Florian Ondruschka

Florian Ondruschka (born 24 June 1987) is a German ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey defenceman, currently an assistant coach to the German women's national ice hockey team.

Florian Ondruschka
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Born (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987
Selb, West Germany
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
Current coach  Germany
National team  Germany
Playing career 2005–2022
Coaching career 2022–present

Playing career

Ondruschka developed with the youth teams of ERC Selb in his hometown of Selb, in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. At age seventeen, he made his senior league debut with ERC Selb in the North-East (Nord-Ost) conference of the Oberliga.[1]

He spent the 2004–05 season in Weiden in der Oberpfalz with 1. EV Weiden, playing with the club's team in the 2. Bundesliga, the Blue Devils Weiden. He also played one game with 1. EV Weiden U20 in the German Youth League (DNL).

Ahead of the 2005–06 season, he signed with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He did not record a point across fourteen games with the Ice Tigers and played most of the season with the Weiden Blue Devils.

The following three seasons were played entirely with the Nurnbürg Ice Tigers. His first DEL goal was scored during the 2008–09 season.

Ondruschka signed with the Straubing Tigers ahead of the 2010–11 season.[2] He played six seasons with the Straubing Tigers and recorded his most offensively productive DEL season in 2013–14, during which he notched 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points in 52 games.[3][4][5]

The Straubing Tigers did not offer a contract extension after the 2015–16 season and Ondruschka chose to return to his hometown.[6] His youth club, ERC Selb, had been replaced by VER Selb in 2004 and he joined the VER Selb team in the Oberliga, called the Selber Wölfe (lit. 'Wolves of Selb').[1][7]

Named captain of the Selber Wölfe in 2016, he led the team to an Oberliga championship title and promotion to the DEL2 in 2021.[8][9] Ondruschka announced his retirement from playing after the 2021–22 DEL2 season, in which the Wölfe successfully retained their place in the league.[10][11]

International play

Ondruschka represented Germany at the 2004 tournament of Hockey Canada's World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, recording 3 assists in five games.

As a member of the German men's national under-18 ice hockey team, he participated in the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I and the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship.

With the German men's national under-20 ice hockey team, he played in the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I and served as team captain in the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship.

Ondruschka made his senior national team debut in a friendly against Switzerland in December 2007.[12] He was a member of the national team during 2007 to 2013 and played in the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Sweden.[13]

Coaching career

Ondruschka was announced as an assistant coach to Thomas Schädler, head coach of the German women's national ice hockey team, in August 2022.[14] He has served in role for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, the 2022–23 Women's Euro Hockey Tour, and the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, as of April 2023.

Personal life

Ondruschka was born on 24 June 1987 in Selb, West Germany.

He and his wife, Julia, were married in 2017 and have one child.[15]

References
  1. "Florian Ondruschka kehrt heim". VER Selb e.V. (in German). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. "Straubing verpflichtet Florian Ondruschka". Hockeyweb.de (in German). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. "Straubing Tigers 2011-12 Roster". Deutsche Eishockey Liga. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. "Nationalspieler Ondruschka bleibt in Straubing". Rheinische Post. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. Holl-Wagner, Armin (6 February 2012). "Ondruschka bis 2014 ein Tiger". Hockeyweb.de (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. "Nach sechs gemeinsamen Jahren: Kein neuer Vertrag für Ondruschka in Straubing". Eishockey-Magazin (in German). 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. Diepold, Christian (2016). "Florian Ondruschka kehrt zu VER Selb zurück". Eishockey-Online.com (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  8. "VER Selb: Florian Ondruschka neuer Kapitän". TV Oberfranken (in German). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  9. Pöhner, Andreas (28 April 2022). "Florian Ondruschka: Ein ganz Großer tritt ab". Frankenpost (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  10. Herlan, Marcel (2022). "Rückblick und Interview nach Karrierende von Florian Ondruschka". Eishockey-Online.com (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  11. Gundermann, Frank (5 June 2022). "Kapitän Florian Ondruschka im Interview über seinen Abschied von den Selber Wölfen". Der Neue Wiesentbote (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  12. Dittmann, Horst (10 December 2007). "Auch Ondruschka feiert Länderspiel-Debüt". Nürnberger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  13. "Trainer Kölliker Übergangs- oder Dauerlösung bei DEB?". Die Zeit (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  14. Pöhner, Andreas (11 August 2022). "Ondruschka neuer Co-Trainer beim DEB". Frankenpost (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  15. Stoll, Kristina; Rödig, Kristina, eds. (14 September 2022). "Kleines Paradies für Kinder in Erkersreuth" (PDF). Selbst Portrait. 2022 (9): 4.
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