Ice hockey: The 3000th Swiss NHL point is for Janis Moser

Janis Moser (22) reached a symbolic plateau on the night of Thursday to Friday when ten matches were on the NHL championship poster. At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins beat Arizona (6-2), the Bernese Coyotes defender was credited with two assists. His second contribution (an assist on the 4-2 awarded to Ontario left winger Nick Ritchie on the power play) was synonymous with the 3000th point for a Swiss player in the regular season in the North American professional league.

In this statistic, binational hockey players who did not grow up in the Swiss training system (examples: defender Kenneth Baumgartner or striker Cody Almond) and foreign skaters who only hold a Swiss playing license (example: l forward Mason McTavish) are not considered.

The first point collected by a Swiss dates back to October 7, 2000. That evening, Bernese center Reto von Arx, who wore the jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks, had amassed two assists against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

22 years later, Janis Moser collected this 3000th point on the occasion of the 7430th official game delivered by a Swiss skater on one of the NHL rinks.

Six hockey players have particularly contributed to the promotion of Swiss production: the Bernese defender of Nashville Roman Josi (543 points), the former Bernese rear of Montreal, the New York Islanders, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Mark Streit (434), the New York Islanders, Minnesota, Carolina and Nashville winger Nino Niederreiter (371), Nashville, Minnesota and Los Angeles St. Gallen winger Kevin Fiala (283), San Jose Appenzell winger Timo Meier (265) and New Jersey Valais center Nico Hischier (206).

In total, 33 professionals, including five goalkeepers, scratched the scoreboard at least once.