Philipp Grubauer

Philipp Grubauer
Date of birth	November 25, 1991
place of birth	Rosenheim , Germany
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 31
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 4th round, 112th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 2008	Starbulls Rosenheim
2008-2010	Belleville Bulls
2010	Windsor Spitfires
2010-2011	Kingston Frontenacs
2011–2012	South Carolina Stingrays
2012-2014	Hershey Bears
2014-2018	Washington Capitals
since 2018	Colorado Avalanche

Philipp Grubauer (born November 25, 1991 in Rosenheim ) is a German ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League since June 2018 . He began his career in his hometown with the Starbulls Rosenheim before moving to Canada for the Belleville Bulls in the 2008-09 season. After a year with the Windsor Spitfires he was selected in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in 112th position by the Washington Capitals and then played for the Kingston Frontenacs and the farm teams of the Capitals. He made his NHL debut in February 2013 before winning the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs with the team from the US capital .

At the international level, Philipp Grubauer took part in several world championships with the German junior national teams before making his debut in the men's world championship in 2014 .

Career

youth

Grubauer was born in Rosenheim and started his ice hockey career there with the Starbulls . At the age of 16 he represented the Starbulls' first team in five games in the major league , where he scored an average of 2.73 goals against. He was also on the ice 23 times for the club's U18s. Following the 2007/08 season, he moved to the Canadian OHL to the Belleville Bulls , as the Bulls selected him in the CHL Import Draft in 25th position.

Ontario Hockey League

Philipp Grubauer in the jersey of the Windsor Spitfires

In his first season in Canada he was initially the substitute for Mike Murphy . On September 20, 2008, he made his OHL debut for the Bulls in the game against the Peterborough Petes , parried 94% of all shots and was voted first star of the game. In the course of the debut season Grubauer succeeded, among other things by a winning streak of three games in January 2009, to displace Murphy from the starting line-up, so that he came to a total of 17 missions. In the following season 2009/10 he rose to the goalkeeper and completed 31 games for the Bulls by January 2010 and achieved a catch rate of 91.3%. In January it was then traded in a seven-player swap deal with the Windsor Spitfires . Even with the Spitfires , he got directly into the league and finally won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the team as the winner of the OHL play-offs. The team thus qualified for the Memorial Cup 2010 and remained undefeated during the tournament. With a 9-1 victory in the final over the Brandon Wheat Kings , the Spitfires also secured the Memorial Cup. Grubauer led the respective statistics in the tournament with a catch quota of 93% and an average goal against goals of 2.14.

Grubauer's achievements ensured that the NHL Central Scouting Bureau , which compiles a ranking of the most promising entry draft candidates every year , has now ranked him ninth among the North American young goalkeepers. In the actual draft he was selected by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round in a total of 112th position.

Shortly after the NHL draft, the Windsor Spitfires transferred the German to the OHL league competitor from Kingston in exchange for several players and draft rights for the next year .

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season he signed a three-year entry level contract with Washington Capitals . At the Frontenacs he was between the posts in 38 games before he was canceled for the rest of the season in February 2011 due to Pfeiffer's glandular fever , missed the play-offs and returned to Germany for treatment for the time being.

Washington Capitals

Grubauer did not return to the ice until six months later and took part in the training courses for young players at the Capitals in summer 2011. After he had lost 10 kilograms of body weight due to the disease, he was transferred to the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL , which were a farm team of the Capitals until July 2012 , in order to regain his old strength . With the Stingrays he completed 43 games in the 2011/12 season and had a goalscoring average of 2.22. He also received numerous personal awards during the season; so he was elected ECHL goalkeeper of the month November (with 1.73 goals against and 93.5% catch rate during this time) and January as well as in the ECHL All-Rookie Team . However, he missed the play-offs again due to a hand injury.

Grubauer spent the first half of the following season in equal parts with the Capitals farm teams , the Reading Royals in the ECHL and the Hershey Bears in the AHL . At the end of February 2013, Grubauer was appointed to the NHL squad of the Capitals as a substitute for Braden Holtby for the sick Michal Neuvirth . On February 27, he made his NHL debut in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers and remained clean on his 25-minute mission. Ten days later, he played his first game from the start against the New York Islanders and blocked a total of 40 shots in the 2-5 defeat.

As expected, at the beginning of the 2013/14 season , Grubauer had to place himself behind Holtby and Neuvirth in the hierarchy and spent most of the time with the Bears in the AHL. However, when Neuvirth sustained an ankle injury at the end of November, Grubauer got his chance and secured a regular place with his performance. With him, the Capitals reduced the previous average of 3.04 conceded goals to 2.06 per game; He also achieved a catch rate of 93.6% in 14 games, placing him fifth of all 80 goalkeepers used this season up to this point.

After the illness of the regular goalkeeper Holtby, Grubauer was reappointed to the NHL squad of the Capitals in April 2015 and with his start in the second game of the playoff series against the New York Islanders became the first native German goalkeeper to be in the NHL in one Playoff game is on the ice from the start. In June 2015 he signed a new two-year contract in Washington and has been an integral part of the NHL squad since the beginning of the 2015/16 season , acting as a substitute goalkeeper behind Holtby.

In the 2018 playoffs , Grubauer and the team won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history , becoming the fourth German after Uwe Krupp , Dennis Seidenberg and Tom Kühnhackl , whose name will be immortalized on the trophy. He had previously played 35 games in the 2017/18 season and had a better catch rate than the regular goalkeeper Braden Holtby. As a result, Grubauer was also in goal in the Capitals' first two playoff games, but was replaced by Holtby after the two overtime defeats against the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Colorado Avalanche

On the day of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft , Grubauer was handed over to the Colorado Avalanche after seven years in the organization of the Capitals, including Brooks Orpik , which in return sent a second-round vote for this draft to Washington. A transfer of the goalkeeper had already been expected, as his contract ended on July 1, 2018 and the Capitals could hardly have realized his higher salary under the salary cap . With the Avalanche, in which he was supposed to be used as the second goalkeeper behind Semyon Varlamov , Grubauer subsequently entered contract negotiations as a restricted free agent and agreed the next day on a three-year contract that gave him a total salary of ten million US dollars in Colorado - Should bring in dollars. In the course of the 2018/19 season, he was given more and more time, subsequently took over the position of goalkeeper in Colorado and was ultimately on the ice for the entire 2019 playoffs .

International

Grubauer gained his first international experience with the German U17 national team at the World U17 Hockey Challenge 2008 . Although the team only reached the penultimate place, Grubauer was elected to the All-Star team with a catch quota of 90.9%. After fifth place at the U18 World Cup in 2008 , the U20 World Championships in 2009 and 2011 followed , in which the team was relegated to Division I. In between, he played at the U20 World Cup in 2010 in Division I. He achieved both the best catch rate and the lowest goals against goals of the tournament and was consequently also voted the best player in the German U20 selection .

In the senior sector, he made his debut at the 2014 World Cup and completed two missions. He was also nominated for Team Europe at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 , but was never used. After the playoff with the Capitals, Grubauer traveled to the home World Cup in 2017 and made his first appearance in the last group game against Latvia.

Achievements and Awards

2010 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Windsor Spitfires 2010 Memorial Cup win with the Windsor Spitfires 2011 ECHL goalkeeper of the month November 2012 ECHL rookie of the month January

2012 ECHL All-Rookie Team 2015 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic 2018 Stanley Cup win with the Washington Capitals

International

• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group A.
• 2010 Best catch quota and lowest goals against goals at the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group A.
• 2016 second place at the World Cup of Hockey

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	U / OT	Min.	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min.	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2007/08	Starbulls Rosenheim	Oberliga		5				307	14th	1	2.73			7th			420	12		1.71
2008/09	Belleville Bulls	OHL		17th	7th	8th	-	947	62	0	3.93	88.8		1	0	0	56	4th	0	4.29	90.2
2009/10	Belleville Bulls	OHL		31	10	14th	5	1717	90	0	3.14	91.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Windsor Spitfires	OHL		19th	13	1	2	1011	40	2	2.37	90.6		18th	16	2	1094	49	2	2.69	90.9
2010/11	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		38	22nd	13	3	2239	135	2	3.62	90.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		43	23	13	5	2536	94	1	2.22	91.8		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Reading Royals	ECHL		26th	19th	5	1	1542	59	0	2.30	91.2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Hershey Bears	AHL		28	13	13	2	1685	73	3	2.25	91.9		5	2	3	301	19th	0	3.79	90.1
2012/13	Washington Capitals	NHL		2	0	1	0	84	5	0	3.57	91.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Hershey Bears	AHL		28	15th	9	2	1624	61	2	2.60	91.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Washington Capitals	NHL		17th	6th	5	5	883	35	0	2.38	92.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Hershey Bears	AHL		49	27	17th	5	2918	112	6th	2.30	92.1		7th	2	4th	394	22nd	0	3.35	90.1
2014/15	Washington Capitals	NHL		1	1	0	0	65	2	0	1.85	92.0		1	1	0	60	3	0	3.00	85.7
2015/16	Washington Capitals	NHL		22nd	8th	9	1	1111	43	0	2.32	91.8		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Washington Capitals	NHL		24	13	6th	2	1265	43	3	2.04	92.6		1	0	0	19th	2	0	6.32	77.8
2017/18	Washington Capitals	NHL		35	15th	10	3	1865	73	3	2.35	92.3		2	0	1	106	49	0	4.57	83.7
2018/19	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		37	18th	9	5	2021	89	3	2.64	91.7		12	7th	5	732	28	1	2.30	92.5
OHL total				105	52	36	10	5914	327	4th	3.27	90.3		19th	16	2	1150	53	2	2.77	90.8
ECHL total				69	42	18th	6th	4078	153	1	2.26	91.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				97	55	39	9	6227	246	11	2.37	91.9		12	4th	7th	695	41	0	3.54	90.1
NHL overall				138	61	40	16	7294	290	9	2.39	92.1		16	8th	6th	916	41	1	2.69	90.9

International

Represented Germany at: World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2008 U18 Junior World Championship 2008 U20 Junior World Championship 2009 Division I U20 Junior World Championship 2010 U20 World Junior Championship 2011

World Championship 2014 Qualifying tournament for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games World Championship 2017 World Championship 2019

Represented Team Europe at: World Cup of Hockey 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2008	Germany	U17-WHC	9th place		5						3.49	90.9
2008	Germany	U18 World Cup	5th place		4th	2	2	245	17th	1	4.16	87.7
2009	Germany	U20 World Cup	9th place		3	0	2	109	12	0	6.61	83.8
2010	Germany	U20 World Cup Div.I	1st place		5	5	0	280	3	2	0.64	97.4
2011	Germany	U20 World Cup	10th place		4th	0	4th	176	13	0	4.44	88.8
2014	Germany	WM	14th place		2	1	1	118	4th	0	2.03	92.2
2016	Germany	Olympic qualification	1st place		3	3	0	180	2	2	0.67	97.0
2016	Team Europe	World cup	2nd place		Without any effort
2017	Germany	WM	8th place		2	0	1	124	5	0	2.42	93.8
2019	Germany	WM	6th place		3	1	1	147	7th	0	2.86	92.0
Juniors overall					21st						3.38	90.8
Men overall					10	5	3	569	18th	2	1.90	93.8

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Philipp Grubauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Colorado Avalanche website
• Philipp Grubauer at hockeygoalies.org
• Philipp Grubauer at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} hockeysfuture.com: Prospect zu Grubauer (English, accessed on May 15, 2013)
2. ↑ leaguestat.com: Results of the 1st round of the CHL Import Draft 2008 (English, accessed on May 15, 2013)
3. ↑ canada.com: "Spitfires send Brassard to Bulls in blockbuster OHL trade" ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, January 5, 2010, accessed February 12, 2016) 
4. ↑ nhl.com: Draft Prospect 2010, sorted by midterm rank (accessed on May 15, 2013)
5. ↑ canada.com: "Spits trade Grubauer" ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, June 29, 2010, accessed May 15, 2013) 
6. ↑ washingtonpost.com: "Caps sign Philipp Grubauer to entry-level deal" (English, October 4, 2010, accessed on May 15, 2013)
7. ↑ washingtonpost.com: "Prospect Philipp Grubauer could be Washington Capitals' next great hope in goal" (English, July 15, 2011, accessed on May 15, 2013)
8. ↑ stingrayshockey.com: “Stingrays Receive Six from Hershey; Acquire Rights to Higgins “ ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed May 15, 2013) 
9. ↑ stingrayshockey.com: "Grubauer Named ECHL Goaltender of the Month" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed May 15, 2013) 
10. ↑ echl.com: "ECHL All-Rookie Team announced" (English, March 28, 2012, accessed on May 15, 2013)
11. ↑ nhl.com: Match Report Capitals - Flyers (English, February 27, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2013)
12. ↑ nhl.com: Match report Capitals - Islanders (English, March 9, 2013, accessed on May 15, 2013)
13. ↑ nhl.com: goalkeeper statistics as of January 17, 2014
14. ↑ kicker.de: "Grubauer not only convinces Ovechkin" (January 16, 2014, accessed on January 17, 2014)
15. ↑ washingtonpost.com: "Thrust into emergency situation, Philipp Grubauer earns win in first NHL playoff game" (April 18, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015)
16. ^ Capitals Re-sign Philipp Grubauer. capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com, June 15, 2015, accessed June 16, 2015 . 
17. ^ Andrew Berkshire: Who should the Capitals start in the Playoffs: Braden Holtby or Philipp Grubauer? Sportsnet , April 5, 2018, accessed June 11, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Christian Rupp: The cohesion is different now. Kicker-Sportmagazin , June 1, 2018, accessed on June 11, 2018 . 
19. ^ Capitals Acquire Second Round Pick in the 2018 NHL Draft from Colorado. nhl.com, June 22, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018 . 
20. ↑ Avalanche sign goaltender Philipp Grubauer to 3-year deal. sportsnet.ca, June 23, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018 . 
21. ↑ hockeycanada.ca: "Team Ontario Wins Gold Medal at 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Team West Takes Bronze" (English, January 4, 2008, accessed May 15, 2013)