Germany men's national ice hockey team

Germany

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	Klaus Merk
Head coach	Pat Cortina
Assistants	Andreas Brockmann Niklas Sundblad
Captain	Christian Ehrhoff
Most games	Udo Kießling (320)
Most points	Erich Kühnhackl (210)
IIHF code	GER
IIHF ranking	10
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 (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	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

Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze	1932 Lake Placid	Team
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Team
World Championship
Silver	1930 Austria/France/Germany	Germany
Silver	1953 Switzerland	Germany
Bronze	1934 Italy	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).

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

Current roster

The following players were selected for the Olympic qualification tournament from 7 to 10 February 2013:

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
1	Dimitri Kotschnew	L	184 cm	85 kg	15 July 1981	Hamburg Freezers
44	Dennis Endras	L	182 cm	80 kg	14 July 1985	Adler Mannheim
72	Robert Zepp	L	186 cm	88 kg	7 Sep. 1981	Eisbären Berlin

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
15	Jens Baxmann	L	181 cm	86 kg	24 Mar. 1985	Eisbären Berlin
27	Bernhard Ebner	L	185 cm	85 kg	12 Sep. 1990	Düsseldorfer EG
34	Benedikt Kohl	R	180 cm	82 kg	31 Mar. 1988	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
43	Felix Petermann	L	183 cm	90 kg	11 Apr. 1984	EHC Munich
77	Nikolai Goc	L	182 cm	98 kg	17 Jun. 1986	Adler Mannheim
90	Constantin Braun	L	191 cm	92 kg	11 Mar. 1988	Eisbären Berlin
91	Moritz Müller	L	187 cm	91 kg	19 Nov. 1986	Kölner Haie

Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Club
9	Jerome Flaake	L	190 cm	96 kg	2 Mar. 1990	Hamburg Freezers
16	Michael Wolf	R	178 cm	85 kg	Jsn. 24, 1981	Iserlohn Roosters
17	Marcus Kink	L	186 cm	98 kg	13 Jan. 1985	Adler Mannheim
18	Kai Hospelt	L	185 cm	87 kg	23 Aug. 1985	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
24	Andre Rankel	L	186 cm	95 kg	27 Aug. 1985	Eisbären Berlin
25	Marcel Müller	L	193 cm	100 kg	10 Jul. 1988	MODO Hockey
29	Alexander Barta	R	180 cm	83 kg	2 Feb. 1983	Rögle BK
37	Patrick Reimer	R	179 cm	86 kg	10 Dec. 1982	Nürnberg Ice Tigers
54	Garrett Festerling	R	177 cm	78 kg	3 Mar. 1986	Hamburg Freezers
55	Felix Schütz	L	178 cm	89 kg	3 Nov. 1987	Kölner Haie
86	Daniel Pietta	L	184 cm	92 kg	9 Dec. 1986	Krefeld Pinguine
87	Philip Gogulla	L	188 cm	88 kg	31 Jul. 1987	Kölner Haie
89	David Wolf	L	191 cm	99 kg	15 Sep. 1989	Hamburg Freezers

Team Officials

• General Manager
  • Franz Reindl

• Team Manager
  • Maria Aumiller

• Coaches
  • Pat Cortina (Head Coach)
  • Niklas Sundblad (Assistant Coach)
  • Steffen Ziesche (Assistant 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 – Do not participate
• 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
• 2014 – Did not qualify

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 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

Former notable players

• Rudi Ball
• Karl Friesen
• Dieter Hegen
• Udo Kießling
• Olaf Kölzig
• Erich Kühnhackl
• Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)

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