Tim Ramholt Tim Ramholt ( born November 2 , 1984 in Zurich , Switzerland ) is a professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Davos of the Swiss Nationalliga A ( NLA ) . He began his professional career with the ZSC Lions before moving to North America in the hopes of a National Hockey League ( NHL ) career . Ramholt was selected by the Calgary Flames in the second round , 39th overall , at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft . He played one NHL game for the Flames and after spending three years in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) , returned to Switzerland for 2009 – 10 . Internationally , Ramholt represented the Swiss junior team on four occasions . He won a silver medal at the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships in Finland , then represented the U20 team three times between 2002 and 2004 , with his best finish a fourth place result in 2002 . Playing career . Ramholt developed as a defenceman playing for his hometown Zurich in the Swiss junior and Nationalliga B ( NLB ) leagues . He was a member of the silver medal winning Swiss team at the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships , where he scored one assist in seven games . He made his top level debut for the ZSC Lions in 2001 – 02 , appearing in 37 games and scoring three goals . Ramholt played 30 more games for ZSC in 2002 – 03 , but also spent considerable time with their NLB team , the GCK Lions as the 17 - year - old struggled to gain ice time with ZSC and began to contemplate moving onto another team . He was ranked as the 16th best skater by NHL Central Scouting entering the 2003 NHL Entry Draft . Ramholt was selected by the Calgary Flames in the second round , 39th overall , who felt his strong skating and puck moving ability made him ideally suited for the North American game . Ramholt , who had played in Calgary before – he was named the top defenceman at the 2002 Mac ' s AAA midget hockey tournament – looked forward to playing on the smaller North American ice surface . He was also selected by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) in the 2003 Canadian Hockey League European draft , and chose to play the 2003 – 04 season in Cape Breton where he scored 9 goals and 27 assists for the Screaming Eagles . The Swiss junior team called upon Ramholt to play in World Junior Hockey Championships three times . He played seven games in the 2002 tournament , scoring one assist , as the Swiss finished fourth . He returned for the 2003 and 2004 tournaments , playing six games each , as the Swiss finished seventh and sixth , respectively . Ramholt expressed disappointment in his team ' s results , as the Swiss had hoped to follow their 4th place finish in 2002 with a medal in 2003 . Ramholt returned to Switzerland to play with ZSC in 2004 – 05 and then the Kloten Flyers in 2005 – 06 , a decision that the Flames organization did not agree with . Ramholt admitted that he hoped he would better develop his game as a player in the Swiss top league rather than the North American minor leagues . After admitting that that decision might have been a mistake , he signed a three - year contract with the Flames and returned to North America in the summer of 2006 . The Flames assigned him to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Omaha Ak - Sar - Ben Knights for the 2006 – 07 season , where he scored 12 points in 67 games . He continued in the AHL in 2007 – 08 , playing 77 games with the Quad City Flames , scoring 24 points . An injury to Adrian Aucoin earned Ramholt a call - up to Calgary , and he played his first NHL game on November 29 , 2007 against the Anaheim Ducks . He played only one shift , a total of 45 seconds , before being returned to Quad City . No longer in their plans , he was traded by the Flames to the Philadelphia Flyers for minor league forward Kyle Greentree on June 30 , 2008 . Ramholt began the 2008 – 09 season in the AHL with the Philadelphia Phantoms , but after playing just seven games , was again traded . The Flyers sent him to the Nashville Predators for Josh Gratton . He was assigned to Nashville ' s minor league affiliate , the Milwaukee Admirals , where he played 59 more games , scoring two goals and eight assists . Following the season , Ramholt returned to Switzerland , signing a two year contract with HC Davos . He played one game in the NHL , and 224 in the AHL . Personal . Ramholt ' s elder brother , Arne was a draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2000 . He played one year in the AHL , for the Norfolk Admirals in 2000 – 01 , in between a ten year career in the Swiss leagues .