{{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 | former_teams = Iowa Stars<br>Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights<br>Quad City Flames<br>Rockford IceHogs<br>ERC Ingolstadt<br>Grizzlys Wolfsburg<br>Krefeld Pinguine | position = Defense | 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, Minnesota, U.S. | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2005 | career_end = }} '''Tim Hambly''' (born June 26, 1983) is an American ice hockey defenseman. He is currently a free agent, having last played for the Krefeld Pinguine in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
==Playing career== Hambly enrolled at the 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.<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 of the East Coast Hockey League, 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 (AHL), where he played for both the Iowa Stars and the 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 of the 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.<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}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hambly, Tim}} 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