Evan Kaufmann

{{Short description|German-American ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | played_for = DEG Metro Stars<br>Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | ntl_team = GER | image = 2014 DEL Nuernberg Ice Tigers - Evan Kaufmann by 2eight DSC8859.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = | position = Forward | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 167 | shoots = Right | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|10|31}} | birth_place = Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S. | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2015 }}

'''Evan Kaufmann''' (born October 31, 1984) is a German-American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

==Playing career== Kaufmann, who is Jewish,<ref name=JSR911>{{cite journal|title=Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; European Hockey League|journal=Jewish Sports Review|date=September–October 2011|volume=8|issue=87|pages=8–9}}</ref> was born in Plymouth, Minnesota and graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School at Plymouth in 2003.<ref name="Minnesota profile">{{cite web|title=Hockey Profile: Evan Kaufmann|url=http://www.gophersports.com/genrel/122006aab.html|publisher=Minnesota Golden Gophers|access-date=February 18, 2012}}</ref> His great-grandparents were murdered during the Holocaust.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last=Longman|first=Jere|title=A Jewish Hockey Player at History's Indelible Crossroad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/sports/a-jewish-american-hockey-player-at-historys-indelible-crossroad.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Augustovitz|first=Roman|title=Gophers teammates reach fork in the road|url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/16366751.html|work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010224118/http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/16366751.html|archive-date=October 10, 2008|date=March 6, 2008}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.deg-metro-stars.de/servlet/PB/menu/1016372/index.html | title = Roach and Kaufmann extend with Metro Stars | publisher = DEG Metro Stars | date = March 14, 2011 | access-date = April 17, 2011 | language = German}}</ref>

On February 16, 2012, Kaufmann agreed to leave DEG at season's end and signed with fellow DEL club, Nürnberg Ice Tigers,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.icetigers.de/ICETIGERS/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1066:ice-tigers-holen-evan-kaufmann&catid=1:aktuelle-nachrichten&Itemid=76 | title = Kaufmann agrees to contract with Ice Tigers | publisher = Nürnberg Ice Tigers | date = February 16, 2012 | access-date = February 16, 2012 | language = German}}</ref> where he played through the 2014–15 season. In July 2015, he announced his retirement from ice hockey.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Evan Kaufmann von den Nürnberg Ice Tigers beendet seine Karriere|url = http://www.sport1.de/eishockey/del/2015/07/evan-kaufmann-von-den-nuernberg-ice-tigers-beendet-seine-karriere| website = Sport1.de|access-date = 2016-02-14|language = de-DE|last = Sport1.de}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title = GER|url = http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/272/teams/GER.html| website = www.iihf.com|access-date = 2016-02-14}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"| ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- style="text-align:center;" | 2003–04 | River City Lancers | USHL | 60 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2004–05 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 29 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" | 2005–06 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 40 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2006–07 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 32 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" | 2007–08 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 45 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2008–09 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 44 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2009–10 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 56 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2010–11 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 52 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2011–12 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 52 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2012–13 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2013–14 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 48 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | 2014–15 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 47 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 315 ! 92 ! 134 ! 226 ! 172 ! 49 ! 14 ! 11 ! 25 ! 36 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- style="text-align:center;" | 2012 | Germany | WC | 12th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 7 ! 0 ! 1 ! 1 ! 4 |}

==Career update== 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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