Goran Bezina

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Goran Bezina ( born March 21, 1980 in Split, SR Croatia ) is a Swiss ice hockey player (defender). Since 2004 he is the Genève -Servette HC in the National League A under contract. It has a dual citizen also the Croatian citizenship.

  • 3.1 International

Career

After Bezina had played a season at Villars HC in the first league, he was in the 1998/99 season made ​​his professional debut at Fribourg- Gottéron in the National League A. During his time in Fribourg, he was in the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 in the eighth round selected at 234th position from the Phoenix Coyotes. In 2001 he ran for three seasons for the Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League. In the 2003 /04 season he was with the Phoenix Coyotes to three stakes in the National Hockey League. 2004 Bezina returned back to Switzerland and played from then on for the Genève -Servette HC. Following the 2006/07 season Bezina played the playoffs with the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League and won with them the national title. In the seasons 2007/ 08 and 2009/ 10, it was with Servette runner-up.

Internationally

For Switzerland Bezina took at junior level at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1998 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 1999 and 2000 in part. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships A- 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Awards and achievements

  • 2001 Best Swiss defender in the National League A
  • 2007 Best Swiss defender in the National League A
  • 2007 Austrian Champion with the EC Red Bull Salzburg
  • 2008 Swiss Vice Master of the Genève -Servette HC
  • 2008 All- Star team in the National League A
  • 2010 All -Star team of the Spengler Cup
  • 2010 Swiss Vice Master of the Genève -Servette HC

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented Switzerland at:

  • U18 European Junior Championships 1998
  • U20 Junior World Championship 1999
  • U20 Junior World Championship 2000
  • World Cup 2001
  • 2003 World Cup
  • World Cup 2004
  • World Championship 2005
  • 2006 Winter Olympics
  • World Cup 2006
  • World Cup 2007
  • World Championship 2008
  • World Cup 2009
  • World Cup 2010
  • World Cup 2011
  • World Cup 2012
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