Thomas Greiss

Thomas Greiss
Thomas Greiss with the San Jose Sharks in 2009
Born	January 29, 1986 (1986-01-29) (age 26) Füssen, Bavaria West Germany
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NHL team Former teams	San Jose Sharks Kölner Haie (DEL) Brynäs IF (SEL)
National team	Germany
NHL Draft	94th overall, 2004 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	2004 –present

Thomas Greiss (born January 29, 1986 in Füssen, Bavaria) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career statistics 2.1 International 3 References 4 External links

Playing career

Greiss was selected 94th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He earned a spot on Team Germany for the 2006 Winter Olympics. At 20 years of age, he was the youngest goaltender in the tournament, and had a 35 save performance on 40 shots against Team Canada.^[1]

He played for San Jose in pre-season games. On January 8, 2008, he was officially recalled to replace Dimitri Pätzold as Evgeni Nabokov's backup goaltender. He started his first game on January 13, 2008, in an eventual 4–3 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.^[2]

For the 2009–10 season, Greiss was the back-up goaltender for the San Jose Sharks. He was also named to Team Germany for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

On October 12, 2010, Greiss cleared waivers and was reassigned to San Jose's AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. Greiss' reassignment was primarily due to the signing of goaltenders Antero Niittymäki and Antti Niemi.^[3] Nine days later, after not seeing any game action as Worcester's third-string goaltender, the Sharks reassigned Greiss from Worcester to Brynäs of Elitserien to give Greiss playing time.^{[4] [5]}

On April 11, 2011, Greiss was recalled to the San Jose Sharks for the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He re-signed with the Sharks on July 7.

Greiss was the starting goaltender in the season opener for the Sharks in the 2011-12 season, a 6-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes in San Jose. He went on to start the next two games (losses to the Anaheim Ducks and St. Louis Blues) before Niemi returned from an off-season surgery.

Career statistics

				Regular season										Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T/OT	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
2003–04	Kölner Haie	DEL		1	0	0	0	20	4	0	12.00	.600		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Kölner Haie	DEL		8	—	—	—	459	16	0	2.09	.936		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Eisbären Regensburg	2.GBun		1	—	—	—	60	2	0	2.00	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Kölner Haie	DEL		27	—	—	—	1560	64	1	2.46	.926		9	6	3	533	27	1	3.03	.898
2006–07	Fresno Falcons	ECHL		3	1	2	0	180	7	0	2.34	.929		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Worcester Sharks	AHL		43	26	15	2	2555	111	0	2.61	.912		3	0	3	172	12	0	4.18	.865
2007–08	Worcester Sharks	AHL		41	18	21	2	2424	125	0	3.09	.892		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	San Jose Sharks	NHL		3	0	1	1	128	7	0	3.26	.860		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Worcester Sharks	AHL		57	34	20	2	3346	138	1	2.47	.910		12	6	6	742	30	2	2.43	.912
2009–10	San Jose Sharks	NHL		16	7	4	1	782	35	0	2.68	.912		1	0	0	40	2	0	3.00	.929
2010–11	Brynäs IF	SEL		32	—	—	—	1850	90	2	2.92	.901		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DEL totals				36	—	—	—	2039	84	1	2.47	.925		9	6	3	533	27	1	3.03	.898
NHL totals				19	7	5	2	911	42	0	2.77	.906		1	0	0	40	2	0	3.00	.929

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
2003	Germany	WJC18-B		2	2	0	0	120	2	0	1.00
2004	Germany	WJC18-B		3	2	0	0	140	8	0	3.43
2004	Germany	WJC-B
2005	Germany	WJC		3	0	2	0	104	13	0	7.50
2006	Germany	WJC-B		4	4	0	0	240	2	2	0.50
2006	Germany	OG		1	0	1	0	60	5	0	5.00
2006	Germany	WC-B		2	1	0	0	61	2	0	1.97
2010	Germany	OG		3	0	3	0	179	15	0	5.03
Junior int'l totals
Senior int'l totals				6	1	4	0	300	22	0	4.40

References

External links

• Thomas Greiss's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Thomas Greiss's NHL player profile

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Name	Greiss, Thomas
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Date of birth	January 29, 1986
Place of birth	Fuessen, West Germany
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