Sinan Akdag

{{Short description|German ice hockey player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | name = Sinan Akdag | image = 2024-10-26 Eisbären Berlin gegen Düsseldorfer EG (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2024-25) by Sandro Halank–052.jpg | caption = Sinan Akdag, 2024 | image_size = 230px | team = Düsseldorfer EG | league = DEL | former_teams = Krefeld Pinguine<br>Adler Mannheim | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 203 | ntl_team = GER | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|5}} | birth_place = Rosenheim, West Germany | draft = | career_start = 2007 | career_end = }}

'''Sinan Akdag''' (born November 5, 1989) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Düsseldorfer EG in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

==Playing career == A Rosenheim native,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nationalturk.com/en/nationalturk-exclusive-interview-sinan-akdag-he-and-his-family-have-defeated-the-discriminatory-german-bureaucracy-20591/|title = NationalTurk Exclusive Interview: Sinan Akdag – He and his family have defeated the discriminatory German bureaucracy {{!}} NationalTurk| website = www.nationalturk.com| date=30 June 2012 |access-date = 2016-04-10}}</ref> Akdag came through the youth ranks of the Starbulls Rosenheim. After joining the Krefeld Pinguine organization, he made his debut in Germany's top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) during the 2007–08 campaign. Following a seven-year stint with the Krefeld team, he signed with fellow DEL side Adler Mannheim in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.morgenweb.de/sport/adler-mannheim/adler-berichte/sinan-akdag-freut-sich-riesig-auf-mannheim-1.1677608|title = Sinan Akdag freut sich riesig auf Mannheim| website = morgenweb, das Nachrichtenportal für die Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar| date=30 April 2014 |access-date = 2016-04-10}}</ref> and won the German championship in his first year with the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.rnz.de/sport/adlermannheim_artikel,-Adler-Mannheim-Die-Feierlichkeiten-klingen-aus-_arid,93562.html|title = Adler Mannheim: Die Feierlichkeiten klingen aus| website = www.rnz.de|access-date = 2016-04-10}}</ref>

He received DEL Defenseman of the Year honors in the 2015–16 season.<ref name="Award">{{Cite web|url = http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?d%255Bnr%255D=4946|title = ADLER Mannheim|website = www.adler-mannheim.de|access-date = 2016-04-09|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160405180640/http://adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?d[nr]=4946|archivedate = 2016-04-05}}</ref>

Following nine seasons with Adler Mannheim, Akdag left the club as a free agent and was signed to a two-year contract to continue in the DEL with Düsseldorfer EG on 12 May 2023.<ref>{{cite web| publisher = Düsseldorfer EG | url = https://www.deg-eishockey.de/deg-verpflichtet-sinan-akdag/ | title = DEG signs Sinan Akdag | date = 12 May 2023 | accessdate = 12 May 2023 | language = German}}</ref>

==International play== After representing Germany at the U17, U18 and U20 level, he made his debut on the men's national team in December 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.del.org/de/news/2013/12/nachdreher/page/2146--30-2033-.html|title = "Das bleibt ewig in Erinnerung" - 12 - DEL.org|website = www.del.org|access-date = 2016-04-09|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160420074732/http://www.del.org/de/news/2013/12/nachdreher/page/2146--30-2033-.html|archivedate = 2016-04-20}}</ref> Akdag was nominated to be part of Team Germany during the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2004–05 | Starbulls Rosenheim | DNL | 34 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Starbulls Rosenheim | DNL | 35 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |- | 2005–06 | Starbulls Rosenheim | 3.GBun | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Starbulls Rosenheim | DNL | 18 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |- | 2006–07 | Starbulls Rosenheim | 3.GBun | 36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2007–08 | RT Bad Nauheim | 3.GBun | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 43 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- | 2008–09 | Landshut Cannibals | 2.GBun | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 54 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2009–10 | Landshut Cannibals | 2.GBun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 51 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |- | 2011–12 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 52 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 52 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |- | 2013–14 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 46 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 |- | 2015–16 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 52 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 51 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2017–18 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 51 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 52 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |- | 2019–20 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 52 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 26 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |- | 2021–22 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 50 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 51 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |- | 2023–24 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 52 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 52 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 876 ! 65 ! 220 ! 285 ! 599 ! 103 ! 6 ! 24 ! 30 ! 86 |} {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Pyeongchang|}} {{MedalBottom}}

===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 |- | 2006 | Germany | U17 | 10th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007 | Germany | WJC18 | 8th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |- | 2009 | Germany | WJC | 9th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012 | Germany | WC | 12th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2014 | Germany | WC | 10th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016 | Germany | WC | 7th | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |- | 2016 | Germany | OGQ | Q | 3||0||1||1||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018 | Germany | OG | {{silver2}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 17 ! 0 ! 3 ! 3 ! 31 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 24 ! 1 ! 3 ! 4 ! 6 |}

==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | DEL |- | Defenseman of the Year | 2016 | <ref name = "Award"/> |- | Champion (Adler Mannheim) | 2019 | <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.iihf.com/en/news/10501/adler-mannheim-wins-del | title = Adler Mannheim wins DEL | website = IIHF | date = 2019-04-27 | accessdate = 2019-04-27}}</ref> |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akdag, Sinan}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Adler Mannheim players Category:Düsseldorfer EG players Category:German people of Turkish descent Category:Sportspeople of Turkish descent Category:German ice hockey defencemen Category:Krefeld Pinguine players Category:EV Landshut players Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Germany Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany Category:Sportspeople from Rosenheim Category:Ice hockey people from Upper Bavaria