Timo Helbling

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Buffalo Sabres
league = NHL
former_teams = Washington Capitals
Tampa Bay Lightning


position = Defence
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 210
nickname = Tim
nationality = SUI
birth_date = Birth date and age|1981|7|21|mf=y
birth_place = Basel, Switzerland
draft = 6th Round, 162nd Overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Nashville Predators
career_start = 2005

Timo Helbling (born July 21, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League, a farm team of the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.

Helbling played 60 games for the Springfield Falcons of the AHL before he was recalled to the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he started his 2005–06 season.

Helbling was drafted in the 6th round, 162nd overall by the Nashville Predators in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded by the Washington Capitals to the Sabres along with Dainius Zubrus for a first round pick and C Jiri Novotny.

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005–06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		9	0	1	1	6		-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	Springfield Falcons	AHL		60	7	14	21	56		-	-	-	-	-
1st Season	Career	NHL		9	0	1	1	6		-	-	-	-	-

"Stats as of April 22, 2006."

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