Karl Friesen

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Karl Friesen
Date of birth June 30, 1958
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 182 cm
Weight 70 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1979-1980 St. Boniface Mohawks
1980-1985 DJK SB Rosenheim
1985-1986 Maine Mariners
1986 New Jersey Devils
1986-1992 DJK SB Rosenheim
1992-1994 EC Hedos Munich
1994-1995 Mad Dogs Munich
1995-1996 Star Bulls Rosenheim

Karl Friesen (born June 30, 1958 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada ) is a former German- Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . He was considered a bad skater who took on a passive goalie role, that is, who stoically stayed on the line without intervening in the game. Another special feature was his peace-loving nature, which was expressed in the game by leaving the ice ashamed during a fight. Only a few sentences were imposed on him.

Career

Growing up in Canada , he moved from the St. Boniface Mohawks (SAL) to the ice hockey Bundesliga for the 1980/81 season to SB DJK Rosenheim , with whose team he won the German championship title in 1982.

After he had received an offer from the New Jersey Devils for the National Hockey League (NHL), he moved in the summer of 1985, after the 2nd German Championship with Rosenheim, to North America, where he first played with the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League (AHL) and then with the New Jersey Devils - but was never really able to gain a foothold in the fast-paced and rough game because of his passivity and avoidance of conflict.

During the 1986/87 season he moved back to SB DJK Rosenheim in the ice hockey Bundesliga, where he guarded the goal until the 1991/92 season and in 1989 won his third German championship title.

In summer 1992 he moved from Rosenheim to Munich to EC Hedos , with whose team he won his 4th German championship title in 1994. When the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) was introduced in the summer of 1994, he stayed in Munich with the Maddogs Munich until the game was closed in December 1994, where he also played two games in the European Cup. For the 1995/96 season he moved back to Rosenheim to the Starbulls Rosenheim , where he ended his active career because of back problems.

After the end of his career, Friesen worked, among other things, as the sports director of the Bietigheim Steelers and as a trainer at the University of Manitoba .

International

During his career in the German national team , he took part in the world championships of 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 and the Olympic Winter Games of 1984, 1988 and 1992.

Achievements and Awards

Private

Friesen belongs to the Mennonites , a religious community whose namesake Menno Simons comes from Friesland , the region of origin of his parents who emigrated to Winnipeg. In addition to his sporting career, he was also a lay preacher . He has two children with his wife Judy.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Roland Eitel: As a lay preacher under loud ice devils . Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 24, 1988.
  2. ↑ eishockey-in-rosenheim.de, Karl Friesen wants to continue playing for the national team in the future
  3. ↑ a b hockeyweb.de, Karl Friesen comes to Rosenheim
  4. ↑ ehcf.de, interview with ex-national goalkeeper Karl Friesen and now manager of the Bietigheim Steelers ( Memento from December 23, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Karl Friesen , Internationales Sportarchiv 18/1995, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
personal data
SURNAME Friesen, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada