Greg Classen

Greg Classen ( born August 24, 1977 in Aylsham, Saskatchewan ) is a German - Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for ERC Ingolstadt in the DEL since August 2013.

Career

After classes, first played in his homeland for the Nipawin Hawks in the unterklassigen Canadian Junior Football League Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, he moved in 1998 to the Merrimack College and played there for the Merrimack College Warriors at the Hockey East, a league in the play mode of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In his first season at the College of the Center was elected to the All- Rookie team and initially remained another year.

At the end of the 1999/00 season he signed as a free agent with the Nashville Predators his first professional contract and arrived at their farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League for his pro debut. Then played Classen three years in both the IHL and the American Hockey League, in which the admiral had changed, as well as in the National Hockey League, where he was able to achieve 17 points scorer in 90 games. In the 2003 /04 season the links contactors only played in the AHL, but managed his team to decide the regular season and the play-offs for themselves and won the Calder Cup.

Then, the attacker moved to Europe where he played for porin Ässät in the Finnish SM- liiga. In the season 2005/ 06 Classen returned to the Admirals and again reached the final of the Calder Cup, signed after the season but a contract with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. However, as early as next year played the Canadians in North America again, this time for the Manitoba Moose. Here he remained for only one season and then joined the Providence Bruins at. After just one game, it went for Classen further to the San Antonio Rampage, he also left after 19 games.

Before he could a game for his new team, the Rochester Americans deny the striker signed a contract until the end of the season 2008/ 09 at the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL, who committed him as a replacement for the long-term injured Brad Tapper. After the season Classen received no new contract offer and moved in October 2009 to EHC Basel in the Swiss National League B. However, since he arrived in Switzerland within a year for three different teams to use, he joined in the summer of 2010 returned to Germany, where he signed a one-year contract with the Cologne Sharks. In August 2013 he signed a temporary two months contract with ERC Ingolstadt

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )