Martin Plüss

Martin Plüss (born 5 April 1977) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey centre. He participated in four Winter Olympics and twelve World Championships.

Playing career A product of EV Dielsdorf-Niederhasli, Plüss made his debut for EHC Kloten in the Swiss top-flight NLA in 1994. He won the Swiss championship with Kloten in 1995 and 1996. In the 2000–2001 season, he received All-NLA Most Valuable Player honours.

In 2004, he left Kloten to join Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elite League and helped the team capture the title in his first year. After signing a one-year deal with Frölunda in 2004, he signed another one-year deal to stay with the team for the 2005–06 season. Despite offers from other teams, Plüss signed yet another one-year contract with Frölunda in 2006. Plüss' contract expired once again in the spring of 2007, but he turned down offers from primarily Swiss teams to instead sign for three years with Frölunda.

After a disappointing 2008 season, Plüss canceled the remaining two years of his contract with Frölunda, stating his game had not developed as expected. He then signed a three-year contract with SC Bern to return to the Swiss NLA. With SCB, he won Swiss championship titles in 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2017. He was recognized with NLA MVP distinction in 2013.

On 16 February 2017 it was announced that Plüss would leave SC Bern after a 9-year stint in the capital city for an unknown destination. He announced his retirement on 16 November 2017.

International play Plüss competed for the Swiss national team in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics as well as in twelve World Championships, winning silver in 2013. He won a total of 236 caps for the Swiss men's national team.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 EHC Kloten SUI U20 1994–95 EHC Kloten NDA 190002 ————— 1995–96 EHC Kloten SUI U20 1995–96 EHC Kloten NDA 160002 40000 1995–96 EHC Bülach SUI.3 1996–97 EHC Kloten SUI U20 36172 ————— 1996–97 EHC Kloten NDA 45651130 40110 1997–98 EHC Kloten NDA 409101912 602210 1998–99 EHC Kloten NDA 4511213232 123148 1999–2000 EHC Kloten NLA 3910182854 72240 2000–01 Kloten Flyers NLA 449263530 54484 2001–02 Kloten Flyers NLA 4423325530 102794 2002–03 Kloten Flyers NLA 4413183144 52350 2003–04 Kloten Flyers NLA 3115233812 ————— 2004–05 Frölunda HC SEL 4623163942 131018 2005–06 Frölunda HC SEL 4510122236 1944824 2006–07 Frölunda HC SEL 5417335096 ————— 2007–08 Frölunda HC SEL 501692532 62024 2008–09 SC Bern NLA 3821224358 64480 2009–10 SC Bern NLA 4515274218 153101312 2010–11 SC Bern NLA 4722163820 11641024 2011–12 SC Bern NLA 4911182928 1764106 2012–13 SC Bern NLA 5018163426 201061610 2013–14 SC Bern NLA 4514223626 ————— 2014–15 SC Bern NLA 5023224518 1122414 2015–16 SC Bern NLA 5016163218 110552 2016–17 SC Bern NLA 5019143332 1526824 NDA/NLA totals 791255326581492 1594661107118 SEL totals 1956670136206 36741132

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Switzerland EJC18 5th 5 0 2 2 0 1996 Switzerland WJC 9th 6 0 0 0 0 1997 Switzerland WJC 7th 6 3 1 4 4 1998 Switzerland WC 4th 9 0 1 1 4 1999 Switzerland WC 8th 6 0 1 1 2 2001 Switzerland WC 9th 6 3 2 5 0 2002 Switzerland OG 11th 4 2 0 2 2 2002 Switzerland WC 10th 6 2 1 3 0 2003 Switzerland WC 8th 7 5 1 6 2 2004 Switzerland WC 8th 7 1 1 2 2 2005 Switzerland WC 8th 7 3 2 5 6 2006 Switzerland OG 6th 6 0 3 3 8 2006 Switzerland WC 9th 6 2 3 5 14 2009 Switzerland WC 9th 6 3 1 4 4 2010 Switzerland OG 8th 5 0 3 3 0 2010 Switzerland WC 5th 7 4 2 6 25 2011 Switzerland WC 9th 6 0 3 3 2 2013 Switzerland WC 10 0 6 6 4 2014 Switzerland OG 9th 4 1 0 1 0 Junior totals 17 3 3 6 4 Senior totals 102 26 30 56 75