Matthew Lombardi and Florence Schelling captured the Swiss Golden Player Awards

02 Dec 2014Davide Tuniz»

For the first time a women wins the Golden Award

The SAIP (Swiss Association of Icehockey Players) awarded during a gala night in Zug the Swiss Golden Player 2014. This is the eighth time that all professional ice hockey plaers in Switzerland elect those who were the best players during the past season.

Geneve Servette forward Matthew Lombardi, top scorer of last NLA, won the Swiss Golden Player, while for the first time a woman was awarded with same prize: Bulach and Switzerland national team goalkeeper Florence Schelling captured the trophy for the outstanding performances at Sochi Winter Olympics, where she was named best goalie and tournament MVP. Champion ZSC Lions coach Marc Crawford was named Best Coach

Besides the best player, were elected the best goalie, the best defender, the best winger, the best center, the best young player, the best NLB player and the best coach.

Here is the list of winners in the other categories (season 2013 - 2014):

Golden Player 2014: Matthew Lombardi (Geneve Servette) / Florence Schelling (Bulach)

NLA best coach: Marc Crawford (ZSC Lions)

NLB best coach: Christian Weber (Thurgau)

Best goalkeeper: Tobias Stephan (EV Zug)

Best defender: Mathias Seger (ZSC Lions)

Best winger: Roman Wick

Best center: Matthew Lombardi

Best young player: Noah Rod (Geneve Servette)

NLB best player: Alexei Kovalev (EHC Visp)