Travis Roche
Travis Roche ( born June 17, 1978 in Grande Cache, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since 2008 he plays for SC Bern in the Swiss National League A.
Career
Roche was initially for the Trail Smoke Eaters in the British Columbia Hockey League, a unterklassige Canadian junior league, active before the defender from the 1998/99 season for the ice hockey team of the University of North Dakota on the ice went, for which the Canadians ran aground three seasons. In April 2001, he signed as a free agent contract with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. Most of the contract period, he completed but for the AHL team of the Houston Aeros. There he won the 2002 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award and won a year later with the team the Calder Cup. In 2004 he was taken from the NHL team Atlanta Thrashers under contract but played in turn most of the time in their farm team for the Chicago Wolves. In summer 2006, Roche signed with the Phoenix Coyotes, where he was able to record his first goal in the NHL on December 16 of the same year.
In the 2009/10 season he won the Swiss championship with the SC Bern. In early September 2011, he extended his end of season 2011/12 expiring contract early for another two years.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 NCAA West First All-American Team
- 2001 NCAA Championship All- Tournament Team
- 2002 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
- 2003 Calder Cup win with the Houston Aeros
- 2005 AHL All- Star Classic
- 2005 AHL First All -Star Team
- 2010 Swiss Champion with SC Bern
- 2010 All -Star team of the Spengler Cup
- 2012 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
- 2013 Swiss Champion with SC Bern
Career Stats
( 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 )