Brett Breitkreuz

Brett Breitkreuz
Date of birth	April 6, 1989
place of birth	Springside , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 29
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2005-2006	Yorkton Terriers
2006-2007	Kelowna Rockets
2007-2010	Edmonton Oil Kings
2010	Vancouver Giants
2010-2013	Cologne Sharks
2013-2015	Augsburg panther
2015-2019	Löwen Frankfurt
since 2019	Bietigheim Steelers

Brett Breitkreuz (born April 6, 1989 in Springside , Saskatchewan ) is a German - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Bietigheim Steelers in the DEL2 since May 2019 . In the DEL he was active for the Cologne Sharks and the Augsburg Panthers .

Career

Brett Breitkreuz began his career as a hockey player with the Yorkton Terriers, for which he was active in the 2005/06 season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League . He then played for four years in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League , where he was on the ice for the Kelowna Rockets , Edmonton Oil Kings and Vancouver Giants . In the 2009/10 season he was also assistant captain with the Oil Kings.

Also due to his German ancestors, he was committed after his junior years in Canada, by the then coach of the Cologne Sharks , Bill Stewart , for the season 2010/11 , for which he was on September 17, 2010 in the 1: 2 defeat against the Nuremberg Ice Tigers made its debut in the German Ice Hockey League . He was active for the Haie in three seasons, and in the 2012/13 season he was also used in part for the Oberliga cooperation partner Füchse Duisburg . In his missions, Breitkreuz distinguished himself as a tough defensive player with so-called enforcer qualities.

For the 2013/14 season he moved to league rivals Augsburger Panther , for which he was active for two seasons in the highest German ice hockey league.

For the 2015/16 season he accepted the offer from the Löwen Frankfurt from the second German ice hockey league , in which he plays together with his younger brother Clarke . In the 2019/20 season, Breitkreuz moved to the Bietigheim Steelers .

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
DEL main round	5	223	19th	16	35	360
DEL playoffs	2	6th	0	0	0	4th
WHL regular season	4th	266	59	79	138	412
WHL playoffs	2	19th	3	1	4th	30th

(Status: end of the 2014/15 season)

Web links

• Brett Breitkreuz at hockeydb.com (English)
• Brett Breitkreuz at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Oil King make Giant deal with Vancouver , OurSports Central, January 10, 2010, accessed February 20, 2016
2. ^ Brett Breitkreuz - ice hockey instead of rodeo , Augsburger Allgemeine , October 4, 2014, accessed February 20, 2016
3. ^ Claasen, Card and Breitkreuz for the Kölner Haie , eishockeynews.at, July 18, 2010, accessed on February 20, 2016
4. ↑ Boxing inserts and violent shots - Breitkreuz: "This is how I became the toughest shark!" , Image , October 10, 2012, accessed February 20, 2016
5. ↑ New start at the Augsburger Panthern , Augsburger Allgemeine, April 26, 2013, accessed on February 20, 2016
6. ↑ Löwen: First new entry under one roof , Frankfurter Neue Presse , May 28, 2015, accessed on February 20, 2016
7. ↑ Welcome to the Ellental Brett Breitkreuz! - Steelers. Retrieved on July 29, 2019 (German).