Germany men's national ice hockey team
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The Coat of arms of Germany is the badge used on the players jerseys. | |
| Nickname(s) | Träger der Adler (The Eagle Carriers) |
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| Association | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund |
| Head coach | Pat Cortina |
| Assistants |
Jeff Tomlinson Geoff Ward |
| Captain | Michael Wolf |
| Most games | Udo Kießling (320) |
| Most points | Erich Kühnhackl (210) |
| IIHF code | GER |
| IIHF ranking |
13  2 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 8 (first in 2003) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 13 (2014) |
| Team colors | |
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| First international | |
 Germany 9–1 Switzerland  (Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910) | |
| Biggest win | |
 Germany 14–0 Yugoslavia  (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Soviet Union 10–0 Germany (Zug, Switzerland; 7 December 1990) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 60 (first in 1930) |
| Best result |
 (1930, 1953) |
| IIHF European Championships | |
| Appearances | 9 |
| Best result |
(1910, 1911, 1914) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1928) |
| Medals |
 (1932, 1976) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 1932 Lake Placid | Team |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | Team |
| World Championship | ||
| Silver | 1930 Austria/France/Germany | Team |
| Silver | 1953 Switzerland | Team |
| Bronze | 1934 Italy | Team |
The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990. By 1991, the East German teams and players were merged into the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund association.
History
The team is not considered to be as elite as Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden or the United States, but they are ranked 8th in the world by the IIHF. Since re-unification, their best recent results include finishing 6th place at the 2003 World Championships where they lost a close quarter-final match in overtime to Canada, and 4th at the 2010 World Championships where they lost to Sweden in the bronze medal game. Previously, they finished third in the European Group and qualified for the quarter-finals at the 1996 World Cup after a surprising 7–1 victory against the Czech Republic. In the 1992 Olympics, they lost to Canada 4–3 in an overtime shoot-out in the quarter-finals.
Germany has never won an international competition, and their most recent medal was bronze in the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. This was their best result as well as a silver medal at the 1930 World Championships.
There are 25,934 registered players in Germany (0.03% of its population).
Team Germany finished in 4th place at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, their best placement since 1953.
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The German national team at the 2005 World Championship
Competition results
Olympic Games
- 1928 – Finished in 9th place
- 1932 – Won bronze medal
- 1936 – Finished tied in 5th place
- 1952 – Finished in 8th place
- 1956 – Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
- 1960 – Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
- 1964 – Finished in 7th place (United Team of Germany)
- 1968 – Finished in 7th place
- 1972 – Finished in 7th place
- 1976 – Won bronze medal
- 1980 – Finished in 10th place
- 1984 – Finished in 5th place
- 1988 – Finished in 5th place
- 1992 – Finished in 6th place
- 1994 – Finished in 7th place
- 1998 – Finished in 9th place
- 2002 – Finished in 8th place
- 2006 – Finished in 10th place
- 2010 – Finished in 11th place
World Championship
- 1930 – Won silver medal
- 1933 – Finished in 5th place
- 1934 – Won bronze medal
- 1935 – Finished in 9th place
- 1937 – Finished in 4th place
- 1938 – Finished in 4th place
- 1939 – Finished in 5th placel
- 1953 – Won Silver medal
- 1954 – Finished in 5th place
- 1955 – Finished in 6th place
- 1959 – Finished in 7th place
- 1961 – Finished in 8th place
- 1962 – Finished in 6th place
- 1963 – Finished in 7th place
- 1965 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "B" Pool)
- 1966 – Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool)
- 1967 – Finished in 8th place
- 1969 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "B" Pool)
- 1970 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
- 1971 – Finished in 5th place
- 1972 – Finished in 5th place
- 1973 – Finished in 6th place
- 1974 – Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool)
- 1975 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
- 1976 – Finished in 6th place
- 1977 – Finished in 7th place
- 1978 – Finished in 5th place
- 1979 – Finished in 6th place
- 1981 – Finished in 7th place
- 1982 – Finished in 6th place
- 1983 – Finished in 5th place
- 1985 – Finished in 7th place
- 1986 – Finished in 7th place
- 1987 – Finished in 6th place
- 1989 – Finished in 7th place
- 1990 – Finished in 7th place
- 1991 – Finished in 8th place
- 1992 – Finished in 6th place
- 1993 – Finished in 5th place
- 1994 – Finished in 9th place
- 1995 – Finished in 9th place
- 1996 – Finished in 8th place
- 1997 – Finished in 11th place
- 1998 – Finished in 11th place
- 1999 – Finished in 20th place (4th in the "Pool B")
- 2000 – Finished in 17th place (Won the "Pool B")
- 2001 – Finished in 8th place
- 2002 – Finished in 8th place
- 2003 – Finished in 7th place
- 2004 – Finished in 9th place
- 2005 – Finished in 15th place
- 2006 – Finished in 17th place (Won Division I, Group A)
- 2007 – Finished in 9th place
- 2008 – Finished in 10th place
- 2009 – Finished in 15th place
- 2010 – Finished in 4th place
- 2011 – Finished in 7th place
- 2012 – Finished in 12th place
- 2013 – Finished in 9th place
- 2014 – Finished in 14th place
- 2015 –
European Championship
- 1911 – Won silver medal
- 1912 – Won silver medal
- 1913 – Won bronze medal
- 1914 – Won silver medal
- 1927 – Won bronze medal
- 1929 – not ranked
- 1930 – Won gold medal
- 1932 – Finished in 4th place
- 1934 – Won gold medal
- 1936 – Won bronze medal
- 1937 – Won bronze medal
- 1938 – Won bronze medal
- 1939 – Won bronze medal
- 1953 – Won silver medal
World Cup of Hockey
Canada Cup
- 1984 – Finished in 6th place
Team
Current roster
The following players were selected for the 2014 Deutschland Cup.[1]
| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Andreas Jenike | L | 180 cm | 84 kg | 14 Juily 1988 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers |
| 44 | Dennis Endras | L | 182 cm | 80 kg | 14 July 1985 | Adler Mannheim |
| 51 | Timo Pielmeier | L | 183 cm | 82 kg | 7 July 1989 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denis Reul | R | 193 cm | 104 kg | 28 June 1989 | Adler Mannheim |
| 3 | Justin Krueger | R | 190 cm | 98 kg | 6 October 1986 | SC Bern |
| 8 | Armin Wurm | L | 186 cm | 86 kg | 11 June 1989 | EHC Wolfsburg |
| 34 | Benedikt Kohl | R | 180 cm | 82 kg | 31 March 1988 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 40 | Björn Krupp | L | 191 cm | 92 kg | 6 March 199 | Kölner Haie |
| 48 | Frank Hördler | L | 183 cm | 86 kg | 11 April 1984 | Eisbären Berlin |
| 69 | Florian Kettemer | L | 184 cm | 80 kg | 10 June 1986 | EHC München |
| 77 | Nikolai Goc | L | 182 cm | 98 kg | 17 June 1986 | Adler Mannheim |
| 81 | Torsten Ankert | R | 188 cm | 100 kg | 17 June 1986 | Kölner Haie |
| 82 | Sinan Akdag | L | 190 cm | 94 kg | 5 November 1989 | Adler Mannheim |
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Michael Wolf | R | 178 cm | 85 kg | 24 January 1981 | EHC München |
| 17 | Marcus Kink | L | 186 cm | 98 kg | 13 January 1985 | Adler Mannheim |
| 18 | Kai Hospelt | L | 185 cm | 85 kg | 23 August 1985 | Adler Mannheim |
| 19 | Thomas Oppenheimer | R | 186 cm | 81 kg | 16 December 1988 | Hamburg Freezers |
| 22 | Matthias Plachta | L | 188 cm | 93 kg | 16 May 1991 | Adler Mannheim |
| 26 | Martin Buchwieser | L | 180 cm | 90 kg | 28 May 1989 | Adler Mannheim |
| 36 | Yannic Seidenberg | L | 171 cm | 82 kg | 11 January 1984 | EHC München |
| 37 | Patrick Reimer | R | 179 cm | 86 kg | 10 December 1982 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers |
| 47 | Christoph Ullmann | L | 182 cm | 90 kg | 19 May 1983 | Adler Mannheim |
| 50 | Patrick Hager | L | 178 cm | 80 kg | 8 September 1988 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 86 | Daniel Pietta | L | 184 cm | 92 kg | 9 December 1986 | Krefeld Pinguine |
| 87 | Philip Gogulla | L | 188 cm | 88 kg | 31 July 1987 | Kölner Haie |
| 92 | Marcel Noebels | L | 189 cm | 87 kg | 14 March 1992 | Eisbären Berlin |
| 93 | Sebastian Uvira | L | 189 cm | 91 kg | 26 January 1993 | Augsburger Panther |
Staff
- Team Manager
- Klaus Merk
- Coaches
- Pat Cortina (Head Coach)
- Andreas Brockmann (Assistant Coach)
- Niklas Sundblad (Assistant Coach)
Notable former players
- Rudi Ball
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Karl Friesen
- Marcel Goc
- Dieter Hegen
- Udo Kießling
- Olaf Kölzig
- Erich Kühnhackl
- Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
See also
- Germany men's national ice sledge hockey team
- East German national ice hockey team
- West German national ice hockey team
References
- ↑ "Team Roster: GER - Germany" (PDF). IIHF World Championship. International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-11-07.
External links
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