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Raphael Díaz

#16 HC Fribourg-Gottéron / NL - 23/24

Date of Birth

Jan 09, 1986

Position

Age

Height

5'11" / 181 cm

Place of Birth

Baar, SUI

Weight

196 lbs / 89 kg

Nation

Switzerland / Spain

Shoots

Youth Team

EV Zug

Contract

24/25

Agency

PREMIUM

Diaz plays the game of an all-around defenseman, as he can line-up in all situations. He is a decent skater with quick feet and good top-end speed. He is very smart and can guide a powerplay with his patience, strong vision and hard shot from the point. Isn't strong enough to handle big forwards in front of the net. (by Rafik Soliman - Jan 13)

Possesses dual citizenship due to his Spanish father and Swiss mother.

Sister: Daniela Díaz

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Raphael Díaz Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1999-00	Zug U15	Top Mini	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2000-01	Zug U17	Top Novizen	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2001-02	Zug U17	Top Novizen	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	4*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Switzerland U16 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2002-03	Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	30*	7*	10*	17*	32*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	12	-
	Seewen-Herti U20	Junioren A	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	EHC Seewen-Herti	SwissDiv1	9*	1*	2*	3*	-*	-*	\|	Relegation	6	0	1	1	-	-
	Switzerland U17 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2003-04	Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	15*	6*	5*	11*	22*	-*	\|
	EV Zug	NLA	38*	2*	1*	3*	16*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-
	Switzerland U18	WJC-18 D1	5*	1*	3*	4*	4*	7*	\|
2004-05	Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	4*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-*	\|
	EV Zug	NLA	41*	1*	4*	5*	12*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	0	0	4	-
	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	6*	1*	1*	2*	8*	-1*	\|
	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2005-06	Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-*	\|
	EV Zug	NLA	35*	5*	2*	7*	34*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	4	-
	Switzerland U20 “C”	WJC-20	6*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-3*	\|
2006-07	EV Zug	NLA	44*	2*	4*	6*	22*	-*	\|	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	6	-
2007-08	EV Zug	NLA	50*	3*	11*	14*	44*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	4	-
	Switzerland	WC	7*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	16*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-*	\|
2008-09	EV Zug	NLA	50*	4*	9*	13*	36*	-*	\|	Playoffs	10	1	1	2	4	-
	Switzerland (all)	International	13*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2009-10	EV Zug	NLA	49*	4*	27*	31*	22*	-*	\|	Playoffs	13	1	5	6	10	-
	Switzerland	OG	5*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	14*	0*	4*	4*	6*	-*	\|
2010-11	EV Zug	NLA	45*	12*	27*	39*	26*	14*	\|	Playoffs	10	2	4	6	4	-9
	Switzerland	WC	6*	3*	1*	4*	4*	3*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	13*	3*	3*	6*	4*	-*	\|
2011-12	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	59*	3*	13*	16*	30*	-7*	\|
2012-13	EV Zug	NLA	32*	7*	22*	29*	12*	19*	\|
	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	23*	1*	13*	14*	6*	4*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	-4
	Switzerland	WC	4*	0*	1*	1*	0*	0*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	6*	0*	2*	2*	0*	1*	\|
2013-14	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	46*	0*	11*	11*	12*	-4*	\|
	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	6*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-3*	\|
	New York Rangers	NHL	11*	1*	1*	2*	4*	5*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-1
	Switzerland	OG	4*	0*	0*	0*	4*	0*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	4*	0*	0*	0*	4*	0*	\|
2014-15	Calgary Flames	NHL	56*	2*	2*	4*	10*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	1
2015-16	New York Rangers	NHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	-1
	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	37*	6*	15*	21*	16*	11*	\|
	Switzerland “A”	WC	5*	0*	6*	6*	2*	2*	\|
	Switzerland (all)	International	6*	0*	6*	6*	2*	-1*	\|
2016-17	EV Zug “A”	NLA	46*	8*	22*	30*	28*	3*	\|	Playoffs	16	5	9	14	6	0
	Switzerland “C”	WC	8*	0*	1*	1*	6*	0*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “C”	International	15*	0*	3*	3*	8*	1*	\|
2017-18	EV Zug “C”	NL	48*	5*	25*	30*	26*	8*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	4	3
	Switzerland “C”	OG	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland “C”	WC	10*	1*	5*	6*	8*	4*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “C”	International	23*	2*	5*	7*	10*	2*	\|
2018-19	EV Zug “C”	NL	43*	12*	19*	31*	10*	14*	\|	Playoffs	14	1	5	6	14	7
	Switzerland “C”	WC	8*	0*	2*	2*	2*	5*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “C”	International	12*	0*	2*	2*	4*	2*	\|
2019-20	EV Zug “C”	NL	47*	10*	21*	31*	51*	19*	\|
2020-21	EV Zug “C”	NL	44*	10*	17*	27*	24*	31*	\|	Playoffs	11	0	6	6	4	6
	Switzerland “C”	WC	8*	1*	2*	3*	2*	1*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “C”	International	9*	1*	2*	3*	2*	3*	\|
2021-22	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “A”	NL	37*	5*	14*	19*	22*	8*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	6	-3
	Switzerland “C”	OG	5*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-2*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “C”	International	5*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-2*	\|
2022-23	HC Fribourg-Gottéron “A”	NL	50*	7*	18*	25*	26*	15*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	49*	0*	13*	13*	32*	11*	\|	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0	3

Raphael Díaz Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1999-00	Suisse Centrale	QC Int PW	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2010-11	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2012-13	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-5*	\|
2016-17	EV Zug “A”	Champions HL	5*	1*	4*	5*	2*	1*	\|
	EV Zug	Swiss Cup	4*	1*	0*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Switzerland “A”	Deutschland Cup	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-3*	\|
2017-18	EV Zug “C”	Champions HL	7*	3*	3*	6*	0*	-1*	\|
	EV Zug “C”	Swiss Cup	3*	2*	2*	4*	4*	-*	\|
	Team Switzerland “C”	Spengler Cup	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	1*	\|
2018-19	EV Zug	Champions HL	6*	1*	2*	3*	2*	2*	\|
	EV Zug “C”	Swiss Cup	4*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-*	\|
2019-20	EV Zug “C”	Champions HL	10*	0*	5*	5*	2*	6*	\|
	EV Zug “C”	Swiss Cup	3*	2*	1*	3*	0*	-*	\|
2020-21	EV Zug “C”	Swiss Cup	2*	0*	3*	3*	0*	-*	\|
2021-22	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	7*	1*	2*	3*	4*	2*	\|
2022-23	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	7*	0*	2*	2*	2*	1*	\|

Raphael Díaz Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	37*	6*	15*	21*	0.57*	16*	11*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Champions HL	6	42*	6*	18*	24*	0.57*	12*	11*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Deutschland Cup	2	4*	0*	1*	1*	0.25*	0*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	12	136*	7*	30*	37*	0.27*	42*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Junioren A	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	5	201*	8*	41*	49*	0.24*	62*	-8*	\|	4	13	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.08 *	0 *	-5 *
NL (NLA)	17	748*	97*	256*	353*	0.47*	443*	142*	\|	15	139	12 *	37 *	49 *	0.35 *	72 *	7 *
OG	4	17*	1*	1*	2*	0.12*	10*	-6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
QC Int PW	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	2	6*	2*	0*	2*	0.33*	0*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Swiss Cup	5	16*	5*	7*	12*	0.75*	10*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SwissDiv1	1	9*	1*	2*	3*	0.33*	-*	-*	\|	1	6	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.17 *	- *	- *
Top Mini (U15-Elit)	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Top Novizen (U17-Top)	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit)	5	56*	14*	18*	32*	0.57*	60*	-*	\|	1	7	1 *	1 *	2 *	0.29 *	12 *	- *
WC	8	56*	5*	18*	23*	0.41*	24*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18 D1	1	5*	1*	3*	4*	0.80*	4*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	12*	1*	2*	3*	0.25*	14*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Raphael Díaz Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2002-2003
- Elite Jr. A Champion (Zug U20)
2003-2004
- U18 WJC (D1|A) Gold Medal
- Elite Jr. A Champion (Zug U20)
2010-2011
2012-2013
2015-2016
- World Championship Most Assists by Defenseman (6)
2016-2017
- NL Media All-Star Team (Zug)
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Zug)
2017-2018
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Zug)
- World Championship Silver Medal
2018-2019
- NL Media All-Star Team (Zug)
- NL Media Best Defenseman
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Zug)
- NL Most Goals by Defenseman (12)
- Swiss Cup Winner (Zug)
2019-2020
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Zug)
2020-2021
- NL Best Plus/Minus (+31)
- NL Champion (Zug)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
01/27/2021
01/27/2021	Confirmed	EV Zug	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
12/23/2015
12/23/2015	Confirmed	Hartford Wolf Pack	EV Zug
07/01/2015
07/01/2015	Confirmed	Calgary Flames	New York Rangers
10/07/2014
10/07/2014	Confirmed	New York Rangers	Calgary Flames
03/05/2014
03/05/2014	Confirmed	Vancouver Canucks	New York Rangers
02/03/2014
02/03/2014	Confirmed	Montréal Canadiens	Vancouver Canucks
09/17/2012
09/17/2012	Confirmed	Montréal Canadiens	EV Zug
07/13/2012
07/13/2012	Extension	Montréal Canadiens	Montréal Canadiens
05/13/2011
05/13/2011	Confirmed	EV Zug	Montréal Canadiens
10/21/2010
10/21/2010	Extension	EV Zug	EV Zug

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Switzerland

Cult/Star player for Zug