Trevor Meier
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Trevor Meier is an ice hockey
left winger
for HC Ambri-Piotta
of the National League A. He has dual-citizenship with Canada
and Switzerland
.
Trevor grew up in Burlington, Ontario, Canada playing for the local rep hockey system until he decided to play hockey for Nelson High School
at the age of 16. In the summer of 1992 he had an open "free-skate" tryout with the then coach of Herisau SC in Switzerland who, impressed with his skill, invited him over to play in the Swiss B league. After a successful first year in Herisau, he signed with SC Bern in 1993 and he has been playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A ever since. He has played for SC Bern, HC Lugano, SC Lausanne, SC Langnau, EV Zug, SC Bern again, and most recently signed a 2-year contract again with HC Ambri-Piotta through to 2012.
Trevor spends the off-season back home in Burlington, and is an avid fisherman.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
left winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
for HC Ambri-Piotta
HC Ambri-Piotta
Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League A. The club was founded September 19, 1937 and is also known as "Bianco-Blu"...
of the National League A. He has dual-citizenship with Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Switzerland
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....
.
Trevor grew up in Burlington, Ontario, Canada playing for the local rep hockey system until he decided to play hockey for Nelson High School
Nelson High School
Nelson High School of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is located in Burlington's South Central area and serves approximately 1400 students between grades 9 and 12 in the Halton District School Board.-Basic Information:...
at the age of 16. In the summer of 1992 he had an open "free-skate" tryout with the then coach of Herisau SC in Switzerland who, impressed with his skill, invited him over to play in the Swiss B league. After a successful first year in Herisau, he signed with SC Bern in 1993 and he has been playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A ever since. He has played for SC Bern, HC Lugano, SC Lausanne, SC Langnau, EV Zug, SC Bern again, and most recently signed a 2-year contract again with HC Ambri-Piotta through to 2012.
Trevor spends the off-season back home in Burlington, and is an avid fisherman.