Nikolaus Hartl

Nikolaus Hartl
Date of birth	December 18, 1991
place of birth	Zell am See , Austria
Nickname	Niki
size	179 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 96
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2006-2011	EK Zell am See
2011-2013	EC VSV
2013-2016	Vienna Capitals
2016-2017	Straubing Tigers
since 2017	Vienna Capitals

Nikolaus "Niki" Hartl (born December 18, 1991 in Zell am See ) is an Austrian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian ice hockey league since February 2017 .

Career

Nikolaus Hartl began his ice hockey career in his hometown at EK Zell am See and went through various youth departments there. In 2011 Hartl ventured into the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga to join the EC VSV and spent two seasons there. For the 2013/14 season he moved to the Vienna Capitals and played in the capital for three years.

For the first time in his career, Hartl moved abroad to the Straubing Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League . After 30 games and an assist, he moved back to the Vienna Capitals in February 2017 and strengthened the team for the upcoming playoffs. In the same year he won the Austrian championship title with the Capitals .

International

In the junior division Hartl first played for Austria at the U18 World Cup in 2009 in Division I, when he was the best goal setter. With the U20 selection of the Alpine country, he took part in the 2010 World Cup in the top division and in the 2011 World Cup in Division I.

He made his debut in the men's national team on November 11, 2011 in a 3-2 draw in a friendly against Italy in Miskolc, Hungary . In the following years he also made occasional international appearances, but has not yet been used in world championships or the Olympic Games.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Most assists in the U18 World Cup, Division I, Group B
• 2017 Austrian champion with the Vienna Capitals

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006/07	EK Zell am See U20	Austria U20		14th	10	7th	17th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	EK Zell am See U20	Austria U20		18th	16	13	29	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	EK Zell am See	National league		6th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	EK Zell am See U20	Austria U20		12	9	9	18th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	EK Zell am See	National league		22nd	2	1	3	6th		8th	0	2	2	6th
2009/10	EK Zell am See U20	Austria U20		9	8th	14th	22nd	41		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	EK Zell am See	National league		29	8th	13	21st	49		2	2	0	2	2
2010/11	EK Zell am See U20	Austria U20		8th	8th	11	19th	29		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	EK Zell am See	National league		29	12	11	23	20th		4th	1	0	1	2
2011/12	EC VSV	EBEL		41	2	1	3	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	EC VSV II	Austria4		1	1	2	3	0		3	0	2	2	0
2012/13	EC VSV	EBEL		42	5	4th	9	29		7th	0	0	0	0
2013/14	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		54	4th	7th	11	6th		5	0	0	0	2
2014/15	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		32	3	6th	9	2		15th	1	2	3	4th
2015/16	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		54	3	4th	7th	12		5	0	1	1	6th
2016/17	Straubing Tigers	DEL		30th	0	1	1	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		4th	0	0	0	0		12	0	1	1	2
2017/18	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		54	9	15th	24	22nd		11	0	0	0	2
2018/19	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		36	7th	4th	11	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		41	5	10	15th	20th		3	0	0	0	0
Austria U20 overall				61	51	54	105	122		-	-	-	-	-
National league overall				86	22nd	25th	47	75		14th	3	2	5	10
DEL total				30th	0	1	1	14th		-	-	-	-	-
EBEL total				358	38	51	89	103		58	1	4th	5	16

( 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

Commons : Nikolaus Hartl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nikolaus Hartl at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A trio strengthens the Capitals Offensive - UPC Vienna Capitals. Retrieved July 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Niki Hartl returns to the UPC Vienna Capitals - UPC Vienna Capitals. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .