Georg Franz
 Georg Franz 
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| Date of birth | January 9, 1965 |
| place of birth | Raubling , Germany |
| size | 176 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| position | Left wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| until 1983 | EHC Straubing |
| 1983-1992 | SB Rosenheim |
| 1992-1994 | EC Hedos Munich |
| 1994-1997 | EV Landshut |
| 1997-1998 | ERC Sonthofen |
| 1998-2002 | EHC Straubing |
Georg Franz (born January 9, 1965 in Raubling ) is a former German ice hockey player and now a coach.
Career
Franz is one of the most famous sons of Straubing ice hockey. He began his career with the boys of TSV Straubing . At the age of eleven he started to play ice hockey in Straubing and made the leap to the professional team at the age of 17. He also went through all the junior national teams. After the future EHC Straubing had to relegate to the Bayern League due to bankruptcy, Franz moved to SB Rosenheim in 1983 in the Bundesliga. There the striker played very successfully for nine years, including with the later national coach Hans Zach and was twice German champion. In addition, he is still the most successful goalscorer of the Rosenheim Sports Association with 220 goals. During his time in Rosenheim he also became a national player, in 1988 the right-shooter was elected to the Bundesliga All-Star team.
For the 1992/93 season Franz signed with EC Hedos Munich . In the 1993/94 season, the native of Upper Bavaria was the Munich German champion.
After the championship title, Franz went to EV Landshut . In the very first season he reached the play-off final with Landshutern, but they had to admit defeat to the Cologne EC.
After three years in Landshut and a total of 14 years in the top German league, Franz moved to ERC Sonthofen in what was then the Hacker-Pschorr League. After the ERC went bankrupt, he returned to Straubing after a season in autumn 1998. He played for the Straubing Tigers for four years, despite many injuries, he played 208 games in the Oberliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. As captain he led the Straubinger 2000 in the 2nd Bundesliga. After he could not play all point games in the 2001/02 season due to several injuries, the now 37-year-old ended his career.
However, Franz stayed with Straubing ice hockey as the full-time junior coach of EHC Straubing. Under his direction there was a clear upward trend in the offspring. In 2006 he also looked after the German U18 national team. From 2007 to 2009 Franz was alongside Jürgen Rumrich also co-trainer of the Straubing Tigers.
illness
On February 4, 2008, Georg Franz suffered a stroke on the gang at a junior tournament in Ingolstadt . After an emergency operation, his condition quickly improved. In April 2008, the Straubing Tigers management announced that they would continue to work with Georg Franz as an assistant trainer.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1982/83 | EHC Straubing | 2nd Bundesliga | 31 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 6th | |||||||
| 1983/84 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 30th | 5 | 7th | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 1984/85 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 33 | 22nd | 15th | 37 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 4th | ||
| 1985/86 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 42 | 21st | 17th | 38 | 12 | 9 | 6th | 4th | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1986/87 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 44 | 15th | 15th | 30th | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 2 | ||
| 1987/88 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 49 | 33 | 25th | 58 | 48 | 14th | 9 | 5 | 14th | 22nd | ||
| 1988/89 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 33 | 29 | 16 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 6th | 8th | 14th | 12 | ||
| 1989/90 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 26th | 20th | 17th | 37 | 10 | 11 | 8th | 2 | 10 | 6th | ||
| 1990/91 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 33 | 29 | 15th | 44 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 10 | ||
| 1991/92 | SB Rosenheim | Bundesliga | 42 | 21st | 20th | 41 | 22nd | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 4th | ||
| 1992/93 | EC Hedos Munich | Bundesliga | 44 | 15th | 13 | 28 | 28 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1993/94 | EC Hedos Munich | Bundesliga | 44 | 11 | 7th | 18th | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 6th | ||
| 1994/95 | EV Landshut | DEL | 40 | 21st | 15th | 36 | 83 | 18th | 9 | 7th | 16 | 12 | ||
| 1995/96 | EV Landshut | DEL | 39 | 16 | 15th | 31 | 24 | |||||||
| 1996/97 | EV Landshut | DEL | 48 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 16 | |||||||
| 1997/98 | ERC Sonthofen | 1st League South | 54 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 38 | |||||||
| 1998/99 | EHC Straubing | 1st League South | 37 | 11 | 15th | 26th | 24 | |||||||
| 1999/2000 | EHC Straubing | Oberliga Süd | 61 | 24 | 21st | 45 | 40 | |||||||
| 2000/01 | EHC Straubing | 2nd Bundesliga | 30th | 4th | 7th | 11 | 14th | |||||||
| 2001/02 | EHC Straubing | 2nd Bundesliga | 45 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 24 | |||||||
| DEL total | 127 | 44 | 46 | 90 | 123 | 18th | 9 | 7th | 16 | 12 | ||||
( 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 )
Achievements and Awards
- German champion 1985, 1989 and 1994
- 135 games for the German national team
- In 2007 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the German Ice Hockey Museum
- Voted the best striker of the Straubing century selection 2000
- 2012 election to "Straubing's Top Ten" - the best athletes of the last 50 years
Web links
- Georg Franz at rodi-db.de
- Georg Franz at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Franz, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franz, Schorsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Straubing |