Benjamin Plüss | |
Position: | Forward |
Ntl Team: | Switzerland |
Birth Date: | 1979 3, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Bülach, Switzerland |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 187 |
Career Start: | 1998 |
Career End: | 2016 |
Played For: | Kloten Flyers Lausanne HC SCL Tigers HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
Benjamin Plüss (born March 3, 1979) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A.[1]
A product of the Kloten Flyers, he made his debut in the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA) for the Flyers during the 1998-99 season. In the course of his professional career, he spent one year each with third-division side EHC Winterthur and NLB side Lausanne HC, two years with the SCL Tigers in the NLA and 13 years with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the NLA. He reached the NLA finals with the team in 2013. He announced his retirement in March 2016.[2] Plüss saw the ice in a total of 743 NLA contests, tallying 444 points.[3]
Plüss competed in the 2012 IIHF World Championship and the 2014 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team. He won 43 caps for the Swiss national team.