Andreas Pušnik

Andreas Pušnik
Date of birth	7th September 1972
place of birth	Klagenfurt , Austria
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1988-1997	EC KAC
1997-2002	EC VSV
2002-2006	HC Innsbruck
2006	EC KAC

Andreas Pušnik (born September 7, 1972 in Klagenfurt ) is a former Austrian ice hockey striker who played in the Austrian ice hockey league and for the Austrian national team from 1988 to 2007 .

Career

Andreas Pušnik went through the junior stations of the EC KAC and made his debut in the fighting team in the 1988/89 season. His shirt number was 7, the former shirt number of his father Josef . With the Klagenfurt team he became Austrian champion in 1991 and vice- champion in 1996 and 1997. From 1997 to 2002 he played for derby rivals EC VSV , with whom he was Austrian champion in 1999 and 2002, and vice-champion in 2000 and 2001. As the reigning champion, the VSV was also eligible to start with Pušnik in the European Hockey League 1999/2000 , but could not qualify for the final round with third place in the A group. With 80 goals, he is ranked 24th on the eternal VSV goalscorer list.

After he had terminated his contract with the VSV by mutual agreement, Pušnik played from 2002 to 2006 for HC Innsbruck , with whom he reached third place in the Bundesliga in 2003, 2005 and 2006. For the 2006/07 season he returned to the EC KAC, but his contract was prematurely terminated after 13 games in November 2006 by the club's board.

Andreas Pušnik was also a long-term member and captain of the national team, with which he took part in four B World Championships, six A World Championships and two Olympic Games (1994, 1998).

Together with Hans Winkler, he has been looking after the VSV's U20 team since 2015.

successes

• 1989: 3rd place in the European Junior Championships and Best Striker in Group B.
• 1990: 3rd place B World Championship
• 1991: Austrian champion with the EC KAC and Carinthian ice hockey superstar of the year
• 1992: Promotion to the A group at the B World Championship
• 1992: Best assists and all-star team of the B World Championship
• 1996: Austrian runner-up with EC KAC
• 1997: Austrian runner-up with EC KAC
• 1999: Austrian champion with EC VSV
• 2000: Austrian runner-up with EC VSV
• 2001: Austrian runner-up with EC VSV
• 2002: Austrian champion with EC VSV and most assists in the play-offs
• 2003: Top scorer and best assists in the Austrian league

Name spelling

• The correct name spelling for this ice hockey dynasty is everywhere according to the Pušnik birth certificates , but Sepp Puschnig has always been spelled with "sch" and "g" in the media. Andy Pusnik (Pušnik) should actually be written without a Háček over the "s" because it is entered in this way in the passport.

Web links

• Andreas Pušnik at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Andreas Pušnik at hockeydb.com (English)
• Eternal goalscorer list of the VSV
• An eagle with red feathers, Kleine Zeitung

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Kleine Zeitung Kärnten" of July 24, 2017, pages 38 and 39; Title: «Puschnig, Pusnik or even Pušnik»