Career
He previously played with European Commission Red Bulletin Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League and LuleƄ High Frequency of the Elitserien. He is the older brother of National Hockey League player Michael Raffl. Raffl briefly played major junior hockey in Canada with the Kelowna Rockets and Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League during the 2005-2006 season.
Since 2007, Thomas has been a fixture participant with the Austrian national team, including at the 2015 IIHF World Championship.
In the lead up to the 2015-2016 season, Raffl was granted leave by Salzburg on September 1, 2015, to attend the preseason training camp of the National Hockey League"s Winnipeg Jets on a professional tryout contract. Following the training camp, Raffl signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Jets and was assigned to the Manitoba Moose, the Jets" AHL affiliate.