Dominik Bittner (born June 10, 1992) is a German professional

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currently playing for

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of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Playing with the Jungadler Mannheim, the junior Team of the Adler Mannheim, Dominik Bittner won the German junior championships of the

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(DNL) in 2008, 2009 and 2010. During the season 2010/2011 Bittner joined the mannheim partner team

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, in the 2nd Bundesliga which is the second highest senior league in Germany. From the 2nd Bundesliga Bittner went to America, playing for the

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( WHL) for one season. The following season he returned to Mannheim, Germany now playing for the senior team of Adler Mannheim in the DEL which is the major ice hockey league in Germany. After five seasons with Mannheim, Bittner left to sign a two-year contract with fellow DEL outfit,

Schwenninger Wild Wings The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Schwenningen am Neckar in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 31 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the associ ...

on April 21, 2017. At the conclusion of his contract with the Wild Wings following the 2018–19 season, Bittner was announced to have left the club as a free agent. On March 7, 2019, Bittner agreed to a two-year contract through 2021 to join his third DEL club, Grizzlys Wolfsburg.

International play

Playing for junior Team Germany, Bittner participated at the World U17 Hockey Challenge and the

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in 2009. In 2010 he moved up with the U20-team to the top 10 Group of the

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, took part at the U20 Championships in 2011 again. In 2012 he took part at the ''Top Team Sotchi''-challenge, when Team Germany and

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encountered each other to times in two days, with Russia winning the first match after penalty and Germany winning one match in regular time. On 25 January 2022, Bittner was selected to play for Team Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittner, Dominik 1992 births Living people Adler Mannheim players Everett Silvertips players German ice hockey defencemen Grizzlys Wolfsburg players Heilbronner Falken players Schwenninger Wild Wings players People from Weilheim-Schongau Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Germany