Vitali Janke

Vitali Janke
Date of birth	23rd December 1976
place of birth	Temirtau , Kazakh SSR
size	177 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
number	# 23
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1996-2001	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen
2001-2002	Polar bears Regensburg
2002-2003	1. EV Weiden ETC Crimmitschau
2003-2006	Straubing Tigers
2006–2012	REV Bremerhaven

Vitali Janke (born December 23, 1976 in Temirtau , Kazakh SSR ) is a German - Kazakh ice hockey player who last played for REV Bremerhaven from the 2nd Bundesliga .

Career

Janke began his career in 1996 at EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen , with whom he was active in the then second-highest German division, the 1st League North. A season later, the trained defender joined the league competitor EC Hannover Turtles . He stayed there for only a few months, however, and after 34 games he played for the Turtles, he moved back to EC Wilhelmshaven. At the EC he was able to develop into one of the top performers in the team, scoring 40 points in 49 games during the 1998/99 season . In summer 2001 he first signed a contract with Eisbären Regensburg before he was signed by Berlin Capitals during the 2001/02 season , with whom he ended up after a 3: 4 defeat in a best of seven series against Schwenninger Wild Wings was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga.

He then moved to the major league for EV Weiden and after only 25 appearances on to ETC Crimmitschau . There he should help to keep the league, which finally succeeded in the play-downs. In 2003, those in charge of the Straubing Tigers became aware of the then 23-year-old and made him a contract offer. Janke decided to switch and from then on went on the ice for the Tigers. In Straubing he was one of the defenders with the highest points in the team and was able to celebrate promotion to the German Ice Hockey League at the end of the 2005/06 season . In the following season Janke made another 18 appearances in the German elite league before joining REV Bremerhaven from the 2nd Bundesliga during the season, which he had previously played with the Straubing Tigers in the 2005/05 season. off finals to defeat promotion. Vitali Janke has been under contract with REV since then.

On October 15, 2006 he was able to set a new DEL record together with the Berlin players Patrick Jarrett and Norman Martens , as well as with his teammate Per Eklund , during a game of his club at the time, the Straubing Tigers against the Eisbären Berlin . With his goal to make it 1: 3, Vitali Janke was one of the three or four goalscorers who scored a goal within 26 seconds (previously 28 seconds) and 59 seconds (previously 75 seconds).

DEL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	2	26th	1	3	4th	45
Playdowns	1	4th	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2008/09 season)

Web links

• Vitali Janke at hockeydb.com (English)
• Vitali Janke at eurohockey.com