Patrick Howald

Patrick Howald (born December 26, 1969) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey winger.

Career Howald played in the Nationalliga A for SC Bern, HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron. He won four National League A Championships with SC Bern and the number 22 jersey was retired by the team in his honour. He was drafted 276th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1987 NHL entry draft but remained in Switzerland throughout his career and never played in North America. Howald was also a member of the Switzerland national ice hockey team and played in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 SC Bern NLA 5 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1987–88 SC Bern NLA 31 1 2 3 6 — — — — — 1988–89 SC Bern NLA 36 10 9 19 8 11 2 2 4 8 1989–90 SC Bern NLA 36 17 18 35 36 11 6 2 8 10 1990–91 SC Bern NLA 36 18 16 34 55 10 7 7 14 12 1991–92 SC Bern NLA 36 20 11 31 30 11 7 6 13 8 1992–93 HC Lugano NLA 36 15 9 24 50 9 5 1 6 10 1993–94 HC Lugano NLA 36 12 15 27 26 6 2 0 2 2 1994–95 SC Bern NLA 36 14 15 29 26 9 1 2 3 2 1995–96 SC Bern NLA 35 21 7 28 14 11 6 11 17 0 1996–97 SC Bern NLA 46 26 20 46 71 3 0 0 0 2 1997–98 SC Bern NLA 36 13 14 27 34 7 1 1 2 4 1998–99 SC Bern NLA 45 21 15 36 50 6 1 1 2 4 1999–00 SC Bern NLA 43 15 15 30 26 5 0 0 0 6 2000–01 SC Bern NLA 43 10 5 15 46 10 1 1 2 2 2001–02 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 44 14 19 33 48 5 0 1 1 0 2002–03 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 44 13 17 30 41 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 48 15 21 36 12 4 1 0 1 4 2004–05 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 44 4 6 10 24 11 4 4 8 8 NLA totals 716 261 234 495 603 129 44 39 83 82

Achievements 1989 - NLA Champion with SC Bern 1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern 1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern 1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern

His jersey number #22 was retired by his club on Dec 1, 2009.

International play Patrick Howald played a total of 119 games for the Swiss national team.

He participated in the following tournaments:

4 A-World Championships: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 2 B-World Championships: 1990, 1994 1 Olympic Games: 1992 in Albertville