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Jonas Siegenthaler
Born (1997-05-06)6 May 1997,
Zürich, Switzerland
Height
Weight 		6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team
F. teams 		Washington Capitals
ZSC Lions
NHL Draft 57th overall, 2015
Washington Capitals
Playing career 2013–present

Jonas Siegenthaler (born May 6, 1997) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Siegenthaler was rated as a top prospect, projected as a possible first round selection in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, before he was selected 57th overall by the Capitals.[1]

Playing career[]

Siegenthaler made his National League A debut playing with ZSC Lions during the 2013–14 NLA season.[2] On 30 July 2015, Siegenthaler was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals. It was agreed that Siegenthaler would remain with the ZSC Lions to further develop on loan for the 2015–16 season.[3] In 40 games with the Lions, Siegenthaler contributed 8 points from the blueline before suffering a first-round defeat in the post-season. On 16 March 2016, with the Lions season and his loan period at an end, he was reassigned to the Capitals AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears.[4]

He also spent the 2016–17 season with the ZSC Lions. After being knocked out with the Lions in the NLA quarter finals, he returned to the Hershey Bears in mid-March 2017.[5]

The Capitals recalled Siegenthaler from Hershey on 8 November 2018, to play against the Columbus Blue Jackets the next night at home in his first NHL game.[6] Veteran Capitals defencemen Brooks Orpik (injured reserve) and John Carlson (day-to-day) were both unavailable to play.[7] Siegenthaler scored his first NHL point on 14 December 2018 in a 6–5 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, gaining the primary assist on a goal by Alexander Ovechkin.[8]

Personal life[]

Siegenthaler's father is from Switzerland, while his mother is from Thailand.[9] He is the first known NHL player of Thai descent.[10]

International play[]

Siegenthaler competed with Team Switzerland at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships. His outstanding play was recognized when he was named to the 2015 U18 WJC All-Star Team. He was also selected to participate at the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.

He was chosen to skate, as a 17-year-old, with the Swiss U20 squad at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship.[11]

Siegenthaler played his last WJC for Switzerland in 2017 where he tallied 6 points (1 goal and 5 assists) in 5 games and was Switzerland's most used player with over 25 minutes of ice-time per game.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14 GCK Lions NLB 40 2 6 8 24 — — — — —
2013–14 ZSC Lions NLA 6 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2014–15 GCK Lions NLB 10 1 7 8 10 — — — — —
2014–15 ZSC Lions NLA 41 0 3 3 39 18 0 2 2 4
2015–16 ZSC Lions NLA 40 3 5 8 28 4 0 0 0 2
2015–16 Hershey Bears AHL 6 0 1 1 8 — — — — —
2016–17 ZSC Lions NLA 28 1 6 7 16 6 0 0 0 8
2016–17 Hershey Bears AHL 7 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
2017–18 Hershey Bears AHL 75 6 6 12 61 — — — — —
2018–19 Hershey Bears AHL 34 2 4 6 30 — — — — —
2018–19 Washington Capitals NHL 26 0 4 4 10 4 0 0 0 2
2019–20 Washington Capitals NHL 64 2 7 9 43 7 0 0 0 0
NL totals 115 4 14 18 85 28 0 2 2 14
NHL totals 90 2 11 13 53 11 0 0 0 2

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Switzerland WJC18 6th 5 0 0 0 8
2013 Switzerland IH18 6th 4 0 0 0 2
2014 Switzerland WJC18 7th 5 0 1 1 2
2015 Switzerland WJC18 4th 7 0 4 4 20
2015 Switzerland WJC 9th 6 0 1 1 8
2016 Switzerland WJC 9th 6 0 1 1 6
2017 Switzerland WJC 7th 5 1 5 6 2
Junior totals 38 1 12 13 48

Awards and honours[]

Award Year
International
WJC18 All-Star Team 2015 [12]

References[]

  1. ↑ McKeen's final top 30 2015 draft rankings. McKeenshockey.com (2015-06-15). Retrieved on 2015-06-15.
  2. ↑ ZSC talent Jonas Siegenthaler won't move to North America (2014-04-01). Retrieved on 2015-06-15.
  3. ↑ Capitals sign Jonas Siegenthaler. Washington Capitals (2015-07-30). Retrieved on 2015-07-30.
  4. ↑ Two Capitals draft selections joins Chocolate and White. Hershey Bears (2016-03-16). Retrieved on 2016-03-16.
  5. ↑ TheHersheyBears (2017-03-17), Post Game Press Conference with Troy Mann - March 17th, 2017, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rQ6yn-0RDA>. Retrieved on 2017-03-18
  6. ↑ Capitals Recall Ness and Siegenthaler from Hershey (en-US).
  7. ↑ Oland, Ian. "John Carlson out day-to-day with lower-body injury, Jonas Siegenthaler to make NHL debut", Russian Machine Never Breaks, 2018-11-09. (en-US) 
  8. ↑ Ovechkin nets second straight hat trick in Caps' win (14 December 2018). Retrieved on 15 December 2018. “Siegenthaler set up Ovechkin's first goal for his first NHL point”
  9. ↑ "What Did the Capitals Get in Jonas Siegenthaler", The Hockey Writers, 2016-04-01. (en-US) 
  10. ↑ Khurshudyan, Isabelle (2018-12-16). Jonas Siegenthaler could establish himself in Capitals lineup sooner than expected (en).
  11. ↑ 2015 NHL draft profile, 37 Jonas Siegenthaler (2015-06-15). Retrieved on 2015-06-20.
  12. ↑ Award winners announced at world U18 Championships (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-06-20.

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