Larry Mitchell (born June 2, 1967) is a German-born Canadian professional

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coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as sporting director of

ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt (''Eishockey-und-Rollschuh club'', ) is a German professional ice hockey club that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Commonly known as the Panthers, the team plays its home games at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt. History ...

in the German top-flight

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(DEL) since March 2017.

Playing career

Mitchell spent his early career in his native Canada, playing for the

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in the

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, followed by a stint with

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’s

Cornwall Royals The Cornwall Royals were a junior ice hockey team based in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The team played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981, and the Ontario Hockey League from 1981 to 1992. This team shared its name with o ...

. In 1988, he signed his first contract with a team in Germany, Dinslakener EC of the country’s third tier league. He recorded 70 goals and 59 assists in 38 games for the club. Mitchell then stayed in Germany for the remainder of his professional career, mostly playing for lower league teams. His 14 appearances in the German top-flight

for Krefeld and Hannover came between 1995 and 1997. A proven scorer at the 2. Bundesliga level, he tallied 77 goals and 69 assists for ESC Wedemark during the 1995-96 campaign. Mitchell finished his professional playing career in 2002.

Coaching and managing career

As a head coach, Mitchell guided Oberliga team

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to promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. He then spent seven years as head coach of DEL side

Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion. Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburger EV ...

and was the man behind the team’s impressive run to the 2010 DEL finals, the Panthers’ greatest success since winning the 2. Bundesliga championship in 1994. Under his guidance, Augsburg reached the DEL playoffs four times. The Panthers and Mitchell parted ways in December 2014 after a run of bad results. Only a couple of days later, Mitchell was appointed new head coach of fellow DEL side

Straubing Tigers The Straubing Tigers are a professional men's ice hockey team, based in Straubing, Germany, that competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Straubing plays its home games at the Eisstadion am Pulverturm, which has a capacity of 5,800 spectators. ...

. In the 2015-16 season, he guided the Tigers to the DEL quarterfinals, where they fell short to München, the team that went on to win the championship that year. He parted ways with the Straubing team by mutual consent at the conclusion of the 2016-17 campaign. On March 28, 2017, Mitchell was named sporting director of DEL club

Personal info

Mitchell was born in

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...

, Germany, where his father, a soldier in the Canadian army, served at the time.{{Cite web, title = Eishockeyklub Augsburger Panther: Larry Mitchell - der Schwabenmacher - Sport - Tagesspiegel, url = http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/eishockeyklub-augsburger-panther-larry-mitchell-der-schwabenmacher/11010224.html, website = www.tagesspiegel.de, access-date = 2016-02-21

External links

* http://www.rodi-db.de/player.php?id=2791

References

Ice hockey coaches Wedemark Scorpions players German ice hockey coaches Krefeld Pinguine players Cornwall Royals (OHL) players Canadian ice hockey coaches