Adrian Wichser
# Adrian Wichser

Adrian Wichser (born March 18, 1980) is a retired Swiss ice hockey winger, who played for different clubs in the Swiss National League A (NLA), including EHC Kloten, HC Lugano, ZSC Lions and Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. He won the Swiss national championship in 2003 and 2008 as well as the Champions Hockey League in 2009. Wichser was the leading scorer of the NLA in the 2002-03 campaign.

Internationally, he won 99 caps for the Swiss men's national team, participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics and five World Championships.

He announced his retirement in April 2018 and became a skill coach.

## Career statistics

### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1996–97 | EHC Winterthur | SUI.3 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | EHC Kloten | NDA | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1997–98 | EHC Winterthur | SUI.3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1998–99 | EHC Kloten | NDA | 40 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 1998–99 | EHC Kloten | SUI U20 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999–2000 | EHC Kloten | NLA | 33 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 31 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 41 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002–03 | HC Lugano | NLA | 44 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | HC Lugano | NLA | 47 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| 2004–05 | HC Lugano | NLA | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005–06 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 33 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 36 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 46 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
| 2008–09 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 44 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 33 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | GCK Lions | SUI.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 35 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | GCK Lions | SUI.2 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 25 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 41 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 36 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 40 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | EHC Winterthur | SUI.2 | 35 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | EHC Winterthur | SUI.2 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NDA/NLA totals | NDA/NLA totals | NDA/NLA totals | 642 | 157 | 307 | 464 | 262 | 114 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 28 |
| SUI.2 totals | SUI.2 totals | SUI.2 totals | 164 | 17 | 67 | 84 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Switzerland | EJC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | Switzerland | EJC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | Switzerland | EJC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | Switzerland | WJC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2000 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | Switzerland | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | Switzerland | OG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 36 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 12 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 40 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
