Marcel Jenni

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Marcel Jenni
Jenni in Prague in May 2024.
Born (1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 51)
Zürich, SUI
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing, right wing, center, defense
Shot Left
Played for Kloten Flyers
HC Lugano
Färjestads BK
GC Zürich
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 1992–2015

Marcel Jenni (born 2 March 1974) is a professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the assistant coach for the Swiss National Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Jenni played over 1,000 professional games in the highest leagues of Switzerland (National League A - HC Lugano and EHC Kloten) and Sweden (Elitserien - Färjestad BK), as well as 17 appearances representing Switzerland in international competitions.

Playing career

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Jenni was born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland. He started his ice hockey career in 1981, at the age of 7, with EHC Illnau-Effretikon. He made his professional debut in the 1992-1993 season with GC Zürich in the Swiss League. The following season, 1993-1994, Jenni moved up to the Swiss National League A with HC Lugano, with whom he became a champion in the 1999 Swiss National League Championships. During his time in Lugano, he was named as 1997-1998 NLA Forward of the Year.[1] He enjoyed a great relationship with the fans in Lugano, who wrote a song about Jenni called Fenomeno ("Phenomenon").

Jenni played with HC Lugano until 2000, when he moved to Karlstad, Sweden to play for Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien. During his time in Sweden, he was the Elitserien Playoff Top Scorer in 2001[2] and became champion for the second time in 2002, in the Swedish Elitserien Championship. In Sweden, too, he was warmly embraced by Färjestad BK fans.

In 2005, Jenni returned to Switzerland to play for the Kloten Flyers. He enjoyed a 10-year run with the Flyers, during which he earned the nickname of "Hockeygott" ("Hockey God").[3] Jenni ultimately retired in an emotional farewell celebration in October 2015[4] after a major spinal injury and concussion incurred in an October 2014 game.

His playing career is distinguished both for its longevity (over 1,000 games over the course of 23 years, one of the longest professional ice hockey careers in Swiss history), and for his ability to play multiple positions at the highest level: left wing, center, right wing, and even defense.

International appearances

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Jenni has represented his native Switzerland in international competition 17 times. His first appearance was on the Swiss U18 National Team in 1991. He was on the U18 again in 1992, the U20 National Team in 1993 and 1994, and the Swiss National Team A in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2010. Jenni also represented Switzerland twice in the Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in Turin in 2006.

Coaching career

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After retiring in 2015 from his playing career, Jenni immediately began his coaching career as an assistant coach with the EVZ Academy in Zug, Switzerland, for the team’s inaugural season. In 2017-2018 he was named head coach of the EV Zug U17-Elit team, where he coached three seasons. He coached the team to a silver medal in 2018 and a gold medal in 2019 in the U17-Elit Swiss Championships. The 2020 championship was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Jenni was then selected as head coach for the Switzerland U18 National Team, where he served from 2021 to 2023. The team made the quarter-finals at the IIHF U18 World Championships all three years. In 2023, Jenni moved up as head coach of the Switzerland U20 National Team. He coached the team to the IIHF U20 World Championship quarter finals in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 before retiring from the position. Concurrently in 2023, Jenni began as the assistant coach to Patrick Fischer for the Switzerland Men’s National Ice Hockey Team, which he helped win silver medals in the 2024 and 2025 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships. Jenni will continue to coach the team in the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan, and in the 2026 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships, held this year in Switzerland.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI.3
1991–92 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI.2 U20
1991–92 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI.3
1992–93 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI.2 U20
1992–93 Grasshopper Club Zürich SUI.3
1993–94 HC Lugano NDA 34 3 5 8 44 9 3 2 5 4
1994–95 HC Lugano NDA 36 14 24 38 48 5 2 3 5 12
1995–96 HC Lugano NDA 35 14 20 34 24 4 1 1 2 2
1996–97 HC Lugano NDA 46 18 28 46 64 8 2 6 8 14
1997–98 HC Lugano NDA 40 12 34 46 60 7 5 4 9 8
1998–99 HC Lugano NDA 42 18 18 36 40 16 6 9 15 18
1999–2000 HC Lugano NLA 33 11 15 26 30 — — — — —
1999–2000 Färjestad BK SEL 14 6 4 10 18 7 1 2 3 4
2000–01 Färjestad BK SEL 48 12 17 29 32 16 7 11 18 16
2001–02 Färjestad BK SEL 49 9 13 22 22 10 1 7 8 10
2002–03 Färjestad BK SEL 38 14 17 31 46 14 3 3 6 18
2003–04 Färjestad BK SEL 50 13 13 26 50 16 1 1 2 10
2004–05 Färjestad BK SEL 25 2 6 8 6 15 5 6 11 45
2005–06 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 12 18 30 42 11 3 3 6 30
2006–07 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 6 21 27 92 11 4 4 8 18
2007–08 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 8 15 23 94 5 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 17 30 47 84 15 3 10 13 6
2009–10 Kloten Flyers NLA 49 8 20 28 40 10 1 6 7 26
2010–11 Kloten Flyers NLA 18 3 4 7 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Kloten Flyers NLA 48 12 12 24 65 5 1 2 3 2
2012–13 Kloten Flyers NLA 46 11 9 20 34 — — — — —
2013–14 Kloten Flyers NLA 38 6 12 18 32 15 1 2 3 16
2014–15 Kloten Flyers NLA 10 1 2 3 8 — — — — —
NDA/NLA totals 658 174 287 461 803 121 32 53 85 160
SEL totals 224 56 70 126 174 78 18 30 48 93

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1991 Switzerland EJC 5 0 1 1 4
1992 Switzerland EJC 6 2 1 3 30
1993 Switzerland WJC B 7 2 3 5 14
1994 Switzerland WJC 7 0 1 1 2
1995 Switzerland WC 7 1 0 1 8
1996 Switzerland WC B 7 3 0 3 4
1997 Switzerland OGQ 4 1 0 1 4
1997 Switzerland WC B 7 0 8 8 8
1998 Switzerland WC 9 3 5 8 14
1999 Switzerland WC 6 2 0 2 0
2000 Switzerland WC 7 2 3 5 4
2001 Switzerland WC 6 1 2 3 12
2002 Switzerland OG 2 0 0 0 0
2003 Switzerland WC 4 0 0 0 2
2004 Switzerland WC 7 2 2 4 12
2005 Switzerland OGQ 3 1 2 3 2
2006 Switzerland OG 6 0 0 0 4
2010 Switzerland WC 7 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 25 4 6 10 50
Senior totals 82 16 22 38 74

References

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  1. ^ "Awards - NL Foward of the Year". Elite Prospects. Elite Prospects. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Elitserien Forward Playoff Scoring Leaders 2001". Quant Hockey. Quant Hockey. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ Allemann, Marcel. "Monatelanges Leiden, aber (noch) kein Rücktritt". 20min.ch. 20Minuten. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ^ Reiner, Andreas. "Kloten wins after Marcel Jenni's farewell celebration". Eurohockey.com. European Ice Hockey Online AB. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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