Sven Andrighetto

He registered a point in his first three games to become the first Hab to do so since Pierre Mondou in 1978.

The Montreal Canadiens held the 86th pick in the third round of the draft and made him the second Swiss player selected (and the first forward hailing from the country), behind Mirco Müller, whom the San Jose Sharks with the 18th pick.

Sven Andrighetto (born 21 March 1993) is a Swiss professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).

Andrighetto had previously played in Canada at the 2006 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a youth team from Zürich.

Despite his small size, Andrighetto managed to score 74 points (36 goals and 38 assists), along with 50 penalty minutes.

He was a –23 in plus/minus despite his high scoring.

The Huskies made it to the playoffs but lost to the Shawinigan Cataractes in a four-game sweep.

Andrighetto had two assists and four penalty minutes in those four games.

In the 2010–11 season while playing for the Lions, he was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2011 World Junior tournament.

Playing 36 games for GCK, he recorded 23 points (11 goals and 12 assists) and 20 penalty minutes.

Loaned to eventual NLB champion EHC Visp, he was scoreless in two regular-season games, adding one goal, two assists, and 12 penalty minutes in 17 playoff games.

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies selected him in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2011 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Import Draft from the GCK Lions of the Swiss National League B (NLB), Switzerland's second-tier professional league.

For the 2011–12 QMJHL season, Andrighetto moved to Canada to play in the QMJHL.

He previously played with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, with whom he would finish sixth in scoring in 2012–13.

Andrighetto returned to Rouyn-Noranda and the Huskies for the 2012–13 QMJHL season.

He had a successful season in his second year in North America, playing in 53 games for the team but recording 98 points (31 goals and 67 assists) to finish sixth in regular season scoring in the QMJHL, with 45 penalty minutes as well as a +25 plus/minus rating.

With the Huskies once again in the playoffs, they made a run to the semi-finals, falling to the Halifax Mooseheads.

Andrighetto played in all of 14 games, with eight goals and 22 assists for 30 points with only 14 penalty minutes.

He was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the third-round (86th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, his last year of eligibility.

Andrighetto was entering his final year of eligibility for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft; he was 20 years of age when the draft came, held in Newark, New Jersey.

On 15 July 2013, the Canadiens signed Andrighetto to a three-year, entry-level contract, detailed to a two-way deal, worth $625,000 if Andrighetto played in the NHL and $70,000 if he played in the American Hockey League (AHL).

The contract also included a $75,000 signing bonus.

Andrighetto reported to the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs for the 2013–14 season, his rookie campaign in the AHL.

He scored 44 points (17 goals and 27 assists) in 64 games played and added 40 penalty minutes with a –4 plus-minus rating.

Unable to make the Canadiens out of training camp and pre-season, Andrighetto returned to the Bulldogs for the 2014–15 season.

He contributed a goal and two assists in a game on 2 December 2014 against the Adirondack Flames at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Recalled by the Canadiens in December, he made his NHL debut in a 4–1 loss to the Dallas Stars on 6 December, recording his first goal with assists from Tomáš Plekanec and Jiří Sekáč.

Andrighetto was assigned to begin the 2015–16 season with the Canadiens' new AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps.

On 20 November 2015, he was recalled to Montreal for the remainder of the season after producing 23 points in 26 games.

After that, he enjoyed the most productive period in his career, scoring seven goals and 17 points in 40 games.

Andrighetto had a slow start at training camp before the 2016–17 season and was reassigned to the IceCaps.

Scoring at more than a point-per-game pace in the AHL, Andrighetto earned another recall to Montreal.

Struggling to secure a defined role in the team and having contributed only 8 points in 27 games, Andrighetto was traded by the Canadiens at the trade deadline on 1 March 2017 to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Andreas Martinsen.

Andrighetto became the first Swiss skater to appear for the franchise when he made his debut at the Pepsi Center in a 3–0 shutout defeat to the St. Louis Blues on 5 March 2017.

He recorded his first point in his second game with the Avalanche when he contributed an assist toward their 3–1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

On 11 March 2017, he scored his first goal for the Avalanche in a 4–2 defeat to the Ottawa Senators.

Given an extended opportunity in a scoring role on a line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, Andrighetto blossomed to lead the Avalanche in scoring through the month of March and finish the season with 16 points in 19 games.

Protected in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, Andrighetto agreed to a two-year, $2.8 million contract extension with Colorado on 28 June 2017.

After his first training camp with the Avalanche, Andrighetto began the 2017–18 season on Colorado's top two scoring lines, collecting his first goal and assist in the third game of the season in a 4–0 victory against the Boston Bruins on 9 October 2017.

After collecting 12 points in his first 16 games, Andrighetto slowed offensively before suffering a leg injury against the New York Islanders on 31 December 2017.