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Swiss ice hockey player (born 1986)

Ice hockey player

Eric Blum
Eric Blum - Fribourg-Gottéron vs. SC Langnau, 15.01.2010.jpg
Born (1986-06-13) 13 June 1986 (age 38)Pfaffnau, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NL teamFormer teams Free AgentSCL TigersKloten FlyersSC Bern
National team Switzerland
Playing career 2003–present
Website http://www.ericrayblum.ch

Eric Blum (born 13 June 1986) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He last played as an alternate captain of SC Bern of the National League (NL).

Blum joined Bern after four seasons with the Kloten Flyers, signing a three-year deal with an NHL/KHL out clause on May 2, 2014.[1]

Blum competed in the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.[2]

On September 26, 2016, Blum agreed to a 5-year contract extension with SC Bern worth CHF 3.5 million.

Representing Switzerland internationally, he participated in four World Championships (winning a silver medal in 2013) and the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. He won a total of 89 caps (5 goals, 14 assists) for the Swiss men's national team, before announcing the end of his international career in April 2018.[3]

Regular season and playoffs

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| | | Regular season | | Playoffs | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | | 2002–03 | GCK Lions | SUI U20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003–04 | GCK Lions | SUI U20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2003–04 | GCK Lions | SUI.2 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2004–05 | GCK Lions | SUI.2 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2005–06 | GCK Lions | SUI.2 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | | 2006–07 | SCL Tigers | NLA | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2007–08 | SCL Tigers | NLA | 42 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2008–09 | SCL Tigers | NLA | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2009–10 | SCL Tigers | NLA | 49 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2010–11 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 48 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | | 2011–12 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 39 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2012–13 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 45 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2013–14 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 46 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | | 2014–15 | SC Bern | NLA | 50 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | 2015–16 | SC Bern | NLA | 35 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | | 2016–17 | SC Bern | NLA | 47 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | | 2017–18 | SC Bern | NL | 37 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 2018–19 | SC Bern | NL | 48 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | | 2019–20 | SC Bern | NL | 45 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2020–21 | SC Bern | NL | 19 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | | NL totals | 627 | 53 | 186 | 239 | 314 | 101 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 50 | | |

| Medal record | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Ice hockey | | | | Representing Switzerland | | | | World Championships | | | | Silver medal – second place | 2013 Sweden/Finland | |

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Switzerland WJC18 D1 11th 5 1 0 1 0
2006 Switzerland WJC 7th 6 2 3 5 4
2013 Switzerland WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 0 1 1 2
2014 Switzerland WC 10th 7 1 0 1 0
2015 Switzerland WC 8th 8 0 2 2 2
2016 Switzerland WC 11th 7 2 1 3 0
2018 Switzerland OG 10th 4 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 11 3 3 6 4
Senior totals 35 3 4 7 4
Award Year
NL
All-Star Team 2015, 2016
Champion (SC Bern) 2016, 2017, 2019 [4]
  1. ^ "Eric Blum with three-year contract with Bern". SC Bern (in German). 2014-05-02. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ^ "Swiss World Championship profile". eliteprospects.com. 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  3. ^ "7 SCB-Spieler stossen dazu - Blum tritt aus der Nati zurück". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ^ "SC Bern 2019 Swiss Champions!". leading-sport.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.