Ralf Hantschke

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Ralf Hantschke
Born (1965-05-27) 27 May 1965 (age 58)
Bad Muskau, East Germany
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for SG Dynamo/PEV/ES Weißwasser
Landshut Cannibals
Newcastle Cobras
Frankfurt Lions
EHC Leipziger Eislöwen
National team  East Germany
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1984–2004

Ralf Hantschke (born 27 May 1965) is a German former ice hockey player and the current general manager of the Lausitzer Füchse.[1]

Career[edit]

Hantschke began his career in 1984, playing for SG Dynamo Weißwasser in the DDR-Oberliga.[2] He won the Oberliga with his team in 1989 and 1990. Following the Reunification of Germany in 1990, Hantschke played for PEV Weißwasser in the Eishockey-Bundesliga. Hantschke played for them until 1992, when he joined EV Landshut. For Landshut, he played two seasons in the Bundesliga and two more in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (which had replaced the Bundesliga as the top-level German league in 1994). Hantschke then joined the Newcastle Cobras of the British Ice Hockey Superleague for the 1996-97 season, before returning to the DEL with the Frankfurt Lions the following season. He retired after the 2003-04 season spent with EHC Leipziger Eislöwen in the fourth-level Regionalliga.[3]

International[edit]

Hantschke played for the East Germany national ice hockey team in the top-level World Championships in 1985, as well as in the B Pool in 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990.

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