| Evan Kaufmann | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born | October 31, 1984 Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | DEG Metro Stars Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | ||
| National team |  Germany | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–2015 | ||
Evan Kaufmann (born October 31, 1984) is a German-American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Kaufmann, who is Jewish, [1] was born in Plymouth, Minnesota and graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School at Plymouth in 2003. [2] His great-grandparents were murdered during the Holocaust. [3] At the University of Minnesota, Kaufmann played on the Golden Gophers hockey team and studied accounting at the Carlson School of Management. Kaufmann was a Western Collegiate Hockey Association scholar-athlete pick all four years at Minnesota. [4]
Kaufmann moved to Germany in 2008 and received German citizenship in order to play for the national team, DEG Metro Stars of Deutsche Eishockey Liga. [5]
On February 16, 2012, Kaufmann agreed to leave DEG at season's end and signed with fellow DEL club, Nürnberg Ice Tigers, [6] where he played through the 2014–15 season. In July 2015, he announced his retirement from ice hockey. [7] He played a total of 315 games in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and won 17 caps for the German Men's National Team, including seven outings at the 2012 World Championships. [8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | River City Lancers | USHL | 60 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 29 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 40 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 32 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 45 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 44 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 56 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 52 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 52 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 48 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 47 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| DEL totals | 315 | 92 | 134 | 226 | 172 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 36 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Germany | WC | 12th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
After retiring from professional hockey, Kaufmann began working as an investment banking analyst and was recently promoted to a vice president position.
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