Thomas Merkel

Thomas Merkel ( May 5, 1964 - September 15, 2015 ) was a German ice hockey player who played in the 2nd Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt and the Heilbronner EC .

Player career

The striker began his career with the Eintracht Frankfurt ice hockey team , for which he was on the ice in the 2nd Bundesliga between 1983 and 1985 . Merkel then moved to the upper division Heilbronner EC , with whom he rose to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1987 . In six years, interrupted by a one-year break due to the insolvency of the club in 1989, Merkel completed 269 league appearances for the HEC and is still third in the club's internal record player list. The attacker ended his career after the 1995/96 season with third division club SC Bietigheim-Bissingen .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
1983/84	Eintracht Frankfurt	2nd BL		19th	2	2	4th	2
1984/85	Eintracht Frankfurt	2nd BL		42	4th	15th	19th	15th
1986/87	Heilbronn EC	OIL		42	52	55	107	14th
1987/88	Heilbronn EC	2nd BL		49	10	16	26th	10
1988/89	Heilbronn EC	2nd BL		48	13	13	26th	0
1990/91	Heilbronn EC	OIL		42	7th	20th	27	22nd
1991/92	Heilbronn EC	OIL		42	6th	13	19th	25th
1992/93	Heilbronn EC	OIL		33	2	10	12	16		13	0	2	2	4th
Oberliga overall				159	67	98	165	77		13	0	2	2	4th
2. Bundesliga overall				158	29	46	75	27		0	0	0	0	0

( 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

• Thomas Merkel at hockeydb.com (English)
• Thomas Merkel at eurohockey.com