Boris Blank (ice hockey player)

Boris Blank
Date of birth	July 10, 1978
place of birth	Karagandy , Kazakh SSR
size	183 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 42
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-1997	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen
1997-1998	Hanover Turtles
1998-2001	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen
2001-2003	Polar bears Berlin
2003-2005	Cologne Sharks
2005-2014	Krefeld penguins
2014-2018	Iserlohn Roosters

Boris Blank (* 10. July 1978 in Karaganda , Kazakh SSR ) is a former German-Russian hockey players , who for many years in the German Ice Hockey League was active, among others, the Krefeld Penguins , Iserlohn Roosters , Eisbären Berlin and Kölner Haie . He is the cousin of Sachar Blank .

Career

Blank received his ice hockey training in the former Soviet Union and moved in 1996, at the age of 18, to EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen in the second-class 1st League North , where he was in a professional squad for the first time in the following years .

For the next 1997/98 season, the winger signed a one-year contract with league rivals Hannover Turtles , for which he was able to score ten goals and 24 scorer points in 50 missions . After a year, Blank returned to Wilhelmshaven and achieved 26 goals and 49 points in 46 games in the 1998/99 season, whereupon he was licensed as a promotional licensed player for Wilhelmshaven in the summer of 1999 by the new DEL Club Moskitos Essen .

In the mosquitoes, the native of Kazakhstan was unable to score any points in the eleven regular season appearances, but in the relegation round , where he scored his first goal in seven games in the top German ice hockey division and also scored four assists . Most of the season, however, Blank played in Wilhelmshaven, where he was able to achieve almost one point per game in 40 games with 19 goals and 39 points. In the 2000/01 season, the attacker came again without exception in the lower class league and came in 47 games on 25 goals and 58 points.

The Eisbären Berlin brought Blank to the Spree for the 2001/02 season , together with Eduard Lewandowski , and gave him the chance to finally prove himself in the top German division. Blank was used for the Berlin team in 59 games and was able to convince with three goals and twelve points, and thanks to his strong defensive work, he also had plus / minus statistics of +7. In the 2002/03 season , the striker brought it to just 37 missions due to injuries, in which he was still able to score seven goals and reach 17 points.

For the 2003/04 season , the attacker signed a contract with the Kölner Haien , but where he could not cope with the defensive system of the former national coach Hans Zach and in his two years in Cologne came in 84 games to only eight goals and 23 points. After Blank's contract in Cologne was dissolved by mutual agreement, the league competitor Krefeld Pinguine took him under contract, in which he knew how to convince in the 2005/06 season alongside Alexander Seliwanow . His contract in Krefeld was accordingly extended by one year to 2007. After a rather mediocre season in 2006/07 , the left-handed shooter's contract was prematurely extended to 2011 during the 2007/08 season , as Blank showed a good performance after 29 completed season games with eight goals and nine assists. After a total of nine years in Krefeld, he left the penguins and switched to the Iserlohn Roosters for the 2014/15 season .

In 2018 Blank ended his career after more than 900 DEL games.

International

Boris Blank played various international matches for the German national ice hockey team , for example at the 2002 World Cup in Sweden, when he scored three goals in seven games.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Hanover Indians	Oberliga		50	10	14th	24	66
1998/99	EC Wilhelmshaven	Oberliga		48	26th	23	49	99
1999/00	EC Wilhelmshaven	2nd BL		40	19th	20th	39	81
1999/00	Mosquitoes eat	DEL		11	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	EC Wilhelmshaven	2nd BL		42	22nd	31	53	73
2001/02	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		59	3	9	12	45		4th	0	0	0	0
2002/03	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		37	7th	10	17th	38		9	0	1	1	2
2003/04	Cologne Sharks	DEL		40	6th	8th	14th	24		6th	1	0	1	2
2004/05	Cologne Sharks	DEL		44	2	7th	9	18th		7th	0	0	0	2
2005/06	Krefeld penguins	DEL		52	6th	24	30th	60		5	1	2	3	2
2006/07	Krefeld penguins	DEL		52	8th	19th	27	64		2	0	2	2	0
2007/08	Krefeld penguins	DEL		56	20th	27	47	42		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Krefeld penguins	DEL		47	12	33	45	44		7th	0	2	2	4th
2009/10	Krefeld penguins	DEL		54	18th	40	58	64		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Krefeld penguins	DEL		51	17th	28	45	73		8th	1	7th	8th	8th
2011/12	Krefeld penguins	DEL		39	13	16	29	91		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Krefeld penguins	DEL		52	20th	32	52	54		9	4th	6th	10	12
2013/14	Krefeld penguins	DEL		49	8th	22nd	30th	59		5	0	1	1	16
2014/15	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		51	5	16	21st	26th		7th	0	3	3	4th
2015/16	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		52	8th	19th	27	12		6th	1	1	2	0
2016/17	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		52	8th	8th	16	18th		-	-	-	-	-
Oberliga overall				98	36	37	73	165		-	-	-	-	-
2nd BL total				82	41	51	92	154		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				798	161	318	479	734		70	8th	24	32	36

( 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

• Boris Blank at eurohockey.com
• Boris Blank at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ex-national player Boris Blank ends his career. In: sport.de. March 10, 2018, accessed July 12, 2018 .