Thomas Greiss
| Thomas Greiss | |
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 Thomas Greiss with the San Jose Sharks in 2009 |
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| Born | January 29, 1986 Füssen, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Left |
| NHL team Former teams |
San Jose Sharks Kölner Haie (DEL) Brynäs IF (SEL) |
| National team |  Germany |
| NHL Draft | 94th overall, 2004 San Jose Sharks |
| Playing career | 2004 –present |
Thomas Greiss (born January 29, 1986 in Füssen, Bavaria, West Germany) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Playing career
Greiss was selected 94th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He earned a spot on Team Germany for the 2006 Winter Olympics. At 20 years of age, he was the youngest goaltender in the tournament, and had a 35 save performance on 40 shots against Team Canada.[1]
He played for San Jose in pre-season games. On January 8, 2008, he was officially recalled to replace Dimitri Pätzold as Evgeni Nabokov's backup goaltender. He started his first game on January 13, 2008, in an eventual 4–3 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.[2]
For the 2009–10 season, Greiss was the back-up goaltender for the San Jose Sharks. He was also named to Team Germany for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
On October 12, 2010, Greiss cleared waivers and was reassigned to San Jose's AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. Greiss' reassignment was primarily due to the signing of goaltenders Antero Niittymäki and Antti Niemi.[3] Nine days later, after not seeing any game action as Worcester's third-string goaltender, the Sharks reassigned Greiss from Worcester to Brynäs of Elitserien to give Greiss playing time.[4] [5]
On April 11, 2011, Greiss was recalled to the San Jose Sharks for the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs.[citation needed] He re-signed with the Sharks on July 7.
Greiss was the starting goaltender in the season opener for the Sharks in the 2011-12 season, a 6-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes in San Jose. He went on to start the next two games (losses to the Anaheim Ducks and St. Louis Blues) before Niemi returned from an off-season surgery.
[edit] Career statistics
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2003–04 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 12.00 | .600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 8 | — | — | — | 459 | 16 | 0 | 2.09 | .936 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Eisbären Regensburg | 2.GBun | 1 | — | — | — | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 27 | — | — | — | 1560 | 64 | 1 | 2.46 | .926 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 533 | 27 | 1 | 3.03 | .898 | ||
| 2006–07 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 7 | 0 | 2.34 | .929 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 43 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2555 | 111 | 0 | 2.61 | .912 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 172 | 12 | 0 | 4.18 | .865 | ||
| 2007–08 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2424 | 125 | 0 | 3.09 | .892 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 7 | 0 | 3.26 | .860 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 57 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 3346 | 138 | 1 | 2.47 | .910 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 742 | 30 | 2 | 2.43 | .912 | ||
| 2009–10 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 782 | 35 | 0 | 2.68 | .912 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .929 | ||
| 2010–11 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 32 | — | — | — | 1850 | 90 | 2 | 2.92 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| DEL totals | 36 | — | — | — | 2039 | 84 | 1 | 2.47 | .925 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 533 | 27 | 1 | 3.03 | .898 | ||||
| NHL totals | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 911 | 42 | 0 | 2.77 | .906 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .929 | ||||
[edit] International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | |
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| 2003 | Germany | WJC18-B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | |
| 2004 | Germany | WJC18-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 3.43 | |
| 2004 | Germany | WJC-B | |||||||||
| 2005 | Germany | WJC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| 2006 | Germany | WJC-B | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | |
| 2006 | Germany | OG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| 2006 | Germany | WC-B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1.97 | |
| 2010 | Germany | OG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 179 | 15 | 0 | 5.03 | |
| Junior int'l totals | |||||||||||
| Senior int'l totals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 300 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ "Thomas Greiss- Hockey's Future profile". Hockeysfuture.com. 2007-03-20. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/thomas_greiss. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "San Jose Sharks - News: Greiss Recalled, Patzold Assigned". San Jose Sharks. 2008-01-08. http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=349210. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=540322&navid=DL%7CSJS%7Chome
- ^ "Sharks assign Greiss to Brynas (SEL)". San Jose Sharks. 2010-10-21. http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=541221.
- ^ "NHL-målvakt klar för Brynäs" (in Swedish). gd.se. 2010-10-21. http://gd.se/sport/brynas/1.2433936-nhl-malvakt-klar-for-brynas.
[edit] External links
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Brynäs IF players
- German ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Kölner Haie players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Germany
- People from Füssen
- San Jose Sharks draft picks
- San Jose Sharks players
- Worcester Sharks players
