) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 goaltender

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

. He is popular for his energetic style of play, for his sportsmanship

Sportsmanship

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 and also for being a great entertainer and showman.

Playing career

Tosio began his professional career playing for EHC Chur

EHC Chur

Eishockey Club Chur is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-Not to be Forgotten:* Ken Baumgartner* Renato Tosio* Fausto Mazzoleni* Dino Kessler* Thomas Vrabec* Harijs Vitolinsh-External links:*...

, after playing in junior teams of the club since he was 8 years old. He stayed with Chur until the end of the 1986/87 season, twice winning the NLB championship and thus promoting to the NLA (in 1984 and 1986).

He then played 14 years for SC Bern

SC Bern

Schlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....

, the first game on October 3, 1987 against EHC Biel

EHC Biel

The EHC Biel or HC Bienne is a professional ice hockey Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A....

 and the final one on March 20, 2001 against HC Lugano.

He was Swiss Ice Hockey Champion for four times with SC Bern: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997

His jersey number 31 has since been retired. Other retired numbers include 7 (Martin Rauch

Martin Rauch

Martin Rauch is a professional ice hockey defender. He played for the junior teams of EHC Rot-Blau Bern until he started his pro career with the SC Bern.- Achievements :*1989 - NLA Champion with SC Bern...

), 12 (Roland Dellsberger) and 16 (Sven Leuenberger

Sven Leuenberger

Sven Leuenberger is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey Defender. Playing in the NLA-A, Leuenberger accumulated 74 goals, 173 assists, and 443 penalty minutes in the regular season....

). These numbers are inscribed on a huge banner below the roof of the PostFinance Arena, the home venue of the SC Bern

SC Bern

Schlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....

.

Records

• From February 23, 1985 to March 20, 2001 Tosio played 713 NL games in a row, without missing one due to illness or injury.

Career statistics

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO
1979-80	EHC Chur EHC Chur Eishockey Club Chur is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-Not to be Forgotten:* Ken Baumgartner* Renato Tosio* Fausto Mazzoleni* Dino Kessler* Thomas Vrabec* Harijs Vitolinsh-External links:*...	NLB		3	0	3	0	123	14	0
1981-82	EHC Chur	NLB		21	12	6	3	1260	89	0
1982-83	EHC Chur	NLB		37	26	9	2	2340	115	2
1983-84	EHC Chur	NLB		42	28	11	3	2519	136	2
1984-85	EHC Chur	NLA		35	3	30	2	1919	193	0
1985-86	EHC Chur	NLB		41	21	13	7	2479	137	1
1986-87	EHC Chur	NLA		36	10	24	2	2155	164	1
1987-88	SC Bern SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....	NLA		36	12	20	4	2158	147	1
1988-89	SC Bern	NLA		47	32	11	4	2808	136	3
1989-90	SC Bern	NLA		47	28	13	6	2826	142	3
1990-91	SC Bern	NLA		46	37	3	6	2735	100	4
1991-92	SC Bern	NLA		47	30	11	6	2789	118	6
1992-93	SC Bern	NLA		41	22	15	4	2465	133	0
1993-94	SC Bern	NLA		41	20	17	4	2498	115	2
1994-95	SC Bern	NLA		42	21	18	3	2559	138	1
1995-96	SC Bern	NLA		47	27	16	4	2840	126	2
1996-97	SC Bern	NLA		59	38	19	2	3564	170	5
1997-98	SC Bern	NLA		47	22	18	7	2864	152	2
1998-99	SC Bern	NLA		51	24	22	5	3215	176	2
1999-00	SC Bern	NLA		50	20	23	7	2850	149	1
2000-01	SC Bern	NLA		54	26	19	9	3355	128	3
NLB Totals				144	87	321	42	8721	491	6
NLA Totals				726	372	279	75	43600	2287	36
NL Totals				870	459	321	90	52321	2778	42

International play

Renato Tosio played a total of 183 games for the Swiss national team

Swiss national ice hockey team

The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2010 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF...

, 145 on the ice and 38 as substitute goaltender.

He participated in the following tournaments:

• 5 A World Championships
  Ice Hockey World Championships
  The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
  
  : 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995

• 5 B World Championships: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997

• 2 Olympic Games
  Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
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  : 1988 in Calgary
  Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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   and 1992 in Lillehammer
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, a ski resort about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team.-Final rankings:# # # # # # #...
  
  

GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
145	57	71	17	515	6

Tosio wore jersey number 28 in the national team.

Awards

Winner of the Jacques Plante Trophy

Jacques Plante Trophy

The Jacques Plante Trophy is awarded annually to the best ice hockey goalkeeper in Switzerland as voted on by a jury consisting of the captains and the coaches of the teams in the Nationalliga A. The Jacques Plante Trophy was donated in 1986 by legendary Canadian goaltender Jacques Plante's widow...

: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997

Swiss Hockey Award: 2003