Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey player)

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Thomas Ziegler
Date of birth June 9, 1978
place of birth Zurich , Switzerland
Size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Left wing
number # 38
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 9th lap, 263rd position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1995-1998 Grasshopper Club
1997-1998 ZSC Lions
1998-2000 HC Ambrì-Piotta
2000-2001 Springfield Falcons
2001-2010 SC Bern
2010–2012 ZSC Lions

Thomas Ziegler (born June 9, 1978 in Zurich ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who played for the ZSC Lions and SC Bern in the National League A between 1997 and 2012, among others . He also came to five NHL missions for the Tampa Bay Lightning .

Career

Thomas Ziegler began his career as an ice hockey player with the GCK Lions , for which he was active in the National League B from 1995 to 1998 . In the 1997/98 season he also played ten games for the ZSC Lions in the National League A , in which he remained pointless and goalless. In the summer of 1998, the attacker moved to HC Ambrì-Piotta , with whom he won the IIHF Continental Cup twice in a row in 1998 and 1999 and became Swiss runner-up in 1999. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the ninth round as a total of 263rd player by the Tampa Bay Lightning , for which he played five times in the National Hockey League in the 2000/01 season. However, he spent most of the season with their farm team , the Springfield Falcons from the American Hockey League . Before the 2001/02 season , Ziegler returned to his home country, where he played for SC Bern . The winger won the Swiss championship for the first time in his career with the Bern team in 2004 . From the 2010/11 season he played again with the ZSC Lions and won another Swiss championship with them in 2012 before ending his career.

International

For Switzerland , Ziegler took part in the 1998 Junior World Championships as well as the A-World Championships in 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2008 and 2009 . Ziegler was also in the Swiss squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Grasshopper Club NLB 10 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Grasshopper Club NLB 11 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Grasshopper Club Elite Juniors A 34 19th 11 30th - - - - -
1997/98 Zurich SC NLA 10 0 0 0 2 8th 0 2 2 2
1997/98 Grasshopper Club NLB 25th 5 4th 9 22nd - - - - -
1997/98 Grasshopper Club Elite Juniors A 13 9 3 12 32 - - - - -
1998/99 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 39 2 4th 6th 18th 12 0 0 0 8th
1998/99 HC Sierre NLB 4th 1 2 3 2
1999/00 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 45 7th 7th 14th 24 9 1 5 6th 16
2000/01 Detroit Vipers IHL 67 8th 19th 27 40 - - - - -
2000/01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Springfield Falcons AHL 3 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2001/02 SC Bern NLA 26th 3 5 8th 24 6th 0 0 0 8th
2002/03 SC Bern NLA 38 4th 16 20th 63 12 2 4th 6th 35
2003/04 SC Bern NLA 46 12 22nd 34 109 15th 1 5 6th 16
2004/05 SC Bern NLA 32 4th 9 13 59 11 1 0 1 12
2005/06 SC Bern NLA 39 5 12 17th 103 6th 0 0 0 4th
2006/07 SC Bern NLA 41 4th 11 15th 60 17th 3 3 6th 18th
2007/08 SC Bern NLA 47 4th 11 15th 28 6th 1 0 1 16
2008/09 SC Bern CHL 4th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2008/09 SC Bern NLA 49 3 9 12 44 6th 1 0 1 27
2009/10 SC Bern NLA 10 1 1 2 12 11 0 4th 4th 4th
2010/11 ZSC Lions NLA 47 4th 7th 11 83 5 0 1 1 2
2011/12 ZSC Lions NLA 36 0 2 2 10 6th 0 0 0 0
NLA total 505 53 116 169 639 130 10 23 33 168
NLB total 50 6th 7th 13 26th - - - - -

International competitions

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Switzerland U18 European Championship 5 0 2 2 4th
1998 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 3 1 4th 2
2000 Switzerland WM 7th 2 2 4th 0
2001 Switzerland WM 6th 0 1 1 4th
2002 Switzerland WM 6th 0 0 0 2
2004 Switzerland WM 7th 1 3 4th 20th
2005 Switzerland WM 6th 1 0 1 10
2006 Switzerland Olympia 5 1 0 1 8th
2008 Switzerland WM 7th 0 0 0 4th
2009 Switzerland WM 6th 0 0 0 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Ziegler, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland