Sven Butenschön

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Sven Butenschön
Date of birth March 22, 1976
place of birth Itzehoe , Germany
size 193 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 3rd lap, 57th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1993-1996 Brandon Wheat Kings
1996-1997 Cleveland Lumberjacks
1997-1998 Syracuse crunch
1998-1999 Houston Eros
1999-2001 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2001-2002 Hamilton Bulldogs
2002-2004 New York Islanders
2004-2005 Adler Mannheim
2005-2006 Manitoba mosses
2006-2011 Adler Mannheim
2011-2013 Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Sven Butenschön (born March 22, 1976 in Itzehoe ) is a former German - Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 144 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Edmonton Oilers , New York Islanders and Vancouver between 1993 and 2013 Canucks in the National Hockey League and 430 others for the Adler Mannheim and Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League on the position ofDefender has denied. Between 2008 and 2010 Butenschön was part of the German national team , with which he took part in two world championships at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada . He has been the head coach of the University of British Columbia ice hockey team since summer 2016 .

Career

Player career

Butenschön was born in Itzehoe , but moved to Canada with his parents when he was two years old . Since he has both German and Canadian citizenship, according to the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF , he had to have played in Germany for at least two years before the defender was allowed to be appointed to the German national team for the first time in 2008 .

Butenschön spent his first years in professional ice hockey from 1993 to 1996 with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League . Then the left shooter played a season with the Cleveland Lumberjacks in the International Hockey League . At the NHL Entry Draft 1994 Butenschön was selected in the third round in 57th place by the Pittsburgh Penguins and finally completed his first eight appearances in the National Hockey League in the 1997/98 season . Until 2001, the defender played for the Penguins and their farm teams Syracuse Crunch ( AHL ), Houston Eros (IHL) and from 1999 to 2001 for the Wilkes-Barre Penguins from the AHL. In the minor league , the German-Canadian was considered one of the best defenders and was appointed to the league's all-star game . During the 2000/01 season Butenschön moved to the Edmonton Oilers , here the defender played seven NHL appearances before he again ran for a farm team, this time the Hamilton Bulldogs . In 2002, the left shooter moved to the New York Islanders , and he spent the 2004/05 lockout season in Germany with Adler Mannheim . After another season in the NHL, this time at the Vancouver Canucks , the 2006/07 defender returned to Mannheim, where he signed a contract that was later extended to 2011 and won the German Ice Hockey Cup and the championship with the Eagles . In May 2011 the defender was signed by the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . His contract there ended in 2013.

International

Butenschön was in November 2008, his debut in the German national team , participated in the Germany Cup 2008 , the World Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the 2010 Winter Olympics in part.

Coaching career

Butenschön worked after the end of his playing career from 2013 to 2015 as a trainer for "Leslie Global Sports", the company of Bob Leslie . There he was responsible for training defenders at ice hockey camps.

In the 2015/16 season Butenschön was assistant coach of the ice hockey team at the University of British Columbia and was promoted to head coach in mid-September 2016.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 70 3 19th 22nd 51 4th 0 0 0 6th
1994/95 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 21st 1 5 6th 44 18th 1 2 3 11
1995 Brandon Wheat Kings Memorial Cup 4th 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 70 4th 37 41 99 19th 1 12 13 18th
1996 Brandon Wheat Kings Memorial Cup 4th 0 0 0 4th
1996/97 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 75 3 12 15th 68 10 0 1 1 4th
1997/98 Syracuse crunch AHL 65 14th 23 37 66 5 1 2 3 0
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
1998/99 Houston Eros IHL 57 1 4th 5 81 - - - - -
1998/99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 17th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
1999/00 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 75 19th 21st 40 101 - - - - -
1999/00 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 55 7th 28 35 85 - - - - -
2000/01 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2000/01 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
2001/02 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 61 9 35 44 88 - - - - -
2001/02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2002/03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 36 3 13 16 58 9 3 6th 9 6th
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 37 0 4th 4th 26th - - - - -
2003/04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 5 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2003/04 New York Islanders NHL 41 1 6th 7th 30th 4th 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 1 5 6th 54 14th 0 1 1 16
2005/06 Manitoba mosses AHL 60 15th 22nd 37 30th 13 0 6th 6th 12
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8th 0 0 0 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Adler Mannheim DEL 42 3 3 6th 34 11 1 3 4th 12
2007/08 Adler Mannheim DEL 54 0 6th 6th 42 5 1 1 2 6th
2008/09 Adler Mannheim DEL 49 2 7th 9 42 9 1 0 1 32
2009/10 Adler Mannheim DEL 53 1 12 13 65 2 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Adler Mannheim DEL 33 1 0 1 22nd 6th 0 2 2 0
2011/12 Nuremberg Ice Tigers DEL 49 6th 6th 12 26th - - - - -
2012/13 Nuremberg Ice Tigers DEL 50 2 1 3 64 3 1 0 1 0
WHL overall 161 8th 61 69 194 41 2 14th 16 35
IHL total 132 4th 16 20th 149 10 0 1 1 4th
AHL total 357 67 143 210 432 27 4th 14th 18th 18th
NHL overall 140 2 12 14th 86 4th 0 0 0 0
DEL total 380 16 40 56 351 50 4th 7th 11 66

International

Represented Germany at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Germany Olympic qualification 1st place 3 0 0 0 0
2009 Germany WM 15th place 6th 0 2 2 2
2010 Germany Olympia 11th place 4th 0 0 0 2
2010 Germany WM 4th Place 7th 0 0 0 2
Men overall 20th 0 2 2 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daniel Stolpe: A stranger in the home, or: Welcome to the stranger . In: Welt Online . October 20, 2004 ( welt.de [accessed March 9, 2016]).
  2. ↑ National ice hockey team: Much applause for Mueller and Butenschön. In: www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
  3. ^ Hockey Coaching Staff - Leslie Global Sports. In: www.lgsports.ca. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
  4. ^ University of British Columbia Athletics - 2015-16 Men's Hockey Coaching Staff. In: www.gothunderbirds.ca. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
  5. ^ Butenschon named head coach of UBC Thunderbirds. In: www.brandonsun.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Butenschön, Sven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butenschon, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe , Germany