Thomas Dolak
Thomas Dolak ( born March 25, 1979 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia ) is a German - Czech ice hockey player who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Hamburg Freezers. His father, Thomas Dolak senior (1952-2013), was a born in Czechoslovakia ice hockey player and coach.
Life and career
In order to play in a strong junior league, junior Thomas Dolak In 1997, the EHC Freiburg to Canada, where he stood for the Kingston Frontenacs and the North Bay Centennials in the Ontario Hockey League on the ice.
For the 1998/99 season the winger signed a contract with the Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, which he left in the direction of the reigning champions Munich Barons after two seasons. Here Dolak completed a regular season, but disappointed a year later, what about also after moving the franchise to Hamburg, where it participated as the Hamburg Freezers of the game operation, did not change. For the 2003/04 season the links Sagittarius changed for this reason the Hannover Scorpions in which he made his breakthrough with 31 points scorer in the 2005 /06.
Thomas Dolak was one of the crowd favorites at the Hannover Scorpions and was with them in the season 2009/2010 German Masters. He scored the decisive final match on 25 April 2010 against Augsburger Panther the game -winning goal to 3:2 for the Hannover Scorpions and therefore comes as a victory scorer in history.
For the 2011/12 season changed Dolak within the DEL and returned to the Hamburg Freezers back, which he left after the 2012/13 season and returned again to the Hannover Scorpions. Here he is acting for the time being until December as an assistant coach because he was not yet in a position for health reasons himself to play.
Internationally
For the German junior national teams Thomas Dolak participated in the U-20 World Championship in 1999, with the seniors he participated in the World Cup 2000 and the same year held qualifying tournament for the 2002 Olympic Games in part.
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 )