Position Defence Name Severin Blindenbacher Career start 2000 Playing career Weight 88 kg | National team Switzerland Height 1.8 m Shoots Right Role Ice hockey player | |
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Born March 15, 1983 (age 41)
Zurich, SUI ( 1983-03-15 ) NLA team
Former teams ZSC Lions
Kloten Flyers
Farjestads BK
Texas Stars NHL Draft 273rd overall, 2001
Phoenix Coyotes Current teams Swiss National Ice Hockey Team (#5 / Defenseman), ZSC Lions (#4 / Defenseman) | ||
Familienduell: Blindenbacher vs Bodenmann
Severin Blindenbacher (born March 15, 1983 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for and is an alternate captain of the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL). He previously played for EHC Kloten, Farjestad BK of the Swedish SHL and within the Dallas Stars organization.
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Blindenbacher has also played for the Swiss national team.
Playing career
A junior with the Swiss National League A club, Kloten Flyers, Blindenbacher was drafted 273rd overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes. Unsigned by the Coyotes, Severin remained with the Flyers for the first five years of his professional career before joining fellow NLA club, ZSC Lions. In his fourth year with the Lions, Blindenbacher broke out offensively scoring 13 goals for 35 points in 47 games.
He left the NLA prior to the 2009–10 season and signed with the Swedish club, Färjestads BK of the Elitserien. In his one season with Färjestads, Severin led defensemen in scoring with 8 goals and 19 points in 48 games.
On July 1, 2010, Blindenbacher signed as a free agent to a one-year entry level contract with the NHL team, the Dallas Stars.
On April 29, 2016, he agreed to a three-year contract extension worth CHF 2.7 million with the Lions.