Joël Genazzi

Joel Genazzi
Born	(1988-02-10) February 10, 1988 Zürich, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
NL team Former teams	Lausanne HC HC Fribourg-Gottéron SCL Tigers
National team	Switzerland
Playing career	2007–present

Joel Genazzi (born February 10, 1988) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for and is the co-captain (with Michael Raffl) of Lausanne HC of the National League (NL).

Playing career

Genazzi made his National League (NL) debut playing with HC Fribourg-Gottéron during the 2006–07 season.

Genazzi failed to establish himself in the National League over 3 seasons with Fribourg and was loaned multiple times to various Swiss League (SL) teams. He had a breakout season in 2008–09 with Young-Sprinters HC, putting up 42 points (15 goals) in 42 games in the SL. Genazzi went on to play one more year in the SL with EHC Visp in 2009–10, racking up an impressive 51 points over 46 games. His stellar season allowed him to sign with the SCL Tigers of the National League for the next year.

Genazzi played 3 seasons with the Tigers before joining Lausanne HC for the 2013–14 season. At the conclusion of the season, Genazzi agreed to a two-year contract extension with Lausanne. On October 24, 2016, Genazzi was signed to a five-year contract extension worth CHF 3 million by Lausanne.

International play

Genazzi was a member of Switzerland's silver medal team at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. He played 5 of the team's 10 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004–05	Kloten Flyers	Elite Jr. A		42	7	8	15	10		9	1	1	2	6
2005–06	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Elite Jr. A		40	6	17	23	50		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	HC Düdingen Bulls	Div.1		9	3	0	3	0		8	3	0	3	12
2006–07	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Elite Jr. A		38	21	9	30	103		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA		4	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	HC Düdingen Bulls	Div.1		12	3	2	5	4		6	0	4	4	8
2007–08	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Elite Jr. A		8	4	9	13	6		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA		23	0	0	0	2		5	0	0	0	0
2007–08	Young-Sprinters HC	NLB		33	5	10	15	20		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA		9	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
2008–09	Young-Sprinters HC	NLB		42	15	27	42	16		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	EHC Visp	NLB		46	20	31	51	20		15	4	11	15	8
2010–11	SCL Tigers	NLA		37	2	2	4	18		4	0	0	0	2
2011–12	SCL Tigers	NLA		50	3	8	11	12		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	SCL Tigers	NLA		41	9	7	16	10		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Lausanne HC	NLA		50	4	8	12	6		6	0	0	0	8
2014–15	Lausanne HC	NLA		50	2	19	21	8		7	0	1	1	4
2015–16	Lausanne HC	NLA		49	11	14	25	14		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Lausanne HC	NLA		47	16	15	31	18		4	2	2	4	4
2017–18	Lausanne HC	NL		50	9	29	38	36		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Lausanne HC	NL		50	4	21	25	24		12	3	2	5	6
2019–20	Lausanne HC	NL		49	10	11	21	30		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Lausanne HC	NL		48	8	19	27	39		6	0	1	1	2
2021–22	Lausanne HC	NL		47	7	23	30	16		8	0	1	1	0
2022–23	Lausanne HC	NL		51	5	11	16	45		—	—	—	—	—
NL totals				655	90	187	277	278		68	9	18	27	34

Medal record
Representing Switzerland
Ice hockey
World Championships
	2018 Denmark

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006	Switzerland	U18-D1	11th		5	0	1	1	2
2017	Switzerland	WC	6th		8	1	2	3	2
2018	Switzerland	WC			5	0	0	0	0
2019	Switzerland	WC	8th		7	1	2	3	0
Junior totals					5	0	1	1	2
Senior totals					20	2	4	6	2

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database