Christian Ehrhoff

Christian Ehrhoff
Ehrhoff in July 2019
Born	(1982-07-06) 6 July 1982 (age 42) Moers, West Germany
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
DEL2 team Former teams	Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Pinguine San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings Chicago Blackhawks Kölner Haie
National team	Germany
NHL draft	106th overall, 2001 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	1999–present

Christian Ehrhoff (born 6 July 1982) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman for Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL2. In 2018, he won silver at the Winter Olympics. He played more than 800 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and more than 300 in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany. He is known primarily as an offensive defenceman with strong skating and shooting abilities.^[1]

Prior to playing in the NHL, Ehrhoff spent several years playing professionally in Germany, starting with EV Duisburg of the third-tier Oberliga and the Krefeld Pinguine of the premiere Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He spent three years with Krefeld, winning the German championship in 2003.

Selected 106th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Ehrhoff moved to North America for the 2003–04 season. He spent one-and-a-half seasons with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, before joining San Jose on a full-time basis beginning in 2005–06. After playing six seasons within the Sharks organization, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in August 2009. During his two seasons with the club, he won back-to-back Babe Pratt Trophies as the team's top defenceman and helped them to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. Ehrhoff would go on to play nearly 800 NHL games throughout his career.

Internationally, Ehrhoff has played for the German national team in numerous tournaments, including four Winter Olympics, seven World Championships^[2] and a World Cup.