Uwe Krupp

Uwe Krupp
Krupp in 2023
Born (1965-06-24) 24 June 1965 (age 59)
Cologne, West Germany
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Kölner Haie
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
EV Landshut
Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Avalanche
Detroit Red Wings
Atlanta Thrashers
National team  West Germany and
 Germany
NHL draft 214th overall, 1983
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1982–2003

Uwe Gerd Krupp (born 24 June 1965) is a German former professional hockey defenceman and former coach of the German national ice hockey team. Widely considered one of the greatest German players of all time, he was the second German-born player to win the Stanley Cup,[1] and the second German-born professional to play in an National Hockey League All-Star Game.

Krupp spent his formative years in Germany, and arrived in North America as a young but experienced professional. Krupp scored the Stanley Cup clinching goal in triple overtime of Game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. In retirement, Krupp was head coach of Kölner Haie. His son Björn Krupp is a professional ice hockey player.[2]

Krupp was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017, and inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ "Uwe Krupp Alumni Night".
  2. ^ "Bjorn Krupp: Like Father, Like Son". QNetNews.ca. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.