Tobias Abstreiter

Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970) is a German former ice hockey centre. During his playing career he was described as a two-way player and a faceoff specialist.

Professional career He started his career in 1987–88 with EV Landshut, playing there for six seasons until moving to EC Hedos München in 1993-94 and, in mid-season, to the Kölner Haie in 1994–95, playing on two consecutive championship teams. In 1997, he moved to TSV Erding for one season before transferring to the Kassel Huskies where he would go on to captain the team. In 2006–07, he left the Huskies to sign a two-year contract with the Straubing Tigers, where his younger brother, Peter, also played.

International career Abstreiter has represented Germany on thirteen different occasions, both as a junior and as a professional. He has totalled five goals and seven assists in 26 games as a junior and four goals and 17 assists in 48 games as a professional. He last played professionally for Germany at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, where he went scoreless in four games.Abstreiter played for Germany in a total of six World Championships. Furthermore, he participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing eighth in the tournament. Abstreiter was also the head coach of team Germany at the 2021 World Juniors. He led Germany to the quarter-finals for the first time in history.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 EV Landshut 1.GBun 14 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 EV Landshut 1.GBun 18 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1988–89 EV Landshut 1.GBun 19 3 3 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 1989–90 EV Landshut 1.GBun 36 6 11 17 16 — — — — — 1990–91 EV Landshut 1.GBun 42 11 20 31 30 5 2 2 4 2 1991–92 EV Landshut 1.GBun 43 9 17 26 74 9 5 3 8 6 1992–93 EV Landshut 1.GBun 44 9 26 35 37 6 0 2 2 10 1993–94 Hedos München 1.GBun 42 5 12 17 51 10 1 4 5 0 1994–95 Mad Dogs München DEL 27 5 16 21 18 — — — — — 1994–95 Kölner Haie DEL 15 4 3 7 4 18 2 9 11 22 1995–96 Kölner Haie DEL 46 15 15 30 56 14 3 8 11 12 1996–97 Kölner Haie DEL 49 10 12 22 36 4 0 0 0 4 1997–98 TSV Erding DEU.2 56 27 38 65 81 — — — — — 1998–99 Kassel Huskies DEL 43 7 12 19 90 — — — — — 1999–2000 Kassel Huskies DEL 54 7 29 36 42 8 1 2 3 6 2000–01 Kassel Huskies DEL 53 10 21 31 87 8 2 4 6 4 2001–02 Kassel Huskies DEL 58 15 26 41 48 7 2 4 6 22 2002–03 Kassel Huskies DEL 48 5 17 22 64 2 0 0 0 4 2003–04 Kassel Huskies DEL 50 6 22 28 48 — — — — — 2004–05 Kassel Huskies DEL 47 6 13 19 54 — — — — — 2005–06 Kassel Huskies DEL 47 9 17 26 60 — — — — — 2006–07 Straubing Tigers DEL 12 3 3 6 33 — — — — — 2007–08 Straubing Tigers DEL 54 7 13 20 58 — — — — — 1.GBun totals 258 43 89 132 214 33 8 11 19 18 DEL totals 603 109 219 328 698 61 10 27 37 78

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 West Germany EJC 7 0 1 1 2 1988 West Germany WJC 7 0 2 2 4 1988 West Germany EJC 5 2 4 6 14 1989 West Germany WJC 7 1 1 2 9 1994 Germany WC 4 0 0 0 2 2000 Germany OGQ 3 2 2 4 0 2000 Germany WC B 7 1 6 7 10 2001 Germany WC 7 0 2 2 6 2002 Germany OG 7 0 2 2 0 2002 Germany WC 3 0 2 2 2 2003 Germany WC 7 1 1 2 2 2004 Germany WC 6 0 2 2 6 2004 Germany WCH 4 0 0 0 2 Junior totals 26 5 7 12 37 Senior totals 48 4 17 21 30