Armin Hofer

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Armin Hofer
Date of birth March 19, 1987
place of birth Brunico , Italy
size 184 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 9
Shot hand Right
Career stations
since 2004 HC Pustertal

Armin Hofer (born March 19, 1987 in Bruneck , South Tyrol ) is an Italian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Pustertal since 2004 and has played with the club in the newly founded Alps Hockey League since 2016 .

Career

Armin Hofer started his career in the youth department of HC Pustertal . In the 2004/05 season he came to his first three appearances in the first team of his home club. In the following, he trained with the first team, but rarely came to a few missions before he finally made the leap into the A-team in the 2006/07 season. Since then he has played continuously for HC Pustertal and has grown into an important defender in the team. On March 12, 2011, he shot his home club in the fourth semi-final against HC Valpellice away with his decisive goal to make it 4: 3 for the first time in the club's history in the final of Serie A. In 2012 he won the main round of Serie A with the Pustertalers, but then lost again the playoff final, this time against HC Bozen. A year later it was already in the semi-finals of the playoffs against Asiago Hockey terminus. In the 2013/14 season he had to admit defeat with HC Pustertal against Ritten Sport in the final. In his best season in terms of points 2014/15 (17 goals and 29 assists in 47 games) he had to admit defeat with the Wolves in the semifinals again against Ritten. After winning the Coppa Italia with the Bruneck team in 2011 , he won the Supercoppa in 2014 and 2016 . Since 2016 he has been playing with his club in the newly founded Alps Hockey League . In the same year he won the Supercoppa again.

International

For Italian junior teams, Armin Hofer took part in the U-18 World Championships in Division I in 2004 and 2005 and in the U-20 World Championships in Division I in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 .

Hofer made his debut in the men's national team at the 2008 World Cup in the top division and was unable to prevent the Italians from being relegated. At the Division I tournament in 2009 in Toruń , Hofer and his team managed to get promoted again immediately. The same pattern was repeated for Hofer and the Italians in the following years: The relegations from the top division at the 2010 and 2012 World Championships (here Hofer was absent due to an injury) were followed by promotions at the Division I tournaments in 2011 and 2013 . After Hofer was relegated from the top division again with Italy in 2014 , he and his team missed the renewed immediate promotion the following year and only came second to last in the A group of Division I. In 2016 he was promoted to the top division again. After relegation from the top division at the 2017 World Cup , he was immediately promoted again in 2018 . Hofer also participated with Italy in the Olympic qualifications for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and 2018 in Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 HC Pustertal Series A1 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2005/06 HC Pustertal Series A1 34 0 0 0 8th 1 0 0 0 0
2006/07 HC Pustertal Series A1 39 1 6th 7th 24 3 0 0 0 0
2007/08 HC Pustertal Series A1 39 3 7th 10 24 4th 0 2 2 0
2008/09 HC Pustertal Series A1 41 1 7th 8th 16 5 0 0 0 2
2009/10 HC Pustertal Series A1 40 3 16 19th 16 10 0 1 1 6th
2010/11 HC Pustertal Series A1 40 4th 14th 18th 18th 15th 1 4th 5 2
2011/12 HC Pustertal Series A1 42 0 14th 14th 12 13 0 5 5 2
2012/13 HC Pustertal Series A1 44 4th 19th 23 22nd 10 1 4th 5 4th
2013/14 HC Pustertal Elite.A 42 9 13 22nd 12 16 1 5 6th 4th
2014/15 HC Pustertal Series A 36 14th 24 38 37 11 3 5 8th 4th
2015/16 HC Pustertal Series A 42 5 27 32 18th 15th 1 11 12 10
2016/17 HC Pustertal Alps Hockey League 40 7th 32 39 18th 3 1 1 2 0
2016/17 HC Pustertal Series A 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2017/18 HC Pustertal Alps Hockey League 40 8th 31 39 16 7th 2 7th 9 2
2017/18 HC Pustertal IHL Elite 2 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2018/19 HC Pustertal Alps Hockey League 40 14th 26th 40 2 16 3 8th 11 0
2018/19 HC Pustertal IHL 2 0 1 1 0
Series A overall 439 44 149 193 205 101 7th 36 43 34
Alps Hockey League overall 80 15th 63 78 34 10 3 8th 11 2

( 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 )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HC Valpellice Bulldogs - HC Pustertal Wölfe 3: 4 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2) , accessed on July 16, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico , Italy