Thor Dresler

Thor Dresler
Date of birth	March 10, 1979
place of birth	Herlev , Denmark
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Left wing
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 1998	Herlev Hornets
1998-1999	Hvidovre ishockey
1999-2001	Herlev Hornets
2001-2002	Gislaveds SK
2002-2003	IF Troy-Ljungby
2003-2006	Herlev Hornets
2006	IFK Arboga IK
2006-2007	Herlev Hornets
2007-2008	Odense Bulldogs
2008-2010	Herning Blue Fox
2010-2011	Hvidovre league hockey
since 2011	Herlev Hornets

Thor Dresler (born March 10, 1979 in Herlev ) is a Danish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Herlev Hornets in the AL-Bank Ligaen since 2011 .

Career

Thor Dresler began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Herlev Hornets , for whose senior team he was active from 1995 to 1998 in the 1st division , the second Danish division. In the 1998/99 season he made his debut for the professional team of Hvidovre Ishockey in the AL-Bank Ligaen . He then returned to Herlev, which in the meantime had also been promoted to the highest Danish league. In Herlev he stayed for two years until 2001 before he spent one season each at Gislaveds SK and IF Troja-Ljungby in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division. From 2003 to 2007 he ran again for the Herlev Hornets, where he ended the 2005/06 season at the Swedish second division IFK Arboga IK .

Dresler spent the 2007/08 season with the Odense Bulldogs in the AL-Bank Ligaen. He then played for two years for the then reigning champions Herning Blue Fox , where he was even team captain in his second year. In the 2010/11 season he was on the ice for his former club Hvidovre League Hockey before returning to the Herlev Hornets for the following season .

International

For Denmark , Dresler took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B European Championships in 1996 and 1997 as well as the U20 Junior C World Championship in 1997 and the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1999 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Cup in 2002 and the A World Cup in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
• 2016 Danish champion with Esbjerg Energy (as assistant trainer )

AL-Bank-Ligaen statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	12	415	116	172	288	174
Playoffs	6th	54	12	18th	30th	30th

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Thor Dresler at hockeydb.com (English)
• Thor Dresler at eliteprospects.com (English)