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Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 professional ice hockey Centre

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

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Achievements

• 1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
  SC Bern
  Schlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....
  
  
• 1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
• 1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern

He is the first player to have played 1000 games in the Swiss National League A and he is not done yet. At age 42, he signed another contract for the hockey season 2008/09 with HC Fribourg-Gottéron.

International play

Gil Montandon played a total of 156 games for the Swiss national team

Swiss national ice hockey team

The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2010 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF...

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He participated in the following tournaments:

• 3 A-World Championships
  Ice Hockey World Championships
  The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
  
  : 1991, 1992, 1993

• 3 B-World Championships: 1989, 1990, 1994

• 2 Olympic Games
  Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
  Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics...
  
  : 1988 in Calgary
  Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  At the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -...
  
   and 1992 in Albertville
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, a ski resort about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team.-Final rankings:# # # # # # #...
  
  

External links

• Montandon on hockeyfans.ch