Jonas Hiller

Jonas Hiller (born 12 February 1982) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. Hiller played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks and the Calgary Flames. He began his NHL career with the Ducks in 2007 after going undrafted in any NHL entry draft. Hiller also played in the National League (NL) for HC Davos and EHC Biel.

Playing career As a youth, Hiller played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Zürich.

While playing for HC Davos, Hiller won Switzerland's championship in 2002, 2005 and 2007, as well as the Spengler Cup in 2004 and 2006. In 2006–07, Hiller set a career-high win record with 28–16–0 in 44 games. Following the conclusion of the season, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the NHL's Anaheim Ducks in May 2007.

Hiller made his debut for the Ducks on 30 September 2007, defeating the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 in London, England. He allowed 1 goal on 23 shots for the win.

Ducks general manager Brian Burke quickly felt Hiller was ready to become full-time backup to Jean-Sébastien Giguère, and as a result, placed backup Ilya Bryzgalov on waivers, where he was claimed by the Phoenix Coyotes. Hiller went on to record a 2.06 goals against average (GAA) and .926 save percentage in 23 games in his first NHL season, 2007–08.

Hiller recorded his first career NHL shutout in the 2008–09 season, defeating the Los Angeles Kings, 2–0. Following his strong regular season play, the Ducks named Hiller their starting goaltender for the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs over incumbent starter Giguère. Hiller started his first career playoff game on 16 April 2009, recording a shutout over the San Jose Sharks in a 35-save performance. He and the Ducks ousted the Presidents' Trophy-winning Sharks in six games, marking only the fourth time in NHL history that the Presidents' Trophy-winning team had been eliminated in the playoffs' first round. The Ducks next matchup was the second-seeded Detroit Red Wings, a series which Detroit won in seven games. Nonetheless, many felt that it was only due to Hiller's goaltending that the Ducks were able to take the defending Stanley Cup champions to seven games.

Midway through the next season, on 30 January 2010, Hiller signed a four-year contract extension with the Ducks going through to the 2013–14 season. The next day, the Ducks traded Giguère to the Toronto Maple Leafs, cementing Hiller's status as the Ducks' starting goaltender. Hiller earned a spot in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, held in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 30January. On 2February, after his first game returning from the All-Star weekend, Hiller felt lightheaded and was slow to react, allowing three goals on ten shots in the opening period of a 4–3 loss against the visiting San Jose Sharks. He sat out the next four games before shutting out the Edmonton Oilers 4–0 on 13February, but the symptoms reappeared. Hiller then sat out another 15 games, making what would be his last appearance of the season during a 5–4 loss to the Nashville Predators on 24 March. In August 2011, Hiller said he was symptom-free.

Hiller with the Ducks in 2012During the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, Hiller helped the Ducks place second overall in the Western Conference. During the 2013 playoffs, however, the Ducks were eliminated in a seven-game series against the Detroit Red Wings for the second time in five years.

On 1 July 2014, after his contract had expired with Anaheim, Hiller signed a two-year contract as an unrestricted free agent with the Calgary Flames at an annual average of $4.5 million. In his first season in Calgary, 2014–15, he emerged as the Flames' starting goaltender, partaking in most of the Flames' regular season games and 7 of the Flames' 11 2015 playoff games. In Game 6 in the first round of the playoffs, he was pulled in favour of backup Karri Rämö after conceding two goals on three shots. Hiller started Game 1 of the second round against his former team, the Ducks, but was again pulled in favour of Rämö. Rämö remained in goal for the rest of the series, which the Flames lost in five games.

Hiller struggled throughout the 2015–16 season, recording a 9–11–1 record with a 3.51 GAA. Calgary opted not to re-sign Hiller or Rämö, instead acquiring Brian Elliott from the St. Louis Blues after the season to replace them.

On 19 April 2016, Hiller agreed to a three-year contract with EHC Biel of the Swiss National League A (NLA) worth CHF 2.1 million. On 27 August 2018 Hiller was signed to an early one-year contract extension by EHC Biel, through the 2019-20 season. Before the 2019-20 season, Hiller announced his intention to retire from professional hockey at the conclusion of the season, after a 4-year stint with EHC Biel.

On 16 March 2020 Hiller officially announced his retirement from professional hockey.

International play

Hiller played in goal for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Switzerland finished in eighth place, losing to the United States in the quarterfinal round. He also played goalie for Switzerland in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Switzerland finished in ninth place, losing to Latvia in the qualification playoffs.

Personal life Hiller is fluent in English, German and French. He is a butterfly-style goaltender.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1998–99 SC Herisau SUI U17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998–99 SC Herisau SUI U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 SC Herisau SUI U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 SC Herisau SUI.3 2 — — — — — — — 0.65 — — — — — — — — — 2000–01 HC Davos SUI U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000–01 HC Davos NLA 1 — — — — — — — 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 HC Davos SUI U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001–02 EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella SUI.3 3 — — — — — — — 4.51 — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 HC Davos SUI U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 HC Davos NLA 2 — — — — — — — 2.63 — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 EHC Lenzerheide-Valbella SUI.3 10 — — — — — — — 2.44 — — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Lausanne NLA 13 3 7 1 — 709 42 1 3.55 — — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI.2 1 0 1 0 — 60 4 0 4.00 — — — — — — — — — 2004–05 HC Davos NLA 43 26 12 4 — 2523 94 8 2.24 — 15 12 3 932 34 0 2.19 — 2005–06 HC Davos NLA 42 22 15 5 — 2551 98 4 2.30 — 15 9 6 900 45 1 3.00 — 2006–07 HC Davos NLA 44 28 16 — 0 2656 115 3 2.60 — 19 12 7 1138 39 3 2.05 — 2007–08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 23 10 7 — 1 1223 42 0 2.06 .927 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Portland Pirates AHL 6 3 2 — 1 370 13 0 2.11 .929 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 46 23 15 — 1 2486 99 4 2.39 .919 13 7 6 807 30 2 2.23 .943 2009–10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 59 30 23 — 4 3338 152 2 2.73 .918 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 49 26 16 — 3 2672 114 5 2.56 .924 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 73 29 30 — 12 4253 182 4 2.57 .910 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 26 15 6 — 4 1498 59 1 2.36 .913 7 3 4 439 18 1 2.46 .917 2013–14 Anaheim Ducks NHL 50 29 13 — 7 2909 120 5 2.48 .911 6 2 2 219 8 0 2.19 .906 2014–15 Calgary Flames NHL 52 26 19 — 4 2871 113 1 2.36 .918 7 3 3 322 14 0 2.61 .919 2015–16 Calgary Flames NHL 26 9 11 — 1 1351 79 1 3.51 .879 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 EHC Biel NLA 47 22 22 — 3 2803 127 2 2.72 .916 5 1 4 307 14 0 2.74 .924 2017–18 EHC Biel NL 47 24 15 — 3 2805 109 2 2.33 .926 11 6 5 617 31 0 3.01 .887 2018–19 EHC Biel NL 44 22 20 — 0 2627 112 4 2.56 .912 12 7 4 712 26 1 2.19 .931 2019–20 EHC Biel NL 39 18 11 — 6 2367 98 1 2.48 .918 — — — — — — — — NL totals 319 165 118 10 12 19,041 795 25 2.51 — 77 47 29 4606 189 5 2.46 — NHL totals 378 188 129 — 36 21,249 881 22 2.49 .917 33 15 15 1787 70 3 2.35 .930

NLA/NL totals do not include numbers from the 2000–01 and 2002–03 seasons.

International Year Team Event GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2005 Switzerland OGQ DNP — — — — — — — 2006 Switzerland WC DNP — — — — — — — 2007 Switzerland WC 6 3 3 359 15 0 2.51 .910 2008 Switzerland WC 3 1 2 151 7 0 2.79 .915 2010 Switzerland OG 5 2 3 316 13 0 2.47 .918 2014 Switzerland OG 3 2 1 179 2 2 0.67 .971 2017 Switzerland WC 2 0 0 71 6 0 5.04 .818 2018 Switzerland OG 4 1 2 211 4 1 1.14 .956 Senior totals 23 9 11 1287 47 3 2.19 .920

Awards and honours Award Year NLA Jacques Plante Trophy 2005, 2007 Champion (HC Davos) 2005, 2007 MVP 2007 NHL All-Star Game 2011

Records Shares record for most consecutive wins in one NHL regular season – 14 (6 December 2013 to 12 January 2014)