| International Aveteran of three Olympics, nine World and European Championships Championships and one Canada Cup tournament ...Played for the German National Team from 1981 to 1995 ... Saw action in 159 international games, scoring 13 goals.
Career Played his first two season in the German Bundesliga with EV Fussen (1979 to 1981) ... Joined Kolner EC in 1981 and played three seasons with that team ... Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the third round, 48th overall, of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft ... He was second among New Jersey defensemen with 24 assists, third with 29 points, in his rookie NHL season of 1984-85 ... Established a Devils record for goals in game by defenseman, recording hat-trick versus the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 31, 1984 ... First player of German origin to play in the NHL (Karl Friesen, who came from Germany and also played for the Devils, was born in Canada) ... Played three years in the NHL (143 games, 19 goals and 54 assists for 73 points) ... Came back to Germany in 1987...Joined Dusseldorfer EG...Won a national champion title with Kolner EC (1983-84) and five titles with Dusseldorfer EG (1990 to 1993 and 1996) ... In 14 seasons in the Bundesliga, he played 697 games, scored 202 goals and added 364 assists for 566 points. |
