Sven Leuenberger (born 25 August 1969 in Niederuzwil, Switzerland) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey

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. He is currently the

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for the

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 ...

Career

Playing in the NLA, Leuenberger accumulated 74 goals, 173 assists, and 443 penalty minutes in the regular season. Leuenberger served as General Manager for

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from 2006 to December 2015. He went on to coach Bern U20 team for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. On 1 August 2008 SC Bern's coach suffered,

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, a heart attack side-lining him for a month. During van Boxmeer's absence, General Manager Sven Leuenberger coached the team along with assistant coach Konstantin Kurashev.

Career statistics

Achievements

*1989 - NLA Champion with

*1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern *1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern *1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern

Awards

* His jersey number 16 has been retired by the

International play

Sven Leuenberger played a total of 124 games for the Swiss national team. He participated in the following tournaments: * 3 A

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: 1991, 1992, 1993, * 3 B World Championships: 1994, 1996, 1997 * 1

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: 1992 in Albertville

References

External links

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Leuenberger on hockeyfans.ch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leuenberger, Sven 1969 births Living people HC Lugano players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Switzerland SC Bern players Swiss ice hockey defencemen