Luca Hischier (born 16 February 1995) is a

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professional

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who is currently playing with Genève-Servette of the

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(NL). He previously played with

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern (''Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 18th year in a row, the club is the most ...

where he won two NL titles. Hischier also played with

HC Davos Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos plays in the National League (NL). The team is usually a strong force in the league and often bolster their roster with Swiss national team players a ...

and

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 ...

. He is the older brother of

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Nico Hischier Nico Hischier (; born 4 January 1999) is a Swiss professional ice hockey centre and captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hischier made his professional debut in his native Switzerland in 2015, spending time b ...

Playing career

Hischier, who played in both the junior system of

and his hometown

EHC Visp EHC Visp is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Visp and competing in the Swiss League (SL). The club was founded in 1939 and became Swiss champion in 1962. Visp has also won the league title in NLB three times; 1960, 2011 and 2014. T ...

, made his NL debut with Bern in 2013 while still being a member of SC Bern U20 team. He signed his first professional contract on 1 May 2014 with

and went on to play the 2014/15 season for

of the

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(SL) on loan from SC Bern. On 21 December 2015, while in the middle of his first full season with SC Bern, Hischier was signed to a two-year contract extension to remain in Bern through the 2017-18 season. On 24 November 2017, Hischier agreed to a three-year contract with

starting with the 2018/19 season and through the 2020/21 season. On January 11, 2021, Hischier was traded, along with Perttu Lindgren, to

in exchange for David Ullström and Valentin Nüssbaumer.

International play

Hischier has represented Switzerland at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Hischier comes from a family of athletes, as his father Rino played football for

FC Naters FC Naters is a Swiss football club from the town of Naters in Canton Valais. The team currently plays in Liga 1., the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. History FC Naters was founded in 1958 and played their first game on 16 ...

and his mother Katja worked as a sports teacher. He is the oldest of three children, with a younger sister, Nina, and brother,

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. Nico played for the

Halifax Mooseheads The Halifax Mooseheads are a Canadian major junior ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio Division of the QMJHL from t ...

in the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

(QMJHL) and was selected 1st overall by the

during the

2017 NHL Draft The 2017 NHL Entry Draft was the 55th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 23–24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The first three selections were Nico Hischier going to the New Jersey Devils, Nolan Patrick going to th ...

. Nina also played volleyball at a high level in Switzerland. There were no rinks in Naters, so Katja took both her sons to nearby Visp to learn to skate and they discovered hockey there.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hischier, Luca 1995 births Living people People from Naters SC Bern players EHC Biel players HC Davos players Swiss ice hockey centres EHC Visp players Sportspeople from Valais