Markus Eisenschmid

Markus Eisenschmid (born 22 January 1995) is a German ice hockey player who is under contract to the Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He has previously played for the St. John's IceCaps and the Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League.

Markus Eisenschmid
Born (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995
Marktoberdorf, Germany
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Centre/Right Wing
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Adler Mannheim
St. John's IceCaps
Laval Rocket
National team  Germany
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present

Playing career

During his youth, Eisenschmid played for the youth team of the ESV Kaufbeuren. From the 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, he ran in the Deutsche Nachwuchsliga (DNL). At the same time, he was first appointed to the junior team of the national team. In the 2012–13 season, Eisenschmid completed his first game for the first team in the former 2nd Bundesliga. In April 2013, Eisenschmid was committed by the Hamburg Freezers, for which he never ran aground.

Before the 2013–14 season, North America scouts became aware of Eisenschmid. He was selected by the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the CHL Import Draft in the first round in 28th overall.[1] Due to a clause in his contract, he was able to switch to the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL whom he played with for two seasons. After two successful seasons in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), he was invited by the Montreal Canadiens summer training camp due to good performance. He was then offered an AHL contract with the St. John's IceCaps, for which he was active from October 2015. In January 2017, the Canadiens equipped him with a two-year contract,[2] after which he ran aground at the beginning of the 2017–18 season for their new farm team, the Laval Rocket.

In June 2018, he signed a contract with the Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and thus returned to his homeland.[3]

International play

Eisenschmid has represented Germany since his first nomination to the U16 national team of the DEB-Pokal. He also took part in the World Junior Championships for Germany. Eisenschmid debuted for the German senior national team at the end of April 2018 for the 2018 Euro Hockey Challenge and then took part in the 2018 World Championship in Denmark.

Personal life

Eisenschmid has two sisters who also play hockey. His older sister, Tanja, and his younger sister, Nicola played for the German women's national team. His older brother Michael plays ball hockey.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2011–12 ESV Kaufbeuren DNL 35 18 23 41 54 3 1 3 4 14
2012–13 ESV Kaufbeuren DNL 19 11 7 18 34 4 3 3 6 8
2012–13 ESV Kaufbeuren 2.GBun 39 2 5 7 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 56 7 16 23 20 18 0 5 5 0
2014–15 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 50 19 25 44 14 10 2 3 5 8
2015–16 St. John's IceCaps AHL 28 1 4 5 0 — — — — —
2016–17 St. John's IceCaps AHL 39 6 4 10 12 — — — — —
2017–18 Laval Rocket AHL 57 6 10 16 29 — — — — —
2018–19 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 20 22 42 30 14 8 4 12 14
AHL totals 124 13 18 31 41 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2012 Germany U17 9th 5 0 4 4 2
2012 Germany WJC18 6th 6 1 1 2 0
2013 Germany WJC18 8th 5 0 1 1 27
2014 Germany WJC 9th 7 1 0 1 4
2015 Germany WJC 10th 6 0 0 0 6
2018 Germany WC 11th 7 1 1 2 0
2019 Germany WC 6th 8 1 6 7 2
Junior totals 29 2 6 8 39
Senior totals 15 2 7 9 2

Awards and honours
Award Year
DEL
Champion (Adler Mannheim) 2019 [5]

References
  1. "TIGERS SELECT GERMAN FWD IN 2013 CHL IMPORT DRAFT". tigershockey.com. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. "FORMER TIGER EISENSCHMID INKS NHL CONTRACT". tigershockey.com. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. "Adler sichern sich Dienste von Markus Eisenschmid". adler-mannheim.de (in German). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. Joanie, Godin (9 February 2018). "Eisenschmid's North American detour longer than expected". National Hockey League. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. "Adler Mannheim wins DEL". IIHF. 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.


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