Playing career

Professional

Streit began his career in the Swiss Nationalliga A with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in 1995-96 as an 18-year-old. The following year, he transferred to HC Davos and improved to a 25-point campaign in 44 games in 1998-99, his third season with the team.

Garnering attention from North America, but undrafted by an NHL team, he bounced around the minor leagues in 1999-00, playing the majority of the season with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Streit returned to the Nationalliga and spent five seasons with ZSC Lions after his brief North American stint. He helped the Lions to a Swiss championship in 2001, as well as back-to-back IIHF Continental Cups in 2001 and 2002. After a 12-goal, 36-point season in 48 games in 2003-04, Streit was drafted in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, 262nd overall, by the Montreal Canadiens at 26 years old (players are typically drafted at the age of 18).

As the 2004-05 NHL season was cancelled due to a labour lockout, Streit remained with the Lions for one last season and posted a Belge career high 14 goals, 29 assists and 43 points in 44 games. In 2005-06, Streit made his NHL debut with the Canadiens, appearing in 48 games and recording 11 points. On March 16, 2006, in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Streit was joined by the only two other Swiss players playing in the NHL at the time, Montreal goalie David Aebischer and Carolina goalie Martin Gerber — a historic game for Swiss hockey.

Streit continued to make strides the following season, improving to 36 points in 76 games before emerging as an elite NHL defenceman in his third season with Montreal. In 2007-08, he finished third in league scoring among defencemen (behind only Nicklas Lidström and Sergei Gonchar) with 62 points in 81 games. Streit was made the Canadiens' nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy, awarded for perseverance and dedication to hockey.

Coming off a breakout campaign, Streit became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2008, and signed a five-year, $20.5 million contract with the New York Islanders. Upon signing with the Islanders, Streit became the second-highest paid Swiss professional athlete to Roger Federer, earning more than top national soccer players. During his first season with the Islanders, Streit was selected to appear in his first NHL All-Star Game in 2009. In his first season with the team, Streit led the Islanders in scoring with 56 points, becoming only the second defenseman to lead his team in scoring since the NHL lockout. The first was Ľubomír Višňovský, who led the Los Angeles Kings with 67 points in 2005-06.

On September 27, 2010, Streit tore his shoulder labrum and rotator cuff after a routine check into the boards by teammate Matt Moulson during a scrimmage. He was sidelined for the entire 2010-11 season.

Streit became the first Swiss-born team captain in NHL history, when the Islanders appointed him to the position in September 2011.

During the 2012-13 NHL lockout, Streit played for SC Bern of the Swiss National League A.

Streit - an unrestricted free agent entering the summer of 2013 - had his rights traded from the Islanders to the Philadelphia Flyers on June 12, 2013, for Shane Harper and a fourth round draft pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. On June 28, Streit signed a four-year, $21 million deal with the Flyers.

International play

Streit made his international debut at the 1995 European Junior Championships, then appeared in his first of two World Junior Championships in 1996. He scored one goal in five games as Switzerland finished ninth. In 1997, he scored two goals and Switzerland improved to seventh.

In 1998, Streit appeared in his first of ten consecutive World Championships. Playing as the host nation, Switzerland finished a surprising fourth, falling to the Czech Republic in the bronze-medal game. He scored an international career-best seven points in seven games in 2005, as Switzerland advanced to the quarter-finals, losing to Sweden 2-1.

Streit competed in his first Winter Olympics in 2002 in Salt Lake City. He scored two points in four preliminary games as Switzerland finished 11th.

As Streit was named team captain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Switzerland improved to sixth, topping international giants Czech Republic and Canada in their preliminary games. Streit scored the game-winning goal against the Czechs to defeat them 3-2 in the Swiss' second round-robin game, then assisted on the second goal of a 2-0 upset against Canada two days later. Following the stunning Swiss victory over Canada, an incredulous Streit admitted, "I never thought we could do that." In the quarter-finals, Streit scored in the first period to tie the game 1-1, but the Swiss were overpowered by Sweden 6-2.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995-96	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA		34	2	2	4	6		4	0	0	0	2
1996-97	HC Davos	NLA		46	2	9	11	18		6	0	0	0	0
1997-98	HC Davos	NLA		38	4	10	14	4		18	1	5	6	20
1998-99	HC Davos	NLA		44	7	18	25	42		6	3	3	6	8
1999-00	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	ECHL		14	0	5	5	16		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		1	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Springfield Falcons	AHL		43	3	12	15	18		5	0	0	0	2
2000-01	ZSC Lions	NLA		44	5	11	16	48		16	2	5	7	37
2001-02	ZSC Lions	NLA		28	7	16	23	36		14	0	6	6	10
2002-03	ZSC Lions	NLA		37	4	20	24	62		12	1	7	8	2
2003-04	ZSC Lions	NLA		48	12	24	36	78		13	5	2	7	14
2004-05	ZSC Lions	NLA		44	14	29	43	46		15	4	11	15	20
2005-06	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		48	2	9	11	28		1	0	0	0	0
2006-07	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		76	10	26	36	14		—	—	—	—	—
2007-08	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		81	13	49	62	28		11	1	3	4	8
2008-09	New York Islanders	NHL		74	16	40	56	62		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	New York Islanders	NHL		82	11	38	49	48		—	—	—	—	—
2011-12	New York Islanders	NHL		82	7	40	47	46		—	—	—	—	—
2012-13	SC Bern	NLA		32	7	19	26	30		—	—	—	—	—
2012-13	New York Islanders	NHL		48	6	21	27	22		6	2	3	5	4
2013-14	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	10	34	44	44		7	1	2	3	0
2014-15	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		81	9	43	52	36		—	—	—	—	—
2015-16	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		62	6	17	23	18		6	0	1	1	6
NHL totals				716	90	317	407	346		31	4	9	13	18

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Switzerland	EJC		5	1	2	3	6
1996	Switzerland	WJC		5	1	0	1	4
1997	Switzerland	WJC		6	2	0	2	31
1998	Switzerland	WC		9	0	0	0	2
1999	Switzerland	WC		6	4	0	4	2
2000	Switzerland	WC		7	0	1	1	4
2001	Switzerland	WC		6	0	3	3	2
2002	Switzerland	WC		6	0	3	3	4
2003	Switzerland	WC		7	0	4	4	10
2004	Switzerland	WC		7	1	1	2	2
2005	Switzerland	WC		7	1	6	7	4
2006	Switzerland	OG		6	2	1	3	6
2006	Switzerland	WC		6	0	3	3	6
2007	Switzerland	WC		7	1	3	4	6
2009	Switzerland	WC		6	1	4	5	8
2010	Switzerland	OG		5	0	3	3	0
2012	Switzerland	WC		7	2	2	4	6
2014	Switzerland	OG		4	0	1	1	2
2015	Switzerland	WC		8	0	2	2	6
Junior totals				11	3	0	3	35
Senior totals				104	12	37	49	70

[ Source: Wikipedia ]