Yasin Ehliz (born 30 December 1992) is a

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professional

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who is currently playing for

EHC Red Bull München Eishockeyclub Red Bull München (or EHC Red Bull München; English: ''Munich Red Bulls Ice Hockey Club'') is a professional ice hockey team based in Munich, Germany. The club is a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the highest level of pl ...

of the

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(DEL).

Playing career

A product of Tölzer Löwen, Ehliz moved to the

Nürnberg Ice Tigers The Nürnberg Ice Tigers are a professional ice hockey club located in Nuremberg, Germany. They play in the country's premier league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. History The roots of the team can be traced back to SG Nürnberg, an ice hockey cl ...

of the German

(DEL) in 2010. He played for the Ice Tigers in the DEL until 2018 before on 11 June 2018, he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the

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of the

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(NHL). For Calgary's AHL affiliate, the

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, he appeared in four games in the early stages of the 2018–19 season. In early November 2018, he was placed on unconditional waivers. He subsequently returned to Germany, and signed with Red Bull München on 7 November 2018.

International play

Ehliz was named to the

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for competition at the

2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tourname ...

. He won a silver medal with Team Germany at the

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and also represented Germany at the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1992 births Living people German ice hockey right wingers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics EHC München players Olympic ice hockey players for Germany Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Bad Tölz Ice hockey people from Upper Bavaria Stockton Heat players Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub