{{short description|German ice hockey player}} {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image = | image_size = 230px | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|7}} | birth_place = Deggendorf, West Germany | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 181 | position = Goaltender | catches = Left | league = | team = Free Agent | former_teams = Anaheim Ducks<br>ERC Ingolstadt | ntl_team = Germany | draft = 83rd overall | draft_year = 2007 | draft_team = San Jose Sharks | career_start = 2009 | career_end = }} '''Timo Pielmeier''' (born July 7, 1989) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender, currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was a third-round selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 2007 NHL entry draft prior to being traded to the Anaheim Ducks.
==Playing career== Pielmeier first played junior hockey in his native Germany, leading the Cologne EC Junior Sharks to the Deutsche Nachwuchs-Liga in 2006–07.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/timo_pielmaier |title=Timo Pielmeier player profile |publisher=Hockey's Future |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref> He moved to North America the following season, joining the St. John's Fog Devils of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for a season before moving to the Shawinigan Cataractes in 2008–09 where he led the team to the QMJHL final.<ref name="CrunchBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.syracusecrunch.com/Team/Players/Detail/293 |title=Timo Pielmeier player profile |publisher=Syracuse Crunch Hockey Club |accessdate=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202073743/http://syracusecrunch.com/Team/Players/Detail/293 |archivedate=2010-12-02 }}</ref>
He has played with the German national junior team on several occasions. He first played in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.<ref name="CrunchBio" /> Playing in the Division 1A pool at the 2008 World Junior, Pielmeier was named the tournament's top goaltender,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/143/IHM143000_85I_1_0.pdf |work=IIHF |title=Best players selected by the directorate |access-date=2010-12-09 }}</ref> as Germany won the title, earning promotion back to the A pool for 2009.
Pielmeier was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the third round, 83rd overall at the 2007 NHL entry draft, but was traded to the Anaheim Ducks organization in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?6358 |title=Timo Pielmeier profile |magazine=The Hockey News |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref> He turned professional in 2009, starting with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL. He scored a goal for the Condors during the 2009–10 season,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/30210-Goalie-Timo-Pielmeier-scores-emptynet-goal-for-Bakersfield-Condors.html |title=Goalie Timo Pielmeier scores empty-net goal for Bakersfield Condors |magazine=The Hockey News |date=2009-12-20 |accessdate=2010-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328031124/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/30210-Goalie-Timo-Pielmeier-scores-emptynet-goal-for-Bakersfield-Condors.html |archive-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> becoming the 10th goaltender in ECHL history to do so.<ref name="CrunchBio" /> He finished the season fifth amongst rookie goaltenders in goals against average and appeared in the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game.<ref name="CrunchBio" /> Pielmeier was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League for the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnycentral.com/sports/story.aspx?id=531068 |title=It's Timo time for Crunch |publisher=CNYCentral.com |date=2010-10-25 |accessdate=2010-12-09}}</ref> Pielmeier was recalled by the Ducks on January 22, 2011 .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=550334 |title=Timo Pielmeier Recalled from Syracuse |publisher=NHL.com News |accessdate=2011-01-22}}</ref> He was traded along with defenceman Kurtis Foster, on December 12, 2011, to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenceman Mark Fraser and forward Rod Pelley.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2011/12/devils_trade_rod_pelley_mark_f.html|title=Devils trade Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser to Ducks for Kurtis Foster and goalie| newspaper =The Star-Ledger | date = 2011-12-12 | accessdate = 2011-12-12|last=Chere|first=Rich}}</ref>
On February 8, 2013, whilst impressing with the Landshut Cannibals, Pielmeier was signed by ERC Ingolstadt for the 2013–14 season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/html/index.php?nav=news&id=1931 | title = Timo Pielmeier changes to Ingolstadt | publisher = ERC Ingolstadt | date = 2013-02-08 | accessdate = 2013-02-08 | language = German | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811021321/http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/html/index.php?nav=news&id=1931 | archivedate = 2014-08-11 }}</ref>
== International play == {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Pyeongchang|}} {{MedalBottom}} He played his first game with the German men's national team in December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.del.org/de/news/2013/12/nati-herne/page/2105--30-2033-.html|title=DEL - DEL.org|website=www.del.org|access-date=2016-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604044930/http://www.del.org/de/news/2013/12/nati-herne/page/2105--30-2033-.html|archive-date=2016-06-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Pielmeier was nominated to be Team Germany's backup goalie during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He appeared in 1 game in the tournament as Germany captured the silver medal. He also represented Germany at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/495/IHM4950GER_33_3_0_GER.pdf | title = IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM ROSTER - GER - Germany | date = 2018-05-11 | work = IIHF | access-date = 1 May 2018 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== thumb|right|230px
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:75%" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season ! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! W ! L ! OT ! MIN ! GA ! SO ! GAA ! SV% ! GP ! W ! L ! MIN ! GA ! SO ! GAA ! SV% |- | 2007–08 | St. John's Fog Devils | QMJHL | 50 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 2719 | 136 | 1 | 3.00 | .909 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 22 | 0 | 5.71 | .838 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 43 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2407 | 107 | 2 | 2.67 | .913 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1021 | 47 | 0 | 2.76 | .898 |- | 2009–10 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 57 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 3251 | 178 | 0 | 3.29 | .883 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 247 | 14 | 0 | 3.39 | .893 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 37 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1942 | 100 | 1 | 3.09 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2010–11 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 7.50 | .583 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 3.37 | .873 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 33 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1896 | 86 | 0 | 2.72 | .910 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 9 | 0 | 3.13 | .906 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2.31 | .938 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | EV Landshut | 2.GBun | 48 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 2931 | 111 | 4 | 2.27 | — | 6 | — | — | 371 | 17 | 0 | 2.75 | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 43 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 2596 | 110 | 4 | 2.54 | .911 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1243 | 38 | 2 | 1.83 | .944 |- | 2014–15 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 51 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 3007 | 138 | 2 | 2.75 | .914 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1095 | 47 | 0 | 2.58 | .920 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 52 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 3058 | 149 | 0 | 2.92 | .907 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 6 | 0 | 2.89 | .910 |- | 2016–17 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 44 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 2536 | 118 | 2 | 2.79 | .910 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 35 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2055 | 76 | 6 | 2.22 | .927 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 333 | 17 | 0 | 3.00 | .910 |- | 2018–19 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 25 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1392 | 66 | 1 | 2.84 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .880 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1250 | 61 | 0 | 2.93 | .896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL totals ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 40 ! 5 ! 0 ! 7.50 ! .583 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
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