Thomas Ziegler

Date of Birth: Jun 09, 1978
Age: 48
Place of Birth: Zürich, SUI
Nation: Switzerland
Youth Team: Grasshopper Club
Position: C
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Thomas Ziegler Facts

Drafted: 2000 round 9 #263 overall by Tampa Bay Lightning

A defensive center who can plays all forward positions and is also capable of playing as a defenseman. Has an aggressive style of playing. (Matias Strozyk)

Brother: Rolf Ziegler

Thomas Ziegler Statistics

									Post
1994-1995	Grasshoppers U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-1996	Grasshoppers U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-1996	Grasshopper Club Zürich	NLB	10	0	0	0	0	-
1995-1996	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	5	0	2	2	4	-
1996-1997	Grasshoppers U20	Elite Jr. A	34	19	11	30	107	-
1996-1997	Grasshopper Club Zürich	NLB	11	0	1	1	2	-
1997-1998	Grasshoppers U20	Elite Jr. A	13	9	3	12	32	-
1997-1998	Grasshopper Club Zürich	NLB	25	5	4	9	22	-
1997-1998	ZSC Lions	NLA	10	0	0	0	2	-	Relegation	8	0	2	2	2	-
1997-1998	SC Küsnacht	SwissDiv1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	7	3	1	4	2	3
1998-1999	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	39	2	4	6	18	-	Playoffs	12	0	0	0	8	-
1998-1999	GDT Bellinzona Loan	SwissDiv1	2	0	0	0	-	-
1998-1999	HC Sierre Loan	NLB	4	1	2	3	2	-
1999-2000	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	45	7	7	14	24	-	Playoffs	9	1	5	6	16	-
1999-2000	Team Switzerland	International	3	0	0	0	-	-
1999-2000	Switzerland	WC	7	2	2	4	0	3
1999-2000	Switzerland (all)	International	15	2	2	4	-	-
2000-2001	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-2
2000-2001	Detroit Vipers	IHL	67	8	19	27	40	-12
2000-2001	Switzerland	WC	6	0	1	1	4	1
2000-2001	Switzerland (all)	International	9	0	1	1	4	1
2001-2002	Springfield Falcons	AHL	3	0	1	1	4	0
2001-2002	SC Bern	NLA	26	3	5	8	24	-	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	8	-
2001-2002	Switzerland (all)	International	10	1	0	1	6	0
2001-2002	Switzerland	WC	6	0	0	0	2	0
2002-2003	SC Bern	NLA	38	4	16	20	63	-	Playoffs	12	2	4	6	35	-
2003-2004	SC Bern "A"	NLA	46	12	22	34	109	-	Playoffs	15	1	4	5	16	-
2003-2004	Switzerland	WC	7	1	3	4	20	3
2003-2004	Switzerland (all)	International	14	2	4	6	6	-
2004-2005	SC Bern	NLA	32	4	9	13	59	-	Playoffs	11	1	0	1	12	-
2004-2005	Switzerland Olympics	OGQ	3	2	0	2	4	3
2004-2005	Switzerland	WC	6	1	0	1	10	0
2004-2005	Switzerland (all)	International	19	4	0	4	-	-
2005-2006	SC Bern	NLA	39	5	12	17	103	-	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	4	-
2005-2006	Switzerland Olympics	OG	5	1	0	1	8	-1
2005-2006	Switzerland (all)	International	12	1	0	1	12	-
2006-2007	SC Bern	NLA	41	4	11	15	60	-	Playoffs	17	3	3	6	18	-
2006-2007	Switzerland (all)	International	3	1	0	1	4	-
2007-2008	SC Bern "A"	NLA	47	4	11	15	28	-	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	16	-
2007-2008	Switzerland	WC	7	0	0	0	4	1
2007-2008	Switzerland (all)	International	15	0	0	0	4	-
2008-2009	SC Bern "A"	NLA	49	3	9	12	44	-	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	27	-
2008-2009	Switzerland	WC	6	0	0	0	4	-1
2008-2009	Switzerland (all)	International	16	2	1	3	4	-
2009-2010	SC Bern	NLA	10	1	1	2	12	-	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	4	-
2010-2011	ZSC Lions	NLA	47	4	7	11	83	-4	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-4
2011-2012	ZSC Lions	NLA	36	0	2	2	10	-5	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0	0

Thomas Ziegler Tournament Statistics


1991-1992	ZSC Lions	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Continental Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-2000	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Continental Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-2006	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	2	0	0	0	0	-
2008-2009	SC Bern	Champions HL	4	0	0	0	2	-2
2010-2011	ZSC Lions	ET	8	0	0	0	6	-

Thomas Ziegler Career Totals by League


AHL	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	4	0	0
Champions HL	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	2	-2	0
Continental Cup	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Deutschland Cup	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
EJC-18	1	5	0	2	2	0.40	4	-	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	4	47*	28*	14*	42*	0.89*	139*	-	0
ET	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	6	-	0
IHL	1	67	8	19	27	0.40	40	-12	0
International	9	116	13	8	21	0.18	40*	1*	0
NHL	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	0
NLA (NL)	14	505	53	116	169	0.33	639	-9*	14	130	10	23	33	0.25	168	-4*
NLB (SL)	4	50	6	7	13	0.26	26	-	0
OG	1	5	1	0	1	0.20	8	-1	0
OGQ	1	3	2	0	2	0.67	4	3	0
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SwissDiv1	2	2*	0	0	0	0.00*	-	-	0
WC	7	45	4	6	10	0.22	44	7	0
WJC-20	1	7	3	1	4	0.57	2	3	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Thomas Ziegler Career Totals by Team


Detroit Vipers	1	67	8	19	27	0.40	40	-12	0
GDT Bellinzona	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0
Grasshopper Club Zürich	3	46	5	5	10	0.22	24	-	0
Grasshoppers U20	4	47*	28*	14*	42*	0.89*	139*	-	0
HC Ambrì-Piotta	2	84*	9*	11*	20*	0.24*	42*	-	2	21	1	5	6	0.29	24	-
HC Sierre	1	4	1	2	3	0.75	2	-	0
SC Bern	9	332	40	96	136	0.41	504	-2*	9	90	9	15	24	0.27	140	-
SC Küsnacht	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Springfield Falcons	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	4	0	0
Switzerland	7	45	4	6	10	0.22	44	7	0
Switzerland (Cup)	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Switzerland (all)	9	113	13	8	21	0.19	40*	1*	0
Switzerland Olympics	2	8	3	0	3	0.38	12	2	0
Switzerland U18	1	5	0	2	2	0.40	4	-	0
Switzerland U20	1	7	3	1	4	0.57	2	3	0
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	0
Team Switzerland	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0
ZSC Lions	3	101	4	9	13	0.13	101	-9*	3	19	0	3	3	0.16	4	-4*
ZSC Lions (Peewee)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Thomas Ziegler Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1997-1998	U20 WJC Bronze Medal
2003-2004	NLA Champion (Bern)
2009-2010	NLA Champion (Bern)
2011-2012	NLA Champion (ZSC)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
05/31/2012	Confirmed	ZSC Lions	Retired

Thomas Ziegler Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for SC Bern
Cult/Star player for Switzerland