Let Kopitz

Let Kopitz
Date of birth	May 21, 1980
place of birth	Berlin , Germany
size	191 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 6
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1997-1999	Färjestad BK
1999-2001	EV Duisburg
2001-2002	Territory lions Oberhausen
2002-2003	Iserlohn Roosters
2003-2005	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2005-2007	Cologne Sharks
2007-2010	Frankfurt Lions
2010-2014	Iserlohn Roosters

Lasse Kopitz (born May 21, 1980 in Berlin ) is a former German ice hockey player who has spent 15 seasons in the German ice hockey league . Since August 2014 Lasse Kopitz has been working as an ice hockey referee in the North Rhine-Westphalia state association.

Career

Lasse Kopitz started ice hockey at the age of three at the Berlin ice skating club , before moving to local rivals BSC Preussen as a boy player . As a junior player, the defender went to Sweden in 1997, where he was Swedish Junior Champion in his second year with Färjestad BK . In 1999 , the right-handed shooter signed his first professional contract with the Krefeld Penguins from the German Ice Hockey League and played most of the time with a sponsorship license with the then upper division EV Duisburg . After moving to the Revierlöwen Oberhausen , the 2001/02 season was finally the first that Kopitz was completely on the ice in the DEL. After a season with the Iserlohn Roosters , the defender decided in 2003 to move to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers , where he played for two years and became a top defender in the DEL and a national player.

After the 2004/05 season Kopitz signed a contract with the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg , which, however, were relegated to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga , so that the defender signed with the Kölner Haien until the 2006/07 season . For the 2007/08 season , the Berliner moved to league rivals Frankfurt Lions . That season he formed the second line of defense along with Jason Marshall . Kopitz scored five goals and six assists for the Hessians, in the playoffs again one template in twelve games. In the 2008/09 season Kopitz could only complete 39 main round games for the Lions because he had suffered a metacarpal fracture. Nevertheless, he scored two goals and provided eleven assists. In the pre-playoffs against the Hamburg Freezers , the defender remained pointless in five games. After another year in Frankfurt, Kopitz signed a contract with the Iserlohn Roosters for the 2010/11 season and returned to the Sauerland , where he ended his playing career in 2014 to work as a referee.

In 2006 Kopitz married his long-time girlfriend. In 2007 their daughter Danai was born.

International

With the German national team , Lasse Kopitz took part in the 2003 and 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 Swedish junior champion with Färjestad BK
• DEL-All-Star Game 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Färjestad BK J20	SuperElit		25th	3	0	3	28
1998/99	Färjestad BK J20	SuperElit		35	12	2	14th	30th
1999/00	Foxes Duisburg	OIL		46	8th	16	24	108		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Krefeld penguins	DEL		9	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Krefeld penguins	DEL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	EV Duisburg	OIL		46	9	12	21st	94		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Territory lions Oberhausen	DEL		59	3	5	8th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		48	5	3	8th	44		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		49	4th	16	20th	60		6th	1	2	3	14th
2004/05	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		50	10	18th	28	84		6th	1	1	2	6th
2005/06	Cologne Sharks	DEL		52	11	12	23	44		6th	1	0	1	8th
2006/07	Cologne Sharks	DEL		45	6th	4th	10	72		8th	0	2	2	37
2007/08	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		42	5	6th	11	60		12	0	1	1	16
2008/09	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		39	2	11	13	54		5	0	0	0	0
2009/10	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		47	4th	5	9	26th		4th	0	0	0	0
2010/11	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		47	2	8th	10	60		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		45	1	8th	9	42		2	0	0	0	0
2012/13	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		51	1	9	10	34		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		46	2	3	5	44		9	0	3	3	12
Oberliga overall				92	17th	28	45	202		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				630	56	108	164	648		58	3	9	12	93

( 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

• Lasse Kopitz at hockeydb.com (English)
• Lasse Kopitz at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Leave Kopitz at eurohockey.com