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{{shortShort description|Swiss professional ice hockey player (born 1985)}}

| teamplayed_for = [[Kloten Flyers]]<br>[[Ottawa Senators]]<br>[[ZSC Lions]]

| ntl_team = SwitzerlandSUI

| birth_date = {{Birthbirth date and age|1985|12|30|mf=y}}

'''Roman Wick''' (born December 30, 1985) is a [[Swiss (people)|Swiss]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player. whoWick currently playsplayed for the[[EHC Kloten]] and [[ZSC Lions]] ofin the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] (NL). Wick previously played for [[EHC Kloten]] and for the [[Ottawa Senators]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was drafted in the fifth round (156th overall) of the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]] by the Senators who signed him to a one-year contract in 2010.

Internationally, Wick has competed as a member of Switzerland's national team in the [[2008 IIHF World Championship|2008]] and [[2009 IIHF World Championship]]s, and at the [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] and [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 357|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}}</ref>

Roman Wick began his hockey career in 2002 with the [[Kloten Flyers]], for whom he had already played in the junior leagues. He played two seasons with the Flyers in the NLA before being drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]]. Wick moved to the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) from 2004 to 2006 with the [[Red Deer Rebels]] and the [[Lethbridge Hurricanes]]. He returned to the Kloten Flyers for the 2006–07 season. After a tryout in 2007 with the Senators, he returned again to Kloten for the 2007–08 season and played there for three seasons.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In July 2010, the [[Ottawa Senators]] signed Wick to a two-year, [[two-way contract]]. The deal had been rumored since June, but was not finalized until July 14.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sport.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2010/06/14/Eishockey/Roman-Wick-in-die-NHL | title = Roman Wick to the NHL | website = sport.sf.tv | date = 2010-07-03 | accessdate = 2010-07-03}}</ref> After September training camp, Wick was assigned to the Ottawa Senator's affiliate team [[Binghamton Senators]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL). Wick was called up to Ottawa in February 2011, and played his first NHL game on February 25, 2011, in Buffalo against the [[Buffalo Sabres]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In 2011, he moved back to Switzerland and played again for the Kloten Flyers after having signed a three-yearsyear deal. In the Summer of 2012, Wick moved to the rival team ZSC Lions following financial issues that involved his former Club.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

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