Renato Tosio (born 16 November 1964 in

Wil Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...

, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss professional

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. He is popular for his energetic style of play, for his

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and also for being a great entertainer and showman.

Playing career

Tosio began his professional career playing for

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, after playing in junior teams of the club since he was 8 years old. He stayed with Chur until the end of the 1986/87 season, twice winning the NLB championship and thus promoting to the NLA (in 1984 and 1986). He then played 14 years for

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, the first game on 3 October 1987 against EHC Biel and the final one on 20 March 2001 against

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. He was Swiss Ice Hockey Champion for four times with SC Bern: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997 His jersey number 31 has since been retired. Other retired numbers include 7 ( Martin Rauch), 12 ( Roland Dellsberger) and 16 (

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). These numbers are inscribed on a huge banner below the roof of the

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, the home venue of the

Records

* From 23 February 1985 to 20 March 2001 Tosio played 713 NL games in a row, without missing one due to illness or injury.

Career statistics

International play

Renato Tosio played a total of 183 games for the Swiss national team, 145 on the ice and 38 as substitute goaltender. He participated in the following tournaments: * 5 A

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: 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 * 5 B World Championships: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997 * 2

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: 1988 in Calgary and 1992 in Lillehammer Tosio wore jersey number 28 in the national team.

Awards

Winner of the Jacques Plante Trophy: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997 Swiss Hockey Award: 2003

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosio, Renato 1964 births Living people ECH Chur players Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Switzerland SC Bern players Swiss ice hockey goaltenders