German ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Daniel Kreutzer (born October 23, 1979) is a German retired professional ice hockey forward who spent most of his career with Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[1][2][3]
Career
Having come through the youth ranks of Düsseldorfer EG, Kreutzer made his debut in the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in the 1996-97 season. After spending time with Revier Löwen Oberhausen and the Kassel Huskies between 1997 and 2002, he returned to Düsseldorf and became a pillar of the DEG side. Kreutzer reached the finals with the Düsseldorf team in 2006 and 2009, but would never win the German championship. A long-time DEG team captain, he appeared in a total of 1060 DEL contests, scoring 270 goals, while assisting on 529 more. He announced his retirement on August 17, 2017.[4] Internationally, Kreutzer won 201 caps for the German men's national team, participating in the 2002 and 2006 Olympic Games and several world championships.[5]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
|
|
Regular season
|
|
Playoffs
|
Season
|
Team
|
League
|
GP
|
G
|
A
|
Pts
|
PIM
|
GP
|
G
|
A
|
Pts
|
PIM
|
1994–95
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEU U18
|
19
|
27
|
27
|
54
|
55
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1994–95
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEU U20
|
24
|
8
|
19
|
27
|
22
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1996–97
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
14
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1996–97
|
EV Duisburg
|
DEU.2
|
14
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
30
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1997–98
|
Revierlöwen Oberhausen
|
DEL
|
34
|
3
|
8
|
11
|
55
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1998–99
|
Kassel Huskies
|
DEL
|
49
|
8
|
12
|
20
|
76
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1999–2000
|
Kassel Huskies
|
DEL
|
52
|
7
|
16
|
23
|
91
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
16
|
2000–01
|
Kassel Huskies
|
DEL
|
60
|
12
|
29
|
41
|
89
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
2001–02
|
Kassel Huskies
|
DEL
|
60
|
16
|
30
|
46
|
54
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
2002–03
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
52
|
8
|
25
|
33
|
92
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
2003–04
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
50
|
26
|
26
|
52
|
78
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
2004–05
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
52
|
19
|
32
|
51
|
54
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2005–06
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
51
|
21
|
36
|
57
|
85
|
14
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
32
|
2006–07
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
44
|
14
|
30
|
44
|
70
|
9
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
22
|
2007–08
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
34
|
6
|
13
|
19
|
83
|
11
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
10
|
2008–09
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
49
|
18
|
25
|
43
|
113
|
16
|
3
|
10
|
13
|
10
|
2009–10
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
54
|
19
|
34
|
53
|
107
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
14
|
2010–11
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
52
|
18
|
34
|
52
|
32
|
9
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
22
|
2011–12
|
DEG Metro Stars
|
DEL
|
51
|
10
|
34
|
44
|
42
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
8
|
18
|
2012–13
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
42
|
11
|
21
|
32
|
82
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2013–14
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
17
|
4
|
11
|
15
|
55
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2014–15
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
52
|
14
|
28
|
42
|
50
|
12
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
14
|
2015–16
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
51
|
8
|
21
|
29
|
36
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
2016–17
|
Düsseldorfer EG
|
DEL
|
17
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
10
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
DEL totals
|
937
|
247
|
471
|
718
|
1360
|
123
|
23
|
58
|
81
|
188
|
International
Year
|
Team
|
Event
|
|
GP
|
G
|
A
|
Pts
|
PIM
|
1996
|
Germany
|
EJC
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
1997
|
Germany
|
WJC
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1997
|
Germany
|
EJC
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
1998
|
Germany
|
WJC
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
1999
|
Germany
|
WJC B
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
1999
|
Germany
|
WC B
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
16
|
2000
|
Germany
|
OGQ
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2000
|
Germany
|
WC B
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
12
|
2001
|
Germany
|
OGQ
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2001
|
Germany
|
WC
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
2002
|
Germany
|
OG
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2002
|
Germany
|
WC
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
27
|
2003
|
Germany
|
WC
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
2004
|
Germany
|
WC
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
2004
|
Germany
|
WCH
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2005
|
Germany
|
WC
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
2006
|
Germany
|
OG
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2006
|
Germany
|
WC D1
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
2007
|
Germany
|
WC
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
2009
|
Germany
|
WC
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2010
|
Germany
|
WC
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
2011
|
Germany
|
WC
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Junior totals
|
26
|
4
|
10
|
14
|
28
|
Senior totals
|
96
|
16
|
28
|
44
|
99
|
References
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