# Tim Hambly

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{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1983)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Tim Hambly
| image = Tim Hambly.JPG
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| team = Free Agent
| league = [DEL](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga) 
| former_teams = [Iowa Stars](/source/Iowa_Stars)<br>[Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights](/source/Omaha_Ak-Sar-Ben_Knights)<br>[Quad City Flames](/source/Quad_City_Flames)<br>[Rockford IceHogs](/source/Rockford_IceHogs)<br>[ERC Ingolstadt](/source/ERC_Ingolstadt)<br>[Grizzlys Wolfsburg](/source/Grizzlys_Wolfsburg)<br>[Krefeld Pinguine](/source/Krefeld_Pinguine)
| position = [Defense](/source/Defenceman)
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|06|26}}
| birth_place = [White Bear Lake](/source/White_Bear_Lake%2C_Minnesota), Minnesota, U.S.
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2005
| career_end = 
}}
'''Tim Hambly''' (born June 26, 1983) is an American [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [defenseman](/source/Defenceman). He is currently a free agent, having last played for the [Krefeld Pinguine](/source/Krefeld_Pinguine) in Germany's [Deutsche Eishockey Liga](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga) (DEL).

==Playing career==
Hambly enrolled at the [University of Minnesota Duluth](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Duluth) in 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|title = A FEW MINUTES WITH ... TIM HAMBLY|url = http://umdbulldogs.com/news/2005/2/7/MHOCKEY_1279.aspx|website = University of Minnesota Duluth| date=February 7, 2005 |access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref> where he played collegiate hockey for the Bulldogs for four seasons until 2005. During his NCAA career, he appeared in 141 games, contributing 13 goals and 47 assists.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Statistics|url = http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/mid,6048/tim-hambly/|website = USCHO.com|access-date = 2016-02-16|language = en-US}}</ref> In his junior year, Hambly played a key role in one of the program's most successful seasons, helping guide the Bulldogs to the prestigious [Frozen Four](/source/NCAA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Championship).<ref>{{Cite web|title = TAKE FIVE: Tim Hambly|url = http://lasvegassun.com/news/2006/aug/08/take-five-tim-hambly/|website = LasVegasSun.com| date=August 8, 2006 |access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>

Hambly began his professional ice hockey career in the 2004–05 season with the [Las Vegas Wranglers](/source/Las_Vegas_Wranglers) of the [East Coast Hockey League](/source/ECHL), appearing in a total of 39 games over two seasons with the team. During the 2005–06 campaign, he advanced to the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) (AHL), where he played for both the [Iowa Stars](/source/Iowa_Stars) and the [Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights](/source/Omaha_Ak-Sar-Ben_Knights).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ak-Sar-Ben Knights Sign Defenseman Tim Hambly - OurSports Central|url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ak-sar-ben-knights-sign-defenseman-tim-hambly/n-3315129|website = www.oursportscentral.com| date=May 23, 2006 |access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref> He went on to spend three additional seasons in the AHL before making the move to Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title = TheAHL.com {{!}} The American Hockey League|url = http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=961|website = theahl.com|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref> In 2009–10, Hambly signed with [ERC Ingolstadt](/source/ERC_Ingolstadt) of the [Deutsche Eishockey Liga](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga) (DEL), Germany's premier hockey league,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=92236&seasonid=7325|title=Stars|website=del.stats.pointstreak.com|accessdate=12 July 2025}}</ref> and stayed with the team through the 2013–14 season. In his final year with Ingolstadt, he served as an assistant captain and played a key role in helping the club win the DEL championship.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Eishockey – Verteidiger vom Meister: EHC holt Tim Hambly|url = http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/Grizzlys-Wolfsburg/Verteidiger-vom-Meister-EHC-holt-Tim-Hambly|website = www.waz-online.de|access-date = 2016-02-16|first = Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, Aller Zeitung, Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen|last = Germany}}</ref>

In the 2014–15 season, Hambly continued his career in the DEL by signing with [Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg](/source/EHC_Wolfsburg).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg holen Tim Hambly - 05 - DEL.org|url = http://www.del.org/de/news/2014/05/hambly/page/2691--30-2613-.html|website = www.del.org|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref> His performance during that season earned him a contract extension, allowing him to remain with the team for the 2015–16 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title = DEL: Wolfsburg verlängert mit Hambly und Stas|url = http://hockey-news.info/de/del-wolfsburg-verlaengert-mit-hambly-und-stas-1018276|website = Hockey-News Deutschland|access-date = 2016-02-16|language = de-DE|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150416064327/http://hockey-news.info/de/del-wolfsburg-verlaengert-mit-hambly-und-stas-1018276|archivedate = 2015-04-16}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ice hockey stats}}

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Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:ERC Ingolstadt players
Category:Grizzlys Wolfsburg players
Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Category:Iowa Stars players
Category:Krefeld Pinguine players
Category:Las Vegas Wranglers players
Category:Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
Category:Nippon Paper Cranes players
Category:Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights players
Category:Quad City Flames players
Category:Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
Category:Waterloo Black Hawks players

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