Reica Staiger
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| Citizenship | Switzerland, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1996 Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | On-ice official | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reica Rose Staiger (born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese-Swiss ice hockey official and retired ice hockey player. She is a former member of the Swiss national team and a five-time Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A) champion.
Playing career[edit]
Staiger first played in a senior women's ice hockey league at age fourteen with the GCK Lions Frauen in the Leistungsklasse C (LKC; renamed SWHL C in 2014). She also played on the under-15 (U15) teams of EHC Bülach in the Swiss boys' premier and second-tier U15 leagues during the 2009–10 season.[1]
At age fifteen, she made her debut in Switzerland's elite senior women's ice hockey league, the Leistungsklasse A (LKA; renamed SWHL A in 2014), with the ZHC Lions Frauen .[2] Across fifteen games with the Lions in the 2010–11 season, Staiger recorded 4 goals and 6 assists for 10 points. Concurently, she tallied 2 goals and an assist in ten games with the top EHC Bülach U15 team.[1]
Staiger continued to split her time between the ZSC Lions Frauen and elite boys' junior teams throughout her teens, playing with EHC Bülach U17 during the 2011–12 season, EV Dielsdorf-Niederhasli U17 during the 2012–13 season, and EHC Winterthur U17 during the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.[1]
Though most of her career was spent with the ZSC Lions in the LKA/SWHL A, Staiger chose to play the 2017–18 and 2019–20 seasons with EHC Zunzgen-Sissach Damen in the SWHL B.[1][3][4]
When Staiger officially retired from elite play in 2020, she was one of just twenty players to have recorded more than one hundred games with the GCK/ZSC Lions Frauen.[5]
International play[edit]
As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, Staiger participated in three IIHF U18 Women's World Championships – the Top Division tournament in 2012 and the Division I tournaments in 2013 and 2014. She served as Switzerland's captain at the 2014 tournament and led all tournament defenseman in assists, contributing to a Swiss victory in the tournament and their promotion to the Top Division.[6][7]
With the senior national team, Staiger participated at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2015 and 2016.[8][9] She represented Switzerland in the qualification tournament for the 2018 Winter Olympics, at which the Swiss qualified for the Games.[10]
Officiating career[edit]
Staiger has served as a referee in the Swiss system since 2020, where she has officiated in the Women's League (SWHL A) and men's 1. Liga.[2][11]
She has also officiated at International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and IIHF-affiliated events, including at the 2022–23 Euro Hockey Tour's 5-Nations Tournament in Ängelholm and the Group A tournament of the 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Staiger has two brothers who are also engaged in ice hockey. Her eldest brother, Willy (born 1989), has played in the 2. Liga with EHC Bassersdorf for more than a decade and her elder brother, Anthony (born 1993), is captain of EHC Winterthur in the Swiss League.[13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Player Profile: Reica Staiger". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b Pfiffner, Lukas (12 February 2023). "Aus Zuversicht wird Zerfall: SC Herisau verliert gegen Wetzikon mit 1:8". Appenzeller Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Monnin, Daniel (28 April 2018). "SWHL A: Transfers bei den ZSC Lions". FrauenNati.ch (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Reica Staiger rejoins the ZSC Lions, Shannon Sigrist off to Weinfelden". SwissHockeyNews.ch (Press release). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Geschichte der Lions-Frauen – Jubiläen bei den Löwinnen". ZSC Lions (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Assist Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Defencemen Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 662. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ Merk, Martin (6 March 2017). "Swiss ready for Plymouth". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Switzerland – Overview: Referees & Linesmen". International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division 1, Group A – Competition Officials". International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Kindhauser, Urs (1 October 2021). "Anthony Staiger beim EHC Winterthur – Eine neue Aufgabe für den Rollenspieler". Der Landbote (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "EHC Winterthur stellt Weichen für die neue Saison". EHC Winterthur (Press release) (in German). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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