Klaus Hirche Explained

Ntl Team:	DDR
Played For:	SG Dynamo Weißwasser
Position:	Goaltender
Birth Date:	1939 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Weißwasser, Saxony, Germany
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	11
Weight Lb:	183
Draft:	Undrafted
Career Start:	1957
Career End:	1972

Klaus Hirche (7 June 1939 – 3 May 2022)^[1] was a German ice hockey goaltender, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal competing for East Germany at the 1966 European Championships. Hirche also played for East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.^[2] He served on the national team's coaching staff when they finished in third place in Pool B of the 1971 World Championships.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Honours

Dynamo Weißwasser

• East German Ice Hockey Championship (12): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72

Notes and References

1. https://www.gala.de/amp/stars/news/klaus-hirche---mann-mit-der-schwarzen-maske--ist-tot-22848074.html "Mann mit der schwarzen Maske" ist tot
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/klaus-hirche-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022915/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/klaus-hirche-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
3. Web site: Traditionsturnier Ost-Eishockey 2005 in Erfurt – Startseite . 15 December 2007 . 8 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108230003/http://www.lotok.de/ost-eishockey/ . dead .
4. http://www.duisburgweb.de/DEB/wm_1966.htm WM 1966
5. http://www.duisburgweb.de/DEB/wm_1971.htm WM 1971