Dieter Hegen

Dieter Hegen (born April 29, 1962, in Kaufbeuren, West Germany) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Eishockey-Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2010.

Playing career Hegen began playing for his hometown ESV Kaufbeuren in 1979. Hegen was drafted 46th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1981 NHL entry draft but never signed a contract and remained with Kaufbeuren until 1985 when he joined Kölner EC, winning the Bundesliga championship in 1987 and 1988. In 1989 he moved to for Düsseldorfer EG and in a three-year spell he won three more Bundesliga titles. In 1992, he joined EC Hedos München and won his sixth and final Bundesliga title with the team in 1994, which turned out to be the last year of the Ice Hockey Bundesliga as it was replaced with the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team also changed its name to Maddogs München for the inaugural DEL season which turned out to be their only season as they would fold on December 18, 1994, just 27 games into the 44-game season. Hegen would re-join DEG and went to win the DEL championship in 1996. In 1998, he moved to Star Bulls Rosenheim. In 2000, Rosenheim left the DEL and Hegen decided to drop two divisions to the Oberliga and re-join ESV Kaufbeuren. He remained with the team until his retirement in 2002.

International career Hegen was a member of the German 1984 Canada Cup and competed in five Winter Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1998. His appearance at the 1998 Olympics made him, along with Raimo Helminen (Finland) the third and fourth hockey players to ever compete at five Winter Olympics, after Udo Kießling (Germany) and Petter Thoresen (Norway).

Hegen was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2010.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 ESV Kaufbeuren FRG.2 42 60 64 121 51 — — — — — 1980–81 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 43 54 35 89 34 — — — — — 1981–82 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 47 45 36 81 51 3 3 0 3 7 1982–83 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 36 38 15 53 60 7 8 7 15 18 1983–84 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 41 39 23 62 58 6 7 4 11 17 1984–85 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 33 31 23 54 40 9 7 4 11 25 1985–86 ESV Kaufbeuren 1.GBun 26 21 25 46 43 4 2 4 6 2 1986–87 Kölner EC 1.GBun 33 14 19 33 18 — — — — — 1987–88 Kölner EC 1.GBun 35 26 35 61 34 11 4 5 9 12 1988–89 Kölner EC 1.GBun 36 35 31 66 27 9 3 5 8 12 1989–90 Düsseldorfer EG 1.GBun 36 34 15 49 36 11 13 12 25 20 1990–91 Düsseldorfer EG 1.GBun 32 29 14 43 35 13 13 6 19 8 1991–92 Düsseldorfer EG 1.GBun 44 41 42 83 26 9 8 13 21 6 1992–93 Hedos München 1.GBun 44 23 18 41 48 4 2 3 5 0 1993–94 Hedos München 1.GBun 44 21 26 47 39 9 10 11 21 6 1994–95 Mad Dogs München DEL 15 13 12 25 28 — — — — — 1994–95 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 24 17 20 37 14 5 1 3 4 2 1995–96 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 48 24 31 55 38 13 3 7 10 10 1996–97 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 41 17 22 39 24 4 2 4 6 6 1997–98 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 46 23 23 46 59 3 0 1 1 0 1998–99 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 46 16 20 36 62 — — — — — 1999–2000 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 33 4 14 18 20 — — — — — 2000–01 ESV Kaufbeuren GER.3 45 30 24 54 85 3 1 1 2 2 2001–02 ESV Kaufbeuren GER.3 28 8 15 23 42 — — — — — 1.GBun totals 530 451 357 808 549 95 80 74 154 133 DEL totals 253 114 142 256 245 25 6 15 21 18

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1979 West Germany EJC 5 0 1 1 2 1980 West Germany EJC 5 6 4 10 10 1981 West Germany WJC 5 8 1 9 12 1982 West Germany WJC 7 7 2 9 12 1982 West Germany WC 7 1 0 1 0 1983 West Germany WC 10 3 1 4 2 1984 West Germany OG 6 4 1 5 2 1984 West Germany CC 4 0 0 0 0 1985 West Germany WC 10 5 5 10 4 1986 West Germany WC 9 1 1 2 8 1987 West Germany WC 8 5 2 7 4 1988 West Germany OG 8 5 2 7 4 1989 West Germany WC 10 2 3 5 16 1990 West Germany WC 10 1 1 2 10 1991 Germany WC 10 3 2 5 0 1992 Germany OG 8 4 3 7 6 1992 Germany WC 6 7 2 9 10 1993 Germany WC 6 6 2 8 10 1994 Germany OG 8 2 1 3 4 1996 Germany WC 6 2 1 3 2 1996 Germany WCH 4 0 1 1 6 1997 Germany OGQ 3 0 1 1 2 1997 Germany WC 8 0 0 0 6 1998 Germany OG 3 1 0 1 0 1998 Germany WC 6 3 1 4 0 Junior totals 22 21 8 29 36 Senior totals 146 55 30 85 96