Andreas Renz

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Andreas Renz
Date of birth June 12, 1977
place of birth Schwenningen , Germany
size 183 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
number # 31
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1994-2001 Schwenninger Wild Wings
2001-2010 Cologne Sharks
2010–2012 Schwenninger Wild Wings

Andreas Renz (born June 12, 1977 in Schwenningen ) is a former German ice hockey player who was active in his career for the Schwenninger Wild Wings and the Kölner Haie in the German ice hockey league .

Career

Andreas Renz started his career at Schwenninger ERC . In the youth teams there, he matured into one of the best defenders in Germany and, in addition to his work as a professional ice hockey player, completed a successful apprenticeship as a banker. In 1994 Renz made his debut in the German Ice Hockey League for the Schwenninger Wild Wings , where he immediately became a regular player. In the same year, the defender played for the DEB selection at the U18 European Championship for the first time for a German selection at a major tournament. In the following years, Renz asserted himself in Schwenningen as a strong, never-giving defender, although he was never one of the outstanding scorers. He achieved great reputation among fans for his attitude to ice hockey and his commitment to the club. Until 1997, the left shooter also played in the DEB's U20 team at every important tournament. In 1999, the defender played his first tournament for the senior national team at the B World Cup , to which he has been a permanent member and with which he made promotion in 2000 .

In 2001 Renz moved from Schwenningen to the top DEL club Kölner Haie , as he did not see the Wild Wings as an opportunity to play for titles. In 2002 the defender finally reached the play-off final against Adler Mannheim with the Haien straight away , which the KEC won after five games. A year later, the Haie were only defeated by the Krefeld Penguins in the finals of the finals . In the two subsequent seasons Renz was eliminated with the Cologne team in the quarter-finals, but he was able to celebrate another triumph with the 2004 cup . It was not until 2006 that the left shooter reached the play-off semi-finals again with the Haien, but failed there with the people of Domstadt as well as in the 2006/07 season . In this semi-final series, Renz, who is called "Eisen-Renzi" by his teammates because of his style of play, tore his knee ligament, which meant that he had to forego participation in the 2007 Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow. In the 2007/08 season , the defender was again runner-up with the KEC after losing to the Eisbären Berlin in the final .

Before the 2008/09 season it became known that Andreas Renz had been suffering from cardiac arrhythmias for some time. Therefore, he underwent an operation in August 2008 in order to be operational again at the start of the season in September. For the 2010/11 season , Renz, who did not get a new contract in Cologne, signed a contract with the Kassel Huskies . On July 29, 2010 he dissolved this contract due to the uncertain future of the huskies and returned to Schwenningen to the SERC Wild Wings . After he could not win any titles with Schwenningen in the last two years, he ended his career on July 12, 2012 despite an ongoing contract. Renz suffered a serious eye injury during training during the 2011/12 season. Since his eyesight could not be fully restored, he played with a full-face helmet for the rest of the game.

In the summer of 2012 he ended his career and became assistant coach at Wild Wings. In May 2013 he left the club.

When he moved to the second Bundesliga in Schwenningen before the 2010/11 season , he was the DEL record player with 892 games. He lost this title to his former teammate Mirko Lüdemann on February 16, 2011. In the national team, too, the defender is one of the long-running hits with eight consecutive world championships and is currently 33rd in the list of best international matches. In addition to his appearances at the World Championships, the left-handed shooter took part in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in Turin in 2006, as well as in the 2004 World Cup .

TV expert

Since autumn 2016 he has been part of the expert team for broadcasts of the German Ice Hockey League at Telekom Sport and Sport1 alongside Patrick Ehelechner , Sven Felski and Rick Goldmann . At the 2018 Winter Olympics , Renz commented on the ice hockey tournament as an expert on the television station Eurosport .

Career statistics

Main round Play-Offs / Play-Downs
season team league Sp T A. Pt SM Sp T A. Pt SM
1994/95 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 33 0 3 3 16 10 0 0 0 6th
1994/95 Schwenningen Young Wings Juniors 9 2 5 7th 4th
1995/96 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 45 1 8th 9 22nd 4th 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Schwenningen Young Wings Juniors 3 4th 1 5 35
1996/97 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 44 0 3 3 24
1997/98 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 38 1 3 4th 14th
1998/99 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 51 3 10 13 50
1999/00 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 56 2 3 5 71 9 1 3 0 3 8th
2000/01 Schwenningen Wild Wings DEL 55 1 4th 5 80 - - - - -
2001/02 Cologne Sharks DEL 60 0 2 2 56 13 0 0 0 16
2002/03 Cologne Sharks DEL 51 1 5 6th 67 14th 0 0 0 22nd
2003/04 Cologne Sharks DEL 51 0 3 3 80 6th 0 0 0 6th
2004/05 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 1 3 4th 68 7th 0 0 0 4th
2005/06 Cologne Sharks DEL 49 1 3 4th 44 9 0 0 0 26th
2006/07 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 0 5 5 72 9 0 1 1 26th
2007/08 Cologne Sharks DEL 53 2 7th 9 106 13 1 3 4th 50
2008/09 Cologne Sharks DEL 51 3 5 8th 89 - - - - -
2009/10 Cologne Sharks DEL 53 1 11 12 71 - - - - -
DEL total 795 17th 78 95 930 94 4th 4th 8th 164

( 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 )

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wildwings.de/web/aktuell/detailansicht/andreas-renz-kehrt-nach-schwenningen-zurueck-1822/
  2. ↑ Powerplay with Sascha Bandermann, Rick Goldmann, Sebastian Schwele & Co: SPORT1 presents its team for the premiere season in the DEL
  3. ↑ https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2018/02/14/das-olympische-eishockey-turnier-auf-den-plattformen-von-eurosport.html
personal data
SURNAME Renz, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwenningen , Germany