Christian Ehrhoff

Christian Ehrhoff
Ehrhoff at Champions for Charity event on 21 July 2019
Born	(1982-07-06) 6 July 1982 (age 44) Moers, West Germany
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Left
DEL2 team Former teams	Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Pinguine San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings Chicago Blackhawks Kölner Haie
National team	Germany
NHL draft	106th overall, 2001 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	1999–present

Christian Ehrhoff (born 6 July 1982) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL2. He played parts of 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, and Chicago Blackhawks. He also played for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Internationally, he played for Germany and won the silver medal winner with them at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Before playing in the NHL, Ehrhoff played parts of four years with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He had a successful time with the Pinguine. He won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship with the team in 2003.^[1]

He was drafted 106th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL entry draft. On 22 June 2003, Ehrhoff signed a contract to join the San Jose Sharks.^[2] On 9 October, he made his NHL debut in a 5–2 loss against the Edmonton Oilers.^[3] On 15 November, he recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a Patrick Marleau goal in a 2–2 overtime tie against the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[4] On 26 November, Ehrhoff scored his first NHL goal against Michael Leighton in a 3–2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. His goal was the game-winning goal.^[5] On 13 April 2006, Ehrhoff helped the Sharks earn a playoff berth after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime against the Vancouver Canucks.^[6] On 9 July 2008, Ehrhoff signed a three-year, $9.3 million contract to stay with the Sharks.^[7]

On 28 August 2009, the Sharks traded Ehrhoff along with Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Patrick White and Daniel Rahimi.^[8] He also helped the Canucks during the playoffs, defeating the Los Angeles Kings. They were defeated in the Western Conference semifinals by the Chicago Blackhawks four games to two.^[9] He also helped the Canucks during the playoffs the next year, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, and San Jose Sharks. They were defeated by the Boston Bruins four games to three in the Finals.^[10]

On 28 June 2011, the Canucks traded Ehrhoff's rights to the New York Islanders in exchange for a 2012 fourth-round pick.^[11] He did not play a game for the Islanders. On 29 June, the Islanders traded him to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a 2012 fourth-round pick.^[12] On 30 June, Ehrhoff signed a 10-year, $40 million contract to join the Sabres.^[13] On 29 June 2014, the Sabres bought out Ehrhoff's contract.^[14]

On 1 July 2014, Ehrhoff signed a one-year, $4 million contract to join the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[15] He played 49 games with them, scoring 3 goals and recording 11 assists.

On 23 August 2015, Ehrhoff signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract to join the Los Angeles Kings.^[16] He played 40 games with them, scoring 2 goals and recording 8 assists.

On 26 February 2016, the Kings traded Ehrhoff to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Rob Scuderi.^[17] He played 8 games with them and recorded 2 assists.

On 25 March 2018, Christian announced that he was retiring from playing professional ice hockey.^[18]

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