Jari Pietsch

Jari Pietsch
Date of birth	5th January 1991
place of birth	Berlin , Germany
size	183 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	striker
number	# 15
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2009	Eisbären Juniors Berlin
2009-2010	FASS Berlin
2010-2013	Dresden Ice Lions
2013-2015	EHC Bayreuth

Jari Pietsch (born January 5, 1991 in Berlin ) is a former German ice hockey player who was last under contract with EHC Bayreuth in the ice hockey league .

Career

Jari Pietsch began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown Berlin, initially in the youth department of the BSC Prussia . At the age of 12 he moved to the Eisbären Juniors Berlin , for whom he was active in the German Junior League from 2006 to 2009 . At the same time, he made his debut in the major league for the second team in the 2008/09 season , the Eisbären Berlin, the Eisbären Juniors , for which he played in the following two years. He also played four games for the professional team of the Dresdner Eislöwen in the 2nd Bundesliga .

For the 2010/11 season he switched completely to the 2nd Bundesliga, where Pietsch earned a regular place with the Dresdner Eislöwen and scored a goal in a total of 56 games and gave two assists. Before the following season, Pietsch signed a two-year contract and was still part of the Eislöwen squad, but from December 2011 until the following season he was out due to illness. After his comeback, Pietsch was able to earn a regular place again and scored 4 goals and provided another 4 assists in the 2012/13 season.

For the 2013/14 season he moved to Bayreuth to study and played for the Bayreuth Tigers in the Oberliga Süd. With Bayreuth he reached the semi-finals and scored 10 goals and provided 17 assists in the season. In the following season, some minor injuries threw him back, but he scored 11 goals and 10 assists and was able to move into the semifinals again with the Bayreuth Tigers.

International

For Germany , Pietsch took part in the U18 Junior World Championship 2009 in Fargo , North Dakota . In the course of the tournament he remained pointless in six games and received eight penalty minutes.

Pietsch completed a total of 23 international matches for the U18 national team and eight for the U19 national team, as well as two more for the U20 national team.

Oberliga

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	93	21st	28	49	94
Playoffs	2	15th	5	4th	9	24

(Status: end of the 2015/11 season)

2. Bundesliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	4th	112	7th	9	11	137
Playoffs	1	9	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2015/11 season)

National team

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	35	3	1	4th	14th

(Status: end of the 2015/11 season)

Web links

• Jari Pietsch at eliteprospects.com (English)