Raphael Diaz
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Date of birth | January 9, 1986 |
place of birth | Baar , Switzerland |
Size | 182 cm |
Weight | 88 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
2003-2011 | EV train |
2011-2014 | Canadiens de Montréal |
2012 | EV train |
2014 | Vancouver Canucks |
2014 | New York Rangers |
2014-2015 | Calgary Flames |
2015-2016 |
New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack |
since 2016 | EV train |
Raphael Diaz (also Raphael Díaz ; born January 9, 1986 in Baar ) is a Swiss ice hockey player of Spanish descent who will be under contract with EV Zug in the Swiss National League A again at the start of the 2016/17 season . His sister Daniela was also an ice hockey player and now works as a trainer.
Career
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Raphael Diaz began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth division of EV Zug, for whose professional team he made his debut in the National League A in the 2003/04 season . Before that, he had played for the A-Juniors of EV Zug in the Elite Junior A-League for three years. In his rookie year , the defender scored two goals in 43 games and provided one assist. Until the end of the 2010/11 season he played exclusively in the NLA for EV Zug, where he had a regular seat. Due to his rise to one of the best Swiss defenders in 2010, there was speculation about an exit. However, Diaz extended his contract with Zug until 2016, with the contract containing an exit clause for the NHL. In May 2011 he signed a two-way contract for one year with the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League and was able to secure a regular place in defense in his first season with the Canadiens. Diaz scored his first goal on October 18, 2011 in the home game against the Buffalo Sabers . For the time of the NHL lockout 2012/13 Diaz returned to his home club EV Zug.
On February 3, 2014, he was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Dale Weise , who in turn handed him over to the New York Rangers a month later, shortly before the trade deadline, in exchange for a vote . His contract in New York was not renewed after the end of the season, so Diaz was again looking for a new employer. He found this on October 6, 2014 when he signed a one-year contract with the Calgary Flames . After that year in Calgary, Diaz returned to the New York Rangers as a free agent . These gave him to the Hartford Wolf Pack as part of the preparation for the 2015/16 season . Diaz spent almost the entire season in the American Hockey League and therefore signed a new five-year contract with EV Zug in December 2015, to which he returned for the 2016/17 season.
International
With the Swiss national ice hockey team , Diaz took part in the 2004 U18 Junior B World Championship and the 2005 and 2006 U20 Junior World Championships . He was also part of the Swiss squad at the 2008 and 2011 World Championships and took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the silver medal with it. After further appearances at the World Championships in 2016 and 2017 as well as the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and 2018 , Diaz again won the silver medal at the World Championships in 2018 .
Achievements and Awards
- 2012 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition
International
- 2004 Promotion to the top division at the U18 Junior World Championship of Division I.
- 2013 silver medal at the world championship
- 2018 silver medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2003/04 | EV train | NLA | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2004/05 | EV train | NLA | 41 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2005/06 | EV train | NLA | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 34 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2006/07 | EV train | NLA | 44 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 22nd | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
2007/08 | EV train | NLA | 50 | 3 | 11 | 14th | 44 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2008/09 | EV train | NLA | 50 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
2009/10 | EV train | NLA | 49 | 4th | 27 | 31 | 22nd | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 10 | ||
2010/11 | EV train | NLA | 45 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 26th | 10 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 4th | ||
2011/12 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 59 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | EV train | NLA | 32 | 7th | 23 | 30th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 23 | 1 | 13 | 14th | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2013/14 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 46 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | New York Rangers | NHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2014/15 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 56 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2015/16 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 37 | 6th | 15th | 21st | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | New York Rangers | NHL | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | EV train | NLA | 46 | 8th | 22nd | 30th | 28 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 6th | ||
2017/18 | EV train | NL | 48 | 5 | 25th | 30th | 26th | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||
2018/19 | EV train | NLA | 43 | 12 | 19th | 31 | 10 | 14th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 14th | ||
NLA / NL total | 521 | 65 | 173 | 2238 | 288 | 107 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 62 | ||||
NHL overall | 201 | 8th | 41 | 49 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
International
Represented Switzerland at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2004 | Switzerland | U18 World Championship Div. I. | 1st place | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 4th | |
2005 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 8th place | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8th | |
2006 | Switzerland | U20 World Cup | 7th place | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | |
2008 | Switzerland | WM | 7th place | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | Switzerland | Olympia | 8th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
2011 | Switzerland | WM | 9th place | 6th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 4th | |
2013 | Switzerland | WM |
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4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | Switzerland | Olympia | 9th place | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
2016 | Switzerland | WM | 11th place | 5 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 2 | |
2017 | Switzerland | WM | 6th place | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | |
2018 | Switzerland | Olympia | 10th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | Switzerland | WM |
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10 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 8th | |
2019 | Switzerland | WM | 8th place | 8th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 17th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 26th | ||||
Men overall | 60 | 4th | 16 | 20th | 30th |
( 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
- Raphael Diaz in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Raphael Diaz at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ sport.sf.tv, Rafael Diaz stays with EV Zug
- ↑ canadiens.nhl.com, Raphael Diaz signed by the Canadiens
- ↑ Raphael Diaz signs with the EVZ. (No longer available online.) Evz.ch, December 23, 2015, archived from the original on April 25, 2016 ; Retrieved April 25, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ sport.sf.tv, first Olympic line-up by Ralph Krueger
Goalkeeper:
Leonardo Genoni |
Luca Hollenstein
Defender:
Santeri Alatalo |
Raphael Diaz ( C ) |
Tobias Geisser |
Nico Gross |
Johann Morant |
Dominik Schlumpf |
Livio Stadler |
Thomas Thiry |
Jesse Zgraggen |
Miro Zryd
Attacker:
Yannick-Lennart Albrecht |
Jérôme Bachofner |
Grégory Hofmann |
Carl Klingberg |
Jan Kovář |
Livio Langenegger |
Sven Leuenberger |
Andreas Martinsen |
Lino Martschini |
David McIntyre ( A ) |
Sven Senteler |
Dario Simion |
Erik Thorell |
Dominik Volejnicek |
Yannick Zehnder
Head Coach: Dan Tangnes Assistant Coach : Klas Östman | Josh Holden General Manager: Reto Kläy
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Diaz, Raphael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diaz, Rafael; Díaz, Raphael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baar ZG , Switzerland |