Marcel Rodman

Marcel Rodman
Date of birth	September 25, 1981
place of birth	Rodine , SR Slovenia
size	180 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 9th lap, 282nd position Boston Bruins
Career stations
1998-1999	Pickering Panthers
1999-2001	Peterborough Petes
2001-2002	HK Jesenice
2002-2003	EC Graz 99ers
2003-2004	Krefeld penguins
2004-2005	HK Jesenice
2005-2006	EC Graz 99ers
2006-2007	HK Jesenice
2007-2008	Vienna Capitals
2008-2009	HK Jesenice
2009–2012	Vienna Capitals
2012-2013	Bietigheim Steelers
2013-2014	Schwenninger Wild Wings
2014	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2014-2015	EC KAC
2015-2017	Dresden Ice Lions
2017	Bietigheim Steelers
2017-2018	EC Bad Toelz

Marcel Rodman (born September 25, 1981 in Rodine , SR Slovenia ) is a former Slovenian ice hockey player who now works as a coach . In the course of his career he was mainly active in the Austrian ice hockey league and in the second German division, today's DEL2 . With HK Jesenice he became Slovenian champion three times , and for many years he was a member of the Slovenian national team , with which he participated in a total of 13 world championships and the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Rodman began his career in the youth teams of HK Jesenice before moving to North America in 1998, where he played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League for a year before joining the Peterborough Petes , who pulled him in the first round of the CHL Import Draft had. Despite performing well in the Ontario Hockey League , he returned to Europe after his third year overseas. In the following years he changed teams several times, also completed a season in the German Ice Hockey League , but kept returning to his regular team from Jesenice . Most recently he played continuously with his brother David , with whom he also formed one of the most successful strikers in the Austrian ice hockey league in the 2006/07 season together with Aaron Fox . Despite the good performance Jesenice failed in the debut season in the EBEL, however, narrowly at the playoff participation. As a result, the entire formation was signed by the Vienna Capitals , but the three could not repeat their performance due to a protracted injury to Fox. After another year in Jesenice, Marcel returned to Vienna with his brother in 2009, where he was active for the following three years. In the 2012/2013 season Rodman was with the Bietigheim Steelers champions of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga . There the attacker was the best scorer of his team and second best in the entire league behind Daniel Hacker .

In the summer of 2013 he joined the Schwenninger Wild Wings from the German Ice Hockey League , only to move to the Croatian top club KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Continental Hockey League one season later . In December 2014 he left Medveščak after nine games and moved to EC KAC in Klagenfurt , where he was on the ice in the Austrian ice hockey league until the end of the 2014/15 season. He then returned to the second German division, where he was taken under contract by the Dresden Ice Lions . However, he did not play a competitive game there in the 2015/16 season due to injury. After mixed performances during the 2016/17 season, he left the Eislöwen in January 2017 and switched back to the Bietigheim Steelers. In the 2017/18 season Rodman was under contract with the DEL2 promoted EC Bad Tölz before he ended his career and became assistant coach at KHL Medveščak Zagreb.

In December 2018 he was appointed head coach of HDD Jesenice .

International

For Slovenia , Rodman took part in the junior division of the U20 Junior C World Championships in 1999 and 2000 and the World Championship of Division II in 2001 .

Marcel Rodman (left) at the 2008 World Cup

In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012 and 2014 as well as in the World Championships in the Top Division in 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2011 , 2013 and 2015 . He has been the assistant captain of Slovenia since the 2009 World Cup, after leading his team onto the ice as team captain in 2007 and 2008. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi, as well as at the Winter Games in Sochi itself, in which the Slovenes took a surprising seventh place.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Slovenian champion with the HK Jesenice
• 2006 Slovenian champion with HK Jesenice
• 2009 Slovenian champion with the HK Jesenice
• 2013 DEB Cup winner and 2nd league champion with the Bietigheim Steelers

International

• 2001 Promotion to Division I at the U20 Junior World Championship of Division II
• 2001 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2007 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup Division I, Group B
• 2012 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.
• 2014 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
1998-99	Pickering Panthers	OJHL
1999-00	Peterborough Petes	OHL		61	17th	20th	37	16	-		5	1	2	3	0	-
2000-01	Peterborough Petes	OHL		61	36	35	71	14th	-		7th	4th	2	6th	2	-
2001-02	HK Jesenice	Interliga		7th	4th	2	6th	4th	+8
	HK Jesenice	Slovenia		9	12	6th	18th	4th	-
2002-03	EC Graz 99ers	ÖEHL		44	22nd	25th	47	22nd	−12
2003-04	Krefeld penguins	DEL		52	3	9	12	18th	−1
2004-05	HK Jesenice	Interliga		25th	12	24	36	20th	-
	HK Jesenice	Slovenia		17th	10	18th	28	36	-
2005-06	HK Jesenice	Interliga		2	1	2	3	0	-
	HK Jesenice	Slovenia		7th	3	6th	9	2	-
	EC Graz 99ers	ÖEHL		43	7th	17th	24	32	−8
2006-07	HK Jesenice	ÖEHL		43	21st	40	61	55	+23
	HK Jesenice	Slovenia		2	1	2	3	4th	-
2007-08	Vienna Capitals	ÖEHL		42	14th	31	45	36	+17		7th	4th	4th	8th	4th	+2
2008-09	HK Jesenice	ÖEHL		53	21st	36	57	70	+15		5	2	3	5	34	−2
	HK Jesenice	Slovenia									5	0	2	2	2	-
2009-10	Vienna Capitals	ÖEHL		38	19th	23	42	42	+8		12	2	6th	8th	10	−3
2010-11	Vienna Capitals	ÖEHL		42	12	18th	30th	64	-8th		11	3	9	12	10	+2
2011-12	Vienna Capitals	ÖEHL		31	5	12	17th	41	± 0		7th	0	3	3	2	+1
2012–13	Bietigheim Steelers	DEL2		45	28	39	67	60			11	7th	4th	11	18th
2013-14	SERC Wild Wings	DEL		39	5	9	14th	34	–11
2014–15	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		9	0	0	0	39	-2
2014–15	Dresden Ice Lions	DEL2		No game played due to injury
2016–17	Dresden Ice Lions	DEL2		33	5	25th	30th	40
2016–17	Bietigheim Steelers	DEL2
DEL total				91	8th	18th	26th	52	-12	-	-	-	-	-	-
ÖEHL overall				333	119	201	320	356	+47	45	13	26th	39	64	± 0

International

year	team	event		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	+/-
1999	Slovenia	U20 World Cup, Div. C.		4th	0	0	0	2	± 0
2000	Slovenia	U20 World Cup, Div. C.		4th	3	5	8th	14th	+4
2001	Slovenia	U20 World Cup, Div. 2		4th	5	1	6th	0	+3
	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	2	3	5	2	+7
2002	Slovenia	WM		6th	6th	1	7th	2	−1
2003	Slovenia	WM		6th	1	1	2	0	−4
2005	Slovenia	Olympic qualification		3	0	1	1	4th	−2
	Slovenia	WM		6th	1	2	3	0	−7
2006	Slovenia	WM		6th	0	4th	4th	6th	−6
2007	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	1	7th	8th	14th	+5
2008	Slovenia	WM		5	0	1	1	6th	−3
2009	Slovenia	Olympic qualification		3	2	0	2	4th	± 0
	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	0	5	5	2	−1
2010	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	1	5	6th	6th	+4
2011	Slovenia	WM		6th	0	3	3	4th	-4
2012	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	1	0	1	16	+1
2013	Slovenia	Olympic qualification		3	0	2	2	4th	−2
	Slovenia	WM		7th	1	0	1	2	−5
2014	Slovenia	Olympia		5	1	1	2	0	−1
	Slovenia	WM, Div. I.		5	0	2	2	8th	+4

( 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 )

family

Marcel Rodman's brother is David Rodman , who is about two years younger. Marcel completed a large part of his professional career together with his brother.

Web links

Commons : Marcel Rodman  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Marcel Rodman at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rodman brothers move to Bietigheim! (No longer available online.) In: hockey-news.info. May 30, 2012, archived from the original on May 13, 2013 ; accessed on July 6, 2015 . 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.  
2. ↑ KAC brings Marcel Rodman back into the league. (No longer available online.) In: erstebankliga.at. December 7, 2014, archived from the original on July 6, 2015 ; Retrieved July 6, 2015 . 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.  
3. ↑ Dresdner Eislöwen: Marcel Rodman is dissolved an ice lion contract with Scott Howes. In: eishockey.info. July 3, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Master hero Marcel Rodman back with the Steelers. (Not available online.) In: lkz.de . January 10, 2017, archived from the original on January 11, 2017 ; accessed on January 11, 2017 . 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.  
5. ↑ Helmut Berger: Marcel Rodman takes on a coaching position at HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice. (No longer available online.) In: alps.hockey. December 7, 2018, archived from the original on December 17, 2018 ; accessed on December 17, 2018 . 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.