Yannic Seidenberg (born 11 January 1984) is a German

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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who currently plays for

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of the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...

(DEL). He is the younger brother of

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Dennis Seidenberg Dennis Marvin Seidenberg (born 18 July 1981) is a Germans, German former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, New Y ...

Playing career

He started his professional career with

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 ...

and signed with the

Medicine Hat Tigers The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) who play in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Divis ...

of the

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before the 2003–04 season. After one year he returned to Germany and signed with

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 ...

; one year later he signed with

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 ...

, where he spent the next four seasons before returning to Mannheim. On 29 April 2013, Seidenberg signed a two-year deal with DEL rival EHC München. He also represented Germany at the

2018 IIHF World Championship The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Herning, held from 4–20 May 2018. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014 in Minsk, Belarus. South Korea made i ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1984 births Adler Mannheim players ERC Ingolstadt players German ice hockey left wingers Kölner Haie players Living people Medicine Hat Tigers players EHC München players People from Villingen-Schwenningen Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Germany Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Germany {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub