Pascal Berger
Pascal Berger ( born March 24, 1989 in Burgdorf ) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who plays for SC Bern in the National League A. His younger brother Alain is also a professional hockey player.
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Career
Pascal Berger began playing hockey at the age of three years in the junior section of the EHC Burgdorf. Even during the time Junior Berger joined the youth program of the SC Bern. In the season 2006/ 07 Pascal Berger denied the Berne PostFinance Arena in front of over 16,000 spectators his first NLA game.
By the end of the season 2007/08 brought Berger to 39 games in the top Swiss Hockey League, scoring three goals and contributed three assists for. At times, the striker was active on loan for the SC Langenthal and Young- Sprinters Hockey Club in the National League B.
In the 2009/10 season he won with the SC Bern, the Swiss Championship, with Berger in the last game of the final series against the Genève -Servette HC the deficit to 4-1 victory marked the end. As of spring 2010, fought the right-handed shooter with a groin problem which required surgery in July 2010. In the following season the right shooter denied due to injury only 29 NLA games in the regular season.
Berger acts on the position of winger, preferably as a right wing. The attacker is considered as a sniper who needs a few occasions to record a score.
Internationally
Berger went through all the junior national teams ( U16, U17, U18, U20 ) of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. His greatest success as a junior player at the international level succeeded the offensive player in the U20 Junior World Championship 2009, in Berger and his brother Alain for the Swiss selection in the Division I ran aground and with the national team of his native country promotion to the top division reached. The right-handed shooter was instrumental with five goals and three assists in this success, only Grégory Sciaroni (10) and Manuel Zigerli ( 8) had at least as have such points yield.
In November 2010, the striker made his debut at the Germany Cup in the Swiss national team. In the first game of the tournament against Team Canada a blow put him on the right hand out of action. This caused a complex carpal fracture, the left turn from playing the attacker for about two months.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 Elite -A- Junior Champion with SC Bern
- 2010 Swiss Champion with SC Bern
- 2013 Swiss Champion with SC Bern
Internationally
- 2009 promotion to the top division at the U20 Junior World Championship Division I
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Switzerland at:
- U18 World Junior Championships 2007
- U20 Junior World Championship 2008
- U20 Junior World Championship 2009 Division I
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )