Luca Hischier


Luca Hischier is a Swiss professional ice hockey player currently playing with HC Davos of the National League. He previously played with SC Bern and won two NL titles with the team.
He is the older brother of New Jersey Devils center, Nico Hischier.

Playing career

Hischier, who played in both the junior system of SC Bern and his hometown EHC Visp, made his NL debut with Bern in 2013 while still being a member of SC Bern U20 team. He signed his first professional contract on May 1, 2014 with SC Bern and went on to play the 2014/15 season for EHC Visp of the Swiss League on loan from SC Bern. On December 21, 2015, while in the middle of his first full season with SC Bern, Hischier was signed to a two-year contract extension to remain in Bern through the 2017-18 season.
On November 24, 2017, Hischier agreed to a three-year contract with HC Davos starting with the 2018/19 season and through the 2020/21 season.

International play

Hischier has represented Switzerland at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Hischier comes from a family of athletes, as his father Rino played football for FC Naters and his mother Katja worked as a sports teacher. He is the oldest of three children, with a younger sister, Nina, and brother, Nico. Nico played for the Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and was selected 1st overall by the New Jersey Devils during the 2017 NHL Draft. Nina also played volleyball at a high level in Switzerland. There were no rinks in Naters, so Katja took both her sons to nearby Visp to learn to skate and they discovered hockey there.