Michael Garteig

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = Michael Garteig

| image = 2024-12-08 EHC Red Bull München gegen ERC Ingolstadt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2024-25) by Sandro Halank–198.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Garteig with ERC Ingolstadt in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|11|5}}

| birth_place = Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| prospect_league =

| prospect_team =

| league = DEL

| team = ERC Ingolstadt

| former_teams = Utica Comets
Toronto Marlies
Tappara
HIFK

| ntl_team =

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2016

}}

Michael Garteig (born November 5, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Garteig has previously played for Utica Comets and Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Playing career

Garteig played for the Powell River Kings and the Penticton Vees in the British Columbia Hockey League for four seasons. He won the BCHL Top Goaltender Awards in 2011 and 2012, and was a member of the 2012 Royal Bank Cup-winning Penticton Vees team.

Garteig then played collegiate hockey for the Quinnipiac Bobcats. He burst onto the scene after his freshman year. It culminated in leading the Bobcats to the ECAC championship and the NCAA finals during his fourth season, in which Quinnipiac was defeated by the University of North Dakota. He turned in his finest collegiate season that year, posting a 32–4–7 record, .924 save percentage and 1.91 goals against average. During his four seasons with Quinnipiac, he amassed a record of 78–25–16 with a 1.98 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.{{cite web| url = https://gobobcats.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/michael-garteig/3957 | title = Michael Garteig player profile | publisher = Quinnipiac Bobcats | date = July 4, 2017 | access-date = July 4, 2019}}

After his fourth year at Quinnipiac University, Garteig signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks,{{cite web | url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=880414#&navid=VAN-search | title=Canucks sign goaltender Michael Garteig | publisher=Canucks Media | date=April 29, 2016 | access-date=June 28, 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/news/2016/4/29/mens-ice-hockey-michael-garteig-signs-with-nhls-vancouver-canucks.aspx | title=Michael Garteig signs with NHL's Vancouver Canucks | publisher=Quinnipiac Bobcats Media | date=April 29, 2016 | access-date=June 29, 2016 | author=QU Sports Information}}{{cite web | url=http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20160411/quinnipiacs-garteig-leaves-lasting-legacy-for-bobcats | title=Quinnipiac's Garteig leaves lasting legacy for Bobcats | publisher=New Heaven Register | date=April 29, 2016 | access-date=June 29, 2016 | author=Chip Malafronte}} and was earmarked for the Canucks' American Hockey League affiliate, the Utica Comets, for the 2016–17 season.{{cite web | url=http://www.uticacomets.com/news/detail/2015-16-player-tracker | title=Comets Player Tracker | access-date=June 30, 2016}}

After participating as a prospect at the Vancouver Canucks' 2016 Development camp,{{cite web | url=http://canucks.nhl.com/v2/ext/2016%20Development%20Camp%20Roster.pdf | title=Canucks 2016 Development Camp | access-date=July 6, 2016}} Garteig joined Utica on September 29, 2016.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/roster-reduced/c-282251602 | title = Canucks assign Garteig to Comets | publisher = Vancouver Canucks | date = September 29, 2016 | access-date = September 29, 2016}} but was reassigned to the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. On November 17, 2016, he was called up by the Canucks from the Aces,{{cite news|title=Canucks recall goaltender Michael Garteig from ECHL Alaska Aces|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canucks-recall-goaltender-michael-garteig-echl-alaska-aces/|access-date=November 18, 2016|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=Sportsnet|date=November 17, 2016}} but on November 19, 2016, Canucks Media announced that he would return to the Aces.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/799737179958149120 |title=Canucks reassigned @michaelgarteig to @AlaskaAces |date=November 19, 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/garteig-to-aces/c-283862768 |title=Garteig re-assigned to Aces |last=Canucks Media Relations |date=November 19, 2016}}

As a free agent from the Canucks, Garteig opted to remain within the organization by signing a one-year AHL contract to continue with the Utica Comets on August 24, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://www.uticacomets.com/news/detail/comets-sign-goaltender-michael-garteig | title = Comets sign Goaltender Michael Garteig | publisher = Utica Comets | date = August 24, 2017 | access-date = August 24, 2017}}

Following his third North American professional season, primarily playing in the ECHL and claiming the Kelly Cup with the Newfoundland Growlers, Garteig embarked on a European career by signing with top flight Finnish club, Tappara of the Liiga on June 19, 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.tappara.fi/liiga/patrik-virta-ja-michael-garteig-uusina-sisaan-kuuselalle-jatkosopimus/ | title = Tappara sign Canadian Michael Garteig | publisher = Tappara | date = June 19, 2019 | access-date = June 19, 2019 | language = Finnish}} In the following 2019–20 season, as Tappara's starting goaltender, Garteig collected 15 wins through 39 regular season games. Helping the club finish the regular season in third place in the standings the playoffs were then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leaving Tappara at the conclusion of his contract, Garteig remained in Europe to sign a one-year contract for the 2020–21 season with German club, ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL, on September 8, 2020.{{cite web| url = https://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/profis/newsdetail?id=6221 | title = ERC signs goaltender Garteig | publisher = ERC Ingolstadt | date = September 8, 2020 | access-date = September 8, 2020 | language = German}}

Career statistics

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! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="100" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! W

! L

! T/OT

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

! GP

! W

! L

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

2009–10

| Powell River Kings

| BCHL

| 26

| 15

|11

|0

|1564

|76

|1

| 2.92

| .893

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Powell River Kings

| BCHL

| 48

| 36

|8

|3

|2805

|79

|7

| 1.69

| .934

| —

2011–12

| Penticton Vees

| BCHL

| 45

|41

|4

|0

|2578

|83

|5

| 1.93

| .927

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Quinnipiac University

| ECAC

| 5

| 0

|1

|0

|118

|4

|0

| 2.03

| .895

| —

2013–14

| Quinnipiac University

| ECAC

| 40

| 24

|10

|6

|2409

|78

|6

| 1.94

| .910

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Quinnipiac University

| ECAC

| 36

| 22

| 10

|3

|2153

|73

|5

| 2.03

| .917

| —

2015–16

| Quinnipiac University

| ECAC

|43

|32

|4

|7

|2581

|82

|8

|1.91

|.924

|—

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Alaska Aces

| ECHL

| 22

| 11

| 6

| 3

| 1176

| 61

| 1

| 3.11

| .906

| —

2016–17

| Utica Comets

| AHL

| 8

| 0

| 4

| 2

| 419

| 21

| 0

| 3.01

| .897

|—

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Kalamazoo Wings

| ECHL

| 24

| 12

| 10

| 2

| 1403

| 89

| 0

| 3.81

| .887

| —

2018–19

| Newfoundland Growlers

| ECHL

| 43

| 23

| 14

| 6

| 2534

| 115

| 3

| 2.72

| .909

| 23

| 16

| 7

| 1423

| 52

| 3

| 2.19

| .928

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Toronto Marlies

| AHL

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 119

| 5

| 0

| 2.52

| .917

| —

2019–20

| Tappara

| Liiga

| 34

| 15

| 9

| 1968

| 66

| 3

| 2.01

| .929

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| ERC Ingolstadt

| DEL

| 29

| 16

| 12

| 0

| 1726

| 75

| 1

| 2.61

| .902

| 5

| 3

| 2

| 299

| 18

| 0

| 3.01

| .917

2021–22

| HIFK

| Liiga

| 36

| 10

| 15

| 9

| 2070

| 75

| 1

| 2.17

| .903

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2022–23

| ERC Ingolstadt

| DEL

| 42

| 25

| 15

| 0

| 2377

| 88

| 2

| 2.22

| .914

| 5

| 3

| 1

| 318

| 14

| 0

| 2.64

| .892

2023–24

| ERC Ingolstadt

| DEL

| 49

| 24

| 25

| 0

| 2899

| 107

| 5

| 2.21

| .914

| 7

| 2

| 4

| 361

| 24

| 0

| 3.98

| .879

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! colspan="3" align="center" | Liiga totals

! 70

! 25

! 24

! 18

! 4038

! 141

! 4

! 2.10

! .917

! —

Awards and honours

class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year !
colspan="3"\|BCHL
Coastal First All-Star Team \| 2011 \|
Wally Forslund Memorial Trophy \| 2011 \|
Top Goaltender \| 2011, 2012 \|
Interior First All-Star Team \| 2012 \|
colspan="3"\|College
ECAC Third All-Star Team \| 2015, 2016 \|
ECAC All-Tournament Team \| 2016 \|
colspan=3 \|ECHL
Kelly Cup (Newfoundland Growlers) \| 2019 \| {{cite web \|title=Kelly Cup win is like 'a dream' for Newfoundland Growlers \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-growlers-win-kelly-cup-championship-1.5162789 \|website=cbc.ca \|access-date=June 8, 2019 \|date=June 5, 2019}}

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

!

colspan="3"|BCHL

Coastal First All-Star Team

| 2011

|

Wally Forslund Memorial Trophy

| 2011

|

Top Goaltender

| 2011, 2012

|

Interior First All-Star Team

| 2012

|

colspan="3"|College

ECAC Third All-Star Team

| 2015, 2016

|

ECAC All-Tournament Team

| 2016

|

colspan=3 |ECHL

Kelly Cup (Newfoundland Growlers)

| 2019

| {{cite web |title=Kelly Cup win is like 'a dream' for Newfoundland Growlers |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-growlers-win-kelly-cup-championship-1.5162789 |website=cbc.ca |access-date=June 8, 2019 |date=June 5, 2019}}