Maurice Rozenthal

Maurice Rozenthal
Date of birth	June 20, 1975
place of birth	Dunkerque , France
size	177 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1994	Corsaires de Dunkerque
1994-1996	Flammes Bleues de Reims
1996-1997	Club des patineurs lyonnais
1997-2001	Gothiques d'Amiens
2001-2003	IF Björklöven
2003-2004	Dragons de Rouen Leksands IF
2004-2005	Scorpions de Mulhouse
2005-2007	Ours de Villard-de-Lans
2007-2009	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz
2009-2011	Toulouse Blagnac Hockey Club
since 2011	Corsaires de Dunkerque

Maurice Rozenthal (born June 20, 1975 in Dunkerque ) is a French ice hockey player and coach who has been under contract with the Corsaires de Dunkerque in Division 1 , the second French division, since 2011 . His twin brother François is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Maurice Rozenthal began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Corsaires de Dunkerque , for whose professional team he was active from 1992 to 1994 in Division 1 , the second French division. Then the center played for two years for the Flammes Bleues de Reims in the Ligue Magnus and received during this period in the 1994/95 season the trophy Jean-Pierre Graff as Rookie of the Year of the Ligue Magnus. He then played for a year for Reims' league rivals Club des patineurs lyonnais . In the summer of 1997 he signed a contract with the Gothiques d'Amiens , with whom he became French champions for the first time in the 1998/99 season . In Amiens, Rozenthal developed into one of the best players in the league and received the Albert Hassler trophy three times in a row in 1999, 2000 and 2001 as Most Valuable Player of the Ligue Magnus.

For the 2001/02 season Rozenthal signed a contract with IF Björklöven from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division. With his team he failed at the end of the season in the Kvalserien on promotion to the Elitserien . During the season he scored a total of 19 goals in 52 games for the Swedes and made 22 assists. He also spent the following season at IF Björklöven before returning to his French homeland for the 2003/04 season, where he initially played for the Dragons de Rouen in the Ligue Magnus. After he had scored 25 scorer points in 14 games, including nine goals, he was committed for the remainder of the season by Leksands IF from the Swedish Elitserien, with whom he had to accept relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the season.

For the 2004/05 season Rozenthal was obliged by the Scorpions de Mulhouse , with whom he was also French champion. After the club was dissolved for financial reasons, the two-time Olympian played for two years each for the French first division club Ours de Villard-de-Lans and Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz . During his time in Villard-de-Lans, he was awarded the Albert Hassler Trophy for the fourth time in his career as MVP of Ligue Magnus. He was also assistant captain with the Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz. From 2009 to 2011 he was under contract with the Toulouse Blagnac Hockey Club , where he was team captain and with whom he immediately achieved promotion to Division 1 in the 2009/10 season. At the same time as his job in Toulouse, he was assistant coach and video analyst for the French U20 national team at the 2011 U20 Junior C World Cup . For the 2011/12 season he returned to his hometown club Corsaires de Dunkerque from Division 1, where his twin brother is also under contract.

International

For France Rozenthal took part in the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1992 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 1994 and 1995 . In the senior division for France, he took part in the B World Championships in 2001 , 2002 , 2005 and 2006 and in the A World Championships in 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 and 2004 . He was also in his country's squad at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and Salt Lake City in 2002, as well as at the qualifying tournament for the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics .

Achievements and Awards

1995 Jean-Pierre Graff Trophy 1999 French champion with the Gothiques d'Amiens 1999 Albert Hassler Trophy 2000 Albert Hassler Trophy 2001 Albert Hassler Trophy 2005 French champion with the Scorpions de Mulhouse

2005 Ligue Magnus First All-Star Team 2006 Albert Hassler Trophy 2006 Ligue Magnus First All-Star Team 2007 Ligue Magnus Second All-Star Team 2008 Ligue Magnus First All-Star Team 2010 promotion to Division 1 with Toulouse Blagnac HC

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	1	10	0	1	1	2
Allsvenskan main round	2	84	31	35	66	78
Kvalseries	2	14th	0	4th	4th	10

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Maurice Rozenthal at hockeydb.com (English)
• Maurice Rozenthal at eurohockey.com
• Maurice Rozenthal at eliteprospects.com (English)