Peter Hirsch (ice hockey)
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Peter Hirsch (born March 6, 1979) is a Danish professional ice hockey
goaltender
, currently playing for the Coventry Blaze
of the British Elite Ice Hockey League
(EIHL).
in the Swedish
Elitserien
, Hirsch spent a season with the Bakersfield Condors
in the ECHL
. During the 2007-08 season he represented AaB Ishockey in the Danish Elite League
, where he on previous occasions had played for Rungsted IK and Nordsjælland Cobras
.
In 2009 Hirsch joined the British
club Coventry Blaze
, where he helped the team win the Elite Ice Hockey League
title before returning to North America and the Bakersfield Condors the following season. He also played for Pensacola Ice Flyers
of the SPHL
during the 2010-11 season.
On April 12 2011 it was confirmed that Hirsch would return to Coventry Blaze, in the hope that he could help the team claim back the EIHL title.
Hirsch has served as Team Denmark's number-one goaltender in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships
.
Peter Hirsch
Sir Peter Bernhard Hirsch FRS is a leading figure in British materials science who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals....
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Peter Hirsch (born March 6, 1979) is a Danish professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
, currently playing for the Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:...
of the British Elite Ice Hockey League
Elite Ice Hockey League
Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
(EIHL).
Playing career
After playing three seasons for Modo HockeyMODO Hockey
Modo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
, Hirsch spent a season with the Bakersfield Condors
Bakersfield Condors
The Bakersfield Condors are a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors join the Houston Aeros as an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League...
in the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
. During the 2007-08 season he represented AaB Ishockey in the Danish Elite League
Oddset Ligaen
AL-Bank Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The teams are semi-professional with only the best Danish and foreign players being fully professional.- History :The name is a result of a sponsorship deal with a Danish bank Arbejdernes Landsbank...
, where he on previous occasions had played for Rungsted IK and Nordsjælland Cobras
Nordsjælland Cobras
The Nordsjælland Cobras were a Danish professional ice hockey team that used to play in the top Danish ice hockey league AL-Bank Ligaen. After filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the team was excluded from the following season.-History:...
.
In 2009 Hirsch joined the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
club Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:...
, where he helped the team win the Elite Ice Hockey League
Elite Ice Hockey League
Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
title before returning to North America and the Bakersfield Condors the following season. He also played for Pensacola Ice Flyers
Pensacola Ice Flyers
The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a team of the Southern Professional Hockey League, their first season was the 2009-10 season. Home games are played at the Pensacola Civic Center, previously home to the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.The "Ice Flyers" name has a...
of the SPHL
Southern Professional Hockey League
The Southern Professional Hockey League is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teams located in the southeastern United States.- History :...
during the 2010-11 season.
On April 12 2011 it was confirmed that Hirsch would return to Coventry Blaze, in the hope that he could help the team claim back the EIHL title.
Hirsch has served as Team Denmark's number-one goaltender in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
.
Regular season & playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% | GP | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% | ||||
| 1995-96 | Rungsted/Nordsjælland | Denmark | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1996-97 | Rungsted/Nordsjælland | Denmark | 19 | 3.05 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1997-98 | IF Troja/Ljungby IF Troja/Ljungby IF Troja/Ljungby is an ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan.-External links:*... |
Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| 1998-99 | IF Troja/Ljungby | Allsvenskan | 26 | 2.82 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1999-00 | IF Troja/Ljungby | Allsvenskan | 29 | 2.91 | .897 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2000-01 | MODO MODO Hockey Modo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006... |
Elitserien Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
11 | 2.96 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2001-02 | MODO | Elitserien | 29 | 2.76 | .901 | 10 | 3.09 | .899 | ||||
| 2002-03 | MODO | Elitserien | 21 | 2.55 | .911 | 4 | 2.57 | .930 | ||||
| 2003-04 | Bakersfield Condors Bakersfield Condors The Bakersfield Condors are a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors join the Houston Aeros as an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League... |
ECHL | 14 | 2.70 | .904 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2004-05 | Malmö Redhawks Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:... |
Elitserien | 5 | 4.67 | .829 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2004-05 | Rungsted/Nordsjælland | Denmark | - | - | - | 7 | 1.38 | .950 | ||||
| 2005-06 | Rungsted/Nordsjælland | Denmark | 35 | 2.31 | .930 | 14 | 3.10 | .906 | ||||
| 2006-07 | Rungsted/Nordsjælland | Denmark | 2 | 2.56 | .875 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2006-07 | Leksands IF Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06... |
Allsvenskan | 30 | 2.09 | .916 | 2 | 4.20 | .821 | ||||
| 2007-08 | AaB Ishockey | Denmark | 45 | - | - | 5 | 3.80 | .865 | ||||
| 2008-09 | AaB Ishockey | Denmark | 5 | 3.49 | .880 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2008-09 | Timrå IK Timrå IK Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:... |
Elitserien | 2 | 3.04 | .882 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2008-09 | Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Head coach is Fredrik Söderström.-History:... |
Allsvenskan | 7 | 3.37 | .890 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2009-10 | Coventry Blaze Coventry Blaze Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:... |
EIHL Elite Ice Hockey League Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other... |
56 | 2.86 | .917 | 3 | 2.33 | .940 | ||||
| 2010-11 | Bakersfield Condors | ECHL | 12 | 3.40 | .874 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2010-11 | Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola Ice Flyers The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a team of the Southern Professional Hockey League, their first season was the 2009-10 season. Home games are played at the Pensacola Civic Center, previously home to the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.The "Ice Flyers" name has a... |
SPHL Southern Professional Hockey League The Southern Professional Hockey League is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teams located in the southeastern United States.- History :... |
7 | 3.74 | .864 | - | - | - | ||||
International
| International | ||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | Division | GP | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% | |
| 1996-97 | Denmark U18 | EJC-18 B | 6 | 3.50 | .877 | |
| 1998-99 | Denmark U20 | WJC-20 B | 6 | - | .875 | |
| 1999-00 | Denmark | WC B | 5 | 2.62 | .912 | |
| 2000-01 | Denmark | WC D1 | 5 | 2.80 | .895 | |
| 2001-02 | Denmark | WC D1 | 5 | 1.93 | .917 | |
| 2002-03 | Denmark | WC | 6 | 4.89 | .884 | |
| 2003-04 | Denmark | WC | 5 | 5.51 | .843 | |
| 2004-05 | Denmark | WC | 6 | 3.79 | .892 | |
| 2005-06 | Denmark | WC | 6 | 3.01 | .904 | |
| 2006-07 | Denmark | WC | 3 | 5.12 | .824 | |
| 2007-08 | Denmark | WC | 3 | 5.12 | .870 | |