Raphael Diaz

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Raphael Diaz
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

Raphael Diaz (center) at a game of the Canadiens de Montréal

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

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
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
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 2nd place, silver 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 2nd place, silver 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

Commons : Raphael Diaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sport.sf.tv, Rafael Diaz stays with EV Zug
  2. ↑ canadiens.nhl.com, Raphael Diaz signed by the Canadiens
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evz.ch
  4. ↑ sport.sf.tv, first Olympic line-up by Ralph Krueger
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Squad EV train in the season 2019/20
personal data
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