Evan Kaufmann

Evan Kaufmann
Date of birth	October 31, 1984
place of birth	Tonka Bay , Minnesota , USA
size	179 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	striker
number	# 9
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2003-2004	River City Lancers
2004-2008	University of Minnesota
2008–2012	DEG Metro Stars
2012-2015	Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Evan Kaufmann (born October 31, 1984 in Tonka Bay , Minnesota ) is a former American- German ice hockey player who was active in the DEL for the Düsseldorfer EG and the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . He is the first Jewish player to appear for the German national team after the Second World War .

Career

Kaufmann began his career in 2003 in the United States Hockey League with the River City Lancers . After a good first season, in which he was able to score 50 scorer points in 60 games, he got a scholarship at the University of Minnesota in the summer of 2004 , for which he was henceforth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a US college league in the NCAA game operations stood on the ice. Four years later, in 2008, the right-shooter finished his studies and then concentrated on a professional ice hockey career.

During the 2008/09 season , those in charge of the DEG Metro Stars became aware of the 23-year-old winger. Kaufmann's grandfather was born in Lösnich ( Mosel ), survived the Stutthof concentration camp and emigrated to the USA after the Second World War . Kaufmann's great-grandfather was murdered in the Lodz ghetto and his great-grandmother in Auschwitz . Kaufmann took on German citizenship and switched to the DEG Metro Stars. It was initially given a one-year contract that was later extended. After four seasons he left the Rhinelander, with the finals in the 2008/09 season being the greatest success. The striker joined the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers , with whom he stayed for three years but never got past the quarter-finals. In 2015, Kaufmann ended his sporting career at the age of 30 despite an ongoing contract.

Kaufmann took part in the 2012 World Cup in Sweden and Finland for the German national ice hockey team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of Minnesota

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
2003/04	River City Lancers	USHL		60	20th	30th	50	33		3	0	2	2	2
2004/05	University of Minnesota	NCAA		29	7th	6th	13	10
2005/06	University of Minnesota	NCAA		40	5	8th	13	22nd
2006/07	University of Minnesota	NCAA		32	11	6th	17th	14th
2007/08	University of Minnesota	NCAA		45	9	10	19th	58
2008/09	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		44	9	17th	26th	24		16	2	0	2	8th
2009/10	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		56	11	23	34	30th		3	0	1	1	4th
2010/11	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		52	21st	24	45	22nd		9	1	3	4th	6th
2011/12	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		52	19th	23	42	42		7th	6th	5	11	6th
2012/13	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		16	4th	7th	11	12		3	1	1	2	2
2013/14	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		48	16	24	40	20th		6th	4th	1	5	6th
2014/15	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		47	12	16	28	22nd		5	0	0	0	4th
NCAA overall				146	32	30th	62	104
DEL total				315	92	134	226	172		49	14th	11	25th	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 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Neudecker: Against the past. The Nazis murdered or expelled his Jewish ancestors - but Evan Kaufmann still plays ice hockey for Germany , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 12, 2012
2. ↑ rp-online.de, interview with Evan Kaufmann  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ icetigers.de Evan Kaufmann ends his career

Web links

• Evan Kaufmann at hockeydb.com (English)
• Evan Kaufmann at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Evan Kaufmann at eurohockey.com