{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player (born 1983)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | caption = | alt = | image = Beat Forster 2008-08-08.jpg | image_size = 230px | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|2}} | birth_place = Herisau, Switzerland | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 220 | position = Defence | shoots = Left | played_for = ZSC Lions<br>HC Davos<br>EHC Biel | ntl_team = Switzerland | draft = 78th overall | draft_year = 2001 | draft_team = Phoenix Coyotes | career_start = 2000 | career_end = 2024 }} '''Beat Forster''' (born February 2, 1983) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most notably played for HC Davos where he won 5 NL titles. He also played for the ZSC Lions and won one NL title with the team. Forster also played 7 years for EHC Biel before retiring following the 2023/24 season.

He is currently an assistant coach for EHC Biel.

==Playing career== On February 17, 2015, Forster was re-signed to a four-year contract extension by HC Davos.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.hcd.ch/team-single.41.0.html?&tx_ttnews<!--[tt_news]=3774&tx_ttnews[backPid]-->=192&cHash=3f769f0927 | title = Davos extend contract of four | publisher = HC Davos | date = 2015-02-17 | accessdate = 2015-02-17 | language = German | archive-date = 2015-07-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150728061616/http://www.hcd.ch/team-single.41.0.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

On February 13, 2017, Forster agreed to a two-year contract with EHC Biel worth CHF 1.4 million, despite two years remaining on his contract with Davos. The contract will start for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/8643-bye-bye-davos-hello-biel-beat-forster-signs-two-year-deal-with-ehc-biel | title = Bye Bye Davos, Hello Biel - Beat Forster signed two-year deal with EHC Biel | publisher = www.swisshockeynews.ch | date = 2017-02-13 | accessdate = 2017-02-13 | archive-date = 2017-09-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084041/https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/8643-bye-bye-davos-hello-biel-beat-forster-signs-two-year-deal-with-ehc-biel | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==International play== Forster played for the Swiss national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1999–2000 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | 34 || 4 || 15 || 19 || 40 | 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | 27 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 44 | 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- | 2000–01 | HC Davos | NLA | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | SC Herisau | SUI.2 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2001–02 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | 4 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | HC Davos | NLA | 33 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 49 | 16 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 2002–03 | HC Davos | NLA | 30 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 24 | 17 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | EHC Lenzerheide–Valbella | SUI.3 | 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2003–04 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 34 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 36 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | HC Davos | NLA | 29 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 28 | 15 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 10 |- | 2004–05 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 32 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 83 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2006–07 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 44 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 119 | 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 49 || 14 || 11 || 25 || 136 | 15 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 16 |- | 2008–09 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 26 || 5 || 11 || 16 || 58 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | HC Davos | NLA | 13 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 32 | 21 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 44 |- | 2009–10 | HC Davos | NLA | 50 || 13 || 18 || 31 || 97 | 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | HC Davos | NLA | 47 || 5 || 17 || 22 || 93 | 14 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 40 |- | 2011–12 | HC Davos | NLA | 37 || 5 || 20 || 25 || 40 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | HC Davos | NLA | 35 || 4 || 13 || 17 || 51 | 7 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 6 |- | 2013–14 | HC Davos | NLA | 48 || 4 || 10 || 14 || 66 | 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | HC Davos | NLA | 15 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 18 | 15 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 10 |- | 2015–16 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 || 8 || 13 || 21 || 116 | 8 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 29 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | HC Davos | NLA | 48 || 4 || 24 || 28 || 40 | 10 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 24 |- | 2017–18 | EHC Biel | NL | 46 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 38 | 12 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | EHC Biel | NL | 21 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 20 | 12 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 |- | 2019–20 | EHC Biel | NL | 50 || 2 || 12 || 14 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | EHC Biel | NL | 41 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 46 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2021–22 | EHC Biel | NL | 49 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 24 | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NL totals ! 838 ! 99 ! 213 ! 312 ! 1242 ! 200 ! 16 ! 44 ! 60 ! 277 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2000 | Switzerland | WJC18 | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 |- | 2001 | Switzerland | WJC18 | 7 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 34 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002 | Switzerland | WJC | 7 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- | 2003 | Switzerland | WJC | 6 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003 | Switzerland | WC | 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 8 |- | 2004 | Switzerland | WC | 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005 | Switzerland | OGQ | 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- | 2005 | Switzerland | WC | 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 | Switzerland | OG | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- | 2006 | Switzerland | WC | 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007 | Switzerland | WC | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- | 2008 | Switzerland | WC | 7 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Junior totals ! 34 ! 3 ! 8 ! 11 ! 74 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 50 ! 8 ! 7 ! 15 ! 50 |}

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