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Canada Switzerland Eric Himelfarb

#9 EHC Basel / MSL - 21/22

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Eric Himelfarb Facts

Date of Birth
Position
C
Age
41
Height
5'9" / 176 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
170 lbs / 77 kg
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired

Himelfarb is a smart center with great speed and skating ability. Has good hands and puck-handling skills. Known as a hard working player, too. Lacks size, which can be a problem in physical contests.
- Ulf Andersson, EP (2011)

Married to a Swiss, he was naturalized in Switzerland in 2019.

Team Staff profile of Eric Himelfarb also available

Eric Himelfarb Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1998-99 Don Mills Flyers U15 AAA “C” GTHL U15 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1999-00 Sarnia Sting OHL 62* 14* 33* 47* 26* 3* | Playoffs 7 1 4 5 4 1
Canada Ontario U17 WHC-17 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
2000-01 Sarnia Sting OHL 49* 31* 44* 75* 48* -1* | Playoffs 4 1 7 8 4 -5
2001-02 Sarnia Sting OHL 67* 35* 48* 83* 67* -8* | Playoffs 5 1 4 5 11 -7
2002-03 Barrie Colts OHL 67* 31* 44* 75* 81* -4* | Playoffs 6 1 0 1 6 -3
2003-04 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 67* 37* 70* 107* 80* 8* | Playoffs 5 4 4 8 8 -2
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 7* 2* 3* 5* 2* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 3 3 0 -5
2004-05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 76* 19* 24* 43* 59* -6* |
2005-06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 62* 10* 18* 28* 60* -6* | Playoffs 16 0 0 0 12 -2
2006-07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 69* 15* 15* 30* 60* -5* | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 12 -7
2007-08 Lausanne HC NLB 36* 24* 45* 69* 46* -* | Playoffs 10 7 12 19 12 -
Genève-Servette HC NLA 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2008-09 EHC Biel-Bienne NLA 47* 11* 13* 24* 60* -* | Relegation 11 3 1 4 16 -
EHC Biel-Bienne NLA Q -* -* -* -* -* -* | Qualification 4 3 0 3 2 -
2009-10 Lausanne HC NLB 10* 0* 2* 2* 31* -* |
SC Langenthal NLB 24* 11* 14* 25* 30* -* | Playoffs 6 3 4 7 2 -
EHC Biel-Bienne NLA 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Relegation 8 2 3 5 4 -
2010-11 Rögle BK HockeyAllsvenskan 24* 5* 6* 11* 16* -1* | Kvalserien SHL 10 2 7 9 2 0
2011-12 Rögle BK “A” HockeyAllsvenskan 52* 21* 39* 60* 52* 17* | Kvalserien SHL 8 5 1 6 27 3
2012-13 Linköping HC Elitserien 49* 9* 7* 16* 24* -6* |
2013-14 Linköping HC SHL 50* 7* 14* 21* 36* -1* | Playoffs 14 3 4 7 8 -5
2014-15 Leksands IF SHL 21* 3* 4* 7* 8* -20* |
Malmö Redhawks HockeyAllsvenskan 12* 3* 12* 15* 8* 1* | Qualification 11 5 0 5 10 -3
2015-16 Malmö Redhawks SHL 38* 2* 10* 12* 20* -4* |
2016-17 Hockey Thurgau NLB 36* 12* 18* 30* 34* -14* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 6 -5
2017-18 SCL Tigers NL 13* 1* 4* 5* 10* -2* |
SC Langenthal SL 5* 1* 1* 2* 4* 1* |
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds SL 6* 2* 5* 7* 8* -3* |
2018-19 Did not play * * * * * * |
2019-20 EHC Basel MSL 14* 4* 8* 12* 12* -* | Playoffs 6 1 6 7 18 -
2020-21 EHC Basel MSL 7* 3* 7* 10* 8* -* |
SC Langenthal SL 12* 0* 10* 10* 2* -2* | Playoffs 12 2 3 5 8 -6
2021-22 EHC Basel MSL 30* 7* 21* 28* 8* -* | Playoffs 12 5 8 13 29 -

Eric Himelfarb Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1998-99 Don Mills Flyers U15 AAA “C” Big Nickel U14 3* 4* 2* 6* -* -* |
2008-09 Team Canada Spengler Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2012-13 Linköping HC ET 5* 2* 1* 3* 2* -* |
2017-18 SCL Tigers Swiss Cup 2* 2* 0* 2* 0* -* |
2019-20 EHC Basel Swiss Cup Q 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2020-21 EHC Basel Swiss Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2022-23 EHC Basel SL Asst. Coach
EHC Basel SL Interim Head Coach Promoted on Dec 20th on interim base,
replacing Christian Weber
2023-24 EHC Basel SL Head Coach won National Cup
2024-25 EHC Basel SL Head Coach
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Eric Himelfarb Game Log

Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
SL
2021-04-14T19:46:00+0200 SC Langenthal vs HC Ajoie
2021-04-12T19:45:00+0200 SC Langenthal @ HC Ajoie
2021-04-10T19:46:00+0200 SC Langenthal vs HC Ajoie
2021-04-08T19:45:00+0200 SC Langenthal @ HC Ajoie
2021-04-06T19:46:00+0200 SC Langenthal vs HC Ajoie
2021-04-03T15:45:00+0200 SC Langenthal @ HC Ajoie
2021-03-28T17:30:00+0200 SC Langenthal @ HC Thurgau
2021-03-25T18:45:00+0000 SC Langenthal vs HC Thurgau
2021-03-23T18:45:00+0000 SC Langenthal @ HC Thurgau
2021-03-21T16:30:00+0000 SC Langenthal vs HC Thurgau
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Eric Himelfarb Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 214* 46* 60* 106* 0.50* 181* -11* | 3 27 1 * 3 * 4 * 0.15 * 24 * -14 *
Big Nickel U14 1 3* 4* 2* 6* 2.00* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 1 5* 2* 1* 3* 0.60* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
GTHL U15 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
HockeyAllsvenskan 3 88* 29* 57* 86* 0.98* 76* 17* | 3 29 12 * 8 * 20 * 0.69 * 39 * 0 *
MSL (MyHL) 3 51* 14* 36* 50* 0.98* 28* -* | 2 18 6 * 14 * 20 * 1.11 * 47 * - *
NL (NLA) 4 61* 12* 17* 29* 0.48* 70* -2* | 2 19 5 * 4 * 9 * 0.47 * 20 * - *
NLA Q 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 1 4 3 * 0 * 3 * 0.75 * 2 * - *
OHL 5 312* 148* 239* 387* 1.24* 302* -2* | 5 27 8 * 19 * 27 * 1.00 * 33 * -16 *
SHL (Elitserien) 4 158* 21* 35* 56* 0.35* 88* -31* | 1 14 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.50 * 8 * -5 *
SL (NLB) 5 129* 50* 95* 145* 1.12* 155* -18* | 4 32 12 * 19 * 31 * 0.97 * 28 * -11 *
Spengler Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Swiss Cup 2 3* 2* 0* 2* 0.67* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Swiss Cup Q 1 1* 0* 1* 1* 1.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHC-17 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.
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Eric Himelfarb Connections

Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/17/2022
06/17/2022 Confirmed EHC Basel Retired
05/12/2021
05/12/2021 Extension EHC Basel EHC Basel
12/28/2020
12/28/2020 Loan EHC Basel SC Langenthal
02/01/2020
02/01/2020 Extension EHC Basel EHC Basel
11/30/2019
11/30/2019 Confirmed No team EHC Basel
11/28/2017
11/28/2017 Loan SCL Tigers HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
10/24/2017
10/24/2017 Loan SCL Tigers SC Langenthal
09/26/2017
09/26/2017 Loan SCL Tigers HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
03/07/2017
03/07/2017 Confirmed Hockey Thurgau SCL Tigers
10/10/2016
10/10/2016 Confirmed Malmö Redhawks Hockey Thurgau
01/14/2015
01/14/2015 Confirmed Leksands IF Malmö Redhawks
04/23/2014
04/23/2014 Confirmed Linköping HC Leksands IF
04/10/2012
04/10/2012 Confirmed Rögle BK Linköping HC
05/18/2011
05/18/2011 Extension Rögle BK Rögle BK
12/01/2010
12/01/2010 Confirmed No team Rögle BK

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Eric Himelfarb Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1999, 4 #74 overall by Sarnia Sting in the OHL Priority Selection

Career transactions
- 2012-04-10 • Signed by Linköping
- 2011-05-18 • Signed by Rögle
- 2009-10-10 • Signed by Lausanne
- 2007-05-30 • Signed to a one-year contract by Lausanne
- 2004-07-21 • Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Detroit Red Wings
- 2002-08-22 • Traded to the Barrie Colts

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