Claus Dalpiaz (born October 10, 1971 in

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The grea ...

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) is an

n former

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. Dalpiaz began his career in

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with two seasons with the Rosenheim Star Bulls, quickly establishing himself as the team's starting goalie. He then moved the

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for three seasons before returning to the Star Bulls. In 1997 he briefly played for the

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but after two games with the team he returned to Rosenheim. In 1999, he departed from the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and moved to the 2nd Bundesliga to play for

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. In 2000, he went back to Austria and signed with

HC TWK Innsbruck HC Tiroler Wasserkraft Innsbruck is an Austrian professional ice hockey team in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). They play their home games at OlympiaWorld Innsbruck complex in Innsbruck. History The club was founded in 1994 as HC Innsbruck ...

where he spent seven seasons as the team's starting goalie. He played for Graz 2007-2008 and for Starbulls Rosenheim from 2008 to 2010. Since 2011 he is trainer for HC Kufstein.

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* 1971 births Living people Austrian ice hockey goaltenders Graz 99ers players Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Kassel Huskies players Olympic ice hockey players for Austria People from Kufstein Starbulls Rosenheim players Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) {{austria-icehockey-bio-stub