Michael Wolf (ice hockey player)

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Michael Wolf
Date of birth January 24, 1981
place of birth Ehenbichl , Austria
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
number # 13
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1998-2001 EV Füssen
2001-2004 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2004-2005 Mosquitoes eat
2005-2014 Iserlohn Roosters
2014-2019 EHC Red Bull Munich

Michael Magnus Wolf (born January 24, 1981 in Ehenbichl , Austria ) is a former German ice hockey player and former national player who was named Player of the Year in 2008 .

Career

Michael Wolf stood on the ice for the first time at the age of five. He began with ice hockey in his hometown of Füssen with the local club EV Füssen . There he went through the junior division and played for the first time as a professional for EV Füssen at the age of seventeen in the 1998/99 season. In his second professional season he rose with his team in the league . At the end of the next season, EV Füssen reached twelfth and last place. Subsequently, however, the team managed to qualify for the league again. Wolf had 13 points scorer in 41 games. For the 2001/02 season he moved with his teammate and friend Florian Jung to the 2nd Bundesliga for SC Bietigheim-Bissingen . For the Steelers, the right-shooter ran for a total of three years. Wolf contributed 62 points in 173 games to the play-off qualifications and three times participation in the semi-finals. In 2004 he was hired by the Mosquitos Essen , where he rose to become the top German scorer in the 2nd division and thereby attracted the attention of some DEL teams. After all, it was the Iserlohn Roosters who provided Wolf with an annual contract with an option for another season.

In the early stages of the 2005/06 season he became one of the top scorers and scored a hat-trick against the Eisbären Berlin . At the end of the season, Wolf was named DEL Rookie of the Year and extended his contract at the beginning of March 2006 to the end of the 2006/07 season , and finally to 2008 in July . In his second season, the attacker built on the previous year's performance and was once again one of the pillars of the team that reached eleventh place. In the 2007/08 season , Wolf played a major role in his team's first playoff qualification. Together with his strike partner Robert Hock , he led an offensively oriented team to fifth place after the regular season. Wolf became the top scorer of the DEL season with 44 goals and the most successful German since Dieter Hegen . His 18 power play goals were also the best in the league. Hock booked the most assists and was able to secure the title of top scorer. As a result of his exceptional performance during the season, he was named nationwide best ice hockey player by the specialist magazine Ice Hockey News and received numerous other awards. During the season, the striker had extended his contract until 2010 despite numerous other offers. During the season, Wolf was several times by NHL - Scouts have been observed, but was ultimately not an offer, even though the national coach and former NHL player Uwe Krupp Wolf zutraute the plunge and it recommended. In the 2008/09 season , Wolf missed the title of top scorer by two hits. Even with the Roosters, he could not qualify for the play-offs. Nevertheless, he was again one of the best players on the team with his strike partner Robert Hock. The 2009/10 season started well for Wolf, alongside Hock and Quinn Hancock , scoring ten goals in their first eleven games. In November 2009, Wolf first took a position on where he would play next season, as rumors surfaced again that he will definitely switch to a top team in the league. The Roosters are his first point of contact because he doesn't necessarily have to leave Iserlohn. On December 8th, the Sauerlanders announced the extension of the contract by two years, with which they could again assert themselves against the financially stronger competition.

“The general sporting conditions and the people here in Iserlohn made the decision very easy for me. I believe in the development of this club and would like to see the success that this concept will bring to the roosters. "

- Michael Wolf : [1]

In terms of sport, the team reached 11th place and could not qualify for the finals. Wolf, again the Iserlohn's top scorer, finished third in the league with 29 goals. Also in the following round of 2010/11, the club from the Sauerland missed the play-offs with twelfth place in the main round, although Michael Wolf was the top scorer in the DEL for the second time in his career. He scored 34 goals and was third in the scorer ranking with 55 points. In the summer of 2011, he repeatedly proved that Wolf's "sporting home" is the Sauerland by extending his current contract until the end of the 2014/15 season.

"The Roosters are my sporting home, I identify with this club and its fans."

- Michael Wolf : [2]

For the 2013/14 season , Wolf took over the position of captain of the team, as the contract of long-time team captain Robert Hock was not extended. In June 2014, Wolf asked for an early termination of the Roosters contract for private reasons and switched to league competitor EHC Red Bull Munich , with whom he became German champions in 2016, 2017 and 2018. On January 17, 2019, Wolf announced the end of his career at the end of the 2018/2019 season and ended his playing career on April 26, 2019 after a loss to the new champions Adler Mannheim .

International

In 2001, Wolf participated in the Division I U-20 World Youth Championship in part. In 2005 he was appointed to the senior squad for test matches for the first time. In preparation for the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2006 World Cup , Wolf was part of the squad and was only removed from the squad shortly before the start of national coach Uwe Krupp. A year later, Michael Wolf made the leap into the team at the 2007 World Cup in Russia , which managed to stay up. The attacker (5 goals / 3 assists) formed the most successful German assault row with Michael Hackert (3 T / 4 A) and Philip Gogulla (0 T / 5 A) and played a decisive role in the jump into the second round. After the World Cup, the German top scorer was voted the best German player along with Michael Hackert and Michael Bakos . A year later, the team reached the second round again at the 2008 World Cup in Canada . This time too, Wolf played together with his usual storm partners and was voted the best German player together with Marco Sturm and Chris Schmidt under the eyes of a few NHL scouts who became aware of him through his outstanding DEL season . In preparation for the 2009 Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland , Wolf was on the ice in all games and scored a total of six goals, including a hat-trick against Denmark's selection . Then, as expected, he received his third World Cup nomination. At the end of the tournament Germany was relegated to sport after losing five out of six games. Wolf himself could not score for the first time and only prepared Michael Bakos' 2-1 winner in the game against Hungary . Overall, none of the team's players managed to perform as expected.

On December 30, 2009, Uwe Krupp Wolf, who by then had already scored 18 goals this season, nominated for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . He was only the second player after Siggi Suttner in the history of Iserlohn ice hockey to travel to the Winter Olympics. For Wolf, according to his own statement, a childhood dream came true that he had worked towards throughout his career. During the tournament he could not score a scorer point and acted inconspicuously in the German squad, which included seven players from the NHL. At the 2010 Ice Hockey World Championship , Wolf wore the “A” on his chest and scored 1-0 against the USA in front of 77,803 spectators in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen in the opening game and world record game . He also contributed to the advancement of the German team in the other preliminary round matches. In the second round match against Russia, Wolf prepared a goal from Christian Ehrhoff . With the team he made it to the semi-finals, where they lost again to Russia. In the game for third place they lost to Sweden . This time, Wolf stood out because of his good play and assertiveness in the corners, but he missed a few counter-opportunities during the tournament, so the striker only scored one goal. Nevertheless, the Iserlohner contributed to the best World Cup result in 57 years in a homogeneous team.

At the 2011 World Cup in Slovakia , the native Ehenbichler was the captain of the German team, who won their first ever group game against Russia at a World Cup. After the 4-3 victory over the hosts in the second game, the DEB selection was group winners in the preliminary round for the first time since 1933. In the 3-2 win after penalty shootout against Slovenia in the last preliminary round encounter, which was also the striker's 100th international match, Michael Wolf scored his first goal at this event.

After the 2015 ice hockey world championship in the Czech Republic, Wolf announced his retirement from the German national ice hockey team. At this World Cup he had made a significant contribution to staying up with 4 goals scored. In total, he has participated in seven ice hockey world championships and one participation in the Olympic Winter Games in his national team career for Germany . Michael Wolf scored 53 goals in a total of 152 international matches.

Inline hockey and inline skater hockey

Wolf also plays in the first inline hockey Bundesliga DIHL with the Rolling Wanderers Germering and took part in the IIHF inline hockey world championships in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 and 2012 with the German national inline hockey team. Wolf achieved his greatest success so far with the national inline hockey team in 2012 when Germany became vice world champion. He was also the top scorer in this tournament with ten goals.

Wolf also plays sporadically in the second Bundesliga North at the inline skater hockey club Sauerland Steel Bulls eV

Style of play and DEL records

Wolf's shot is considered precise and variable. In the 2007/08 season he scored 44 goals, which no other German player in the DEL had before. As a result, he was also voted Player of the Year. In the defensive game, Wolf is characterized by good fore and backchecking , as a result of his readiness for action and combat, the attacker is also regularly given time to play in outnumbered situations. In power play , he can take on the role of the blue line in addition to the striker position, so the attacker scores about a third of his goals in excess. Furthermore, Wolf often acts as a shooter for his teams in penalty shootouts .

With 337 goals scored, Wolf is the second most successful goalscorer in DEL history behind Patrick Reimer (340 goals). In addition, with 658 scorer points, he is fourth in the all-time DEL scorer rating (as of August 2019).

Wolf is the player with the most goals (233) and scorer points (452), the second most assists (219) and games (475) and the third most penalty minutes (469) of the Iserlohn Roosters since its existence in the DEL.

On March 20, 2008, Wolf decided what was then the longest game in German ice hockey history when he scored 3-2 against the Frankfurt Lions in the second quarter-final game after 117:47 minutes . Two days later there was a game in Cologne that ended in the sixth overtime after 168:16 minutes.

Achievements and Awards

ice Hockey

  • 2000 Promotion to the league with EV Füssen
  • 2006 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2006 DEL rookie of the year
  • 2006 DEL All Star Game
  • 2007 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2008 DEL top scorer
  • 2008 DEL All Star Game
  • 2008 DEL player of the year
  • 2008 DEL best winger
  • 2008 Best German player in the DEL
  • 2008 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2009 DEL All Star Game
  • 2009 Best German player in the DEL
  • 2009 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2010 fourth place at the ice hockey world championship
  • 2010 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2011 DEL best winger
  • 2011 DEL top scorer
  • 2011 Iserlohn's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2013 DEL best striker
  • 2016 German champion with the EHC Red Bull Munich
  • 2016 MVP of the DEL playoffs
  • 2017 German champion with the EHC Red Bull Munich
  • 2018 German champion with the EHC Red Bull Munich

Inline hockey

  • 2007 German inline hockey champion
  • 2007 bronze medal at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2007 Best goalscorer of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2007 Best striker of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2007 All-Star-Team of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2008 bronze medal of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2009 bronze medal at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2012 silver medal at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
  • 2012 Best goalscorer of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Career statistics

ice Hockey

Michael Wolf (r.) Together with Erich Goldmann (l.) And Robert Hock (center) at the 2007 season closing ceremony
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T A. Pt SM Sp T A. Pt SM
1998/99 EV Füssen 2nd Lg 3 0 1 1 0
1999/00 EV Füssen RL 54 14th 15th 29 36
2000/01 EV Füssen OIL 41 9 4th 13 53
2001/02 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 2nd BL 51 9 9 18th 24 2 0 0 0 0
2002/03 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 2nd BL 56 9 13 22nd 48 7th 2 1 3 2
2003/04 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 2nd BL 49 7th 9 16 16 8th 0 3 3 4th
2004/05 Mosquitoes eat 2nd BL 52 24 33 57 26th - - - - -
2005/06 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 20th 17th 37 54 - - - - -
2006/07 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 51 17th 21st 38 92 - - - - -
2007/08 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 56 44 27 71 34 6th 2 2 4th 29
2008/09 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 27 28 55 32 - - - - -
2009/10 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 29 27 56 44 - - - - -
2010/11 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 34 21st 55 63 - - - - -
2011/12 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 18th 27 45 32 1 0 0 0 0
2012/13 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 23 32 55 38 - - - - -
2013/14 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 40 18th 17th 35 47 9 1 0 1 4th
2014/15 EHC Red Bull Munich DEL 51 16 19th 35 28 4th 1 0 1 29
2015/16 EHC Red Bull Munich DEL 52 20th 16 36 34 14th 8th 2 10 6th
2. Bundesliga overall 208 49 64 113 114 17th 2 4th 6th 6th
DEL total 562 266 252 518 498 34 12 4th 16 39

Ice hockey international

Represented Germany at:

year team event Sp T A. Pt SM
2001 Germany U20 World Cup Div.I 5 0 0 0 4th
2007 Germany WM 6th 5 3 8th 6th
2008 Germany WM 6th 1 2 3 4th
2009 Germany WM 6th 0 1 1 2
2010 Germany Olympia 4th 0 0 0 2
2010 Germany WM 9 1 1 2 2
2011 Germany WM 7th 2 1 3 0
2013 Germany WM 7th 2 2 4th 0
2015 Germany WM 7th 4th 0 4th 0
Juniors overall 5 0 0 0 4th
Men overall 52 15th 10 25th 16

Inline hockey international

year team event Sp T A. Pt SM
2006 Germany WC
2007 Germany WC 6th 7th 4th 11 3
2008 Germany WC 4th 3 2 5 3
2009 Germany WC 6th 4th 6th 10 0
2012 Germany WC 6th 10 4th 14th 0
Men overall 22nd 24 16 40 6th

( 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 )

Personal

At the end of his career he got into the shoe business of his father and aunt in Füssen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EHC Red Bull Munich - Michael Wolf: Verkehrsprobleme in München In: Münchener Abendzeitung, August 26, 2014, accessed on May 31, 2015
  2. ↑ DEL record scorer Michael Wolf ended his career after the season
  3. ↑ EV Füssen on Twitter : A very big German ice hockey player and a young boy from Füssen says hello
    Thank you Michi for everything you have done for German ice hockey, we are proud of you. #geilstezeit #DEL @RickGoldmann @ SPORT1 @BastiSchwele     on April 26, 2019
  4. ↑ Captain Wolf resigns from the DEB selection ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Kölner Rundschau, May 13, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rundschau-online.de
  5. ↑ 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship: Germany becomes vice world champion at the home world championship. (No longer available online.) In: eishockey-24.de. June 7, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 1, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.eishockey-24.de  
  6. ↑ Ice Hockey News special edition 2019/20, page 218
  7. ↑ Ice Hockey News Special Issue 2018/19, page 133
  8. ↑ Ice Hockey News Playoffs 2018, page 12
  9. ↑ Munich's ice hockey star Wolf: From the ice rink to the shoe shop

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personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Michael Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehenbichl , Austria