Jerzy Potz

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PolandPoland  Jerzy Potz Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 1, 1953
place of birth Łódź , Poland
date of death January 27, 2000
Place of death Frankfurt am Main , Germany
size 190 cm
position defender
Career stations
1971-1982 Łódzki KS
1982-1988 Eintracht Frankfurt
1989-1990 EC Bad Nauheim

Jerzy Andrzej Potz (born February 1, 1953 in Łódź , † January 27, 2000 in Frankfurt am Main , Germany ) was a Polish ice hockey player and coach .

Career

Potz began his career in his hometown Łódź, where he had been active for the Łódzki KS ice hockey team since 1971 . In the summer of 1982 the Pole moved to Germany and signed a contract with Eintracht Frankfurt , with whom he initially played in the 2nd Bundesliga . At Eintracht he developed into one of the public favorites. Potz scored 32 scorer points in 40 league games in his first season in 1982/83 in Frankfurt and was able to secure relegation with his club in the relegation round.

After the end of the 1985/86 season , he rose to the top German ice hockey league at the time, the Bundesliga, with Eintracht . While the Frankfurters took second place after the main round, they ranked first in the table in the subsequent relegation round. The defender played a big part in this success with 79 points in 45 games. Potz was then under contract for three more years in Frankfurt before ending his career at EC Bad Nauheim in the summer of 1990 .

In addition to his successes at club level, he also played 204 games for the Polish national team , took part in the 1972 , 1976 , 1980 and 1988 Winter Olympics for his country and in ten ice hockey world championships . After finishing his active career in 1990, he worked as a trainer at the EC Kassel and the Frankfurt ESC. During the 1997/98 season he was with the Frankfurt Lions in the German Ice Hockey League alongside head coach Peter Obresa as an assistant coach on the gang.

On January 27, 2000, Jerzy Potz died at 1:30 a.m. at the age of 46 from severe cancer. As a token of compassion and sadness, the Lions players wore a sticker with the number 24 on their helmets the day after their death during the league match against Mosquitos Essen . The Pole wore this number during his time in Frankfurt. Furthermore, a minute's silence was held in honor of the deceased before the game.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c lions-eishockey.de, News Archive: January 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Potz, Jerzy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Potz, Jerzy Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Łódź , Poland
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2000
Place of death Frankfurt am Main