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Another player coming back home?

Written by: Joeri Loonen on 01/15/2002

Will with Goran Bezina another Swiss player return to the Swiss league from North-America? The 21 year old was one of the best Swiss defensemen in the league and thanks to his 'NHL-body" he tried to make the jump to the NHL last summer. However with Phoenix' farm team Springfield Falcons things aren't going exactly his way. Bezina only gets dressed every second game, usually as a forward, and his stats this season are disappointing.

"I will talk to the coaching staff once more. It is well possible I will return to Switzerland," he said to Swiss newspaper "Blick" after he wasn't selected in the Swiss Olympic team. In another newspaper "Le Matin" he said: "Perhaps will I skate for Fribourg-Gottéron in the playoffs." Other possible teams he could move to: Lugano and SC Bern.

Things are going better for two other defensemen of whom is less expected. Ottawa Senators prospect, defenseman Julien Vauclair logs quite a lot of ice time with Grand Rapids Griffins and has been selected by national team coach Ralph Krüger in the Olympics squad. Also the Senators are satisfied with his development as Senators' scout Mr. Johnston told me recently during the WJC. Timo Helbling has yet to miss a game with the Milwaukee Admirals. The 4th Swiss player in the AHL, center Luca Cereda had a difficult start of the season after he missed the whole last season due to a heart operation, but Cereda is currently dressed every game for the St. John's Maple Leafs.

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