International play

van Pottelberghe represented

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

at the

2015 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015. Top Division Officials The ...

. He represented

at the

2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 40th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland. It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time ...

where he posted a 2–3 record, with a 3.15 GAA and .887 save percentage in six games. He again represented Switzerland at the

2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario ...

where he posted a 1–3 record, with a 3.16 GAA and .909 save percentage in five games. On 18 January 2022, he was named to Team

Switzerland men's national ice hockey team The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (german: Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft; french: Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace; it, Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera) is a founding member of the International Ice Hock ...

's roster for the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. He is the youngest player on the roster for Switzerland. However, after being diagnosed with

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, he was excluded from the national team along with Sven Senteler.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:van Pottelberghe, Joren 1997 births Living people EHC Biel players EHC Kloten players HC Davos players Detroit Red Wings draft picks Swiss ice hockey goaltenders Sportspeople from Zug Swiss people of Belgian descent