Ronny Keller

Ronny Keller
Born (1979-10-06) 6 October 1979 (age 45)
Volketswil, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shot Left
Played for National League A
ZSC Lions
Kloten Flyers
Lausanne HC
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
National League B
Grasshopper Club Zürich
EHC Basel
HC Thurgau
Lausanne HC
HC Sierre-Anniviers
EHC Olten
Swiss 1. Liga
HC Thurgau
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 1997–2013

Ronny Keller (born 6 October 1979) is a Swiss former ice hockey defenceman. Between 1997 and 2013, Keller played 14 seasons in the Swiss National League A (ZSC Lions, Kloten Flyers, Lausanne HC and Rapperswil-Jona Lakers) and National League B (Grasshopper Club Zürich, EHC Basel, Lausanne HC, HC Thurgau, HC Sierre-Anniviers and EHC Olten).

On March 5, 2013, Keller (who played for EHC Olten at the time) was checked from behind and into the boards by SC Langenthal forward Stefan Schnyder.[1] He suffered significant damage to his fourth thoracic vertebra and was operated on the following day. On March 7 doctors announced that Keller's spinal cord injury would leave him a permanent paraplegic.[1] The Swiss league opened a disciplinary investigation on the incident while SC Langenthal officials announced that Schnyder would sit out the remainder of the season.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Grasshoppers U20 Elite Jr. A 34 2 5 7 83 — — — — —
1997–98 SC Küsnacht SwissDiv1 — — — — — — — — — —
1997–98 Grasshoppers U20 Elite Jr. A 22 2 11 13 28 — — — — —
1997–98 Grasshopper Club Zürich NLB 36 3 1 4 28 5 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Grasshopper Club Zürich NLB 31 1 3 4 40 3 0 0 0 25
1998–99 ZSC Lions NLA 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
1999–00 ZSC Lions NLA 41 1 0 1 22 12 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Kloten Flyers NLA 43 3 2 5 10 9 1 0 1 12
2001–02 Kloten Flyers NLA 27 1 2 3 12 — — — — —
2002–03 Lausanne HC NLA 44 1 4 5 48 — — — — —
2003–04 Lausanne HC NLA 43 1 3 4 36 — — — — —
2004–05 Lausanne HC NLA 22 0 0 0 10 — — — — —
2004–05 EHC Basel NLB 17 2 3 5 12 19 1 9 10 26
2005–06 HC Thurgau SwissDiv1 23 14 22 36 48 15 9 15 24 42
2006–07 HC Thurgau NLB 42 4 23 27 96 — — — — —
2006–07 Lausanne HC NLB 2 0 4 4 0 6 1 1 2 16
2007–08 HC Thurgau NLB 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2008–09 HC Sierre-Anniviers NLB 41 9 25 34 62 6 2 1 3 16
2009–10 HC Sierre-Anniviers NLB 46 12 24 36 106 11 3 5 8 18
2010–11 HC Sierre-Anniviers NLB 43 7 45 52 42 4 2 2 4 6
2011–12 HC Thurgau NLB 39 9 14 23 36 — — — — —
2011–12 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2012–13 HC Thurgau NLB 40 7 14 21 58 — — — — —
2012–13 EHC Olten NLB 9 2 1 3 6 9 1 5 6 12
NLA totals 229 7 11 18 138 28 1 0 1 12
NLB totals 346 56 157 213 486 63 10 23 33 119

References

  1. ^ a b Associated Press (March 7, 2013). "Swiss ice hockey player paralyzed in playoff game". Mail.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ^ Agence France-Presse (March 8, 2013). "A SWISS ice hockey player has been left paralysed after being rammed by a rival team's forward during the second division playoffs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 March 2013.


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