Markus Keller (ice hockey player)

Markus Keller
Date of birth	August 19, 1989
place of birth	Augsburg , Germany
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 35
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 2006	Augsburg young panthers
2006-2007	Krefelder EV
2007-2008	EC Peiting
2008-2009	Eisbären Juniors Berlin
2009-2010	Eisbären Berlin Dresdner Eislöwen ( FL )
2010–2012	Red Devil Bad Nauheim
2012-2013	SC Riessersee
2013-2015	Augsburg panther
2015-2018	Kassel Huskies
since 2018	Augsburg panther

Markus Keller (born August 19, 1989 in Augsburg ) is a German ice hockey goalkeeper who has been playing for the Augsburg Panthers in the DEL again since 2018 .

Career

Markus Keller in January 2012

Markus Keller began his career at the age of 10 with the Augsburger Panthers , for which, with the exception of 3 years in between at ESV Königsbrunn, he went through the junior departments and played with the "Young Panthers " until 2006. He then switched to the DNL team at Krefeld EV . Due to his achievements he recommended himself for assignments with the U-national teams and was regularly invited to competitions of the U18-, U19- and later also the U20-national team. For the 2007/08 season , the left catcher went to the upper league for EC Peiting via a sponsorship license for the Augsburg Panthers , where he completed a total of 17 competitive games for both the men's team and the junior Bundesliga team. A year later, Keller was signed by the league competitor Eisbären Juniors Berlin and formed the goalkeeper team with Sebastian Albrecht.

After the dissolution of the league team and the departure of Youri Ziffzer , the Augsburg resident got the role of the back-up behind Rob Zepp and thus came on September 4th, 2009 for his first appearance in a DEL game against the Kassel Huskies . In the same year he was given a production license for the polar bear's partner - the Dresden Ice Lions  - and stood there as a representative for Kellen Briggs in the gate. At the end of January 2010, the Eisbären Berlin loaned him to the Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim until the end of the season, but kept his license for the Dresden Ice Lions. The next two years he played very successfully for the Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim , where he was voted best goalkeeper in the Oberliga West twice in a row.

In April 2012, the SC Riessersee signed from the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga for the 2012/13 season after Harti Wild had announced the end of his career. After this one season at SC Riessersee, Keller returned to his hometown club, the Augsburg Panthers . In his first full DEL season, he was used in 32 of 52 possible games. His first DEL shutout was on October 6, 2013 in a 4-0 win over the Hamburg Freezers.

At the beginning of April 2015, Keller switched to the DEL2 for the Kassel Huskies . With the Huskies he won the DEL2 championship in his first season and was also named playoff MVP (most valuable player in the playoffs).

In April 2018 he switched back to the DEL to the Augsburg Panthers as one of the best keepers of the DEL2 with a catch quota of over 91%.

International

Between 2006 and 2009, Keller took part in several international tournaments with the German U18, U19 and U20 national teams. Among other things, he played at the World Junior A Challenge 2006 in Yorkton and Humboldt (Canada), and at the World Junior A Challenge 2008 in Camrose (Canada). In the 2013/14 season, Keller was in the extended squad of the senior national team for the first time.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Goalkeeper of the Year (Oberliga West)
• 2012 Goalkeeper of the Year (Oberliga West)
• 2016 DEL2 champion with the Kassel Huskies
• 2016 DEL2 Playoff MVP

Career statistics

				Main round					Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	GT	SO	GTS		Sp	GT	GTS
2005/06	Augsburg young panthers	U-18		19th	50	1	3.23
2006/07	Krefelder EV	DNL		21st	72	0	3.40		4th	14th	4.25
2007/08	EC Peiting	OIL		16	47	0	3.48
2008/09	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	OIL		29	107	0	4.05
2009/10	Dresden Ice Lions	2nd BL		6th	23	0	4.75
2009/10	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		4th	13	0	5.14		-	-	-
2009/10	EC Bad Nauheim	OIL		10	26th	1	2.66		7th	18th	2.55
2010/11	EC Bad Nauheim	OIL		33	64	6th	2.02		14th	29	2.03
2011/12	EC Bad Nauheim	OIL		33	81	6th	2.42		11	34	3.28
2012/13	SC Riessersee	2nd BL		46	127	3	2.76		-	-	-
2013/14	Augsburg panther	DEL		32	92	1	3.08		-	-	-

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Markus Keller at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ merkur-online.de Wild successor found: Markus Keller comes to SC Riessersee
2. ↑ eishockeynews.de Now it's official: Goalkeeper Keller is returning to Augsburg
3. ↑ Markus Keller is the name of the first new addition. (No longer available online.) Kassel Huskies, April 2, 2015, archived from the original on April 11, 2015 ; Retrieved April 4, 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.  
4. ↑ Playoff MVP Markus Keller: "I'm really proud of it." - del-2.org. In: del-2.org. April 25, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Back to the Augsburg roots - Keller becomes a panther. In: aev-panther.de. April 13, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .