Benjamin Finkenrath

Benjamin Finkenrath
Date of birth	January 7, 1986
place of birth	Cologne , Germany
size	182 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2004	Starbulls Rosenheim
2004-2005	EHC Leipzig Ice Lions
2005-2006	SC Middle Rhine Bears
2006-2007	Heilbronn falcon
2007-2008	Nijmegen Devils
2008-2009	Smoke Eaters Geleen
2009-2010	EHC Dortmund
2010-2011	Mosquitoes eat
2011–2012	EHC Dortmund
2012-2014	Kassel Huskies

Benjamin Finkenrath (born January 7, 1986 in Cologne ) is a former German ice hockey goalkeeper who was most recently under contract with the Kassel Huskies from the Oberliga .

Player career

Benjamin Finkenrath began his career with Jungadler Mannheim in the German Junior League before he moved to the juniors of Starbulls Rosenheim . For the senior team of the Starbulls he was also on the ice in the Bavarian Ice Hockey League in the 2003/04 season . Before moving to Heilbronn, Finkenrath played for the Eislöwen Leipzig and the Mittelrhein Bären in the upper league . Due to their goalkeeping problems, Finkenrath completed his first DEL game for Adler Mannheim , the Falken's cooperation partner, during the 2006/07 season .

In summer 2007 he decided to move abroad and from then on went on the ice for the Nijmegen Devils from the Dutch Eredivisie . After one season he left the club and joined the league competitor Smoke Eaters Geleen , for which he completed 16 games and conceded an average of 3.34 goals per game. For the 2009/10 season Finkenrath returned to Germany when he signed a contract with the upper division EHC Dortmund. After the main round, he was named goalkeeper of the year by a panel of experts consisting of trainers, managers and specialist journalists. In June 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Moskitos Essen before he returned to Dortmund in summer 2011.

Between 2012 and 2014 Finkenrath went on the ice for the Kassel Huskies and ended his career in 2015.

Web links

• Benjamin Finkenrath at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ westfalen-elche.de, Peitings Lubor Dibelka wins the title "Player of the Year"