Kurt Striker

Kurt Striker
Date of birth	February 18, 1926
place of birth	White water
date of death	November 15, 2009
Place of death	White water
position	striker
Career stations
1950-1962	BSG Kristall / Ostglas / Chemie Weißwasser, SG Dynamo Weißwasser

Kurt Stürmer (born February 18, 1926 in Weißwasser ; † November 15, 2009 there ) was a German ice hockey player .

Career

Like many boys from Weißwasser, Kurt Stürmer began taking his first steps on the brown pond as a child . Together with Wolfgang Blümel he successfully trained in the Weißwasseraner junior teams and as a teenager already played in the Silesian selection at the German Youth Championships in Vienna . Kurt Stürmer learned the trade of glassmaker and later worked as a glassmaker in the special glass factory unit in Weißwasser during his active career . During the Second World War he was captured by the English. After his return in 1948, he worked to ensure that ice hockey could be revived in Weißwasser .

As a player, he won twelve GDR championship titles (from 1951 to 1962 ) in a row with the men's team from Dynamo Weißwasser after finishing third in the East German ice hockey championship in 1950 . He and his team also won the Marvin Cup in La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland, and the Pavoni Cup in Bolzano , Italy . Kurt Stürmer was used 62 times in the national ice hockey team of the GDR and took part in two ice hockey world championships .

Kurt Stürmer was an idol of his time because he stood for exemplary and fair play. For this, too, he was awarded the honorary title “ Master of Sports ”. After his active career, Kurt Stürmer passed on his experience as a trainer to the youngsters in Weißwasser for many years .

successes

• 12 GDR championship titles with Dynamo Weißwasser
• 2 world championship participation with the GDR team
• Pavoni Cup winner 1958
• Marvin Cup winner 1959

Honors

• Awarded the title of Master of Sports
• In honor of the ice hockey legend , a minute's silence was observed before the championship game of the Lausitzer Füchse on November 20, 2009.

Statistics (international)

year	team	event	space		Games	Gates	templates	Pt.	Penalty minutes
1957	GDR	WM	5.		8th	2	0	2	2
1959	GDR	WM	9.		7th	4th	0	4th	0
World Cup total					15th	6th	0	6th	2

swell

• Puck hunting has electrified articles in the Sächsische Zeitung of December 6, 2002, on www.lausitzer-füchse.de, December 18, 2002 for generations .
• Weißwasseraner ice hockey legend Kurt Stürmer has passed away. In: lr-online.de. Lausitzer Rundschau , November 20, 2009, accessed on October 11, 2011 . 
• Herbert Tschätsch: When the master's throne began to shake. In: lr-online.de. Lausitzer Rundschau, November 1, 2007, accessed on October 11, 2011 . 
• Klaus Riehle: December 2007 - 75 years of ice hockey in Weißwasser The miracle begins at the Braunsteich. In: lr-online.de. Lausitzer Rundschau, October 11, 2007, accessed on October 11, 2011 . 
• Klaus Riehle: December 2007 - 75 years of ice hockey in Weißwasser The triumphal procession through Weißwasser's streets. In: lr-online.de. Lausitzer Rundschau, October 18, 2007, accessed on October 11, 2011 . 
• Dieter Timmer: German ice hockey database. In: rodi-db.de. September 21, 2011, accessed November 8, 2011 . 

literature

• Herbert Tschätsch: The Lausitz ice hockey miracle from Weißwasser , Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2006. ISBN 3-935-88137-1

Web links

• Photo by Kurt Stürmer. In: lr-online.de. November 20, 2009, accessed October 11, 2011 .