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Patrick Howald
Patrick Howald (born December 26, 1969) is a Swiss people, Swiss former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger. Career Howald played in the National League (ice hockey), Nationalliga A for SC Bern, HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron. He won four National League A Championships with SC Bern and the number 22 jersey was retired by the team in his honour. He was drafted 276th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft but remained in Switzerland throughout his career and never played in North America. Howald was also a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team, Switzerland national ice hockey team and played in the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1992 Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Career statistics Achievements *1989 - National League A, NLA Champion with SC Bern *1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern *1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern *1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern His jersey number #22 was retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winger (ice Hockey)
Winger, in the game of ice hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is along the outer playing areas. They typically flank the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink. Wingers generally have the least defensive responsibilities out of any position on the ice, however they are still tasked with defensive duties such as forechecking duties or covering the point in the defensive zone. Nowadays, there are different types of wingers in the game — out-and-out goal scorers, checkers who disrupt the opponents, and forwards who work along the boards and in the corners. Often a winger's precise role on a line depends upon what type of role the other winger plays; usually lines will have one more goal-scoring oriented winger and one winger more focused on playing the boards, checking and passing the puck to others to take shots (if a larger player, he will sometimes be called a "power fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
