Tobias Abstreiter

Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970 in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany) is a German professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Straubing Tigers of the DEL. He is known as a two-way player and a faceoff specialist.cite web|title=CBC.ca 2004 World Cup of Hockey: Team Germany|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/world-cup-2004/teams/germany.html]

Professional career

He started his career in 1987-88 with Landshut EV, playing there for six seasons until moving to the Munich Hedos in 1993-94 and, in mid-season, to the Cologne Sharks in 1994-95, playing on two consecutive championship teams. In 1997, he moved to Erding TSV for one season before transferring to the Kassel Huskies where he would go on to captain the team. In 2006-07, he left the Huskies to sign a two-year contract with the Tigers, where his younger brother, Peter, also plays.

International career

Abstreiter has represented Germany on thirteen different occasions, both as a junior and as a professional. He has totalled five goals and seven assists in 26 games as a junior and four goals and 17 assists in 48 games as a professional. He lasted played professionally for Germany at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, where he went scoreless in four games.

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