Olaf Scholz (ice hockey player)

Olaf Scholz
Date of birth	March 11, 1968
place of birth	Dusseldorf , Germany
size	177 cm
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1985-1987	Düsseldorfer EG
1987-1988	SC Solingen
1988-1990	EHC Essen-West
1990-1992	Düsseldorfer EG
1992-1995	Frankfurt Lions
1995-1997	EC Ratingen
1997-2000	EC Bad Nauheim
2000-2001	Ratinger Ice Aliens
2001-2002	EV Duisburg
2002-2003	Grefrather EC

Olaf Scholz (born March 11, 1968 in Düsseldorf ) is a former German ice hockey player who during his career played for the Düsseldorfer EG in the Bundesliga and for the Frankfurt Lions and the EC Ratingen in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

The 1.77 m tall attacker completed his first professional missions for his home club Düsseldorfer EG in the 1985/86 season , where he was unable to establish himself as a regular player. For this reason, Scholz moved to the 2nd Bundesliga North , where he was initially on the ice for SC Solingen and later for two seasons for EHC Essen-West .

For the 1990/91 season the striker returned to DEG, with whom he, this time as a regular player, was able to win the German championship in both 1991 and 1992 . Olaf Scholz then moved to the third-class league for the Frankfurt ESC , with which he first rose to the 2nd Bundesliga and finally qualified for the newly founded German Ice Hockey League , in which the club's professional team participated under the name Frankfurt Lions .

During the first DEL season with the Lions, the left-handed shooter signed a contract with league competitor EC Ratingen , for whom Scholz played two and a half more years in the highest German ice hockey league. After the 1996/97 season , the striker moved to the second-rate first division North to EC Bad Nauheim , with which he was able to win the league runner- up in 1998 and 1999 , but missed the return to the DEL in each case.

In the 2000/01 season , Olaf Scholz joined the upper division Ratinger Ice Aliens . After two more years with the second division EV Duisburg and the regional division Grefrather EC , the attacker ended his active career in 2003 at the age of 35. Then Scholz worked as a youth coach.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
1985/86	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		20th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	SC Solingen	2nd BL		54	30th	50	80	135		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	EHC Essen-West	2nd BL		51	23	37	60	115		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	EHC Essen-West	2nd BL		47	24	40	64	81		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		44	4th	5	9	14th		13	0	1	1	27
1991/92	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		41	7th	8th	15th	12		9	1	1	2	16
1992/93	Frankfurt ESC	OIL		52	38	79	117	93		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Frankfurt ESC	2nd BL		46	12	19th	31	74		6th	2	1	3	12
1994/95	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		22nd	1	6th	7th	51		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	EC Ratingen	DEL		15th	1	8th	9	63		4th	0	2	2	14th
1995/96	EC Ratingen	DEL		48	9	30th	39	108		3	1	0	1	4th
1996/97	EC Ratingen	DEL		43	9	20th	29	72		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	EC Bad Nauheim	1. Lg		63	25th	47	72	249
1998/99	EC Bad Nauheim	BL		42	8th	28	36	96
1999/00	EC Bad Nauheim	2nd BL		57	11	34	45	151
2000/01	Ratinger Ice Aliens	OIL		34	17th	34	51	122		6th	2	4th	6th	14th
2001/02	EV Duisburg	2nd BL		47	3	17th	20th	84		2	0	1	1	4th
2002/03	Grefrather EC	RL		25th	17th	39	56	72		7th	3	9	12	20th
Oberliga overall				86	55	113	168	215		6th	2	4th	6th	14th
2. Bundesliga 1 overall				407	136	272	408	985		8th	2	2	4th	16
1st Bundesliga overall				107	11	16	27	28		22nd	1	2	3	43
DEL total				128	20th	64	84	294		7th	1	2	3	18th

( 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 )
¹ including predecessor / successor leagues "1. League "(1994-1998) and" Bundesliga "(1998-1999)

Web links

• Olaf Scholz at eurohockey.com
• Olaf Scholz at hockeydb.com (English)