NLA - After almost 700 games in Switzerland's highest League, ZSC Lions' 30-year-old defender Andri Stoffel has decided to hang up his skates and retire from professional hockey at the end of the season.

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"I can confirm that I'm going to retire," he revealed to La Regione. Only a few weeks ago, Stoffel was rumored to continue his career in Lugano. "It was never an option for me. My contract in Zurich is going to expire and it won't be renewed. Furthermore, I have also problems with my knee, so i think it is time to turn the page."

Andri Stoffel went through the youth organisation of the ZSC/GCK Lions and made his National League A debut in season 2002-03. Currently in his twelfth straight season in Zurich, the three times Swiss Champion (2008, 2012, 2014) has completed a total of 590 games for the ZSC Lions so far, in which he was able to score 55 points (15 goals, 40 assists). (rlu)