Marco Maurer

Playing career

Maurer made his National League debut with EV Zug during the 2005–06 NLA season. That same season, playing for the Swiss junior selection, he won the WJC-U18 D1, which promoted Switzerland to the elite group. At the 2007 World Junior Championship, he broke his neck in a game against Finland. On December 22, 2008, he signed with Genève-Servette HC for the 2009-2010 season; during that season he was loaned to Lausanne HC for the end of the playoffs and won the LNB championship. On March 22, 2010, he signed a two-year contract with SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. On November 19, 2011, during a match against HC Davos, he suffered a wrist injury that ended his season. On December 12, 2011, he signed a contract linking him to ZSC Lions until summer 2014. During the 2012 Spengler Cup, he was loaned to Adler Mannheim, playing three games with no points and four penalty minutes; Mannheim was eliminated in the quarter-finals by HC Fribourg-Gottéron. After signing a contract with HC Lugano for the next two seasons, he was traded by ZSC Lions to Lugano in return for Dan Fritsche. On January 4, 2014, during a match against Lausanne HC, a puck deflected into the public and struck his wife Sabrina in the head, causing her to lose an eye. Maurer and his wife filed a lawsuit against HC Lugano, which refused to take responsibility because Sabrina had not bought her ticket. On January 7, 2015, despite having a contract valid for one more season with Lugano, Maurer signed with EHC Biel for the next two seasons. On December 12, 2016, he extended for two years with EHC Biel. On December 24, 2017, he detained a thief in the streets of Zug until police arrived. Nearing the end of his contract, he wished to extend with Biel, but the sports director did not offer a sufficient salary in his eyes. On January 17, 2019, he agreed to a two-year contract for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons to return to Genève-Servette HC. On June 2, 2020, he signed an early one-year contract extension through the 2021/22 season. On February 20, 2022, he signed a two-year contract extension with Servette. After being a finalist the previous season, Genève-Servette became champion during the 2022-23 season.