Christoph Brandner
Christoph Brandner ( born July 5, 1975 in Bruck an der Mur ) is a retired Austrian ice hockey player who played in the EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League. Brandner was the first Austrian fielder, who played one game in the National Hockey League, and also the first Austrian, who scored a goal is scored in the NHL.
Career
Brandner's career began at Kapfenberg SV. From there we went to EC KAC, with whom he was Austrian Champion in 2000. He then moved to the German Hockey League to the Krefeld Penguins. Brandner was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 237th position, but still remained one season with the penguins. In the season 2002/ 03 he was with them German masters. He was also top scorer and DEL Player of the Year.
After this success, experience Brandner got out of the contract already signed out for the coming season with the Cologne Sharks and moved into the NHL with the Minnesota Wild. After he had qualified in the training camp of the team for the first team, he played 35 games in the season 2003/ 04, before he became a farm team Houston Aeros, who played in the American Hockey League, sent. In his 35 NHL games, he scored four goals and five assists.
For the 2005/ 06 season he signed a one-year contract with Södertälje SK of the highest Swedish league, the Elitserien. For the season 2006/ 07 the leaders of the Hamburg Freezers were able to convince him of a renewed commitment to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. From the season 2008/ 09 until his career end in spring 2012 Brandner was again engaged at KAC.
Christoph Brandner also played more than 100 games for the Austrian national team. After the Division I World Championship 2008 in Innsbruck, he ended his career team.