Timo Pielmeier
Timo Pielmeier in the jersey of the Landshut Cannibals (2012 )
Timo Pielmeier (* July 7, 1989 in Deggendorf ) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL since 2013.
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Career
Pielmeier began his career in the youth department of his home club Deggendorf EC. In 2004 he moved to the young eagles Mannheim, with whom he in the season 2004/ 05 won the title in the DNL. After only one year in Mannheim, he moved on to the Cologne Sharks, where he was mainly as a result in the goal of DNL teams, but was eligible to play with a mining license for the first team. There he received after the injury of the root goalkeeper Oliver Jonas some inserts in the DEL as a back -up behind Thomas Greiss. With the DNL team of KEC Pielmeier won the 2007 German Championship in the offspring. He possessed at the Cologne a contract until 2007.
Pielmeier was available for the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 and was conducted in the scouting ranking of European Goalkeeper in tenth position. Ultimately, he was elected the San Jose Sharks in the third round at 83rd place out, whereupon Pielmeier moved to North America and in the 2007/ 08 season was active for the St. John's Fog Devils of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He finished the season with the highest catch rate of all the goalkeeper. In addition, he was ever awarded once as a rookie of the month as well as the best defensive player of the week and received the RDS Rookie Excellence Award as the best newcomer of his team in the first half of the season. As the Fog Devils disbanded at the end of the season took over the Shawinigan Cataractes his transfer rights at junior level. In the summer of 2008, he also received a three-year contract with the San Jose Sharks. On 4 March 2009 he was released in a swap deal to the Anaheim Ducks and played in the 2009/10 season with their farm team in Bakersfield. On 19 December 2009, the end of the meeting he succeeded in their game against the Utah Grizzlies with an Empty Net Goal few seconds the gateway to the 6-4 final score.
After spending training camp with the Anaheim Ducks, the keeper in the second squad reduction to the Syracuse Crunch was sent to the American Hockey League. 19 February 2011 Pielmeier made his debut for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League when he came in the game against the St. Louis Blues to use and had to put up five goals in twelve shots.
On December 12, 2011, he was transferred together with defender Kurtis Foster in exchange for Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser and a seventh- round choice of law in the NHL Entry Draft in 2012 to the New Jersey Devils.
In early June 2012, Pielmeier wrote a contract with the Landshut Cannibals and in February 2013 he announced, the game 2013/2014 season to go to the ERC Ingolstadt.
Internationally
Pielmeier has played in his early youth for various national teams of the German Ice Hockey Federation. With the U-18 selection team, he took part in the U18 World Cup in 2006, where he was voted the best German players. In addition, he joined the U-20 World Cup 2008 with the German team in the A- group.
Awards and achievements
- 2010 ECHL All-Star Game
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Germany at:
- U18 Junior A World Cup 2006
- U20 Junior A World Cup 2007
- U20 Junior B World Cup 2008
- U20 Junior A World Cup 2009