Pauli Jaks
Pauli Jaks ( born January 25, 1972 in Schaffhausen ) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender and current coach. During his playing career he played for HC Ambri -Piotta, the SCL Tigers and Genève -Servette HC of the Swiss National League A. On January 29 of 1995, yaks Swiss ice hockey history when he was in the first trained in Switzerland player to use the North American National Hockey League came. Since the end of his career, he has worked as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and the HC Sierre of the National League B. His older brother Peter was also a professional hockey player and worked for many years at HC Ambri -Piotta.
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Career
After yaks had gone through the youth department of the HC Ambri -Piotta, he played from the 1989/90 season at HC Ambri -Piotta in the National League A. First, as a substitute of Brian Daccord, starting from the season 1990/91 then as a regular keeper. After an outstanding performance at the Junior World Championship in 1991 in Canada and the Scouts of the National Hockey League became aware of the Swiss goalkeeper, who emulated his playing style after his idol Patrick Roy. So voted him the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 in the fifth round at 108th position. However, Jaks stayed two more years in Ambri and was awarded in spring 1992 as the best goalkeeper in the NLA - season, before he moved to North America.
In his first season there, the Kings put him in their farm team, the Phoenix Roadrunners of the International Hockey League, where he posts the goalkeeper with Rick Knickle and David Goverde shared. In the following season, his ice ages behind Byron Dafoe and Mike O'Neill reduced significantly. However, Jaks wrote on January 29, 1995 Swiss ice hockey history when he came the first trained in Switzerland player to use in the National Hockey League. The Dress of the Los Angeles Kings, he replaced against the Chicago Blackhawks after the first intermission Jamie Storr between the post and played 40 minutes in goal. He suffered two goals.
But it remained until the end of the season in this one application and so Pauli Jaks returned in the summer of 1995 back to Switzerland for HC Ambri -Piotta. He immediately became again the goalkeeper and made the jump to the Swiss national team. Overall, the goalkeeper remained until the summer of 2004 in Ambri. He lived with the club in the years 1998 and 1999, the most successful period of the selfsame in recent history, as twice winning the IIHF Continental Cup and the Swiss runner was celebrated. In addition, the team was crowned in August 1999 by winning the IIHF Super Cup, the most successful club team in Europe.
In the summer of 2004 Jaks took the re- transfer abroad and was taken from the Russian champions Avangard Omsk HK from the Super League under contract. Behind the Canadian standard Maracle and the Russian Maxim Sokolov Jaks was third goalkeeper, after he left the club after just one eight missions in the Super League and in the third class Perwaja League again and returned to Switzerland. Since the HCAP but had no need for a goalkeeper to Jaks the SCL Tigers followed, where he helped in the play- downs to remain in the NLA. He spent his last season as a professional in the Forward Morges HC in the National League B.
After the end of his active career, yaks dedicated specifically to the promotion of young talent and since 2006 has worked as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and since 2009 the professional clubs HC Sierre of the National League B.
Internationally
Jaks first played at the Junior European Championships in 1990 for Switzerland. Self at junior level he had in 1991 and 1992. His achievements in 1991, as yaks saved the climber before re- descent at the Junior World Championships, were honored with the appointment as the best goalkeeper of the tournament and the election to the All- Star team. A year later, he failed to prevent relegation to the B group.
In the senior level yaks had when Switzerland ascended his only appearance at the B World Cup again in 1996 in the A group. At the World Championships in 1999 and 2000, he acted as his replacement and remained in each case without inserts. Overall, the keeper played 38 international matches for the Swiss national team.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Switzerland at:
- U18 European Junior Championships 1990
- U20 World Junior Championships 1991
- U20 World Junior Championships 1992
- B- World Cup 1996
- 1999 World Cup
- World Cup 2000
( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )