James Bettauer

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Flag of Canada and Germany.svg  James Bettauer Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 19, 1991
place of birth Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Betsy
size 185 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
number # 16
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2007-2008 Penticton Vees
2008-2009 Chilliwack Bruins
2009-2010 Burnaby Express
2010-2011 Prince Albert Raiders
2011–2012 Medicine Hat Tigers
2012-2014 Hamburg Freezers
2014-2016 Augsburg panther
2016-2018 Straubing Tigers
2018-2019 Krefeld penguins
since 2018 Sheffield Steelers

James Bettauer (born March 19, 1991 in Mississauga , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player with German nationality who has been on the ice for the Sheffield Steelers since July 2019 .

Personal

Bettauer moved from Mississauga to Port Moody , British Columbia , a suburb of Vancouver , at the age of five , where he spent his childhood and youth. His sister, who is twelve years younger than him, also plays ice hockey and also plays rings . His father owns two pet shops, he is originally from Berlin , which is why his son has German citizenship.

Career

James Bettauer began his career as a hockey player at the age of 16 with the Penticton Vees, for which he was active in the Canadian Junior League British Columbia Hockey League in the 2007/08 season . With his team he won the championship title of the BCHL straight away , among others together with the later NHL professional Zac Dalpe . After this success, the Chilliwack Bruins from the WHL signed him. However, Bettauer could not convince here. The following season he played again in the BCHL for Burnaby Express. After an increase over the previous season, he received another contract in the WHL, with the Prince Albert Raiders . In the summer of 2011, Bettauer and the Hamburg Freezers team prepared for the new season. On October 24, 2011, the Medicine Hat Tigers announced the signing of Bettauer, and striker Kellan Tochkin was transferred to the Raiders for the services of the defender . At the end of the 2011/12 season , the right-handed player had 21 goals, making the attacking player the defender with the most goals in the league.

On May 7, 2012, the Hamburg Freezers finally announced the change of the German-Canadian, where he signed a one-year contract. He scored his first goal in the German Ice Hockey League in the 3: 4 away defeat against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . Due to a broken ankle, Bettauer had to take a break during the season. Despite this injury, the Freezers extended the defender's contract for another year.

From 2014 to 2016 Bettauer played for the Augsburger Panthers before moving to the Straubing Tigers within the DEL for the 2016/17 season. After two years in Lower Bavaria, Bettauer will switch to the Krefeld Penguins for the 2018/19 season .

Style of play

The offensive defender, who can also be used as a power forward , is described as a good skater who also has solid puck control. The sports director of Hamburg Freezers Stéphane Richer says of him: “He can be used as a defender in all situations, is very calm for his young age, has good running skills and has offensive skills. In addition, James certainly still has a lot of development potential. "

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 BCHL Championship with the Penticton Vees
  • 2012 Most defender goals in the WHL

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
2007/08 Penticton Vees BCHL 42 0 3 3 16 1 0 0 0 0
2008/09 Chilliwack Bruins WHL 68 1 6th 7th 21st - - - - -
2009/10 Burnaby Express BCHL 33 7th 16 23 59 - - - - -
2010/11 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 70 5 18th 23 62 6th 0 2 2 4th
2011/12 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 15th 5 4th 9 10 - - - - -
2011/12 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 59 16 33 49 20th 8th 4th 2 6th 2
2012/13 Hamburg Freezers DEL 39 5 5 10 6th 4th 0 0 0 0
2013/14 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 3 4th 7th 42 12 1 1 2 0
2014/15 Augsburg panther DEL 50 9 17th 26th 68 - - - - -
2015/16 Augsburg panther DEL 52 3 12 15th 26th - - - - -
2016/17 Straubing Tigers DEL 48 10 4th 14th 28 2 0 2 2 0
WHL overall 212 27 61 88 113 14th 4th 4th 8th 6th
DEL total 239 30th 42 72 170 18th 1 3 4th 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tigershockey.com Tigers acquire 20-year old d-man & bantam pick for Kellan Tochkin
  2. ↑ a b mopo.de Freezers get defense jewel James Bettauer
  3. ↑ eishockey-24.de Freezers are defeated in Nuremberg after a contested game ( Memento from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Freezers extend with Mathieu Roy, Kevin Schmidt and James Bettauer. In: hockeyweb.de. August 10, 1983. Retrieved August 11, 2018 .
  5. ^ Straubing Tigers with numerous personnel decisions. In: Sueddeutsche.de =. March 28, 2016 .;
  6. ↑ James Bettauer and Joel Keussen play for Krefeld. In: [www.hockeyweb.de]. March 21, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bettauer, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Mississauga , Ontario , Canada