| Ronny Keller | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
6 October 1979 Volketswil, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defenceman | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
National League A ZSC Lions Kloten Flyers Lausanne HC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers National League B Grasshopper Club Zürich EHC Basel HC Thurgau Lausanne HC HC Sierre-Anniviers EHC Olten Swiss 1. Liga HC Thurgau | ||
| National team |
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| Playing career | 1997–2013 | ||
Ronny Keller (born 6 October 1979) is a Swiss former ice hockey defenceman. Between 1997 and 2013, Keller played 14 seasons in the Swiss National League A (ZSC Lions, Kloten Flyers, Lausanne HC and Rapperswil-Jona Lakers) and National League B (Grasshopper Club Zürich, EHC Basel, Lausanne HC, HC Thurgau, HC Sierre-Anniviers and EHC Olten).
On March 5, 2013, Keller (who played for EHC Olten at the time) was checked from behind and into the boards by SC Langenthal forward Stefan Schnyder.[1] He suffered significant damage to his fourth thoracic vertebra and was operated on the following day. On March 7 doctors announced that Keller's spinal cord injury would leave him a permanent paraplegic.[1] The Swiss league opened a disciplinary investigation on the incident while SC Langenthal officials announced that Schnyder would sit out the remainder of the season.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Grasshoppers U20 | Elite Jr. A | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | SC Küsnacht | SwissDiv1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Grasshoppers U20 | Elite Jr. A | 22 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | NLB | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | NLB | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 1998–99 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 43 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | EHC Basel | NLB | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Thurgau | SwissDiv1 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 42 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Thurgau | NLB | 42 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Thurgau | NLB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Sierre-Anniviers | NLB | 41 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Sierre-Anniviers | NLB | 46 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 106 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Sierre-Anniviers | NLB | 43 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Thurgau | NLB | 39 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | NLA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Thurgau | NLB | 40 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | EHC Olten | NLB | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||
| NLA totals | 229 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 138 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| NLB totals | 346 | 56 | 157 | 213 | 486 | 63 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 119 | ||||
References
- 1 2 Associated Press (March 7, 2013). "Swiss ice hockey player paralyzed in playoff game". Mail.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ Agence France-Presse (March 8, 2013). "A SWISS ice hockey player has been left paralysed after being rammed by a rival team's forward during the second division playoffs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database