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Beat Forster (born February 2, 1983) is a Swiss former professional
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...
. He most notably played for
HC Davos Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos plays in the National League (NL). It is generally referred to by its abbreviation "HCD" by the fans. The team is usually a strong force in the league a ...
where he won 5 NL titles. He also played for the
ZSC Lions The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and played at the ...
and won one NL title with the team. Forster also played 7 years for
EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the te ...
before retiring following the 2023/24 season. He is currently an assistant coach for EHC Biel.


Playing career

On February 17, 2015, Forster was re-signed to a four-year contract extension by
HC Davos Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos plays in the National League (NL). It is generally referred to by its abbreviation "HCD" by the fans. The team is usually a strong force in the league a ...
. On February 13, 2017, Forster agreed to a two-year contract with
EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the te ...
worth CHF 1.4 million, despite two years remaining on his contract with Davos. The contract will start for the 2017–18 season.


International play

Forster played for the
Swiss national ice hockey team The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (; ; ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2024, the Swiss team is ranked 5th in the IIHF World Rankin ...
at the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


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* 1983 births Living people Arizona Coyotes draft picks EHC Biel players ECH Chur players HC Davos players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland SC Herisau players Swiss ice hockey defencemen ZSC Lions players Sportspeople from Appenzell Ausserrhoden {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub