Philipp Pinter

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Philipp Pinter
Date of birth January 18, 1985
place of birth Villach , Austria
Nickname Fipo
size 185 cm
Weight 92 kg
position striker
number # 45
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2001-2004 EC VSV
2004-2005 Des Moines Buccaneers
Valley Junior Warriors
2005-2009 EC Red Bull Salzburg
2009-2010 EC VSV
2010-2013 Vienna Capitals
2013-2014 Lusatian foxes
2014-2016 EC Graz 99ers
2016 EC VSV

Philipp Pinter (born January 18, 1985 in Villach ) is a former Austrian ice hockey player ( striker ).

In the course of his career he played over 600 games in the Austrian ice hockey league and was three times Austrian champion (one title with the EC VSV , two titles with the EC Red Bull Salzburg ).

Career

Philipp Pinter learned ice hockey in the offspring of the six-time Austrian champions EC VSV . Pinter started his ice hockey career at the age of six and went through all the VSV youth teams. He was able to play himself in the limelight as a great talent among the youngsters at an early age and finally made it into the professional team as the only VSV player of his year.

Success with the EC VSV

At the age of 16, Pinter made his debut in the Bundesliga team under coach Ron Kennedy and already made 21 appearances in his first season, which he ended with the Austrian championship title . He also played successfully in the junior championship, was invited to the U18 national team for the first time and finished the tournament in Maribor as the second best scorer for the Austrians. In the following two seasons he continued to play in the Bundesliga, where he was able to celebrate two runner-up titles, and in the VSV youth teams. He represented Austria at the U20 World Cup of Division I in Bled and made it to the top division of the World Cup with the U20 national team. In the following year , the Austrian team could not keep up in this, but Pinter was able to impress teammate Thomas Vanek with his performance , who then helped him to a commitment in the United States Hockey League .

Junior ice hockey in North America

In the summer of 2004, Pinter switched to the Des Moines Buccaneers, where he was unable to assert himself due to illness and bad luck with injuries. Recovered, he was able to convince in the team with Andreas Nödl and Michael Grabner at the U20 B World Cup and then moved to the Eastern Junior Hockey League to the Valley Junior Warriors. There he was able to put himself in the limelight and, after being eliminated in the play-offs, got the offer to return the following season. But meanwhile, legendary coach Hardy Nilsson had taken over the helm in Salzburg . With the prospect of being able to train under the Swede, Pinter moved back to Austria to EC Red Bull Salzburg .

Championship title with the EC Red Bull Salzburg

Philipp Pinter was able to establish himself quickly in the team and - despite a shoulder injury - he made 49 appearances in the fighting team. In the following season, the Bulls were able to improve further and won their first championship title. Pinter crowned the championship season with the choice of YoungStar of the year.

In the 2007/08 season , the signing of Pierre Pagé resulted in a further upgrade of the ice hockey location Salzburg. Philipp Pinter advanced to become a valuable team player who not only led the young up-and-coming players in the team, but was also consistently deployed in all special teams. After an eventful season in the EBEL, he was finally able to celebrate the Austrian championship title for the third time. With the invitation to the Austrian national team and his successful appearance at the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Poland, he was able to look back on the most successful season of his career so far.

From 2010

After three seasons from 2010 to 2013 with the Vienna Capitals , he moved to Germany in August 2013 in the DEL2 to the Lausitzer Füchsen . After a year stint in Germany, the striker returned to Austria and signed a contract with the EC Graz 99ers .

Pinter was alternate captain in the 2014/15 season and team captain in 2015/16 of Graz, but they missed the play-off in both seasons. Since Pinter had achieved only three goals and nine assists in 54 missions in the last season, he was dismissed along with eight other players at the end of the season.

In October 2016, Pinter was signed for six games by the EC VSV. After the six games, the VSV extended with Pinter for a month. In January 2017 he announced the end of his career. At the U20 World Cup in 2018 , he was assistant coach for the Austrian juniors who played in the A group of Division I.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2006 EBEL YoungStar November
  • 2007 Austrian champion with the EC Red Bull Salzburg
  • 2007 EBEL YoungStar of the year
  • 2008 Austrian champion with the EC Red Bull Salzburg

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2001/02 Villacher SV ÖEHL 21st 0 0 0 2 -1 - - - - - -
Villacher SV U20 U20 Bundesliga 22nd 21st 23 44 20th - - - - - - -
2002/03 Villacher SV ÖEHL 6th 0 0 0 0 -1 - - - - - -
Villacher SV U20 U20 Bundesliga 27 18th 35 53 36 - - - - - - -
2003/04 Villacher SV ÖEHL 36 1 1 2 4th 2 7th 0 0 0 0 0
Villacher SV U20 U20 Bundesliga 14th 6th 19th 25th 14th - - - - - -
2004/05 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 11 2 3 5 2 -2 - - - - - -
Valley Jr. Warriors EJHL 20th 3 10 13 6th - - - - - -
2005/06 EC Red Bulls Salzburg ÖEHL 38 3 3 6th 6th 1 11 0 0 0 4th 0
EC Red Bulls Salzburg National league 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - -
2006/07 EC Red Bulls Salzburg ÖEHL 56 2 9 11 20th 0 7th 0 0 0 0 0
EC Red Bulls Salzburg National league 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
2007/08 EC Red Bulls Salzburg ÖEHL 39 5 6th 11 20th 2 15th 1 4th 5 12 3
EC Red Bulls Salzburg National league 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2
2008/09 EC Red Bulls Salzburg ÖEHL 33 7th 7th 14th 8th -2 8th 0 1 1 4th 1
2009/10 Villacher SV ÖEHL 49 6th 16 22nd 24 4th 5 0 0 0 2 0
2010/11 Vienna Capitals ÖEHL 51 12 12 24 36 -12 11 1 1 2 6th -6
2011/12 Vienna Capitals ÖEHL 43 9 15th 24 44 7th 7th 0 1 1 2 -1
2012/13 Vienna Capitals ÖEHL 51 9 6th 15th 36 5 15th 3 3 6th 2 5
2013/14 Lusatian foxes DEL2 51 12 17th 29 46 5 1 1 2 0
2014/15 Graz 99ers ÖEHL 50 11 15th 26th 10 -7
2015/16 Graz 99ers ÖEHL 54 3 9 12 34 -12
ÖEHL overall 526 68 99 167 244 -12 87 5 10 15th +32 +2
National league overall 3 1 1 2 2 - 2 0 1 1 2 -
U20 Bundesliga overall 63 45 77 122 70 - - - - - - -

International

Represented Austria at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Austria U18 World Championship Div. I. 4th 1 2 3 2
2003 Austria U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 0 0 0 2
2003 Austria U18 World Championship Div. I. 5 0 0 0 0
2004 Austria U20 World Cup 6th 0 0 0 4th
2005 Austria U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 2 3 5 2
Juniors overall 25th 3 5 8th 10

( 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. Pinter ends his career. In: www.laola1.at. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
  2. Transfer coup shortly before the start of training: Austrian international Philipp Pinter signs for one year. (No longer available online.) Lausitzer Füchse , August 2, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved October 1, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausitzer-fuechse.de
  3. sportreport.biz, Graz 99ers commit Philipp Pinter and Fabian Scholz , June 11, 2014
  4. Ice Hockey.at - EBEL Pinter end of career. In: www.eishockey.at. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .