Patrick Fischer

Fischer made his professional debut at EV Zug of the Swiss National League A (NLA) during the 1992–93 season. He transferred to fellow NLA side HC Lugano in 1997 and won the Swiss championship with the club in 1999. After two years with Lugano, Fischer moved on to HC Davos, where he played until the end of the 2002–03 campaign. During his Davos stint, he won a Swiss championship in 2002 as well as the Spengler Cup in 2000.\n', ' He joined back EV Zug in 2003 and then in 2006–07 took his game to the NHL, joining the Arizona Coyotes. He appeared in his first NHL game on October 5, 2006 against the New York Islanders and played a total of 27 games for the Coyotes. After a short stint at SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) at the beginning of the 2007–08 campaign, Fischer returned to Zug. He retired on May 8, 2009 from professional ice hockey. He was named to EV Zug\'s Wall of Fame and had his jersey number 21 retired by the club.\n', ' Fischer won a total of 183 caps for the Swiss national team and played in the 2002 and 2006 Olympic Games as well as in several World Championships.\n', '