Erich Kühnhackl

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IIHF Hall of Fame , 1997
Erich Kühnhackl
Date of birth 17th October 1950
place of birth Citice , Czechoslovakia
Nickname Wardrobe on runners
size 196 cm
position center
Career stations
1968-1976 EV Landshut
1976-1979 Cologne EC
1979-1985 EV Landshut
1985-1987 EHC Olten
1987-1989 EV Landshut

Erich Kühnhackl (born October 17, 1950 in Citice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former German ice hockey player . He is the former coach of the German national team and former vice president of the German Ice Hockey Federation . He was elected “German Ice Hockey Player of the Century” in 2000 and is one of thirteen German members of the IIHF Hall of Fame and a member of the Hall of Fame of German Sports .

Career

Erich Kühnhackl (center) in the jersey of the Cologne EC 1977
Erich Kühnhackl (right) in the shirt of the EVL 1988/89

Erich Kühnhackl was born on October 17, 1950 as the son of German parents in Citice , Czechoslovakia . After approval by the authorities, he and his parents left the Czechoslovakia for Landshut at the time the Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring in 1968 . He continued his career as an ice hockey player at EV Landshut , which he had already started at HC Baník Sokolov . In 1976 he moved to Cologne EC for three years and then returned to EV Landshut. From 1985 to 1987 he completed two seasons with the Swiss club EHC Olten before returning to EV Landshut, where he ended his playing career in 1989 to become assistant coach.

Together with his team-mates from Landshut, Alois Schloder and Klaus Auhuber , he won the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympic ice hockey tournament in Innsbruck with the German national team . From October 16, 2008 he was Vice President of the German Ice Hockey Federation and resigned in 2014. In addition to this position, from July 1, 2009, he also acted as sports director in the youth division at the Frankfurt Lions for a good year .

Kühnhackl earned services to the Landshut ice hockey and made the name of the city known nationwide. After his active career, he remained connected to ice hockey as a coach. Coach stations were among others:

Kühnhackl is married, has three children and lives in Landshut. His youngest son Tom Kühnhackl (* 1992) is also a professional ice hockey player and has won the Stanley Cup twice so far .

In addition to his coaching career, he is the namesake of the Erich Kühnhackl Foundation, whose purpose is, among other things, to support young teams.

In the 2014 local elections , he applied for a city council mandate for the CSU and was pre-selected from list position 43 (of 44) to list position 13, the first place to move up.

Achievements and Awards

In the club:

In the national team:

Individual honors / successes (national):

  • 1976: Player of the year in the Bundesliga
  • 1980 : goal record in the Bundesliga (83 goals in 48 games)
  • Eight times top scorer in the Bundesliga
  • Most successful scorer in Bundesliga history with 1,408 points in 752 games
  • Most successful goalscorer in Bundesliga history with 714 goals in 752 games
  • Member of the Hall of Fame of German ice hockey
  • 2000: Elected German ice hockey player of the century
  • 2016: Induction into the Hall of Fame of German Sports

Individual honors / successes (international):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Erich Kuhnhackl. In: internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.de. May 20, 2009, accessed May 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Becker: Erich Kühnhackl: A wardrobe is 65. In: Abendzeitung . Martin Balle, Dietrich von Boetticher, October 15, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2017 .
  3. ^ New vice-president for Germany. In: iihf.com. October 16, 2008, accessed December 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Changes to the DEB - Reindl and Kühnhackl stop . In: Welt Online . May 5, 2014 ( welt.de [accessed July 17, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Kühnhackl new sports director at Frankfurt Lions
  6. ↑ Kühnhackl celebrates its 60th birthday. October 17, 2010, accessed July 17, 2016 .
  7. ↑ 10 questions to Erich Kühnhackl | Tele Regional Passau 1 (TRP1). Retrieved on July 9, 2018 (German).
  8. ↑ http://www.landshut.de/wahlen/Stadtratswahl/261000_000161/0002610000000_CSU.html
  9. ^ The members - Ice Hockey Museum. In: www.eishockeymuseum.de. Retrieved July 17, 2016 .
  10. ↑ message 24 05 2016. In: www.hall-of-fame-sport.de. Retrieved July 17, 2016 .
  11. ^ IIHF Hall of Fame. In: www.iihf.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kühnhackl, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Citice , Czechoslovakia