Martin Ulrich (ice hockey player)

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Martin Ulrich
Date of birth 16th December 1969
place of birth Vienna , Austria
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1991 Viennese EV
1991-1995 EC Graz
1995-1996 Viennese EV
1996-1998 Adler Mannheim
1998-1999 Viennese EV
1999-2001 Berlin Capitals
2001-2005 DEG Metro Stars
2005-2008 EC Red Bull Salzburg
2008-2009 EK Zell am See

Martin Ulrich (born December 16, 1969 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian ice hockey player and current coach , who during his career played for the Adler Mannheim , Berlin Capitals and DEG Metro Stars in the German Ice Hockey League , among others . Ulrich has been the head coach of the Austrian U18 national team since October 2009.

Career

The 1.88 m tall defender began his career at Wiener EV , for which he played in the Bundesliga until 1991 and which he then left for EC Graz . With the Grazers, the left shooter was Austrian runner-up three times, in 1995 he returned to Vienna for one season. For the 1996/97 season , Martin Ulrich signed a contract with Adler Mannheim , with whom he became German champions in 1997 and 1998 . In 1998 Ulrich returned to the Vienna EV for the second time, and in 1999 he moved to the Berlin Capitals in the DEL . Between 2001 and 2005 , the Austrian was on the ice for Düsseldorfer EG , from the 2005/06 season he played for the Red Bulls Salzburg , with whom he achieved the best plus / minus balance in the league in 2007 and 2008 won the championship. In the 2008/09 season he was under contract in the Austrian National League at EK Zell am See .

On September 30, 2009, Martin Ulrich ended his career in professional ice hockey after 22 years. A week later, the ÖEHV announced that Martin Ulrich would be the head coach of the Austrian U18 national team in the junior division.

International

In the junior division, Ulrich took part in the 1987 Junior B World Championship with the Austrian U20 team.

For the Austrian national ice hockey team , for which he most recently also held the captaincy , Martin Ulrich has participated in a total of 17 world championships since 1991 . He played first in 1991 , 1992 and 1997 in the B group and in 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1998 , 1999 and 2000 in the A group. After switching to the current division system, he was in the top division in 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 and 2007 and in Division I in 2006 and 2008 , when he was elected to the all-star team of the tournament.

He also played three Olympic Winter Games ( 1994 in Lillehammer , 1998 in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City ) and three qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games (for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Games ). After the World Cup tournament of Division I in Innsbruck in 2008, he announced his resignation after 228 games for the national team. This means that Ulrich has the second most international matches in Austria behind Gerhard Unterluggauer (243 games as of February 16, 2014).

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Information incomplete (empty fields) Main round Playoffs
season team league Sp T A. Pt SM Sp T A. Pt SM
1986/87 Viennese EV OIL 1 0 0 0 0
1987/88 Viennese EV OIL 1 0 0 0 0
1988/89 Viennese EV OIL 26th 2 8th 10 0
1989/90 Viennese EV OIL 34 5 19th 24 42
1990/91 Viennese EV OIL 39 7th 17th 24 0
1991/92 EC Graz OIL 45 6th 20th 26th 30th
1992/93 EC Graz OIL 53 6th 13 19th 0
1993/94 EC Graz OIL 57 12 22nd 34 0
1995/96 Viennese EV OIL 32 12 17th 29 28
1996/97 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 3 8th 11 45 9 1 3 4th 2
1997/98 Adler Mannheim DEL 45 3 9 12 30th 11 1 2 3 8th
1998/99 Viennese EV OIL 49 13 19th 32 46
1999/00 Berlin Capitals DEL 32 6th 16 22nd 34 7th 0 3 3 4th
2000/01 Berlin Capitals DEL 60 6th 21st 27 54 5 0 2 2 4th
2001/02 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 58 0 8th 8th 55 - - - - -
2002/03 DEG Metro Stars DEL 42 6th 13 19th 40 - - - - -
2003/04 DEG Metro Stars DEL 52 5 15th 20th 50 4th 0 2 2 8th
2004/05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 50 3 12 15th 34 - - - - -
2005/06 EC Red Bull Salzburg OIL 44 7th 11 18th 28 11 1 1 2 12
2006/07 EC Red Bull Salzburg OIL 54 10 33 43 70 8th 2 3 5 8th
2007/08 EC Red Bull Salzburg OIL 59 3 19th 22nd 26th 15th 0 6th 6th 4th
2008/09 EK Zell am See ÖNL 23 4th 18th 22nd 22nd 8th 1 3 4th 0
Total oil 494 83 198 281 270 34 3 10 13 24
DEL total 389 32 102 134 342 36 2 12 14th 26th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. Ulrich coach of the U18 national team , accessed on October 8, 2009.
  2. Perpetual statistics of the senior national team ( memento from April 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 15, 2011.

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