Roman Josi is a 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...

 defenceman who currently plays for the Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators

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 of the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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. Josi began playing professionally with Bern in 2006. He was selected by the Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators

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 in the second round, 38th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft

2008 NHL Entry Draft

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. Josi is considered one of the top Swiss prospects.

Josi was selected to play for the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

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. He previously represented Switzerland at the 2007 and 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

IIHF World U18 Championships

The IIHF World U18 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to Ice Hockey World Championships and World...

, the 2007, 2008, and 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, and the 2009 Ice Hockey World Championship.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005-06	SC Bern Future Jr.	Swiss-Jr.		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	SC Bern Future Jr.	Swiss-Jr.		33	14	16	30	28		14	1	3	4	2
2006-07	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....	Swiss-A		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	HC Neuchâtel Young-Sprinters Hockey Club Young-Sprinters Hockey Club is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Neuchâtel....	Swiss-B		3	2	0	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	SC Bern	Swiss-A		35	2	6	8	10		6	0	0	0	0
2008-09	SC Bern	Swiss-A		42	7	17	24	16		6	0	0	0	0
2009-10	SC Bern	Swiss-A		26	9	12	21	12		15	6	7	13	8
2010-11	Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...	AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...		69	6	34	40	22		13	1	6	7	8
Swiss-A totals				106	18	36	54	38		27	6	7	13	10

• All statistics taken from NHL.com

External links

• Information at Hockey's Future