Larri Leeger (born October 30, 1986) is a Swiss-

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professional

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. He is currently playing with

EHC Olten EHC Olten is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Olten, Switzerland. It plays in the Swiss League, the second tier ice hockey league in Switzerland. It has claimed two Swiss League Championships, gaining promotion to the National League ...

in the

Swiss League The Swiss League is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League. The winners of the league each season plays a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of the NL, and if they win, th ...

(SL) on loan from the

SCL Tigers SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL). The team plays its home games in the 6,000-seat Ilfis Stadium, which is currently one of the smallest arenas in the ...

of the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

(NL). Leeger made his

National League A The National League (NL) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland and is the top tier of the Swiss league system. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league was known as National League A. During the 2018–19 season, the league h ...

debut playing with

ZSC Lions The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions (ZSC Lions) are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and play ...

during the 2006–07 NLA season.

Early life

Leeger was born in Switzerland to a Finnish mother and a Swiss father. He holds dual citizenship of Finland and Switzerland.

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* 1986 births Living people People from Bülach HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Genève-Servette HC players Lausanne HC players EHC Olten players SCL Tigers players Swiss ice hockey players Finnish ice hockey defencemen ZSC Lions players EV Zug players Finnish people of Swiss descent Swiss people of Finnish descent Ice hockey people from the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub