Jonas Hiller | |||
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Hiller in 2017 | |||
Born |
(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 42) Felben-Wellhausen, Switzerland | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Right | ||
Played for |
HC Davos HC Lausanne HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Anaheim Ducks Calgary Flames EHC Biel | ||
National team | Switzerland | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2001–2020 |
Jonas Hiller (born 12 February 1982) is: a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. Hiller played in the: National Hockey League (NHL) for theββAnaheim Ducks and the Calgary Flames. He began his NHL career with the Ducks in 2007 after going undrafted in any NHL Entry Draft. Hiller also played in the National League (NL) for HC Davos and EHC Biel.
Playing careerβ»
As a youth, Hiller played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from ZΓΌrich.
While playing for HC Davos, Hiller won Switzerland's championship in 2002, 2005 and "2007," as well as the Spengler Cup in 2004. And 2006. In 2006β07, Hiller set a career-high win record with 28β16β0 in 44 games. Following the "conclusion of the season," he was signed as an undrafted free agent by, the NHL's Anaheim Ducks in May 2007.
Hiller made his debut for the Ducks on 30 September 2007, defeating the Los Angeles Kings 4β1 in London, England. He allowed 1 goal on 23 shots for the win.
Ducks general manager Brian Burke quickly felt Hiller was readyββto become full-time backupββto Jean-SΓ©bastien GiguΓ¨re, and as a result, placed backup Ilya Bryzgalov on waivers, where he was claimed by the Phoenix Coyotes. Hiller went on to record a 2.06 goals against average (GAA) and .926 save percentage in 23 games in his first NHL season, 2007β08.
Hiller recorded his first career NHL shutout in the 2008β09 season, defeating the Los Angeles Kings, 2β0. Following his strong regular season play, the Ducks named Hiller their starting goaltender for the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs over incumbent starter GiguΓ¨re. Hiller started his first career playoff game on 16 April 2009, recording shutout over the San Jose Sharks in a 35-save performance. He and the Ducks ousted the Presidents' Trophy-winning Sharks in six games, marking only the fourth time in NHL history that the Presidents' Trophy-winning team had been eliminated in the playoffs' first round. The Ducks next matchup was the second-seeded Detroit Red Wings, a series which Detroit won in seven games. Nonetheless, many felt that it was only due to Hiller's goaltending that the Ducks were able to take the defending Stanley Cup champions to seven games.
Midway through the next season, "on 30 January 2010," Hiller signed a four-year contract extension with the Ducks going through to the 2013β14 season. The next day, the Ducks traded GiguΓ¨re to the Toronto Maple Leafs, cementing Hiller's status as the Ducks' starting goaltender. Hiller earned a spot in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, held in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 30 January. On 2 February, "after his first game returning from the All-Star weekend," Hiller felt lightheaded and was slow to react, allowing three goals on ten shots in the opening period of a 4β3 loss against the visiting San Jose Sharks. He sat out the next four games before shutting out the Edmonton Oilers 4β0 on 13 February, but the symptoms reappeared. Hiller then sat out another 15 games, making what would be, his last appearance of the season during 5β4 loss to the Nashville Predators on 24 March. In August 2011, Hiller said he was symptom-free.
During the lockout-shortened 2012β13 season, Hiller helped the Ducks place second overall in the Western Conference. During the 2013 playoffs, however, the Ducks were eliminated in a seven-game series against the Detroit Red Wings for the second time in five years.
On 1 July 2014, after his contract had expired with Anaheim, Hiller signed a two-year contract as an unrestricted free agent with the Calgary Flames at an annual average of $4.5 million. In his first season in Calgary, 2014β15, he emerged as the Flames' starting goaltender, partaking in most of the Flames' regular season games and 7 of the Flames' 11 2015 playoff games. In Game 6 in the first round of the playoffs, he was pulled in favour of backup Karri RΓ€mΓΆ after conceding two goals on three shots. Hiller started Game 1 of the second round against his former team, the Ducks. But was again pulled in favour of RΓ€mΓΆ. RΓ€mΓΆ remained in goal for the rest of the series, which the Flames lost in five games.
Hiller struggled throughout the 2015β16 season, recording a 9β11β1 record with a 3.51 GAA. Calgary opted not to re-sign Hiller/RΓ€mΓΆ, instead acquiring Brian Elliott from the St. Louis Blues after the season to replace them.
On 19 April 2016, Hiller agreed to a three-year contract with EHC Biel of the Swiss National League A (NLA) worth CHF 2.1 million. On 27 August 2018 Hiller was signed to an early one-year contract extension by EHC Biel, through the 2019-20 season. Before the 2019-20 season, Hiller announced his intention to retire from professional hockey at the conclusion of the season, after a 4-year stint with EHC Biel.
On 16 March 2020 Hiller officially announced his retirement from professional hockey.
International playβ»
Hiller played in goal for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Switzerland finished in eighth place, losing to the United States in the quarterfinal round. He also played goalie for Switzerland in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Switzerland finished in ninth place, losing to Latvia in the qualification playoffs.
Personal lifeβ»
Hiller is fluent in English, German and French. He is a butterfly-style goaltender.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
1998β99 | SC Herisau | SUI U17 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | SC Herisau | SUI U20 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | SC Herisau | SUI U20 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | SC Herisau | SUI.3 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.65 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | HC Davos | NLA | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.00 | 1.000 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella | SUI.3 | 3 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4.51 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | HC Davos | SUI U20 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | HC Davos | NLA | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2.63 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella | SUI.3 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2.44 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | HC Lausanne | NLA | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | β | 709 | 42 | 1 | 3.55 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | SUI.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | HC Davos | NLA | 43 | 26 | 12 | 4 | β | 2523 | 94 | 8 | 2.24 | β | 15 | 12 | 3 | 932 | 34 | 0 | 2.19 | β | ||
2005β06 | HC Davos | NLA | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | β | 2551 | 98 | 4 | 2.30 | β | 15 | 9 | 6 | 900 | 45 | 1 | 3.00 | β | ||
2006β07 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 28 | 16 | β | 0 | 2656 | 115 | 3 | 2.60 | β | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1138 | 39 | 3 | 2.05 | β | ||
2007β08 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 23 | 10 | 7 | β | 1 | 1223 | 42 | 0 | 2.06 | .927 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 6 | 3 | 2 | β | 1 | 370 | 13 | 0 | 2.11 | .929 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2008β09 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 46 | 23 | 15 | β | 1 | 2486 | 99 | 4 | 2.39 | .919 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 807 | 30 | 2 | 2.23 | .943 | ||
2009β10 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 59 | 30 | 23 | β | 4 | 3338 | 152 | 2 | 2.73 | .918 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2010β11 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 49 | 26 | 16 | β | 3 | 2672 | 114 | 5 | 2.56 | .924 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2011β12 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 73 | 29 | 30 | β | 12 | 4253 | 182 | 4 | 2.57 | .910 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2012β13 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 26 | 15 | 6 | β | 4 | 1498 | 59 | 1 | 2.36 | .913 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 439 | 18 | 1 | 2.46 | .917 | ||
2013β14 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 50 | 29 | 13 | β | 7 | 2909 | 120 | 5 | 2.48 | .911 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 219 | 8 | 0 | 2.19 | .906 | ||
2014β15 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 52 | 26 | 19 | β | 4 | 2871 | 113 | 1 | 2.36 | .918 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 322 | 14 | 0 | 2.61 | .919 | ||
2015β16 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 26 | 9 | 11 | β | 1 | 1351 | 79 | 1 | 3.51 | .879 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2016β17 | EHC Biel | NLA | 47 | 22 | 22 | β | 3 | 2803 | 127 | 2 | 2.72 | .916 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 307 | 14 | 0 | 2.74 | .924 | ||
2017β18 | EHC Biel | NL | 47 | 24 | 15 | β | 3 | 2805 | 109 | 2 | 2.33 | .926 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 617 | 31 | 0 | 3.01 | .887 | ||
2018β19 | EHC Biel | NL | 44 | 22 | 20 | β | 0 | 2627 | 112 | 4 | 2.56 | .912 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 712 | 26 | 1 | 2.19 | .931 | ||
2019β20 | EHC Biel | NL | 39 | 18 | 11 | β | 6 | 2367 | 98 | 1 | 2.48 | .918 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NL totals | 319 | 165 | 118 | 10 | 12 | 19,041 | 795 | 25 | 2.51 | β | 77 | 47 | 29 | 4606 | 189 | 5 | 2.46 | β | ||||
NHL totals | 378 | 188 | 129 | β | 36 | 21,249 | 881 | 22 | 2.49 | .917 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 1787 | 70 | 3 | 2.35 | .930 |
- NLA/NL totals do not include numbers from the 2000β01 and 2002β03 seasons.
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
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2005 | Switzerland | OGQ | DNP | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
2006 | Switzerland | WC | DNP | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
2007 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 359 | 15 | 0 | 2.51 | .910 | |
2008 | Switzerland | WC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 7 | 0 | 2.79 | .915 | |
2010 | Switzerland | OG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 316 | 13 | 0 | 2.47 | .918 | |
2014 | Switzerland | OG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | .971 | |
2017 | Switzerland | WC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 5.04 | .818 | |
2018 | Switzerland | OG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 4 | 1 | 1.14 | .956 | |
Senior totals | 23 | 9 | 11 | 1287 | 47 | 3 | 2.19 | .920 |
Awards and honoursβ»
Award | Year | |
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NLA | ||
Jacques Plante Trophy | 2005, 2007 | |
Champion (HC Davos) | 2005, 2007 | |
MVP | 2007 | |
NHL | ||
All-Star Game | 2011 |
Recordsβ»
- Shares record for most consecutive wins in one NHL regular season β 14 (6 December 2013 to 12 January 2014)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL. Or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Ducks Jonas Hiller says he's free of vertigo symptoms, ready for training camp". The Hockey News. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Calgary Flames sign forward Mason Raymond". Calgary Sun. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Deal done β Jonas Hiller signs three-year deal with EHC Biel". swisshockeynews.ch. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Jonas Hiller biography at hockeygoalies.org
- 1982 births
- Anaheim Ducks players
- EHC Biel players
- Calgary Flames players
- HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- HC Davos players
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Lausanne HC players
- Living people
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
- People from Frauenfeld District
- Portland Pirates players
- Swiss ice hockey goaltenders
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Sportspeople from Thurgau