Jerzy Potz

Jerzy Andrzej Potz ( born 1 February 1953 in Łódź, † January 27, 2000 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany ) was a Polish ice hockey player and coach.

Career

Thunder and began his career in his hometown of Łódź, where he was active for the Hockey Team Łódzki KS since 1971. In the summer of 1982 the Pole moved to Germany and signed a contract with Eintracht Frankfurt with which he first played in the 2nd Bundesliga. When Eintracht he became a favorite with audiences. Thunder and scored in his first season, 1982/83 in Frankfurt 32 scorer points in 40 league games and was able to secure with his club in the relegation round of the league.

After the end of the season 1985/86 he went to the harmony in the then highest German hockey league, the Bundesliga. While the Frankfurt took second place after the main round, they ranked in the subsequent relegation round at the first place in the standings. The defender had 79 points in 45 games large part of this success. Potz was then a further three years in Frankfurt under contract, before he ended his career in the summer of 1990 at the EC Bad Nauheim.

Addition to his success at club level he also denied 204 games for the Polish national team, took for his country at the Olympic Winter Games in 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1988, and at ten hockey world championships. After ending his playing career in 1990, he worked at EC Kassel and at the Frankfurt ESC as a coach. During the 1997/98 season he was at the Frankfurt Lions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga next head coach Peter Obresa as an assistant coach at the gang.

On January 27, 2000 Jerzy Potz died at 1:30 clock at the age of 46 years at a major cancer. As a sign of compassion and grief the players the Lions wore the day after the death during the league game against the mosquitoes eating a sticker with the number 24 on their helmet. This number had worn during his time in Frankfurt the poles. Furthermore, it was held a minute of silence in honor of the deceased before the game.