Matija Pintarič (born 11 August 1989) is a Slovenian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays ...

playing for

Brûleurs de Loups The Brûleurs de Loups (French for ''Wolf Burners'') are a professional ice hockey team that play in Grenoble, France. History The club was founded in 1963 under the name Grenoble Hockey Club. Since 1992, the club has been known as the Brûleurs ...

of the

Ligue Magnus The Ligue Magnus, currently known as Synerglace Ligue Magnus for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's division of the French ice hockey pyramid, established in 1906. The league operated under a variety of names before taking that of its champio ...

. He participated at the

2011 IIHF World Championship The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament. It took place between 29 April and 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Ondrej Nepela Arena, Orange Aren ...

as a member of the

Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Slovenia internationally. It is governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. As of May 2024, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. The ...

. Pintaric is a three-time winner (2017, 2019, 2020) of the Jean Ferrand Trophy awarded to the best goaltender in the French

. He was also voted best goaltender of the

Champions Hockey League The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe. Backgrou ...

group stage in 2018 and 2021.

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External links

Profile at SiOL portal
* 1989 births Living people Beibarys Atyrau players Dragons de Rouen players Ducs de Dijon players LHC Les Lions players HDK Maribor players HDD Olimpija Ljubljana players Olofströms IK players Slovenian ice hockey goaltenders Sportspeople from Maribor HK Olimpija players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in France Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan {{Slovenia-icehockey-bio-stub