Armin Helfer

#62 Pustertal/Val Pusteria / Italy - 19/20

Date of Birth: May 31, 1980
Age: 46
Place of Birth: Brunico, ITA
Nation: Italy
Youth Team: Pustertal/Val Pusteria
Position: D
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 99 kg / 218 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Armin Helfer Facts

Brother: Martin Helfer

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Armin Helfer Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1996-1997	Bruneck/Brunico	Italy2	2	0	0	0	0	-
1996-1997	Italy U18	EJC-18 B	5	1	0	1	14	-2
1997-1998	Bruneck/Brunico	Italy	26	1	1	2	14	-
1997-1998	Italy U18	EJC-18 B	6	1	2	3	8	-
1998-1999	Bruneck/Brunico	Italy	30	1	2	3	105	-
1998-1999	Italy U20	WJC-20 C	4	0	0	0	18	-
1999-2000	Bruneck/Brunico	Italy	36	11	8	19	116	-
1999-2000	Italy U20	WJC-20 B	5	0	0	0	33	-2
1999-2000	Italy	WC	6	0	0	0	12	-4
1999-2000	Italy (all)	International	11	1	0	1	16	-
2000-2001	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italy	43	6	7	13	113	-
2000-2001	Italy	WC	6	0	0	0	8	-2
2000-2001	Italy (all)	International	16	1	0	1	26	-
2001-2002	Milano	Italy	42	4	4	8	78	-	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	37	-
2001-2002	Italy	WC	6	1	0	1	8	0
2001-2002	Italy (all)	International	15	1	1	2	14	-
2002-2003	Milano	Italy	39	6	7	13	68	-	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	14	-
2002-2003	Italy	WC D1	5	0	0	0	16	-5
2002-2003	Italy (all)	International	13	2	3	5	46	-
2003-2004	Milano	Italy	32	9	22	31	36	-	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	18	-
2003-2004	Italy	WC D1	5	2	1	3	12	4
2003-2004	Italy (all)	International	5	2	1	3	12	-
2004-2005	Milano	Italy	29	8	15	23	18	-	Playoffs	15	6	13	19	26	-
2004-2005	Italy	WC D1	5	0	1	1	29	4
2004-2005	Italy (all)	International	6	0	1	1	29	-
2005-2006	Milano	Italy	38	4	20	24	50	-	Playoffs	7	3	5	8	12	-
2005-2006	Italy Olympics	OG	5	0	0	0	4	-4
2005-2006	Italy	WC	6	1	1	2	16	-1
2005-2006	Italy (all)	International	27	2	2	4	57	-
2006-2007	Milano	Italy	36	15	27	42	67	-	Playoffs	9	1	4	5	16	-
2006-2007	Italy	WC	6	0	0	0	2	-4
2006-2007	Italy (all)	International	16	1	3	4	12	-
2007-2008	HC Innsbruck	EBEL	41	6	11	17	46	8	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	4	0
2007-2008	Italy	WC	5	1	1	2	4	0
2007-2008	Italy (all)	International	8	2	3	5	14	-
2008-2009	HC Thurgau "A"	NLB	29	10	15	25	62	-	Playoffs	6	2	2	4	4	-
2008-2009	Kloten Flyers Loan	NLA	2	0	1	1	0	-
2008-2009	Italy Olympics	OGQ	3	0	0	0	2	-2
2008-2009	Italy	WC D1	5	0	1	1	0	7
2008-2009	Italy (all)	International	11	0	2	2	2	-
2009-2010	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italy	35	5	22	27	45	-	Playoffs	10	2	3	5	12	-
2009-2010	Italy	WC	4	0	0	0	4	-4
2009-2010	Italy (all)	International	7	0	0	0	12	-
2010-2011	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "A"	Italy	40	6	25	31	38	-	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	24	-
2010-2011	Italy	WC D1	4	2	3	5	0	3
2010-2011	Italy (all)	International	4	2	3	5	0	-
2011-2012	HC Thurgau "C"	NLB	31	9	15	24	43	-
2011-2012	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italy	7	3	2	5	10	-	Playoffs	12	0	8	8	10	-
2011-2012	Italy	WC	4	0	0	0	0	-1
2011-2012	Italy (all)	International	9	0	0	0	14	-
2012-2013	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	43	6	25	31	36	-	Playoffs	10	1	8	9	8	-
2012-2013	Italy Olympics	OGQ	3	0	0	0	2	0
2012-2013	Italy "A"	WC D1A	5	0	0	0	2	1
2012-2013	Italy (all)	International	13	1	2	3	10	-
2013-2014	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	41	6	24	30	28	-	Playoffs	14	2	5	7	2	-
2013-2014	Italy (all)	International	3	1	0	1	0	-
2014-2015	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	38	11	20	31	28	-	Playoffs	11	3	5	8	14	-
2014-2015	Italy "A"	WC D1A	5	0	0	0	4	-1
2014-2015	Italy (all)	International	7	0	0	0	4	-
2015-2016	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	41	7	22	29	22	-	Playoffs	15	3	9	12	4	-
2015-2016	Italy Olympics "A"	OGQ	3	0	4	4	0	5
2015-2016	Italy "A"	WC D1A	5	1	1	2	0	1
2015-2016	Italy (all)	International	12	1	6	7	2	-
2016-2017	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	AlpsHL	38	8	27	35	30	20	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	6	0
2016-2017	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	1	0	1	1	0	-2
2016-2017	Italy "A"	WC	7	0	1	1	0	-5
2016-2017	Italy (all)	International	11	0	1	1	2	-
2017-2018	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	AlpsHL	39	9	17	26	20	17	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	12	6
2017-2018	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	2	1	1	2	2	0
2017-2018	Italy "C"	WC D1A	5	1	1	2	2	1
2017-2018	Italy (all)	International	11	1	2	3	6	-
2018-2019	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	AlpsHL	37	6	24	30	24	21	Playoffs	16	3	5	8	6	0
2018-2019	Pustertal/Val Pusteria "C"	Italy	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2018-2019	Italy "A"	WC	7	0	1	1	2	-8
2018-2019	Italy (all)	International	10	0	1	1	2	-
2019-2020	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	AlpsHL	42	5	22	27	38	22
2019-2020	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italy	6	0	2	2	4	1

Armin Helfer Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2001-2002	Milano	Continental Cup	8	1	0	1	43	-
2002-2003	Milano	Continental Cup	3	0	0	0	2	-
2002-2003	Milano	Italian Cup	1	0	1	1	0	-
2003-2004	Milano	Continental Cup	2	2	0	2	2	-
2003-2004	Milano	Italian Cup	2	0	0	0	2	-
2004-2005	Milano	Continental Cup	9	2	0	2	10	-
2004-2005	Milano	Italian Cup	2	0	3	3	0	-
2005-2006	Milano	Italian Cup	1	0	1	1	0	-
2009-2010	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	4	1	1	2	2	-
2009-2010	HC Davos Loan	Spengler Cup	5	0	0	0	6	-
2010-2011	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	2	0	1	1	2	-
2011-2012	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	1	0	0	0	2	-
2012-2013	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	1	0	0	0	0	-
2013-2014	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	5	0	2	2	2	-
2014-2015	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Supercup	1	0	2	2	0	-
2014-2015	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	3	0	1	1	2	-
2015-2016	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Cup	4	1	2	3	6	-
2016-2017	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Italian Supercup	1	0	0	0	0	-

Armin Helfer Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AlpsHL	4	156	28	90	118	0.76	112	80	3	28	5	9	14	0.50	24	6
Continental Cup	4	22	5	0	5	0.23	57	-	0
EBEL (ICEHL)	1	41	6	11	17	0.41	46	8	1	3	0	2	2	0.67	4	0
EJC-18 B	2	11	2	2	4	0.36	22	-2*	0
International	20	215	18	31	49	0.23	280	-	0
Italian Cup	11	26	2	12	14	0.54	18	-	0
Italian Supercup	2	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	-	0
Italy	21	607	110	257	367	0.60	878	-2*	13	147	28	69	97	0.66	197	-
Italy2	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
NLA (NL)	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	-	0
NLB (SL)	2	60	19	30	49	0.82	105	-	1	6	2	2	4	0.67	4	-
OG	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	4	-4	0
OGQ	3	9	0	4	4	0.44	4	3	0
Spengler Cup	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	6	-	0
WC	10	57	3	4	7	0.12	56	-29	0
WC D1	5	24	4	6	10	0.42	57	13	0
WC D1A	4	20	2	2	4	0.20	8	2	0
WJC-20 B	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	33	-2	0
WJC-20 C	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	18	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Armin Helfer Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
HC Davos	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	6	-	0
HC Innsbruck	1	41	6	11	17	0.41	46	8	1	3	0	2	2	0.67	4	0
HC Thurgau	2	60	19	30	49	0.82	105	-	1	6	2	2	4	0.67	4	-
Italy	19	101	9	12	21	0.21	121	-14	0
Italy (all)	20	215	18	31	49	0.23	280	-	0
Italy Olympics	4	14	0	4	4	0.29	8	-1	0
Italy U18	2	11	2	2	4	0.36	22	-2*	0
Italy U20	2	9	0	0	0	0.00	51	-2*	0
Kloten Flyers	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	-	0
Milano	6	244	51	100	151	0.62	376	-	6	61	12	27	39	0.64	123	-
Pustertal/Val Pusteria	16	571	94	261	355	0.62	689	78*	10	114	21	51	72	0.63	98	6*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Armin Helfer Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1997-1998	U18 EJC (B) Best Defenseman
1999-2000	U20 WJC (B) Most Penalized Player (33)
2001-2002	Italian Supercup Champion Italy Champion
2002-2003	Italian Cup Champion Italian Supercup Champion Italy Champion
2003-2004	Italy Champion World Championship (D1\|B) Silver Medal
2004-2005	Italian Cup Champion Italy Champion World Championship (D1\|B) Gold Medal World Championship (D1\|B) Most Penalized Player (29)
2005-2006	Italian Cup Champion Italy Champion
2006-2007	Italian Supercup Champion Italy Most Goals by Defenseman (15)
2008-2009	World Championship (D1\|B) Best Plus/Minus (+7) World Championship (D1\|B) Gold Medal
2010-2011	Italian Cup Champion World Championship (D1\|A) Best Defenseman World Championship (D1\|A) Gold Medal
2012-2013	World Championship (D1A) Silver Medal
2014-2015	Italian Supercup Champion
2015-2016	World Championship (D1A) Most Goals By Defenseman (1) World Championship (D1A) Silver Medal
2016-2017	Italian Supercup Champion
2017-2018	World Championship (D1A) Silver Medal
2018-2019	World Championship Top 3 Player on Team

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
03/19/2020	Confirmed	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Retired
07/31/2019	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
05/24/2018	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
07/11/2017	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
07/22/2016	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
06/19/2015	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
07/16/2014	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
03/23/2013	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
06/26/2012	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
01/13/2012	Confirmed	HC Thurgau	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
04/18/2011	Confirmed	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	HC Thurgau
05/13/2010	Extension	Pustertal/Val Pusteria	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
05/11/2009	Confirmed	HC Thurgau	Pustertal/Val Pusteria

Armin Helfer Biography and Trivia

Number 62 retired by Pustertal/Val Pusteria
Cult/Star player for Pustertal/Val Pusteria