Gerhard Brunner (ice hockey coach)
Gerhard Brunner (born May 8, 1950 in Bad Tölz ) is a former German ice hockey player and coach . From 2002 to 2004 he also worked as a sports manager for the Kölner Haie .
Sport activity
Brunner began his sporting activity in ice hockey in his hometown at EC Bad Tölz in 1970. Further stations as a player were the Berlin FC Preussen , the EHC 70 Munich and the SG Nürnberg , until he was no longer active in ice hockey in 1976 due to an injury could be.
Career as a trainer and manager
Gerhard Brunner initially trained numerous junior teams since 1982, including those of his hometown, the EC Bad Tölz, and the Düsseldorfer EG . Brunner achieved the German championship title with both teams (1984 with Bad Tölz and 1994 with DEG).
As a professional coach, Brunner was active at EHC Klostersee in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1989 to 1991 until he moved to TSV Peißenberg in the following season , but was relegated to the top division with the club in the same season in 1991/92 .
Brunner made his debut in the German Ice Hockey League with the Kassel Huskies in the 1996/97 season . In the same year he won the German runner-up with the Huskies and was then voted “ Trainer of the Year ”. For the 1998/99 season he then moved to the Starbulls Rosenheim , with whom he could not qualify for the play-offs in his two seasons as a coach. When the Starbulls then sold the DEL license to the Iserlohn Roosters , Brunner moved back to DEG in Düsseldorf and trained the club's professional team, which had returned to the DEL in 2000. During the 2001/02 season, DEG parted ways with Brunner.
In 2002 he was then hired by the Kölner Haien as a sports manager. On April 30, 2004, however, Brunner announced that he no longer wanted to extend his contract as a manager in Cologne, thus ending his career as both a coach and manager at a professional club.
On October 20, 2008 he was introduced as the new coach of SC Riessersee , he took over the office of Kim Collins. This season , Gerhard Brunner reached the play-off quarter-finals with SC Riessersee. In April 2009 he asked for an early termination of his contract with the desire to withdraw completely from ice hockey. Personal and private reasons were given for this.
Web links
- Gerhard Brunner at rodi-db.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ haie.de: Gerhard Brunner sporting Manager
- ↑ eishockey.info: Kölner Haie and Gerhard Brunner split up at the end of the season
- ^ ESBG , termination of contract at SC Riessersee
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunner, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ice hockey coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Tölz |