Leon Draisaitl
Leon Draisaitl (born 27 October 1995 in Cologne ) is a German ice hockey player. He is the son of Peter Draisaitl, a former ice hockey player and present coach.
- 3.1 International
Career
German junior leagues (until 2012 )
Leon Draisaitl began his career with the so-called Bambinis (U10 ) of the Cologne Sharks. In the following years he played by year in accordance with the small pupils ( U12 ), the boy ( U14, boys NRW-Liga ) and last in the league students at the junior department of the Cologne Sharks. He played two seasons in the U16 team, for whom he scored 22 goals and 33 Assists for a total 55 points scorer in 44 games this season. The links Sagittarius joined the 2009/10 season to the Mannheim Eagles, where he also was used in the U16 team the team. There Draisaitl could significantly surpass his personal records in his first season. He set personal Bestrekorde in goals scored and given templates season concluded the striker finally starting with 103 points scorer. These services could Draisaitl in the following season 2010/11 but still increase: his 97 goals and 95 Assists in 29 games earned him the interest of foreign scouts who saw great talent in the born in Cologne. After his record season Draisaitl joined the young eagles, the first youth team of the DEL teams Adler Mannheim. There, too, could put his talent to the winger. At the end of the season only teammate Dominik Kahun was able to win on the account the scorer title of the German junior league with a template more.
Prince Albert Raiders ( since 2012 )
Due to its promising performance in young German system Draisaitl was in the 2012 CHL Import Draft in the first round, selected a total of second place by the Prince Albert Raiders. The Raiders were the worst team in the league last year with 48 points from 72 games. However, the Raiders after ten years could no playoff participation, thanks to the good performance Draisaitls qualify again for the final round. His performance in his first year in North America were estimated as large from the WHL that Draisaitl was next to Seth Jones for the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy, the award for the best rookie of the season, nominated. In 64 games with the Raiders, he scored 21 goals, two of them on the powerplay. Furthermore, he was also 37 templates for a total score of 58 points. Also notable was the plus / minus stats by 22. In the playoffs, however, the Raiders failed with a clear series defeat without a single victory (so-called sweep) of 0:4 games against the Red Deer Rebels in the first round.
Already at the beginning of the 2013/14 season was expected of Draisaitl next to teammate Josh Morrissey that he could take on the role of the service provider for the Prince Albert Raiders. The original winger was now the undisputed center forward of the first series and played most of the time with teammate Dakota Conroy together. After the left winger Collin Valcourt new shock to the team for a trade to the Raiders with the Saskatoon Blades, developed the then 20 -year-old good chemistry with Draisaitl and Conroy. Henceforth, the three players so the first line of the Raiders until the end of the season and played well in the same formation on the powerplay the Raiders. The Raiders reached at the end of the regular season, the same number of points as the Red Deer Rebels, who threw the Prince Albert a year earlier from the play-offs. Since no cross tie-breaker rules of the WHL is provided as the total number of points, had a knock-out game between the two teams will be held to award the last play-off place in the Eastern Conference. This last game won the Prince Albert Raiders with a final score of 5-3, with Draisaitl was able to contribute two assists to victory in this crucial game. Overall, the Cologne attacker gained a Karrierebestmarke of 38 goals and 67 Assists for a total of 105 points, each representing an optimum in this season for the team the Raiders in all three categories in the season. In comparison, Draisaitl League announced at the end of the season with Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice points equal fourth in the list of WHL - leading scorer. As Leon Draisaitl due to age only just could not be drawn in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013, the German striker was strongly observed by his good rookie season since the start of the second season with the Raiders of NHL scouts. In the so-called CSS midterm rankings, the list published on the NHL - half of the top rookies as a draft -assessed ranking of the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2014 Draisaitl was mid- January 2014 set to place two of gambling in North America youth players.
Internationally
The first use in the dress of the German national team (DEB) The forward played at the World U -17 Hockey Challenge in 2011. A year later, he once again have now succeeded in calling in the DEB team, with the nomination for the German squad. in these games he scored for the Ice Hockey World Championship U18 Junior 2012 with two goals and five assists in six games, averaging just over a point per game. In the 4-2 victory of the DEB against the Russian team he scored with two assists and the game against Switzerland on 17 April, he contributed to a 6-2 victory two goals and an assist at. The second and final return to this selection Draisaitl graduated at the Ice Hockey World Championship U18 Juniors in 2013 and reached less in a game the same points total.
Due to the rated good performance Draisaitls in the U18 selections of Cologne-born was now considered a safe support of the DEB teams. From this he was following for the next higher age group, the U20 Juniors, nominated regularly. The first U -20 World Cup played in the Russian Center of Ufa in 2013, the tournament ended for the DEB in the relegation round. The German national team, however, could prevent with a win against Norway relegation. In the deciding match Draisaitl scored two goals and setting up two more hits before. At the World Cup Draisaitl gained a total of six inserts two goals and four assists. His second World Cup the U20 Juniors, the Ice Hockey World Championship U20 juniors in 2014 was first crossed by very streaky play of center forward. In particular, the match penalty for a check from behind against the opponent Andrew Copp American selection had great consequences for the tournament the striker: the match penalty pulled a subsequent automatic suspension for an encounter by itself. Only in the Relegation Round Draisaitl could again participate in the events in which Germany had to complete three games against Norway. In the first game after the lock Draisaitl received another match penalty, but in contrast to the penalty for a check from behind by IIHF rules provide for the automatic suspension for one game for a high floor. Draisaitl total came in this U -20 World Cup in Sweden in five appearances, in which he achieved two goals and two assists. Through the two match penalties he continued to come on 52 penalty minutes, a significantly higher value than ever in his international career before. The Cologne striker has previously always used, as already in other tournaments with his former teammates from the juniors times at Mannheim in a row.
Game style
Draisaitl is considered a major offensive talent who already has good physical conditions for a career in the professional sector, with its height of 1.89 m and a weight of 90 kg. Cologne is considered as a future complete player who can help out his team are also on the defensive next dangerous offensive actions. Above all, his will to carry the puck into the offensive zone and independently to provide opportunities brings a Draisaitl praise; here he is particularly feared as passer who his shot, however, relatively little used in the attack compared to the playback.
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Germany at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2011
- Ice Hockey World Championship U18 Juniors 2012
- Ice Hockey World Championship U18 Juniors 2013
- Ice Hockey World Championship U20 juniors 2013
- Ice Hockey World Championship U20 juniors 2014
( 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 )