Andres Ambühl

Andres Ambühl (born 14 September 1983) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National League (NL). He has won six Swiss top league championships, two Spengler Cups, and three silver medals with Switzerland at the World Championships in 2013, 2024 and 2025. Ambühl also represented Switzerland at Winter Olympics in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. He holds the records for the most top-division appearances (20) and top-division games played in World Championship history. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2026.

Playing career Ambühl began playing junior ice hockey in the HC Davos organization with the club's junior team. In 2000–01, he scored 41 points in 31 games as a junior and debuted in three games with Davos in the Nationalliga A. He joined the senior team in 2001–02, scoring eight points in 38 games during his rookie season. Playing with Davos in the 2006 Spengler Cup as tournament hosts, Ambühl scored the tournament-winning goal against Canada national team in a 3–2 final win. In 2007–08, Ambühl scored a career-high 26 points in 49 games for HC Davos.

Having previously played nine seasons for HC Davos, Ambühl signed a contract with the New York Rangers on 27 May 2009. He was then assigned to the Rangers affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), for the duration of the 2009–10 season.

On 16 April 2010, Andres returned to Switzerland signing a three-year contract with the ZSC Lions. In 2012, he was part of ZSC's Swiss NLA championship-winning team. After three seasons with ZSC Lions, on 28 December 2012, Ambühl returned to his home team HC Davos on a three-year deal starting in the 2013–14 season.

On 28 January 2016, Ambühl signed a three-year contract extension with HC Davos. On 17 December 2018, he agreed to an early two-year contract extension with HC Davos through the 2020–21 season. On 18 January 2021, Ambühl was signed to an early two-year contract extension by HC Davos through the 2022–23 season, and on 28 December 2022, extended his contract until the end of the 2024–25 season.

International play

He represented Switzerland at the Ice Hockey World Championships and won silver medals in 2013, 2024 and 2025. He holds the record for most IIHF World Championship tournaments and games played, playing 151 games over 20 World Championships. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2026.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 HC Davos SUI U20 21 3 4 7 8 — — — — — 2000–01 HC Davos SUI U20 31 24 17 41 36 6 4 3 7 6 2000–01 HC Davos NLA 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2001–02 HC Davos SUI U20 3 2 2 4 12 1 0 1 1 2 2001–02 HC Davos NLA 38 5 3 8 26 6 1 0 1 4 2001–02 EHC Lenzerheide–Valbella SUI.3 1 0 2 2 — — — — — — 2002–03 HC Davos NLA 40 6 11 17 18 17 0 2 2 10 2002–03 EHC Lenzerheide–Valbella SUI.3 1 0 2 2 — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Davos NLA 47 6 16 22 40 6 0 1 1 2 2004–05 HC Davos NLA 43 7 11 18 67 15 3 2 5 12 2005–06 HC Davos NLA 44 7 14 21 50 15 4 1 5 12 2006–07 HC Davos NLA 44 5 13 18 88 19 2 2 4 20 2007–08 HC Davos NLA 49 11 15 26 46 13 5 3 8 8 2008–09 HC Davos NLA 50 17 24 41 98 21 4 3 7 26 2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 64 8 6 14 37 — — — — — 2010–11 ZSC Lions NLA 50 11 16 27 46 5 2 1 3 4 2011–12 ZSC Lions NLA 48 14 17 31 60 15 5 9 14 6 2012–13 ZSC Lions NLA 45 19 8 27 26 12 3 0 3 2 2013–14 HC Davos NLA 49 8 21 29 44 4 1 1 2 0 2014–15 HC Davos NLA 49 13 16 29 28 15 2 6 8 10 2015–16 HC Davos NLA 50 14 27 41 30 9 6 2 8 10 2016–17 HC Davos NLA 48 12 29 41 53 10 6 1 7 4 2017–18 HC Davos NL 50 12 22 34 47 3 0 0 0 2 2018–19 HC Davos NL 50 12 16 28 57 — — — — — 2019–20 HC Davos NL 46 11 23 34 30 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Davos NL 45 14 30 44 26 3 1 0 1 2 2021–22 HC Davos NL 49 13 18 31 68 7 4 4 8 6 2022–23 HC Davos NL 52 12 17 29 20 5 0 0 0 0 2023–24 HC Davos NL 52 9 13 22 8 7 1 1 2 4 2024–25 HC Davos NL 50 2 12 14 45 10 4 1 5 4NL totals 1,091 240 393 633 1,021 217 54 40 94 170

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