Rahel Enzler
Born (2000-07-30) 30 July 2000
Walchwil, Switzerland
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams
Maine Black Bears
SC Reinach
ZSC Lions
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 2016present

Rahel Enzler (born 30 July 2000) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team, currently playing with the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (HEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[1]

Playing career

Enzler developed in the youth system of EHC Seewen, a minor and junior ice hockey club in Seewen, Schwyz, less than 20 km (12 mi) northwest of her hometown of Walchwil, Zug.[2] She played five games with the ZSC Lions Frauen, the women's representative team of the ZSC Lions, during the 2015–16 SWHL A season in addition to playing with the Seewen under-15 and under-17 teams in the Mini A and Top Novizen respectively.

Enzler joined SC Reinach Damen, the women's representative team of SC Reinach, in 2017. She served as Reinach's captain during the 2019–20 season of the Women's League (SWHL A; renamed from Swiss Women's Hockey League A in 2019).[3]

For the 2020–21 season, she joined the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program as an incoming freshman.[4][5]

International

Enzler represented Switzerland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2017, 2019 and 2021.[6][7] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she skated in all seven games as the Swiss qualified for the bronze medal game before ultimately falling to Finland and placing fourth.

As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She won a bronze medal while serving as alternate captain to the Swiss under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer.

Personal life

Her brother, Simon Enzler, is a football player who has represented Switzerland with the under-18, under-19, and under-20 national teams.

Career Statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2015-16ZSC LionsSWHL A 53582 -----
2017-18SC ReinachSWHL A 181713306 42242
2018-19SC ReinachSWHL A 202324476 52684
2019-20SC ReinachSWHL A 17821296 52352
2020-21Maine Black BearsNCAA 173690
2021-22Maine Black BearsNCAA 220334
SWHL A totals 60516311420 14611178
SWHL A totals 3939124

References

  1. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). IIHF. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. Monnin, Daniel (22 September 2017). "EISHOCKEY: Zuger Power im Aargau". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. "Rahel Enzler to join SC Reinach". Swiss Hockey News. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. "Rahel Enzler leaves SC Reinach and moves to North America". Swiss Ice Hockey News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. Monnin, Daniel (6 July 2020). "Die Eishockeyanerin Rahel Enzler wartet auf den Abflug in die USA". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch. 6 March 2019.
  7. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
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