Morris Trachsler (born 15 July 1984) is a retired Swiss professional

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player and the current CFO of Seervision AG.

Playing career

He participated at the

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as a member of the

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. He won a total of 104 caps for the Swiss team. At the club level, he played for the GC Küsnacht Lions in the National League B, 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 ...

, Genève-Servette HC and again the ZSC Lions in the

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(NLA). In 2014, he captured the Swiss championship with the Lions. On May 8, 2017, Trachsler left the Lions for their biggest rival,

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, on a 2-year deal, but parted ways with the club after the conclusion of the 2017-18 season. He announced his retirement in November 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Academic career

From 2006 to 2009, Traschler completed his bachelor's degree in

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at the

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, after which, in 2012, he completed his Master of Science in Economics also at UNIGE.

Professional career

After retiring from hockey in November 2018, Trachsler also left his role as a consultant and joine
Seervision
as the CFO.

References

External links

* 1984 births Living people GCK Lions players Genève-Servette HC players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Swiss ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Zurich ZSC Lions players {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub