Martin Buchwieser (born May 28, 1989) is a German professional

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who is signed with

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, a member of the

DEL2 DEL2 (also known as DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany, below the '' Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (DEL) and ahead of the '' Oberliga''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct '' 2nd Bundesliga'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, u ...

Playing career

Buchwieser came through the youth ranks of

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, before joining

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in 2008. He earned promotion to Germany's top-flight

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with the team in 2010 and during that particular season already logged his first DEL minutes with

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 ...

. After his third season with

, his first as captain in

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, Buchwieser was released as a free agent and signed by

Adler Mannheim The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern pa ...

on a two-year contract on April 12, 2013. He won the 2015 German championship with Mannheim and during the offseason was traded to fellow DEL side

Hamburg Freezers The Hamburg Freezers were a German professional men's ice hockey club from Hamburg, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club announced its withdrawal from the DEL and ceased operations on 24 May 2016 when Anschutz Entertainment ...

in May 2016. Later that month, the Freezers folded, Buchwieser became a free agent and was picked up by another DEL team,

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 ...

, a couple of days later.

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* 1989 births Living people Adler Mannheim players Augsburger Panther players Eisbären Berlin players ERC Ingolstadt players Löwen Frankfurt players EHC München players German ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Garmisch-Partenkirchen {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub