Oliver Jonas

Oliver Jonas
Date of birth	May 14, 1979
place of birth	Neuss , Germany
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 33
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1997-2001	Harvard University
2001-2005	Polar bears Berlin
2005-2007	Cologne Sharks
2007-2009	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg

Oliver Jonas (born May 14, 1979 in Neuss ) is a former German ice hockey goalkeeper who was last active for the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg from the German ice hockey league . In 2005 he became German champion with the Eisbären Berlin and played for the German national team at the World Cup in the same year .

Career

The 1.83 m tall goalie spent his studies at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts , for whose ice hockey team he played in the NCAA game operations . After college, the goalkeeper returned to his homeland, where he signed a contract with Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League .

Jonas played his first DEL game with the Eisbären on October 26, 2001 against the Munich Barons and stayed in the capital until the 2004/05 season . In addition, he was equipped in 2002/03 with a sponsorship license for the ETC Crimmitschau , for which he completed a game. With the Eisbären the left catcher came first twice in the preliminary round, once runner-up, and in 2005 he won the German championship with the team for the first time . In the 2002/03 season, Jonas also made it to the German national team for the first time , for which he completed four world championships, one World Cup and a total of 41 international matches. In May 2005 Jonas contract with Eisbären Berlin was terminated prematurely, whereupon the goalkeeper moved to the Cologne Sharks for the 2005/06 season.

Jonas's career stagnated somewhat in his first year in Cologne, but despite Adam Hauser's commitment for the 2006/07 season , thanks to good performances in the 2007 Skoda Cup, Jonas managed to return to the national team, for which he was also at the 2007 World Cup in Moscow the post stood. In the play-offs Jonas was no longer used for the Haie and switched to league rivals Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg for the 2007/08 season . On January 22, 2009, Jonas announced that he would end his career after the 2008-09 season.

Away from the ice, Harvard graduate Oliver Jonas holds a PhD in biophysics with a “Master of Physics” degree. His dissertation is entitled “Dynamics of Cell Adhesion ”. He is married and has two sons and a daughter. Oliver Jonas is the nephew of goalkeeper legend Helmut de Raaf , his sister Isabel Onken plays as a striker in the Bavarian State League for women at EHC Munich .

Career statistics

				Regular season									Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp.	Min	GGT	SO	GTS	SaT	SGH	Shots%		Sp.	Min	GGT	SO	GTS	SaT	SGH	Shots%
1997/98	Harvard University	NCAA		10	598	38	0	3.81
1998/99	Harvard University	NCAA		12	614	33	0	3.22
1999/00	Harvard University	NCAA		6th	328	20th	0	3.65
2000/01	Harvard University	NCAA		32	1903	95	2	2.99
2001/02	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		10	401	21st	0	3.14	193	172	89.12
2002/03	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		33	1977	89	2	2.70	981	892	90.93		1	23	0	0	0.00	6th	6th	100.00
2003/04	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		27	1540	57	4th	2.22	752	695	92.42		6th	370	12	2	1.95	157	145	92.36
2004/05	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		41	2401	100	2	2.50	1153	1053	91.33		12	507	17th	1	2.01	210	193	91.90
2005/06	Cologne Sharks	DEL		27	1546	72	0	2.79	864	792	91.67		1	20th	2	0	6.00	15th	12	86.67
2006/07	Cologne Sharks	DEL		13	723: 52	31	0	2.57	392	361	92.1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	DEL		36	2129	119	0	3.35	1073	954	90.0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	DEL		26th	1472	64	1	2.61	701	637	90.9		10	618	22nd	1	2.13	316	294	93.0
	Total career	DEL		213	12190	553	11	2.72	6109	5556	90.95		30th	1538	53	4th	2.07	704	651	92.48

Web links

• Oliver Jonas at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Oliver Jonas at hockeydb.com (English)
• Oliver Jonas at eurohockey.com