Andreas Niederberger

Andreas Niederberger
Date of birth	April 20, 1963
place of birth	Munich , Germany
size	179 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1980-1983	EC Bad Toelz
1983-1985	Mannheim ERC
1985-1986	Sports association DJK Rosenheim
1986-1998	Düsseldorfer EG
1998-1999	ESC Munich
1999-2000	Ratinger Ice Aliens

Andreas Niederberger (born April 20, 1963 in Munich ) is a former German ice hockey player . He is a member of the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame . His sons Mathias and Leon are also ice hockey players.

Career

He started his career in 1980 at EC Bad Tölz in the 2nd Bundesliga . In 1983 he moved to the Bundesliga for the Mannheim ERC . At the end of his first season in the top German division, he was voted Newcomer of the Year .

In 1985 he moved to SB Rosenheim , from where he moved to Düsseldorf during the 1985/86 season. In the years from 1986 to 1998 with the Düsseldorfer EG he celebrated his greatest sporting successes. He was German champion five times (1990–1993 and 1996) with DEG .

In 1998 he returned to his hometown to ESC Munich in the 2nd League South for a year before ending his career as an active player at the end of the 1999/2000 season in the major league with Ratinger Ice Aliens .

The defender scored 15 goals in 210 full international matches .

successes

National

• 5 × German champions : 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1996

International

• 10 participations in the A-WM: 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995
• 4 participations in Olympic Games : 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 1994
• 1 × participation in the Canada Cup : 1984

Achievements and Awards

• Best newcomer 1983/84
• Best defender in the DEL Playoffs 1989/90
• Member of the German Hall of Fame

Others

As an expert, Andreas Niederberger comments on ice hockey reports on television and in the 2006/07 season he worked as a coach for the DEG Metro Stars student team. Since the 2007/08 season he coached the DEG DNL team.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1980/81	EC Bad Toelz	2nd BL		41	11	9	20th	14th
1981/82	EC Bad Toelz	2nd BL		46	14th	29	43	24
1982/83	EC Bad Toelz	2nd BL		46	17th	34	51	32
1983/84	Mannheim ERC	BL		47	7th	22nd	29	26th
1984/85	Mannheim ERC	BL		35	9	26th	35	20th		9	2	7th	10	6th
1985/86	Rosenheim SB	BL		45	7th	28	35	20th
1986/87	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		44	6th	23	29	30th
1987/88	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		43	7th	27	34	18th
1988/89	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		36	2	29	31	30th		11	1	3	4th	8th
1989/90	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		36	7th	17th	24	28		11	2	11	13	2
1990/91	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		39	7th	14th	21st	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		41	10	23	33	8th
1992/93	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		43	3	18th	21st	10
1993/94	Düsseldorfer EG	BL		38	7th	11	18th	8th
1994/95	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		43	8th	21st	29	16		10	1	3	4th	0
1995/96	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		47	5	17th	22nd	10
1996/97	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		42	4th	15th	19th	34
1997/98	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		37	3	3	6th	8th
1999/00	Ratinger Ice Aliens	OIL		43	3	34	37	26th
2nd BL total				133	42	72	114	70		-	-	-	-	-
BL total				447	72	238	310	220		31	5	21st	27	16
DEL total				169	20th	56	76	68		10	1	3	4th	0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Andreas Niederberger at hockeydb.com (English)
• Andreas Niederberger at eurohockey.com