Germany men's national ice hockey team

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Germany
Shirt badge/Association crest
The Coat of arms of Germany is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s) Träger der Adler (The Eagle Carriers)
Association Deutscher Eishockey-Bund
General Manager Marco Sturm
Head coach Marco Sturm
Assistants Jeff Tomlinson
Geoff Ward
Captain Michael Wolf
Most games Udo Kießling (320)
Most points Erich Kühnhackl (210)
IIHF code GER
IIHF ranking 13 Steady
Highest IIHF ranking 8 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking 13 (first in 2014)
Team colors                    
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First international
 Germany 9–1 Switzerland  
(Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910)
Biggest win
 Germany 14–0 Yugoslavia Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 10–0 Germany 
(Zug, Switzerland; 7 December 1990)
 Canada 10–0 Germany 
(Prague, Czech Republic; 3 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 60 (first in 1930)
Best result 2nd (1930, 1953)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances 9
Best result 2nd (1910, 1911, 1914)
Olympics
Appearances 12 (first in 1928)
Medals 3rd (1932, 1976)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Lake Placid Team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1930 Austria/France/Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1953 Switzerland Team
Bronze medal – third place 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 Germany 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.

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 – Finished in 10th place

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

  • 1996 – lost in quarterfinals
  • 2004 – lost in quarterfinals

Canada Cup

  • 1984 – Finished in 6th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Head coach: Marco Sturm

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
3 D Justin Krueger 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1986-10-06) 6 October 1986 (age 37) Switzerland SC Bern
9 F Tobias Rieder 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 31) United States Arizona Coyotes
13 D Stephan Daschner 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 35) Germany Düsseldorfer EG
15 D Jens Baxmann 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1985-03-24) 24 March 1985 (age 39) Germany Eisbären Berlin
16 F Michael Wolf – C 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981 (age 43) Germany München
17 F Marcus Kink – A 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 97 kg (214 lb) (1985-01-13) 13 January 1985 (age 39) Germany Adler Mannheim
18 F Kai Hospelt 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1985-08-23) 23 August 1985 (age 38) Germany Adler Mannheim
19 F Thomas Oppenheimer 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1988-12-16) 16 December 1988 (age 35) Germany Hamburg Freezers
21 F Nico Krämmer 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 31) Germany Hamburg Freezers
22 F Matthias Plachta 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 99 kg (218 lb) (1991-05-16) 16 May 1991 (age 32) Germany Adler Mannheim
33 G Danny aus den Birken 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1985-02-15) 15 February 1985 (age 39) Germany Kölner Haie
34 D Benedikt Kohl 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 36) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
36 F Yannic Seidenberg 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1984-01-11) 11 January 1984 (age 40) Germany München
37 F Patrick Reimer – A 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 41) Germany Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
40 D Björn Krupp 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) Germany EHC Wolfsburg
42 F Yasin Ehliz 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) Germany Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
44 G Dennis Endras 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1985-07-14) 14 July 1985 (age 38) Germany Adler Mannheim
47 F Christoph Ullmann 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 40) Germany Adler Mannheim
50 F Patrick Hager 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 35) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
51 G Timo Pielmeier 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 34) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
55 D Patrick Köppchen 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1980-06-21) 21 June 1980 (age 43) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
77 D Nikolai Goc 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 37) Germany Adler Mannheim
86 F Daniel Pietta 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37) Germany Krefeld Pinguine
91 D Moritz Müller 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) Germany Kölner Haie
93 F Brent Raedeke 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 33) Germany Iserlohn Roosters

Staff

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2015 Roster

External links

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