Career
He was a third-round selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 2007 National Hockey League Entry Draft prior to being traded to the Ducks. Pielmeier first played junior hockey in his native Germany, leading the Cologne European Commission Junior Sharks to the Deutsche Nachwuchs-Liga in 2006-2007. He moved to North America the following season, joining the Saint John"s Fog Devils of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for a season before moving to the Shawinigan Cataractes in 2008-2009 where he led the team to the QMJHL final.
He has played with the German national junior team on several occasions.
He first played in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Pielmeier was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the third round, 83rd overall at the 2007 National Hockey League Entry Draft, but was traded to the Anaheim Ducks organization in 2009.
He turned professional in 2009, starting with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL. He scored a goal for the Condors during the 2009-2010 season, becoming the 10th goaltender in ECHL history to do southern He finished the season fifth amongst rookie goaltenders in goals against average and appeared in the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game.
Pielmeier was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League for the 2009-2010 season.
Pielmeier was recalled by the Ducks on January 22, 2011. He was traded along with defenceman Kurtis Foster, on December 12, 2011, to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenceman Mark Fraser and forward Rod Pelley. On February 8, 2013, whilst impressing with the Landshut Cannibals, Pielmeier was signed by European Research Council Ingolstadt for the 2013-2014 season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.