Eduard Hartmann

This article is about the Slovak ice hockey player and coach. For other people called Eduard Hartmann, see Eduard Hartmann (disambiguation).
Eduard Hartmann
Born (1965-06-05) June 5, 1965 (age 59)
Skalica, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for HK Dukla Trenčín
HC Kometa Brno
Eisbären Berlin
HK Spišská Nová Ves
National team  Czechoslovakia and
 Slovakia
Playing career 1983–1998

Eduard Hartmann (born 5 June 1965 in Skalica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey coach and former international ice hockey goaltender. He is the elder brother of ice hockey forward Richard Hartmann.[citation needed]

Playing career

Club

Eduard Hartmann is known primarily for his membership at the HK Dukla Trenčín, with which he won the 1993–94 season championship title. He played for HK Dukla Trenčín from 1986 to 1994 with the exception of the 1991–92 season when he was at the HC Kometa Brno. After one season with the German Eisbären Berlin in the 1994–95 season, Hartmann returned to his home club. Finally, he played for HK Spišská Nová Ves between 1996 and 1998.

International

He took part at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where his national team ranked at 6th place.[1] In the same year, the national team was successful with him at the World Cup to advance to the Division B from the Division C after defeating Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. In total, he capped 41 times for the national team.

Coaching career

After retiring from active playing career, he served in various posts at the HK Dukla Trenčín as coach of the junior team and manager of the youth team. In the 2008–09 season, he was appointed chairman of the board and general manager of the club. Hartmann appeared also regularly on the television channel STV as commentator for ice hockey games. Currently, he is serving as assistant coach of the Turkey women's and the head coach of the men's and men's U-20 national teams.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eduard Hartman Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Buz hokeyinde Bulgaristan seferi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  3. ^ "Buz Hokeyi Takımı Dünya Şampiyonluğu'nu İstiyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2014-03-30.