Kurt Wickenheiser

Kurt Wickenheiser
Date of birth	August 24, 1964
place of birth	Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1981-1984	Regina Pats
1984-1985	Lethbridge Broncos
1985-1986	Flint Spirits
1986-1989	Streatham Redskins
1989	Lee Valley Lions Medway Bears
1990-1991	EHC Unna
1991-1992	Bayreuth Tigers
1992-1996	ERC Westphalia Dortmund 1990
1996-1997	New Mexico Scorpions
1997-1998	SC Riessersee
1998-1999	Heilbronn EC
1999-2002	Corpus Christi IceRays

Kurt Wickenheiser (born August 24, 1964 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player .

Career

As a player

Kurt Wickenheiser, the brother of Doug Wickenheiser and cousin of Hayley Wickenheiser , began his active career as an ice hockey player in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . There he played for the Regina Pats from the 1981/82 season . In the summer of 1987 he signed a contract with the British Hockey League in Great Britain . In his first season, Wickenheiser scored 144 points in 34 games and was one of the team's best scorers. As a result, clubs from stronger European leagues became aware of him. After another four years in the British league, Wickenheiser finally moved to the major league for EHC Unna . Here, too, he was able to convince and in the end came to 103 scorer points in 35 games.

This was followed by a short interlude in Bayreuth before he switched to what was then ERC Westfalen Dortmund . Here Wickenheiser made the final breakthrough in Germany. With the ERC he was able to advance to the second highest German division, the 1st League North. In his first season with Westphalia, he scored 195 times in 35 games and thus played a major role in this success. Two seasons later, in 1996, the club went bankrupt .

Then Wickenheiser moved to the United States and again to Germany, where he was active for SC Riessersee and Heilbronner EC in the 1st League South and in the 1st Bundesliga . These were the last few years in the German leagues - after his engagement in Heilbronn he returned to the USA. There he ended his career with the Corpus Christi Ice Rays in the Western Professional Hockey League .

As a trainer

After the end of his active career, Wickenheiser worked as a trainer. At the Corpus Christi Ice Rays he was a player-coach on the gang. His first job as head coach was with the Jacksonville Barracudas . There he made negative headlines several times. Wickenheiser committed his first offense as a coach at the home game of his club against FireAntz from Cape Fear . A player from his team stormed off the bench onto the ice and deliberately involved an opposing player in a fight. Since Wickenheiser did not try to hold back his player, he received a suspension for the next three game days as a personal punishment. His player was banned for ten match days. Both were also fined.

After he was back at the gang a little later after his sentence had expired, Wickenheiser again attracted negative attention. This time he threw coins at opponents' feet to slow them down. However, he was observed by the linesman and received a ten-day ban and a fine.

Web links

• Kurt Wickenheiser at hockeydb.com (English)
• Kurt Wickenheiser at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Coast Today: Hockey In Their Blood (11 February 2003)