Derek Mayer

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Flag of Canada.svg  Derek Mayer Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 21, 1967
place of birth Rossland , British Columbia , Canada
size 182 cm
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 3rd lap, 43rd position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1984-1985 Penticton Knights
1985-1988 University of Denver
1988-1989 Team Canada
1989-1992 Adirondack Red Wings
1992-1994 Team Canada
1994-1995 Atlanta Knights
1995-1996 Tappara Tampere
1996-2001 Polar bears Berlin
2001-2005 EC Bad Toelz
2005-2006 SC Riessersee

Derek Christopher Mayer (born May 21, 1967 in Rossland , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who was active for the Eisbären Berlin in the DEL between 1996 and 2001 .

Career

Mayer began his career in 1984 with the Penticton Knights before receiving a 1985 scholarship from the University of Denver . There he played for the hockey team in the College Football Western Collegiate Hockey Association . During the 1986 NHL Entry Draft , those in charge of the Detroit Red Wings secured the rights to the defender when they selected him in the third round in a total of 43rd position. After he finished his studies in 1988, he was then active for one season for Team Canada . In the summer of 1989 he moved to the American Hockey League for the then farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, the Adirondack Red Wings . While he still had a regular place in the team in his first season in 1989/90 in Glens Falls , he lost it in the following season and was then used in the International Hockey League with the San Diego Gulls .

After the 1991/92 season he left the Adirondack Red Wings and went back to the ice for Team Canada. As a free agent , he signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators in the course of the 1993/94 season , in which he completed 17 games and scored four points scorer. He could not get his way with the Senators. Another year followed with the Atlanta Knights from the IHL, before he forced a move to Europe in the summer of 1995 and moved to the Finnish club Tappara Tampere in the SM-liiga . After a good year in Finland, he joined the Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League in the 1996/97 season .

With the polar bears he reached third place in the European Hockey League in 1999 . In 2001 he left the club and was then active until 2005 for EC Bad Tölz in the 2nd Bundesliga . Meyer ended his career after the 2005/06 season at SC Riessersee .

International

Mayer participated with the Canadian national team in the 1993 and 1996 World Championships and in the 1994 Olympic Games . He completed a total of 24 international A matches and scored five points scorer. Furthermore, he received 22 penalty minutes.

As a trainer

After the end of his active ice hockey career, he first worked as a trainer for the Eisbären Juniors Berlin before the people in charge of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers signed him from the DEL. There he had been employed as assistant coach alongside Andreas Brockmann since 2009 , took over the position of head coach on an interim basis in September 2011 after Brockmann's dismissal and was then also dismissed after a weekend. In the 2012/13 season he coached the school league team at EC Bad Tölz before moving to EC Red Bull Salzburg , where he was head coach of the junior team from the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League .

In 2015 he moved within the Red Bull Hockey Model to EHC Munich , where he worked as a video coach until 2017.

Achievements and Awards

DEL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Main round 5 205 25th 51 76 325
Playoffs / -downs 2 18th 1 4th 5 43

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personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Derek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayer, Derek Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossland , British Columbia , Canada