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Tim Heed

{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| caption =

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| team = HC Ambrì-Piotta

| league = NL

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| ntl_team = SWE

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

| shoots = Right

| position = Defence

| former_teams = Södertälje SK
Växjö Lakers
Skellefteå AIK
San Jose Sharks
HC Lugano
Spartak Moscow

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|27}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| draft = 132nd overall

| draft_year = 2010

| draft_team = Anaheim Ducks

| career_start = 2009

}}

Tim Heed (born January 27, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with HC Ambrì-Piotta of the National League (NL). Heed was originally selected by the Anaheim Ducks 132nd overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Heed was a product of Södertälje SK and made his debut in the top-tier Swedish Hockey League (SHL) with the club during the 2009–10 season. In the following years he also spent time on loan with the Växjö Lakers and the Malmö Redhawks in the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan, and in the SHL.

In 2013, he joined SHL side Skellefteå AIK and won the Swedish championship in his first year with the team. In 2014–15 and 2015–16, he reached the SHL finals with Skellefteå, while receiving SHL Defenseman of the Year honors in 2014–15.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skellefteaaik.se/artikel/65751/|title=Tim Heed får Salming Trophy| website = Skellefteå AIK | date = May 25, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016}} Heed also competed in the Champions Hockey League with the team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.championshockeyleague.net/page/statistics/portrait_349/|title=Statistics {{!}} Champions Hockey League| website = www.championshockeyleague.net|date = May 25, 2016 | access-date=May 25, 2016}}

With his NHL rights not retained by the Anaheim Ducks, Heed was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks on a one-year, two-way contract on May 24, 2016.{{cite web | url = http://www.fearthefin.com/2016/5/24/11764030/sharks-sign-swedish-defenseman-tim-heed | title = Sharks sign Swedish defenseman Tim Heed | publisher = fearthefin.com | date = May 24, 2016 | accessdate = May 24, 2016 | archive-date = May 26, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160526232056/http://www.fearthefin.com/2016/5/24/11764030/sharks-sign-swedish-defenseman-tim-heed | url-status = dead }}

He signed a new two-year contract on June 19, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-re-sign-defenseman-tim-heed/c-289971414|title=Sharks Re-Sign Defenseman Tim Heed|date=June 17, 2017 |publisher=National Hockey League|accessdate=June 19, 2017}} He was later re-signed by the Sharks to a one-year contract on July 1, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-re-sign-defenseman-tim-heed/c-308145464|title=Sharks Re-Sign Defenseman Tim Heed|work=nhl.com|date=July 2019 |accessdate=July 1, 2019}}

On August 20, 2020, as an impending free agent from the Sharks, Heed was signed to a three-month contract through November 15, 2020 by HC Lugano of the National League (NL).{{cite web|url=https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/20237-hc-lugano-signs-defenseman-tim-heed-to-a-short-term-contract|title=HC Lugano signs defenseman Tim Heed to a short-term contract|work=swisshockeynews.ch|date=August 20, 2020 |accessdate=August 20, 2020}} Heed produced from the blueline with Lugano, posting 14 goals and 34 points through 47 regular season games.

As a free agent, Heed moved to the Russian KHL, agreeing to a two-year contract with HC Spartak Moscow, on 6 May 2021.{{cite web| url = https://spartak.ru/news/transfers/shvedskiy-zashchitnik-perekhodit-v-spartak/ | title = Swedish defenseman joins Spartak | publisher = HC Spartak Moscow | date = 6 May 2021 | accessdate = 6 May 2021 | language = Russian}}

Following one season with Spartak, Heed opted to leave the KHL and return to the Swiss NL by signing a two-year contract with HC Ambrì-Piotta on 20 July 2022.{{cite web| url = https://hcap.ch/it/news/tim-heed-in-biancobl-per-due-stagioni | title = Tim Heed signs for two seasons with Ambri-Piotta | publisher = HC Ambrì-Piotta | date = 20 July 2022 | accessdate = 20 July 2022 | language = Italian }}

Personal life

Tim's father Jonas Heed, who also played defence, was selected by Chicago in the sixth round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web| url = http://www.skanskan.se/article/20111019/SPORT/710189813/1001/-/heed-viktigaste-varvningen | title = Heed viktigaste värvningen | publisher = Skånskan.se | date = May 6, 2014 | accessdate = May 6, 2014}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2007–08

| Södertälje SK

| J18

| 22

4151922

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Södertälje SK

| J18 Allsv

| 14

09912

| 2

0004
2007–08

| Södertälje SK

| J20

| 2

0000

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Södertälje SK

| J18

| 11

68146

| —

————
2008–09

| Södertälje SK

| J18 Allsv

| 3

1234

| 3

3252
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Södertälje SK

| J20

| 32

17810

| 2

0110
2009–10

| Södertälje SK

| J20

| 32

8293720

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 27

19102

| —

————
2010–11

| Södertälje SK

| J20

| 2

0222

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 12

1010

| —

————
2010–11

| Växjö Lakers

| Allsv

| 29

320238

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Malmö Redhawks

| Allsv

| 47

4263010

| 6

1230
2012–13

| Växjö Lakers

| J20

| 4

2460

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Växjö Lakers

| SEL

| 10

0002

| —

————
2012–13

| VIK Västerås HK

| Allsv

| 33

581312

| 8

0220
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| Skellefteå AIK

| SHL

| 40

1452

| 2

0000
2014–15

| Skellefteå AIK

| SHL

| 50

10273710

| 15

29110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Skellefteå AIK

| SHL

| 52

815232

| 16

3694
2016–17

| San Jose Barracuda

| AHL

| 55

14425612

| 15

37106
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

————
2017–18

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 29

38118

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| San Jose Barracuda

| AHL

| 10

1456

| 4

0334
2018–19

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 37

2111310

| 3

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 38

1452

| —

————
2020–21

| HC Lugano

| NL

| 47

14203410

| 5

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| Spartak Moscow

| KHL

| 45

323268

| 5

0004
2022–23

| HC Ambrì-Piotta

| NL

| 44

1014248

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2023–24

| HC Ambrì-Piotta

| NL

| 45

623298

| 4

1450
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SHL totals

! 191

! 21

! 55

! 76

! 18

! 33

! 5

! 15

! 20

! 4

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 105

! 6

! 23

! 29

! 20

! 3

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 0

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{{MedalCountry|{{ih|SWE}}}}

{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Czech Republic|}}

{{MedalBottom}}

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2024

| Sweden

| WC

| {{bronze3}}

| 10

0334
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 10

! 0

! 3

! 3

! 4

Awards and honors

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! Awards

! Year

!

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3"|SHL

Le Mat Trophy (Skellefteå AIK)

| 2014

|

Salming Trophy

| 2015

|

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3"|AHL

Second All-Star Team

| 2017

|{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/2016-17-american-hockey-league-first-and-second-all-star-teams-named/n-5245936 |title=2016–17 American Hockey League First and Second All-Star Teams Named |publisher= OurSportsCentral.com |date=April 6, 2017 | accessdate = April 6, 2017}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:HC Ambrì-Piotta players

Category:Anaheim Ducks draft picks

Category:HC Lugano players

Category:Malmö Redhawks players

Category:San Jose Barracuda players

Category:San Jose Sharks players

Category:Skellefteå AIK players

Category:Södertälje SK players

Category:HC Spartak Moscow players

Category:Ice hockey people from Gothenburg

Category:Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Swedish ice hockey defencemen

Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen

Category:Växjö Lakers players

Category:VIK Västerås HK players