Yannick Weber Joins Switzerland At World Championships
Published on April 28, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Julien BriseBois announced today that defenceman Yannick Weber has joined his native country Switzerland at the 2009 IIHF World Championships. Weber is scheduled to be available for Switzerland's game against Russia today.
Weber, 20, played in two post-season games with Hamilton last week, earning one assist and 10 penalty minutes. He competed in three post-season games with the Montreal Canadiens, scoring a goal and adding an assist. In three regular season games with Montreal, Weber recorded one assist and two penalty minutes. The 5-foot-10, 195-pound defenceman led all Bulldogs defencemen in points during the regular season with 44 (16 goals, 28 assists) while earning 42 penalty minutes in 68 games with Hamilton this season. The native of Morges, Switzerland was named to the starting line-up for PlanetUSA at the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic and was voted to the 2008-2009 AHL All-Rookie Team. Last season, he reached the Memorial Cup final with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League and also represented Switzerland at the 2008 World Junior Championships. Weber was drafted in the 3rd round, 73rd overall by Montreal in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
The Bulldogs have a total of 13 graduates competing at the World Championships. Below is a list of these players (statistics as of Tuesday, April 28).
BELARUS (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Mikhail Grabovski (Toronto Maple Leafs) - C (2 GP - 1 G, 0 A, 1 P, -3, 0 PIM)
CANADA (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Shawn Horcoff (Edmonton Oilers) - C (2 GP - 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, -1, 2 PIM)
CZECH REPUBLIC (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates
Tomas Plekanec (Montreal Canadiens) - C (2 GP - 0 G, 0 A, 0 P, +1, 0 PIM)
FINLAND (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Antti Miettinen (Minnesota Wild) - LW (2 GP - 3 G, 1 A, 4 P, +2, 2 PIM)
GERMANY (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Sven Butenschon (Manheim Eagles) - D (2 GP - 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, -2, 0 PIM)
RUSSIA (2 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Alexander Perezhogin (Ufa Salavat Yulayev) - RW (2 GP - 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, +1 , 4 PIM)
Oleg Tverdovsky (Ufa Salavat Yulayev) - D (2 GP - 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, +2, 2 PIM)
SLOVAKIA (3 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Jaroslav Halak (Montreal Canadiens) - G (0 GP - 0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%, 0 SO)
Marcel Hossa (Riga Dynamo) - LW (2 GP - 2 G, 2 A, 4 P, +3, 0 PIM)
Rene Vydareny (Ceske Budejovice HC) - D (2 GP - 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, E, 0 PIM)
SWITZERLAND (1 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Yannick Weber (Hamilton Bulldogs) - D (0 GP - 0 G, 0 A, 0 P, E, 0 PIM)
U.S.A (2 Hamilton Bulldogs graduates)
Ron Hainsey (Atlanta Thrashers) - D (2 GP - 0 G, 2 A, 2 P, +1, 0 PIM)
Chris Higgins (Montreal Canadiens) - LW (0 GP - 0 G, 0 A, 0 P, E, 0 PIM)
2009-2010 Hamilton Bulldogs season tickets are now available! For more information, call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.
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