Patrick Köppchen

Patrick Köppchen
Date of birth	June 21, 1980
place of birth	Berlin , Germany
size	180 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-1997	Eisbären Juniors Berlin
1997-1998	Nepawal Manitoba
1998-1999	Harzer Wolves Braunlage
1999-2001	TSV Erding
2001-2002	Munich Barons
2002-2004	Hamburg Freezers
2004-2011	Hanover Scorpions
2011-2013	Hamburg Freezers
2013-2017	ERC Ingolstadt
2017-2018	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2018-2019	Düsseldorfer EG

Patrick Köppchen (born June 21, 1980 in Berlin ) is a former German ice hockey player who last played in the German ice hockey league for Düsseldorfer EG .

Career

Patrick Köppchen began his career in his hometown with the Eisbären Berlin , where he went through all youth teams. In 1997, the defender moved to Nepawal Manitoba for a year in the Junior A League of the North American Youth League WHL. The left shooter then played for a year for Braunlager EHC / Harz and two seasons for TSV Erding . In the 2000/01 season , Köppchen was also entitled to play for the Munich Barons in the DEL with a sponsorship license and received first missions there. From the following season, the defender played exclusively for the Barons and, after they moved to Hamburg , for the Hamburg Freezers . For the 2004/05 season , Köppchen signed a contract with league rivals Hannover Scorpions . In the 2008/09 season he reached second place with the Scorpions in the DEB Cup and second place in regular time in the DEL. In addition, Köppchen was again nominated for the DEL All-Star Game by the fans .

Patrick Köppchen (2012)

Köppchen was German champion with the Hannover Scorpions in the 2009/10 season . In 2011 he returned to the Freezers, for whom he played until the end of the 2012/13 season. From the 2013/14 season he was under contract with ERC Ingolstadt , with whom he won his second championship title in the first season and was elected MVP of the playoffs. He was also the team captain of the Panthers in the 2014/15 season .

In January 2015 he was the tenth player to reach 800 DEL games, although he had not missed a league game from November 2007 and played his 500th DEL game in a row in October 2015. In November 2016, he became the ninth player to reach 900 DEL games.

In the summer of 2017, Köppchen separated from the ERC and switched to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . In his only season with the Franks, he reached the semi-finals of the championship round with the team.

At the beginning of May 2018, the Düsseldorfer EG  Köppchen signed for the 2018/19 season . On November 27, 2018, he completed his team's 3: 4 away defeat against Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven as the fourth player after Mirko Lüdemann , Nikolaus Mondt and Daniel Kreutzer, his 1000th DEL game.

After the 2018/19 season, he underwent shoulder surgery and ended his career in February 2020.

International

At the European Junior Championships in 1997, Köppchen made his debut for a DEB selection. In the following years he was always part of the squad of the junior teams at major tournaments. For the senior national team , the defender first took part in an ice hockey world championship in 2002 and has since been part of the extended squad.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 German champion with the Hannover Scorpions
• 2014 German champion with the ERC Ingolstadt
• 2014 MVP of the DEL playoffs

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1996/97	Eisbären Berlin Juniors	Jun.		35	9	31	40
1997/98	Nepawal Manitoba	WHL Jun. A.		60	3	21st	24
1998/99	Braunlager EHC / Harz	2nd BL		55	1	4th	5	56
1999/00	TSV Erding	OIL		63	7th	30th	37	82
2000/02	TSV Erding	2nd BL		45	11	21st	32	90		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Munich Barons	DEL		4th	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
2001/02	Munich Barons	DEL		59	3	4th	7th	32		9	0	0	0	8th
2002/03	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		52	2	5	7th	34		5	0	0	0	0
2003/04	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		49	1	5	6th	24		10	0	1	1	4th
2004/05	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		49	4th	13	17th	38		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		52	2	16	18th	66		10	1	5	6th	14th
2006/07	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		22nd	2	9	11	10		6th	0	1	1	2
2007/08	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		55	1	16	17th	36		3	0	0	0	4th
2008/09	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		52	2	13	15th	24		11	0	1	1	6th
2009/10	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		56	2	8th	10	24		11	0	2	2	2
2010/11	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		52	1	17th	18th	28		5	0	3	3	2
2011/12	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		52	1	19th	20th	34		5	0	0	0	4th
2012/13	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		52	1	25th	26th	40		6th	0	2	2	6th
2013/14	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		52	4th	8th	12	26th		21st	4th	10	14th	6th
2014/15	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		52	3	15th	18th	42		18th	0	3	3	2
2015/16	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		43	1	6th	7th	14th		2	0	1	1	0
2016/17	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		50	3	18th	21st	16		2	0	0	0	16
2017/18	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		37	0	10	10	12		12	1	5	6th	0
2018/19	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2. Bundesliga overall				100	12	25th	37	146		0	0	0	0	0
DEL total				861	33	209	242	494		137	6th	34	40	76

( 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

• Patrick Köppchen at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Patrick Köppchen at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ erc-ingolstadt.de Köppchen in front of the 800th DEL game , January 10, 2015, accessed on January 13, 2015
2. ↑ del.org Impressive: Ingolstadt's Patrick Köppchen stood 500 DEL games in a row on the ice ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ erc-ingolstadt.de Anniversaries for Köppchen and Kohl , November 30, 2016, accessed on December 20, 2016
4. ↑ Ingolstadt: After the contract at ERC Ingolstadt is terminated, Patrick Köppchen changes to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers. In: donaukurier.de. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017 . 
5. ↑ https://www.deg-eishockey.de/2018/05/erlebnis-pur-deg-holt-verteidiger-patrick-koeppchen/
6. ^ Roman Grombach: 3: 4 in Bremerhaven: DEG loses at Köppchen's anniversary . In: RP ONLINE . ( rp-online.de [accessed on November 28, 2018]).
7. ↑ Great upheaval in the squad of the Düsseldorfer EG: Twelve departures for different reasons. In: eishockey-magazin.de. April 5, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 . 
8. ↑ RP ONLINE: Resignation in the video: DEG professional Patrick Köppchen ends his ice hockey career. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .