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- ↑ "Eishockey-Museum". German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ↑ "Die Mitglieder". German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (in German). Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
