Martin Knold

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NorwayNorway  Martin Knold Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 14, 1976
place of birth Fredrikstad , Norway
size 182 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1994-1996 Frölunda HC
1996-2004 Linköpings HC
2004-2007 Iserlohn Roosters

Martin Knold (born January 14, 1976 in Fredrikstad , Norway ) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player who played three seasons for the Iserlohn Roosters in the German Ice Hockey League and eight seasons for Linköpings HC . He also took part in eight world championships as a long-time national player of Norway.

Career

As a 16-year-old, Knold moved from his home country Norway to Sweden , because there the youth work and thus the chances of a professional career were better. His first stop was the Frölunda HC U20 team . In 1996 he moved to Linköpings HC in the second Swedish league. With his team he was able to rise to the Elitserien for the first time in the 1998/99 season . In the next year Knold rose again with Linköping, but managed to get back up in 2001. He stayed with his club for two more years before he decided to move in 2004, after a total of 334 games for Linköping. For the 2004/05 season he signed an annual contract with the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League . There he was one of the best defenders in the league and was together with Mike York the top scorer of the Roosters. In early 2005 he received an early contract in the Sauerland until 2007 because of his good performance . In early 2006, Knold suffered an adductor injury and could not play until the end of the season. After a rehab program in the summer, Knold was back in the Roosters squad at the beginning of the 2006/07 season and was able to play painlessly. After a few games, however, the injury broke up again, so that this season was largely over for him. Towards the end, the Norwegian was back on the rooster bench, but was not used due to pain. His contract was not extended, so that Knold Iserlohn left after 100 games in three years.

After another summer rehab program, Knold initially kept fit with a team in Scandinavia before finally switching to the Herning Blue Fox in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen . But here, too, pain occurred under stress, so that Knold was not able to play. He finally decided to end his professional ice hockey career.

International

For Norway , Knold took part in the junior division at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1993 and 1994 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 1994 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the A World Championships in 1999 , 2000 and 2001 and at the B World Championships in 1998, 2002 , 2003 , 2004 and 2005 . At the B-WM 2005 he was able to return to the top division with Norway, to which he contributed with seven points as the top scorer among all defenders in Group A.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T A. Pt SM +/- Sp T A. Pt SM +/-
1994/95 Frölunda HC J20 super elite 20th 1 2 3 24
1995/96 Frölunda HC J20 super elite 30th 8th 15th 23 16
1996/97 Linköpings HC Division 1 22nd 3 1 4th 8th 13 1 2 3 6th
1997/98 Linköpings HC Division 1 29 8th 12 20th 6th 10 0 2 2 2
1998/99 Linköpings HC Division 1 42 7th 12 19th 20th 10 0 1 1 6th
1999/00 Linköpings HC SEL 26th 3 2 5 16 -10 1 10 1 0 1 4th 0
2000/01 Linköpings HC Allsvenskan 34 6th 10 16 30th 23 9 2 3 5 6th 4th
2001/02 Linköpings HC SEL 44 1 9 10 32 –9 - - - - - -
2002/03 Linköpings HC SEL 37 2 1 3 26th -10 1 9 0 0 0 4th -3
2003/04 Linköpings HC SEL 34 6th 4th 10 20th 0 5 0 1 1 0 -1
2004/05 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 50 16 20th 36 18th -4 - - - - - -
2005/06 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 32 3 9 12 34 -12 - - - - - -
2006/07 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 18th 1 3 4th 12 7th - - - - - -
Division 1 / Allsvenskan total 127 24 35 59 64 23 42 3 8th 11 20th 4th
SEL total 141 12 16 28 94 -29 24 1 1 2 8th -4
DEL total 100 20th 32 52 64 –9 - - - - - -

International

Represented Norway at:

year team event Sp T A. Pt SM +/-
1993 Norway U18 June European Championship 6th 0 0 0 6th
1994 Norway U18 June European Championship 5 0 2 2 0
1994 Norway Jun.-B-WM 7th 0 0 0 24
1998 Norway B-WM 5 1 0 1 27
1999 Norway WM 3 0 1 1 2
2000 Norway WM 6th 2 3 5 6th -1
2001 Norway WM 6th 1 0 1 2 0
2002 Norway B-WM 5 0 3 3 4th 5
2003 Norway B-WM 5 1 0 1 0 5
2004 Norway B-WM 5 4th 2 6th 2 6th
2005 Norway B-WM 5 4th 3 7th 4th 8th
Juniors overall 18th 0 2 2 30th
Men overall 40 13 12 25th 47 23

( 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 Knold, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Fredrikstad , Norway