Reinhard Divis

Reinhard Divis (born on July 4, 1975 in Wien) is an Austrian retired professional ice hockey goaltender and currently the goaltending coach with the Austrian National Team. He was selected 261st overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Divis was the first Austrian ice hockey player to play in the NHL, representing the St. Louis Blues in 29 games.

Club career
He began his career with the WAT Stadlau of the Nationalliga in the 1991-92 season.

In 1993 - 1999, Divis played with the VEU Feldkirch of the Austrian Bundesliga. He won there the Austrian Bundesliga five times in a row (1994 - 1998). In 1998 they also won in the finals of the 1998 European Hockey League. Divis made it into the EHL Final Four All-Star Team in this season.

After the VEU Feldkirch got into financial difficulties, Divis left the club and played with the Leksands IF of the Elitserien for two seasons.

In 2001, he moved to the St. Louis Blues organisation. In his first season there played Divis mostly with the Worcester IceCats of the AHL (55 regular season games and 3 play-off games). However, he also served as the backup goalie for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL on a few occasions. He played in one game for 25 minutes, allowing no goals on four shots.

In the 2002-03 season played Divis in two games with St. Louis Blues of the NHL (both victories), allowing one goal on 34 shots. In this season, he also played 9 games with the Worcester IceCats of the AHL.

During the 2003-04 season, Divis saw action in 13 regular season games with the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, posting a record of 4-4-2 and a goals against average of 2.76. He also played 18 minutes in one playoff game, stopping all eight shots he faced. In this season, Divis also played 31 games with the Worcester IceCats of the AHL.

In the 2004-05 season, Divis played with the Villacher SV of the EBEL (formerly Austrian Bundesliga) because of the NHL lockout. However, he played in only 26 regular season games and in 3 play-off games as a result of a shoulder injury. Villacher SV booked the fourth place in this season. In the goalkeeper's statistics Divis landed on the third rank with .9196 of held shots in 29 matches.

In the 2005-06 season Divis again served as a backup goalie for the Blues, though he also saw some time with the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL. He played in 12 games with the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, posting a record of 0–5–1, with a 4.67 goals against average and in 31 games with the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL.

After the 2005-06 season, Divis decided to return to Austria and signed a two-year contract with the EC Salzburg of the EBEL. In both seasons with the EC Salzburg, Divis became the EBEL champion and in the 2006-07 season, Divis had also the best goals against average in the play-offs (2.35) and the best save percentage in the play-offs (.923) among all EBEL goaltenders.

In 2008, Divis signed a two-year contract with the Färjestad BK of the Elitserien. In the 2008-09 season, Divis became the Elitserien champion with the Färjestad BK but the contract was ended after that one season after and agreement between the club and Divis.

After his one season with the Färjestad BK, Divis returned to the EC Salzburg of the EBEL and played there another two seasons. In both 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons, Divis again became the EBEL champion with the EC Salzburg and in the 2009-10 season, he also became the 2010 Continental Cup champion with the EC Salzburg.

In 2011, Divis moved to the Vienna Capitals of the EBEL for the last season of his career.

International career
As a junior, Divis represented Austria at the 1992 and 1993 European U18 Championships "Pool B" and at the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Championships "Pool B".

As a senior, he played with the Austrian National Team at the 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2007 World Championship s (being named one of the top 3 players on the Austrian squad at the 2004 tournament), 1997 World Championship "Pool B" (only as the second goalie, he did not make an appearance on the ice in any game), 1998 and 2002 Olympics and at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships Division I (winning gold at both tournaments and also having the best goals against average (1.75) among all goalies at the tournament in 2006).

As a goaltending coach, he participated with the Austrian team at the 2014 World U18 Championship Division IB (winning there silver), 2014, 2015 and 2016 World Junior Championships Division IA (being also a video coach at the 2015 tournament and winning silver at the 2016 tournament), at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival, 2015, 2018 and 2019 World Championship s and at the 2016 and 2017 World Championships Division IA (winning gold at the 2017 tournament).

Personal
Divis is married and has two children, Dominic and Nicole.