Ralf Hantschke

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Ralf Hantschke
Born	(1965-05-27) 27 May 1965 (age 59) Bad Muskau, East Germany
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Left
Played for	SG Dynamo/PEV/ES Weißwasser Landshut Cannibals Newcastle Cobras Frankfurt Lions EHC Leipziger Eislöwen
National team	East Germany
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1984–2004

Ralf Hantschke (born 27 May 1965) is a German former ice hockey player and the current general manager of the Lausitzer Füchse.^[1]

Hantschke began his career in 1984, playing for SG Dynamo Weißwasser in the DDR-Oberliga.^[2] He won the Oberliga with his team in 1989 and 1990. Following the Reunification of Germany in 1990, Hantschke played for PEV Weißwasser in the Eishockey-Bundesliga. Hantschke played for them until 1992, when he joined EV Landshut. For Landshut, he played two seasons in the Bundesliga and two more in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (which had replaced the Bundesliga as the top-level German league in 1994). Hantschke then joined the Newcastle Cobras of the British Ice Hockey Superleague for the 1996-97 season, before returning to the DEL with the Frankfurt Lions the following season. He retired after the 2003-04 season spent with EHC Leipziger Eislöwen in the fourth-level Regionalliga.^[3]

Hantschke played for the East Germany national ice hockey team in the top-level World Championships in 1985, as well as in the B Pool in 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990.

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