Christoph Brandner

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AustriaAustria  Christoph Brandner Ice hockey player
Date of birth 5th July 1975
place of birth Bruck an der Mur , Austria
size 195 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Left wing
number # 29
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 8th round, 237th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
1994-2000 Klagenfurt AC
2000-2003 Krefeld penguins
2003-2004 Minnesota Wild
2004-2005 Houston Eros
2005-2006 Södertälje SK
2006-2008 Hamburg Freezers
2008–2012 Klagenfurt AC

Christoph Brandner (born July 5, 1975 in Bruck an der Mur ) is a former Austrian ice hockey player and current coach who works in the youth field at Klagenfurt AC .

Brandner was the first Austrian outfield player to play a game in the National Hockey League , and at the same time the first Austrian to score in the NHL.

Club career

Brandner's career began at Kapfenberger SV . From there he went on to the EC KAC , with which he became Austrian champion in 2000 . Then he moved to the German Ice Hockey League with the Krefeld Penguins . Brandner was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in 237th position, but stayed with the Penguins for another season. In the 2002/03 season he became German champions with them . He was also nominated for top scorer, DEL player of the year and for the All-Star-Game.

After this sense of achievement, Brandner got out of the already signed contract for the coming season with the Kölner Haien and moved to the NHL to the Minnesota Wild. After qualifying for the combat team in the team's training camps , he played 35 games in the 2003/04 season before he was sent to the Houston Eros farm team , who played in the American Hockey League . In his 35 NHL games, he scored four goals and five assists.

For the 2005/06 season he signed a one-year contract with Södertälje SK from the top Swedish division, the Elitserien . For the 2006/07 season , those responsible for the Hamburg Freezers were able to convince him of a renewed commitment in the German Ice Hockey League. During his time in Hamburg in 2007 he was nominated for the second time for the DEG All Star Game. From the 2008/09 season until the end of his career in spring 2012, Brandner was again involved with the KAC, with which he won his second Austrian championship title in 2009.

International

In the junior division, Bradner initially took part in the U18 B European Championship in 1993 with the Austrian offspring . With the U20 selection , he played at the B World Championships in 1993 , 1994 when he was voted best player on his team, and 1995 .

Christoph Brandner, who made his debut in the senior national team in the 4-3 win in the friendly against Slovakia in Asiago, Italy , played over 100 games for the Austrian national team . For Austria he initially took part in the 1997 B World Championships and the A World Championships in 1998 and 1999 . After switching to the current division system, he played with the team from the Alpine region at the World Championships in 2000 , 2001 , 2002 and 2003 in the top division and in 2008 in Division I. He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City . After the Division I World Cup in Innsbruck in 2008, he ended his national team career.

Coaching career

In the 2013/2014 season, Brandner initially worked as an assistant coach for the Austrian U20 national ice hockey team, and from April 2014 he worked in the same position for the senior national team. In September 2014, the Klagenfurt AC announced that Brandner will look after the teams in the club's junior division as an individual coach (so-called skills coach ) for the 2014/15 season .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 KSV ice hockey Austria2 30th 12 10 22nd - - - - - -
1995/96 KSV ice hockey Austria 33 11 4th 15th 12 - - - - -
1996/97 EC KAC Austria 55 14th 4th 18th 49 - - - - -
1997/98 EC KAC Austria 39 17th 13 30th 22nd - - - - -
1998/99 EC KAC Austria 54 31 18th 49 22nd - - - - -
1999/00 EC KAC IEL 34 29 19th 48 30th - - - - -
1999/00 EC KAC Austria 16 8th 3 11 20th - - - - -
2000/01 Krefeld penguins DEL 59 24 24 48 34 - - - - -
2000/01 EC KAC Austria 6th 6th 2 8th 4th - - - - -
2001/02 Krefeld penguins DEL 50 30th 25th 55 20th 3 1 0 1 4th
2002/03 Krefeld penguins DEL 49 28 17th 45 26th 14th 9 9 18th 8th
2003/04 Minnesota Wild NHL 35 4th 5 9 8th - - - - -
2003/04 Houston Eros AHL 37 7th 7th 14th 18th 2 1 0 1 0
2004/05 Houston Eros AHL 26th 5 3 8th 15th - - - - -
2005/06 Södertälje SK SHL 25th 3 2 5 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Hamburg Freezers DEL 48 22nd 10 32 16 7th 1 1 2 6th
2007/08 Hamburg Freezers DEL 47 18th 20th 38 36 8th 3 2 5 6th
2008/09 EC KAC EBEL 47 19th 23 42 46 11 6th 1 7th 6th
2009/10 EC KAC EBEL 28 13 6th 19th 20th 7th 2 2 4th 6th
2010/11 EC KAC EBEL 42 18th 11 29 32 15th 8th 4th 12 4th
2011/12 EC KAC EBEL 47 10 11 21st 16 15th 0 2 2 6th
Austria as a whole 233 99 54 153 129 - - - - -
DEL total 253 122 96 218 132 32 14th 12 26th 24
EBEL total 164 60 51 111 114 48 16 9 25th 22nd

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ derstandard.at Christoph Brandner ends his career
  2. ↑ sport.orf.at Kalt and Brandner as assistants
  3. ↑ Brandner special coach in KAC youngsters. In: kaernten.orf.at . September 17, 2014, accessed December 7, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Brandner, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruck an der Mur , Austria