Wally Schreiber

Wallace E. " Wally " Schreiber ( born April 15, 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta ) is a retired German - Canadian ice hockey player. During his career he played from 1981 to 2006 for the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League and the Schwenningen ERC, EC Hedos Munich, EV Landshut and Hannover Scorpions in Germany.

Career

Schreiber began his career at the Fort Saskatchewan Traders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. In 1981 he moved to the WHL for the Regina Pats, where he scored 68 goals in 88 games and had 88 templates. Thanks to this successful season, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1982 as 152 of the Washington Capitals. From 1982 to 1986, he then played for the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League.

1986 to 1988 he played mainly for the Canadian national team, which at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary completed a special preparation program in preparation. Writer alone completed in these two years 139 games. As for the 1988 Olympics but any restriction for professionals has been lifted, Schreiber was not nominated despite his top performances in preparation for the Olympics. In between, he was a first brief appearance in Europe at the Vienna EV, for which he was six times used.

From 1987 to 1989, he finally arrived in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars used. In two seasons, he came up with 41 games and 18 points scorer (8 Tore/10 templates). Already during the 1988/89 season he played back in parallel for the Fort Wayne Komets and the Kalamazoo Wings IHL.

Since he could not establish himself in the NHL, Schreiber moved to Germany. There he became known for his years with the SERC Wild Wings, for whom he played from 1989 in the 1st Bundesliga. During this time he formed with his two storm partners Bruce Hardy and Grant Martin one of the most successful storm ranks of the first Bundesliga. As a hockey player, he is a good technician, combined with fast skating ability and an eye for his teammates.

He transferred to season 1993/94 to EC Hedos Munich and wore as top scorer of the league with 30 goals and 41 templates significantly to the German championship for the Munich.

With the establishment of DEL writer changed after only one year in Munich for the EV Landshut. However, his 81 points scorer in the 1994/95 season only had enough for runner-up with the country Moravians. This was the greatest success with the country Moravians. 1996, 1997 and 1998, retired clerk with the EVL each in the semifinal of 1999 even in the quarter- finals.

In 1999, Schreiber decided for a change to the Hannover Scorpions, with whom other titles were not expected. But he could celebrate 2001 with the sensational semi-finals the hitherto biggest success story of the Scorpions. In all other seasons, the Scorpions did not reach the playoffs. After the 2002/ 03 season Schreiber finished first officially his career, put this but then when Schwenningen ERC in the 2nd Hockey League for two more years. In summer 2005, he finished in Schwenningen then again his career with a stirring action that had not been seen in the abdominal Mountain Stadium. Wally Schreiber took his skates from the end of the game and placed it in the center circle of the ice surface. It was a moving moment in Schwenningen belly Mountain Stadium for fans of the second division SERC Wild Wings and for the protagonist. On March 28, 2005, after the Schwenningen defeat in the seventh quarter-final game against Bremerhaven, Schreiber finished with 43 ​​years of his career as a professional hockey player, he had begun in 1981 at the Regina Pets of the Western Hockey League and returned to his Canadian homeland.

But the geratenen through numerous injuries in Personalnot Hannover Scorpions were the now 43 -year-old clerk during the 2005/ 06 season once again reactivate ..

In the DEL he graduated from 1994 to 2006 a total of 555 games in which he gained 506 points scorer scored (205 Tore/301 assists) and 383 penalty minutes. This placed it before the season 2006/ 07 in the eternal scorer and scorer rating DEL respectively at # 2 behind Mike Bullard

Internationally

With the National Hockey Canada he won at the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 and at the 1994 Winter Olympics silver medal each.

Statistics

All data in each league games plus playoffs.