Maximilian Forster

Maximilian Forster
Date of birth	September 19, 1990
place of birth	Landshut , Germany
size	181 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 81
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2004-2010	EV Landshut
2010–2012	Straubing Tigers
since 2012	EV Landshut

Maximilian Forster (born September 19, 1990 in Landshut ) is a German ice hockey player who currently plays for EV Landshut in the Oberliga Süd .

Career

Forster in the jersey of the Straubing Tigers (2012).

Forster began his career in his hometown at EV Landshut. There he went through all the youth department and was part of the junior team from the 2004/05 season, with which the then 14-year-old was active in the German youth league. After showing good performances in the DNL and continuously improving, he played for the first time in the 2007/08 season for the professional team, which was then called Landshut Cannibals, in the 2nd Bundesliga. In total, he was used 14 times this season and scored one goal. Since summer 2008 he has been part of the Cannibals' regular squad. At the end of November 2009 he signed a two-year contract with the Straubing Tigers , from the German Ice Hockey League , which is valid from the start of the 2010/11 season . After the contract expired, the winger returned to his home club Landshut Cannibals for the 2012/13 season , for which he initially played in the 2nd Bundesliga , but switched to the Bavarian league rivals ESV Kaufbeuren during the season . In the summer of 2013 he returned to Lower Bavaria, who called themselves again EV Landshut , and played for them in the DEL2 . After the Landshutern was refused the license for the 2015/16 season due to a lack of profitability , he went with them to the third-class Oberliga Süd .

International

Forster took part in the 2008 U18 World Cup with the German U18 national team. Later he was a regular player in the German U20 team and took part in the 2009 U20 World Junior Championship in the top division . There he played three games and scored an assist . However, he could not prevent the German team from relegating to Division I. In the following year he played with the German offspring in Division I and achieved immediate promotion.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005/06	EV Landshut	DNL		22nd	2	2	4th	10		6th	0	1	1	2
2006/07	EV Landshut	DNL		35	7th	5	12	61		2	0	0	0	2
2007/08	EV Landshut	DNL		27	14th	13	27	100		3	0	2	2	6th
2007/08	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		10	1	0	1	4th		4th	0	0	0	0
2008/09	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		33	4th	2	6th	55		6th	1	0	1	2
2009/10	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		48	10	15th	25th	24		4th	0	0	0	2
2010/11	Straubing Tigers	DEL		52	4th	1	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		8th	2	3	5	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Straubing Tigers	DEL		33	0	4th	4th	4th		8th	0	1	1	2
2011/12	EV Regensburg	OIL		21st	11	1	12	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		16	3	4th	7th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	ESV Kaufbeuren	2nd BL		32	5	9	14th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	EV Landshut	DEL2		53	10	18th	28	32		14th	0	2	2	27
2014/15	EV Landshut	DEL2		51	5	8th	13	14th		7th	0	3	3	0
DNL total				89	23	20th	43	171		11	0	3	3	10
Oberliga overall				21st	11	1	12	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2. Bundesliga / DEL2 overall				251	40	59	99	151		35	1	5	6th	31
DEL total				85	4th	5	9	8th		8th	0	1	1	2

( 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 )

Web links

• Maximilian Forster at eurohockey.com
• Maximilian Forster at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tigershockey.de, Maximilian Forster first new addition for the 2010/11 season