Andreas Nödl (born February 28, 1987) is an

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n former professional

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player. He last served as

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of the

Vienna Capitals Vienna Capitals are an Austrian professional ice hockey club that participate in the Erste Bank Hockey League. Founded in 2001, the Capitals play their home games in Vienna, Austria, at Albert Schultz Eishalle. In the 2004–05 season, the Capit ...

of the

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(EBEL). He previously played in the

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(NHL) for the

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and

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Playing career

As a youth, Nödl played in the 2001

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with a team from

. Nödl played two seasons with the

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of the

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(USHL) before moving on to the St. Cloud State University Huskies after being drafted in the second round, 39th overall, of the

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by the

. In his second season with the Stampede, he led the team with 59 points in 58 games. Coincidentally, Nödl is not the only Austrian-born player to play for the Stampede —

Thomas Vanek Thomas Vanek (born 19 January 1984) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played fourteen years in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota Wild, Detroit R ...

, now of the

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, spent three years with the club. After starting the

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with the Flyers' farm team, the

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, Nödl was called up to the NHL on October 21, 2008. On December 23, 2008, in a game against the

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, Nödl scored his first career NHL goal in a 6-4 victory. On November 29, 2011, he was waived by the Flyers and picked up by the

where he played for the rest of the season, as well as the following one. After failing to secure an NHL contract and initially returning to Europe as a free agent, signing with HC Lausanne of the Swiss

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, Nödl was released from his tryout contract prior to the season and would split the 2013–14 campaign in his native Austria with EC KAC and

EC Red Bull Salzburg EC Red Bull Salzburg is a professional ice hockey team based in Salzburg, Austria, that currently plays in the ICE Hockey League. The club play their home games at the Eisarena Salzburg. History The history of ice hockey in Salzburg at the highe ...

. On October 16, 2014, Nödl belatedly signed on as a free agent with fellow EBEL club, the Vienna Capitals. He served as captain of the team for both the 2017–18 season and 2018–19 season.

International play

In 2009, Nödl represented

in the IIHF's World Championship in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Adirondack Phantoms players Austrian ice hockey right wingers Carolina Hurricanes players Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics HC TWK Innsbruck players EC KAC players Olympic ice hockey players for Austria Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players Philadelphia Phantoms players EC Red Bull Salzburg players St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players Sioux Falls Stampede players Ice hockey people from Vienna Vienna Capitals players Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Austrian expatriate ice hockey people {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub