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Ice hockey veteran Patrick Reimer sets DEL record

Patrick Reimer is the new record scorer in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). The veteran of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers collected his 798th scorer point in the DEL on Wednesday in a 3-2 victory at the Krefeld Penguins and exceeded the previous record of Daniel Kreutzer (797), who is no longer active. “Certainly an amazing number. I am glad that we have now made it, now we can concentrate on other topics again, ”said the 38-year-old at MagentaSport.

Reimer first put Nuremberg in the lead in the 8th minute, which set the record. In the 55th minute, the Olympic silver winner from Pyeongchang 2018 did the preparatory work for Gregor MacLeod’s decisive majority goal to make it 3-1. In addition, Christopher Brown was successful for the Tigers (43rd). The goals for Krefeld were scored by Thomas Olsen (32nd) and Jeremy Bracco (60th).

Born in Mindelheim, Reimer is a veteran of the DEL. At the beginning of his career he played for ESV Kaufbeuren before coming to Nuremberg via Düsseldorf in 2012. He has been the top scorer and top scorer in the league several times, and he was named the best DEL player in 2016 and 2017.

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