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Reto von Arx
Born September 13, 1976
Egerkingen, Switzerland
Position
  1. 83
NLA team HC Davos
Playing career 1995–present

Reto von Arx (born September 13th, 1976 in Egerkingen, Switzerland) is a Swiss hockey player who currently plays for HC Davos, where he wears number 83, he played for Chicago Blackhawks, Norfolk Admirals. He competed for Switzerland in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. It should be noted that even though this is a redirect from Jan von Arx, they are two different players.

Statistics

    Season   Playoffs
Season Team Liga GP T A Pts PIM GP T A Pts PIM
1993/94 SCL Tigers NLB 35 11 4 15 28 5 0 0 0 6
1994/95 SCL Tigers NLB 36 14 9 23 71 5 1 2 3 27
1995/96 HC Davos NLA 34 4 5 9 59 5 0 2 2 4
1996/97 HC Davos NLA 42 10 17 27 78 6 1 3 4 4
1997/98 HC Davos NLA 39 8 15 23 113 18 9 6 15 18
1998/99 HC Davos NLA 45 21 20 41 67 6 4 6 10 16
1999/00 HC Davos NLA 45 19 26 45 70 5 2 0 2 10
2000/01 Norfolk Admirals AHL 49 16 26 42 28 - - - - -
2000/01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 19 3 1 4 4 - - - - -
2001/02 HC Davos NLA 31 6 15 21 95 12 3 8 11 35
2002/03 HC Davos NLA 42 10 32 42 73 17 4 8 12 28
2003/04 HC Davos NLA 47 20 31 51 72 6 0 2 2 6
2004/05 HC Davos NLA 43 11 27 38 75 15 6 11 17 14
2005/06 HC Davos NLA 44 14 34 48 76 15 6 11 17 14
NLA xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
NHL 19 3 1 4 4 - - - - -

(GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes)

More about Reto the Man

   * He was born September 13th in 1976.
   * He is considered one of the 10 greatest swiss players in the last 4 years of all time.
   * He is a pop sensation.
   * He loves oatmeal yet never eats it.
   * He ran for President of Switzerland in 1986 when he was 10 and won with 100% of the vote but turned down the job.
   * He once ate a live goat.
   * Has one brother, Jon, who is also a pop sensation but not to the same level as that of Reto.
   * Was #1 on the New York Times best seller list with his autobiography called "Why I love Oatmeal, a Reto Perspective".
   * His nickname in Switzerland is Sensei, since he teaches the country things.
   * Roger Federer was quoted as saying "Reto Von Arx is the reason I got into tennis".
   * Similar to Federererer, Reto planned on adding "X"s to von Arx after every championship.
   * Reto is currently the only owner of a baby Tyrannasaurus Rex egg.
   * At an age of 7, Reto played harpsichord for the Switzerland National Symphony.
   * Reto won the World Domino Championship but lost his title because he failed a test for steroids
   * Reto had a role in the latest Walker, Texas Ranger movie, "Trial By Fire". He played one of the insane bad guys in the film.
   * Although Pamela Anderson Lee Rock has the record for the most covers in the history of Playboy (7), Reto von Arx has the record for most covers in the history of the company if you take into consideration all of the magazines that Playboy publishes. He has been on 18 covers of Playgirl, all of those have sold millions of copies a piece.
   * He was voted most eligible bachelor in the world by many magazines even though he is married.
   * Unlike Kobayashi, Reto ate more hot dogs than a kodiak bear on Man vs. Beast
   * After winning MVP in his youth hockey league, Reto thanked his coach. He then realized that he taught himself how to play hockey.