Peter Draisaitl (born 7 December 1965) is a German former professional

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, and head coach. He is the current head coach of

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of the

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. He was previously the head coach of

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their ho ...

(Cologne Sharks) of the

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(DEL) from November 2017 until January 2019. Draisaitl was born as part of the German minority in

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and played in numerous international tournaments as a member of the West German and German national team, including competing at the

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, and

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. He also spent eighteen years playing professional hockey in Germany, mostly with Mannheimer ERC (now

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) and Kölner EC (now

). He also played briefly with

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and

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. Draisaitl is the father of 2020

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winner,

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, who was selected third overall by the

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in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.Eishockey-Talent Draisaitl: Mit Wucht auf die große Bühne
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'', published: 28 June 2014, accessed: 4 July 2014

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1965 births Living people Czechoslovak people of German descent German ice hockey coaches German ice hockey centres Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Germany Olympic ice hockey players for West Germany Ice hockey people from Karviná {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub