Timo Pielmeier

Timo Pielmeier
Timo Pielmeier
Born	July 7, 1989 (age 37); Germany
Occupation	Ice hockey goaltender
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Playing in Deutsche Eishockey Liga, NHL draft by San Jose Sharks and trade to Anaheim Ducks, Olympic silver medalist 2018

Timo Pielmeier (born July 7, 1989) is a German ice hockey goaltender who currently holds unrestricted free agent status. His latest team affiliation was with ERC Ingolstadt competing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Selected in the third round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he was subsequently traded to the Anaheim Ducks.

Playing career

Pielmeier launched his junior hockey journey in Germany, guiding the Cologne EC Junior Sharks to capture the Deutsche Nachwuchs-Liga title during the 2006–07 season. Following this success, he transitioned to North America, where he spent one season with the St. John's Fog Devils of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). In 2008–09, he joined the Shawinigan Cataractes, leading them to the QMJHL championship series.

On the international stage, Pielmeier represented Germany's junior squad at both the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships and the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. At the 2008 World Junior Championship Division 1A, he earned recognition as the tournament’s top goaltender while helping Germany secure promotion to the elite division.

After being picked 83rd overall by San Jose in 2007, Pielmeier was traded to Anaheim in 2009 and turned professional that same year by joining the ECHL's Bakersfield Condors. During the 2009–10 campaign, he achieved a rare feat by scoring an empty-net goal, making him only the tenth goaltender in ECHL history to do so. That season, he ranked fifth among rookie goalies in goals-against average and was selected for the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game. Later on, he earned a call-up to play with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch.

Anaheim recalled Pielmeier on January 22, 2011. On December 12, 2011, he was involved in a trade sending him and defenseman Kurtis Foster to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Mark Fraser and Rod Pelley.

Following a strong performance with the Landshut Cannibals, Pielmeier inked a deal with ERC Ingolstadt for the DEL's 2013–14 season.

International play

Pielmeier made his debut with the German men's national ice hockey team in December 2013. He served as backup goaltender for Team Germany at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, appearing in one match as Germany secured the silver medal. Additionally, he participated in the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season									Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	OT	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%	GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
2007–08	St. John's Fog Devils	QMJHL	50	23	22	4	2719	136	1	3.00	.909	5	0	3	221	22	0	5.71	.838
2008–09	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	43	30	9	2	2407	107	2	2.67	.913	18	12	5	1021	47	0	2.76	.898
2009–10	Bakersfield Condors	ECHL	57	27	22	5	3251	178	0	3.29	.883	4	1	2	247	14	0	3.39	.893
2010–11	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	37	16	17	1	1942	100	1	3.09	.906
2010–11	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	1	0	0	0	40	5	0	7.50	.583
2010–11 ECHL season \| Elmira Jackals \| ECHL \|2 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|125 \|7 \|0 \|3.37 \|.873 \|-	2011–12 ECHL season \| Elmira Jackals \| ECHL \|33 \|17 \|10 \|3 \|1896 \|86 \|0 \|2.72 \|.910 \|3 \|0 \|2 \|172 \|9 \|0 \|3.13 \|.906 \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"	2011–12 AHL season \| Albany Devils \| AHL \|2 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|78 \|3 \|0 \|2.31 \|.938 \|-	2012–13 \| EV Landshut \| 2.GBun \|48 \|27 \|21 \|0 \|2931 \|111 \|4 \|2.27 \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"	2013–14 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \|43 \|20 \|23 \|0 \|2596 \|110 \|4 \|2.54 \|.911 \| 21 \| 14 \| 7 \| 1243 \| 38 \| 2 \| 1.83 \| .944 \|-	2014–15 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 51 \| 29 \| 22 \| 0 \| 3007 \| 138 \| 2 \| 2.75 \| .914 \| 18 \| 10 \| 8 \| 1095 \| 47 \| 0 \| 2.58 \| .920 \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"	2015–16 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 52 \| 23 \| 29 \| 0 \| 3058 \| 149 \| 0 \| 2.92 \| .907 \| 2 \| 0 \| 2 \| 125 \| 6 \| 0 \| 2.89 \| .910 \|-	2016–17 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 44 \| 21 \| 23 \| 0 \| 2536 \| 118 \| 2 \| 2.79 \| .910 \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"	2017–18 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 35 \| 22 \| 12 \| 0 \| 2055 \| 76 \| 6 \| 2.22 \| .927 \| 5 \| 1 \| 4 \| 333 \| 17 \| 0 \| 3.00 \| .910 \|-	2018–19 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 25 \| 13 \| 10 \| 0 \| 1392 \| 66 \| 1 \| 2.84 \| .900 \| 2 \| 0 \| 1 \| 96 \| 4 \| 0 \| 2.00 \| .880 \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"	2019–20 DEL season \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 23 \| 10 \| 10 \| 0 \| 1250 \| 61 \| 0 \| 2.93 \| .896 \|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"	NHL totals !1 !0 !0 !0 !40 !5 !0 !7.50 !.583 !

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