Germany men's national ice hockey team

Germany

The Coat of arms of Germany is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s)	Der Eagle Carriers
Association	Deutscher Eishockey-Bund
Head coach	Uwe Krupp
Assistants	Ernst Höfner Harold Kreis
Captain	Marcel Goc
Most games	Udo Kießling (320)
Most points	Erich Kühnhackl (210)
IIHF code	GER
IIHF ranking	8
Highest IIHF ranking	8 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	12 (first in 2006)
Team colours
Home colours Away colours Third colours
First international
Germany 9 – 1 Switzerland  (Montreaux, Switzerland; January 10, 1910)
Biggest win
Germany 14 – 0 Yugoslavia (Ljubljana, Slovenia; February 10, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 10 – 0 Germany  (Zug, Switzerland; December 7, 1990)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	56 (first in 1930)
Best result	2 ! (1930, 1953)
IIHF European Championships and World Cup
Appearances	9
Best result	2 ! (1910, 1911, 1914)
Olympics
Appearances	12 (first in 1928)
Medals	Bronze: 1932, 1976

Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze	1932 Lake Placid	Team
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Team

World Championships medal record
World Championship
Silver	1930 Austria/France/Germany	Germany
Bronze	1934 Italy	Germany
Silver	1953 Switzerland	Germany

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.

The team

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).

In December 2005 Uwe Krupp became head coach.

Team Germany finished in 4th place at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, their best placement since 1953.

2011 World Championship Roster

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
30	Jochen Reimer	L	184 cm	90 kg	Sep. 6, 1985	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
32	Dimitri Patzold	L	180 cm	87 kg	Feb. 3, 1983	Straubing Tigers
44	Dennis Endras	L	183 cm	76 kg	Jul. 14, 1985	Augsburger Panther

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
3	Justin Krueger	R	190 cm	96 kg	Oct. 6, 1986	SC Bern
5	Korbinian Holzer	R	190 cm	94 kg	Feb. 16, 1988	Toronto Marlies
20	Robert Dietrich	L	180 cm	85 kg	Jul. 25, 1986	Adler Mannheim
27	Anton Widera	R	190 cm	94 kg	Dec. 12, 1993	EHC München
48	Frank Hordler	L	183 cm	86 kg	Jan. 26, 1985	Eisbären Berlin
77	Nikolai Goc	L	182 cm	95 kg	Jun. 17, 1986	Adler Mannheim
90	Constantin Braun	L	190 cm	89 kg	Mar. 11, 1988	Eisbären Berlin

Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
16	Michael Wolf	LR	177 cm	80 kg	Jsn. 24, 1981	Iserlohn Roosters
18	Kai Hospelt	L	185 cm	85 kg	Aug. 23, 1985	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
21	John Tripp	R	192 cm	103 kg	May 4, 1977	Kölner Haie
24	Andre Rankel	L	186 cm	89 kg	Aug. 27, 1985	Eisbären Berlin
25	Marcel Müller	L	193 cm	98 kg	Jul. 10, 1988	Toronto Marlies
26	Daniel Kreutzer	L	176 cm	86 kg	Oct. 23, 1979	DEG Metro Stars
28	Frank Mauer	R	184 cm	85 kg	Apr. 12, 1988	Adler Mannheim
29	Alexander Barta	R	180 cm	77 kg	Feb. 2, 1983	Hamburg Freezers
37	Patrick Reimer	R	179 cm	84 kg	Dec. 10, 1982	DEG Metro Stars
39	Thomas Greilinger	R	180 cm	88 kg	Aug. 6, 1981	ERC Ingolstadt
47	Christoph Ullmann	L	182 cm	84 kg	May 19, 1983	Kölner Haie
55	Felix Schutz	L	178 cm	87 kg	Nov. 3, 1987	ERC Ingolstadt
87	Philip Gogulla	L	188 cm	80 kg	Jul. 31, 1987	Kölner Haie

Team Officials

• General Manager
  • Franz Reindl

• Team Manager
  • Maria Aumiller

• Coaches
  • Uwe Krupp (Head Coach)
  • Ernst Höfner (Assistant Coach)
  • Klaus Merk (Goaltender Coach)

2010 Olympics roster

See Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics: Ice hockey

Olympic record

• 1928 – Finished in 9th place
• 1932 – Won bronze medal
• 1936 – Finished tied in 5th place
• 1948 – Finished in 6th 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

Canada Cup record

• 1984 – Finished in 6th place

World Cup of Hockey record

• 1996 – lost in quarter-finals
• 2004 – lost in quarter-finals

European Championship record

• 1910 – Did not participate
• 1911 – Won silver medal
• 1912 – Won silver medal
• 1913 – Won bronze medal
• 1914 – Won silver medal
• 1921–1926 did not participate
• 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 Championship record

• 1930 – Won silver medal
• 1931 – Did not participate
• 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
• 1947 – 1951 – Did not participate
• 1953 – Won Silver medal
• 1954 – Finished in 5th place
• 1955 – Finished in 6th place
• 1957 – Did not participate
• 1958 – Did not participate
• 1959 – Finished in 7th place
• 1961 – Finished in 8th place
• 1962 – Finished in 6th place
• 1963 – Finished in 7th place
• 1965 – Finished in 10th 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

Former notable players

• Rudi Ball

References

External links

• German Ice Hockey-Federation
• The Hockey Almanac

See also

• Germany men's national ice sledge hockey team
• East German national ice hockey team
• West German national ice hockey team