Justin Krueger

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Justin Krueger
Date of birth October 6, 1986
place of birth Dusseldorf , Germany
size 190 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 7th round, 213rd position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2003-2005 HC Davos
2005-2006 Penticton Vees
2006-2010 Cornell University
2010-2011 SC Bern
2011-2013 Charlotte Checkers
2013-2020 SC Bern
since 2020 Lausanne HC

Justin Matthew Krueger (born October 6, 1986 in Düsseldorf ) is a German - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lausanne HC in the Swiss National League (NL) since June 2020 and plays there in the position of defender . Krueger spent most of his career at SC Bern , with whom he was three times Swiss champion . The son of the former German national player and former Swiss national coach Ralph Krueger played 99 international matches for the German national ice hockey team .

Career

Krueger in the jersey of the Charlotte Checkers (2013)

Justin Krueger learned to play ice hockey in Duisburg and moved to Feldkirch in the early 1990s due to his father's commitment to VEU Feldkirch . In 2003 he moved to the junior division of the Swiss professional club HC Davos , where he was active until 2005. He then moved to the Canadian Junior League , British Columbia Hockey League , in which he played for the Penticton Vees in the 2005/06 season. Between 2006 and 2010 he played for the team from Cornell University in the university and college sports league ECAC Hockey , whose championship he won with his team in 2010. Krueger himself was elected to the ECAC All-Academic Team in 2008 and 2009 and was named the league's best defensive defender in 2010. Krueger studied hotel management at Cornell University.

In the 2010/11 season , Justin Krueger played for SC Bern in the National League A , with which he failed in the playoff semi-finals in seven matches against the Kloten Flyers . In April 2011, Krueger accepted a one-year contract offer from the Carolina Hurricanes for the 2011/12 season , but was sent to the franchise's farm team, the Charlotte Checkers , in the American Hockey League in late September . In May 2013, Krueger signed a two-year contract with SC Bern, and in November 2014 his contract was extended early until the end of the 2017/18 season. In the 2015/16 season, Krueger became Swiss champion with the SCB and successfully defended the title in 2017.

In 2019 Krueger won another Swiss championship with SC Bern before he did not get a new contract with the "Mutzen" after the 2019/20 season . He played a total of 440 games for the SCB in the highest Swiss league and scored 80 points scorer (16 goals, 64 assists). In June 2020 he received a contract with Lausanne HC .

International

For Germany Krueger took at junior level at the Under-18 World Youth Championship 2004, the Division I and the U-20 World Youth Championship 2006, the Division I in part. In both tournaments he rose with his team in the top division.

In April 2010 he made his debut for the German men's national team and took part in seven world championships, but not in any Olympic Games. In October 2018 he announced his resignation from the national team, he played a total of 99 international matches (four goals, ten assists) for Germany.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 ECAC All-Academic Team
  • 2009 ECAC All-Academic Team
  • 2010 ECAC championship with Cornell University
  • 2010 ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 HC Davos Elite A Jr. 33 2 0 2 14th - - - - -
2004/05 HC Davos Elite A Jr. 38 5 12 17th - - - - -
2005/06 Penticton Vees BCHL 55 7th 15th 22nd 25th - - - - -
2006/07 Cornell University NCAA 31 1 5 6th 24
2007/08 Cornell University NCAA 35 4th 5 9 33
2008/09 Cornell University NCAA 35 1 4th 5 24
2009/10 Cornell University NCAA 34 1 11 12 22nd
2010/11 SC Bern NLA 50 1 10 11 61 11 0 2 2 8th
2011/12 Charlotte Checkers AHL 58 2 11 13 36 - - - - -
2012/13 Charlotte Checkers AHL 69 1 14th 15th 31 5 0 2 2 0
2013/14 SC Bern NLA 48 3 5 8th 26th 6 1 0 2 2 25th
2014/15 SC Bern NLA 41 3 14th 17th 43 9 0 0 0 2
2015/16 SC Bern NLA 43 5 13 18th 10 13 1 0 1 14th
2016/17 SC Bern NLA 47 1 3 4th 33 16 1 3 4th 31
2017/18 SC Bern NL 48 0 2 2 49 10 1 0 1 2
2018/19 SC Bern NL 41 0 6th 6th 59 18th 0 2 2 0
2019/20 SC Bern NL 39 0 2 2 39 - - - - -
Elite A Juniors (Switzerland) overall 71 7th 12 19th - - - - -
National League (A) overall 369 13 55 68 326 83 3 9 12 82
BCHL total 55 7th 15th 22nd 25th - - - - -
NCAA overall 135 7th 25th 32 103
AHL total 127 3 25th 28 67 5 0 2 2 0

International

Krueger in the jersey of the German national team

Represented Germany at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2004 Germany U18 World Cup 1st place 5 0 1 1 4th
2006 Germany U20 World Cup 1st place 5 0 1 1 2
2010 Germany WM 4th Place 9 0 1 1 0
2011 Germany WM 7th place 7th 0 1 1 8th
2012 Germany WM 12th place 7th 1 0 1 2
2013 Germany WM 9th place 4th 0 0 0 0
2014 Germany WM 14th place 6th 0 0 0 4th
2015 Germany WM 10th place 7th 0 2 2 2
2017 Germany WM 8th place 8th 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 10 0 2 2 6th
Men overall 48 1 4th 5 18th

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Justin Krueger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ spox.com, My Bachelor in Hotel Management.
  2. ↑ hurricanes.nhl.com, Canes Agree to Terms with Justin Krueger
  3. ↑ message. (No longer available online.) In: SCB Eishockey AG. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016 ; accessed on March 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.scb.ch
  4. ^ Daniel Germann: Ice hockey champions SC Bern: Everywhere one step ahead . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 17, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed April 19, 2017]).
  5. ↑ After seven seasons and three championship titles: SC Bern confirms departure from ex-national defender Justin Krueger. In: eishockeynews.de. April 7, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Justin Krueger moves to Lausanne. In: suedostschweiz.ch. June 2, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Marc Heinrich: National Ice Hockey Team Like a son like a father? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 22, 2010, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 15, 2016]).
  8. ↑ http://www.deb-online.de/2018/10/dcup-kader-marco-sturm-nominiert-15-silberhelden-und-lokalmatador-daniel-pietta/
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personal data
SURNAME Krueger, Justin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krueger, Justin Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf , Germany