Damien Brunner has decided to end his career as a professional sportsman with immediate effect, announces HC Bienne.
The 38-year-old striker, physically diminished, has only played 6 matches this season.
‘During his rehabilitation, he must have noticed a further regression in his physical condition, which no longer allows him to return to the level of high-level sport,’ writes HC Bienne in a press release, where Damien Brunner has been playing since the summer of 2019 No details are given on the nature of the injury, Bienne having simply mentioned muscular problems on January 11.
Born in Kloten, Brunner made his debut in the Swiss hockey elite in the Flyers jersey during the 2006/2007 season. The former international (84 caps, with five World Cups as well as the 2014 Olympics) really revealed himself with Zug, even finishing as the top scorer in the 2011/2012 championship with 60 points in the regular season and 14 in the play-off.
-The husband of Olympic beach volleyball medalist Nina Brunner (ex-Betschart) then tried his luck in the NHL, playing 135 matches (for 67 points) in the prestigious North American League in three years with Detroit then New Jersey. He returned to Switzerland in December 2014, spending three and a half seasons at Lugano before joining Biel, which he led to the championship final in 2023.
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