Mathias Niederberger

Mathias Niederberger
Born (1992-11-26) November 26, 1992
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Düsseldorfer EG
Manchester Monarchs
Eisbären Berlin
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Mathias Niederberger is a German professional ice hockey Goaltender who currently plays for Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His father Andreas Niederberger is a member of the German ice hockey Hall of Fame.

Playing career

Coming through the youth ranks of Düsseldorfer EG, he made his debut in Germany's top flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) during the 2010-11 season.[1] He joined EHC München of the DEL after two seasons of major junior hockey with the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). With NHL aspirations Niederberger was later granted a release from his contract with EHC, to sign a one-year American Hockey League contract with the Manchester Monarchs on July 19, 2013.[2]

In his solitary North American season in 2013–14, Niederberger struggled to adapt and was also hampered by injury to appear in a limited 6 games with the Monarchs. At season's end he opted to return to Germany's top division, signing a multi-year contract to compete for a starting position with Eisbären Berlin on June 5, 2014.[3] After spending the 2014-15 season with the Eisbären squad, seeing the ice in 12 DEL contests, Niederberger went back to Düsseldorfer EG on loan.[4] He received 2015-16 DEL Goaltender of the Year honors.[5]

International play

In April 2016, he made his debut for the German national team.[6]

References

  1. ↑ DEG Metro Stars' 2010-11 Roster
  2. ↑ "Monarchs sign Niederberger". Manchester Monarchs. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Berlin commit to goaltender Mathias Niederberger" (in German). Eisbären Berlin. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  4. ↑ Berlin, Eisbären. "Eisbären Berlin :: Mathias Niederberger wird ausgeliehen | Marvin Cüpper kommt". www.eisbaeren.de. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  5. ↑ Scheer, Mareike. "Mathias Niederberger von der DEG ist Torwart des Jahres". NRZ. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  6. ↑ e.V., Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. "Nationalmannschaft: Am Ende fehlte die Kraft | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund e.V.". www.deb-online.de. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

Mathias Niederberger's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

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