Germany men's national ice hockey team
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The German national ice hockey team is a decision taken by the federal trainer selection of German players. It represents the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) at the international level, for example in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship or the Olympic Winter Games, but also at other tournaments such as the World Cup of Hockey.
A nickname of the team is the recipient of the Eagle ( engl. Eagle Carriers ), since it bears the eagle federal representative on the jerseys.
History
The German national team played their first international match during the Ice Hockey Championship 1910 when they the eventual champions Great Britain was defeated on January 10, 0-1. The German Empire itself won the silver medal at the tournament. In the following four years until the temporary abolition of the EM 1914, the National always took part in the European Championships and won every year a medal ( three silvers, one bronze ), the tournament in 1912 and thus the European vice-champion title of the German Empire were subsequently canceled by the International Ice Hockey Federation due to the lack of association membership of the participating Austrian. Your hitherto greatest success came in the German national team by winning the bronze medal at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, which counted the same as a world championship, in which case only four teams took part as a result of the world economic crisis and the resulting lack of financial resources in the tournament. At the World Championships in 1930 and 1953, Germany was runner-up in each case, at the 1934 World Cup, the German Empire took third place. In addition, the national team was at the World Championships in 1930 and 1934, each of which was evaluated in parallel as a European, European Champion.
Although took German national teams since 1952 respectively at the Olympic Hockey tournaments - of which from 1956 to 1964 as a whole German team - but the team was unable to build on the success of the first half of the 20th century. Only at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 they won again the bronze medal. After Germany was actually athletic relegated at the 2009 World Cup already in the Division I and only the host of the next World Cup reached the league, the national team scored in the 2010 World Cup on home soil a surprising fourth place and thus her best World Cup result for 57 years.
To date, the A-Team Germany has a total of 1233 games contested, of which 454 wins, 120 draws, 659 losses. (As of June 6, 2011 ). After the Ice Hockey World Championship for Men 2011, she thus stood on rank 8 of the IIHF World Ranking.
General Manager
- Since 1996: Franz Reindl ( Garmisch -Partenkirchen )
Team Manager
Coach
In the early days of the German ice hockey, there was no right coach, the players were led by the so-called outer captains or other officials. Unlike in football, it was quite common in the German Ice Hockey to get involved as imperial, national or national coach foreigners who came to the end of the 1960s, especially from Canada.
- Foreign Captain 1924-28 Erich Romans
Mascot
Since November 2006 Urmel is on the ice the official mascot of the German national team. He wears the number ( 20) 10 (year of hockey World Cup in Germany ) and played according to his fan page as a striker for " EHC Titiwu " and the EHC " Augsburger ".
Squad
See also Article: Cadre of German ice hockey team in international tournaments
Current squad
Squad at EIHC tournament from 6 to 8 February 2014 in Briancon, France.
Current extended squad
2013/14 season
Locked jersey numbers
The following jersey numbers are no longer awarded in honor of the players who have worn them for special recognition of their achievements for national team:
- 4 - Udo Kiessling
- 14 - Mike Nash
- 20 - Robert Dietrich
- 23 - Dieter nurture
- 80 - Robert Müller