Andres Ambühl

Andres Ambühl (born 14 September 1983) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National League (NL). He has won six Swiss top league championships, two Spengler Cups, and a silver medal with Switzerland at the 2013 World Championship. Ambühl also represented Switzerland at Winter Olympics in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. He holds the records for the most top-division appearances (18) and top-division games played (131) in World Championship history.

Playing career

Ambühl began playing junior ice hockey in the HC Davos organization with the club's junior team. In 2000–01, he scored 41 points in 31 games as a junior and debuted in three games with Davos in the Nationalliga A. He joined the senior team in 2001–02, scoring eight points in 38 games during his rookie season. Playing with Davos in the 2006 Spengler Cup as tournament hosts, Ambühl scored the tournament-winning goal against Canada national team in a 3–2 final win. In 2007–08, Ambühl scored a career-high 26 points in 49 games for HC Davos.

Having previously played nine seasons for HC Davos, Ambühl signed a contract with the New York Rangers on 27 May 2009. He was then assigned to the Rangers affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), for the duration of the 2009–10 season.

On 16 April 2010, Andres returned to Switzerland signing a three-year contract with the ZSC Lions. In 2012, he was part of ZSC's Swiss NLA championship-winning team. After three seasons with ZSC Lions, on 28 December 2012, Ambühl returned to his home team HC Davos on a three-year deal starting in the 2013–14 season.

On 28 January 2016, Ambühl signed a three-year contract extension with HC Davos. On 17 December 2018, he agreed to an early two-year contract extension with HC Davos through the 2020–21 season. On 18 January 2021, Ambühl was signed to an early two-year contract extension by HC Davos through the 2022–23 season, and on 28 December 2022, extended his contract until the end of the 2024–25 season.