Markus Gander

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Markus Gander
Date of birth May 16, 1989
place of birth Sterzing , Italy
size 186 cm
Weight 90 kg
position striker
number 23
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2005-2009 WSV Sterzing Broncos
2009-2010 North Iowa Outlaws
2010–2012 WSV Sterzing Broncos
2012-2018 HC Bolzano
since 2018 HC Pustertal

Markus Gander (born May 16, 1989 in Sterzing ) is an Italian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Pustertal in the Alps Hockey League since 2018 .

Career

Gander began his career with the WSV Sterzing Broncos in his hometown of Sterzing , which were then playing in the second-rate Italian A2 series . With the Broncos he achieved the championship title in A2 in 2009, but not the promotion to the first class. Gander then went to the United States for a year and played with the North Iowa Outlaws in the North American Hockey League . In 2010 he returned to the Wipptal and this time, after winning the title again in the A2 series, he was promoted to the A1 series with his team . However, the upstart could not stay there. However, Gander himself had attracted the attention of the top club HC Bozen with his performances and switched to the reigning champions in the South Tyrolean capital in summer 2012 . In summer 2013 he moved with his team from the Italian league to the Austrian ice hockey league , which the team won straight away. In 2018, Gander again won the Austrian ice hockey league with the Bolzano team. He then moved to HC Pustertal in the lower class Alps Hockey League .

International

For Italy , Markus Gander took part in the U18 World Junior Championship of Division II for the first time in 2006 . By winning the tournament in Merano , the Italians were promoted to Division I. In the following year , Gander was still on the ice for his team in this age group and was able to help secure relegation in Division I at the tournament in Maribor . At the U-20 World Cup of the same year, the home advantage at the Division I tournament in Torre Pellice was of no use to the Italians, and Gander's team had to make it to Division II in this age group. Group A of Division II of the U-20 World Cup 2008 was held in Italy in December 2007, this time in Canazei , and Gander and his team made an immediate return to Division I. At the U-20 World Cup in 2009 At the end of his junior career with the Italian team at the tournament in Aalborg , Gander managed to stay in Division I.

For the senior national team of the Azzurri, Gander was initially on the ice in February 2013 in Bietigheim-Bissingen at the qualifying tournament for the 2014 Winter Olympics . Although the Italians could not qualify for the games in Sochi , their 2-1 success against the German national ice hockey team ensured that the Austrians were allowed to go to Russia instead of the German team . In April 2013, he took part in Division I of the 2013 World Cup in Budapest , where the Italians were promoted to the top division. There Gander scored two goals at the 2014 World Cup , including the 2-1 winner against France . But this one victory was not enough to keep the league, as all other teams had at least two successes. So he returned to Division I with the Azzurri in 2015 and 2016 . After rising again in 2016, he was again unable to succeed in the top division at the 2017 World Cup and was relegated to Division I again with the Italians. At the 2018 World Cup in Division I , however, he was immediately promoted back to the top division.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 WSV Sterzing Broncos A2 series 14th 0 0 0 16 - - - - -
2006/07 WSV Sterzing Broncos A2 series 28 8th 4th 12 18th 8th 0 1 1 6th
2007/08 WSV Sterzing Broncos A2 series 42 17th 9 26th 32 - - - - -
2008/09 WSV Sterzing Broncos A2 series 31 9 11 20th 24 12 4th 3 7th 10
2009/10 North Iowa Outlaws NEAR 51 12 16 28 41 - - - - -
2010/11 WSV Sterzing Broncos A2 series 30th 15th 18th 33 43 17th 1 7th 8th 12
2011/12 WSV Sterzing Broncos Series A1 41 15th 9 24 10 5 0 2 2 6th
2012/13 HC Bolzano Series A1 44 10 15th 25th 14th 6th 1 2 3 2
2013/14 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 44 4th 12 16 26th 13 2 3 5 4th
2014/15 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 53 9 11 20th 16 7th 0 2 2 0
2015/16 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 54 8th 10 18th 32 3 2 0 2 4th
2016/17 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 45 10 10 20th 39 3 0 0 0 2
2017/18 HC Bolzano ÖEHL 36 1 9 10 12 - - - - -

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Gander, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Sterzing , Italy