Peter Gailer

Peter Gailer
Date of birth	February 6, 1956
place of birth	Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany
size	181 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Career stations
until 1982	SC Riessersee
1982-1984	Cologne EC
1984-1987	ECD Iserlohn
1987-1988	Mannheim ERC
1988-1989	ECD Sauerland
1989-1990	Cologne EC
1990-1991	EC Hedos Munich
1991-1993	EHC Essen West

Peter Gailer (born February 6, 1956 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German former ice hockey player and now works as a coach.

Career

National

The defender began his Bundesliga career in 1979 at SC Riessersee . In 1981 , in his second season as a Bundesliga professional, he was able to celebrate the German championship title. After three years in Bavaria, the Cologne EC won him for two seasons in 1982 . In 1984 he was also German champion here. He stayed with the ECD Iserlohn for a long time . After its bankruptcy, the Mannheim ERC signed him for the remainder of the 1987/88 season , but in the 1988/89 season he returned to the new Iserlohn club, the ECD Sauerland, in the 2nd Bundesliga. But during the season he moved back to Cologne. In his last Bundesliga year he played again in Bavaria, for EC Hedos Munich , before ending his professional career in 1993 after two years in the second-highest division at EHC Essen-West .

The following year, an Iserlohn club brought him again, this time the newly founded IEC , where he made his debut as a coach. As early as 1988 he worked as a player coach at the Seilersee. In 1997 he gave the IEC to Greg Poss and took over the Braunlager EHC / Harz , which at that time played in the second highest German division . Until 2000 he kept the club in this class. His last coaching position for the time being was his hometown club SC Riessersee. The activity there began in the current 2001/02 season in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga and ended at the end of the 2003/04 season. In the 2005/06 season he coached the DNL team at SC Riessersee.

International

Peter Gailer took part in the ice hockey world championships in 1981 and 1982 for the German national ice hockey team. In total, he wore the German jersey in 34 games.

After the career

Today Gailer runs a hotel in his birthplace.

Web links

• Peter Gailer at rodi-db.de
• Peter Gailer at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Homepage of Peter Gailer