Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970) is a German former

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. During his playing career he was described as a two-way player and a

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specialist.

Professional career

He started his career in 1987-88 with

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, playing there for six seasons until moving to EC Hedos München in 1993-94 and, in mid-season, to the

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their hom ...

in 1994-95, playing on two consecutive championship teams. In 1997, he moved to TSV Erding for one season before transferring to the

Kassel Huskies The EC Kassel Huskies are a professional ice hockey club based in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. The club currently competes in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. The Huskies were founded in 1977 and have competed in the top five levels o ...

where he would go on to captain the team. In 2006-07, he left the Huskies to sign a two-year contract with the

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. ...

, where his younger brother,

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, also played.

International career

Abstreiter has represented

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on thirteen different occasions, both as a junior and as a professional. He has totalled five goals and seven assists in 26 games as a junior and four goals and 17 assists in 48 games as a professional. He last played professionally for Germany at the

2004 World Cup of Hockey The 2004 World Cup of Hockey was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the second installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, eight years after the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey. It was held from August 3 ...

, where he went scoreless in four games.
Abstreiter played for Germany in a total of six

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. Furthermore, he participated in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

, finishing eighth in the tournament. Abstreiter was also the head coach of team

at the 2021 World Juniors. He led Germany to the quarter finals for the first time in history.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1970 births Living people German ice hockey centres Germany men's national ice hockey team coaches Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Kassel Huskies players Kölner Haie players EV Landshut players Mad Dogs München players Olympic ice hockey players of Germany Sportspeople from Landshut Straubing Tigers players {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub