Timo Meier
Timo Meier | |||
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Born |
Herisau, Switzerland | 8 October 1996||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team | San Jose Sharks | ||
National team | Switzerland | ||
NHL draft |
9th overall, 2015 San Jose Sharks | ||
Playing career | 2016–present |
Timo Meier (born 8 October 1996) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who plays for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] At the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected by the Sharks with the ninth overall pick.
Playing career
Major junior
In the 2012–13 season, Meier played in his native Switzerland at the Elite Jr. A level with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. Meier was selected 12th overall by the Halifax Mooseheads in the 2013 CHL Import Draft,[2] and started playing with the Mooseheads in the 2013–14 season. He was named captain of the Mooseheads for the 2015–16 season a few weeks before the start of the season.
On 6 January 2016, Meier was traded to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in exchange for a first round pick in 2017, second round pick in 2017 and a fourth round pick in 2018.[3]
Professional
Meier was selected ninth overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft[4]. On 8 July 2015, the Sharks signed Meier to a three-year entry level contract.[5]
Meier made his NHL debut on 16 December 2016, at the Bell Centre against the Montreal Canadiens and scored his first goal that same day.[6] Following the Sharks defeat in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, Meier joined Team Switzerland at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.[7]
He was re-signed by the Sharks to a four-year, $24 million contract on 1 July 2019.[8] He scored his first hat-trick on 28 December 2019, in a 6–1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.[9]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2012–13 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Elite Jr. A | 33 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 66 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
2014–15 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 61 | 44 | 46 | 90 | 59 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 18 | ||
2015–16 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 23 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 29 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 30 | ||
2016–17 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 33 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 41 | ||
2016–17 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 81 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
2018–19 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 78 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 55 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | ||
2019–20 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 70 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 263 | 76 | 81 | 157 | 158 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 |
International
Medal record | ||
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Representing Switzerland | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2018 Denmark |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2013 | Switzerland | WJC18 | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | Switzerland | IH18 | 6th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2015 | Switzerland | WJC | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
2016 | Switzerland | WJC | 9th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
2018 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
Junior totals | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | ||||
Senior totals | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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QMJHL | ||
Second All-Star Team | 2015 | [10] |
Michael Bossy Trophy – Best Professional Prospect | 2015 | [11] |
References
- ^ "Timo Meier | San Jose Barracuda". San Jose Barracuda. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "CHL Import draft, Halifax Mooseheads replenish". Yahoo! Sports. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Meier Moved at Deadline". Moosheads. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Chow, Felix (26 June 2015). "Sharks Draft Analysis: Ninth Overall Pick, Timo Meier". Fansided. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Dhiren, Mahiban (8 July 2015). "Sharks sign '15 first rounder Timo Meier". NBC Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Farrell, Sean (16 December 2016). "Sharks chase Carey Price, hold off Canadiens". National Hockey League. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Merk, Martin (8 May 2018). "Timo Meier joins Swiss". new-iihf.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Sharks Re-Sign Forward Timo Meier". National Hockey League. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Meier gets hat trick, Sharks top Flyers to end four-game slide". National Hockey League. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Golden Puck awards an unforgettable evening". QMJHL. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Herd plentiful in top prospects and star personality". trurodaily.com. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Swiss expatriate ice hockey people
- Halifax Mooseheads players
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- People from Frauenfeld District
- Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players
- San Jose Barracuda players
- San Jose Sharks draft picks
- San Jose Sharks players
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Swiss ice hockey right wingers