Martin Ulrich (born December 16, 1969) is a retired Austrian ice hockey defenceman. He was the captain of the Austrian national ice hockey team.

Martin Ulrich
Martin Ulrich in the 2002 Winter Olympics
Born (1969-12-16) December 16, 1969 (age 54)
Vienna, AUT
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Wiener EV
EC Graz
Adler Mannheim
Berlin Capitals
DEG Metro Stars
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Playing career 1986–2009

Born in Vienna, Austria, Ulrich began his career with three seasons at Vienna before joining Graz EC in 1991 again in a three-year spell. After a brief return to Vienna, Ulrich moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, playing for the Adler Mannheim for two seasons. He returned to Vienna for a third time before returning to the DEL in 1999, with spells for the Berlin Capitals and the DEG Metro Stars where he spent four seasons.

In 2005, Ulrich returned to Austria and signed for Red Bull Salzburg, where he played two more seasons before ending his player career in 2008 with the lower class team of EK Zell am See.

In October 2009 Ulrich was named Head Coach of the Austrian U-18 national ice hockey team.

International edit

Ulrich played 228 games for the Austrian national ice hockey team, attending 17 World Championships and 3 Olympic Games (1994, 1998, 2002).

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Wiener EV AUT 1 0 0 0 0
1987–88 Wiener EV AUT
1988–89 Wiener EV AUT 26 2 8 10 10
1989–90 Wiener EV AUT 34 5 19 24 42
1990–91 Wiener EV AUT 39 7 17 24 67
1991–92 EC Graz AUT 45 6 20 26 30
1992–93 EC Graz AUT 53 6 13 19 18
1993–94 EC Graz AUT 57 12 22 34 54
1994–95 EC Graz AUT 36 9 14 23 28
1995–96 Wiener EV AUT 32 12 17 29 29
1996–97 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 3 8 11 45 9 1 4 5 2
1997–98 Adler Mannheim DEL 46 3 9 12 30 10 1 2 3 8
1998–99 Wiener EV AUT 49 13 19 32 46
1999–2000 Berlin Capitals DEL 39 6 19 25 38 7 0 3 3 4
2000–01 Berlin Capitals DEL 60 6 21 27 54 5 0 2 2 4
2001–02 DEG Metro Stars DEL 58 0 8 8 55
2002–03 DEG Metro Stars DEL 42 6 13 19 40
2003–04 DEG Metro Stars DEL 56 5 17 22 58 4 0 2 2 8
2004–05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 50 3 12 15 54
2005–06 EC Red Bull Salzburg AUT 44 7 11 18 28 11 1 1 2 12
2006–07 EC Red Bull Salzburg AUT 54 10 33 43 70 8 2 3 5 8
2007–08 EC Red Bull Salzburg AUT 44 3 13 16 22 14 0 6 6 4
2008–09 EK Zell am See AUT.2 23 4 18 22 22 8 1 3 4 0
AUT totals 514 92 206 298 444 33 3 10 13 24
DEL totals 401 32 107 139 374 35 2 13 15 26

International edit

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1987 Austria WJC B 5 0 1 1 8
1989 Austria WJC C 4 2 2 4 7
1991 Austria WC B 7 0 1 1 2
1992 Austria WC B 7 1 2 3 2
1993 Austria WC 6 0 1 1 0
1994 Austria OG 7 1 1 2 0
1994 Austria WC 6 0 0 0 2
1995 Austria WC 7 0 1 1 6
1996 Austria WC 7 0 0 0 4
1997 Austria OGQ 4 1 0 1 0
1997 Austria WC B 7 2 0 2 0
1998 Austria OG 4 0 3 3 0
1998 Austria WC 3 0 0 0 2
1999 Austria WC 6 1 1 2 10
2000 Austria WC 6 0 2 2 0
2001 Austria OGQ 3 0 1 1 0
2001 Austria WC 6 0 0 0 8
2002 Austria OG 4 0 0 0 4
2002 Austria WC 6 0 1 1 2
2004 Austria WC 6 0 1 1 2
2005 Austria OGQ 3 1 1 2 0
2005 Austria WC 6 0 3 3 2
2006 Austria WC D1 5 0 2 2 0
2007 Austria WC 3 0 0 0 0
2008 Austria WC D1 5 1 4 5 2
Junior totals 9 2 3 5 15
Senior totals 124 8 25 33 48

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