Christian Ehrhoff

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Position Defence
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
NHL Team San Jose Sharks
Nationality Flag of Germany Germany
Born July 6, 1982 (1982-07-06) (age 25),
Moers, West Germany
NHL Draft 106th overall, 2001
San Jose Sharks
Pro career 2003 – present

Christian Ehrhoff (born July 6, 1982 in Moers, West Germany) is a NHL player currently playing defence for the San Jose Sharks. He was drafted 106th overall in the 4th round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Sharks. He played in Germany until the fall of 2003, and came onto the Sharks without starting in the minor leagues first. He spent the end of the 2003–2004 season and all of the locked-out 2004–2005 season with the Sharks' minor league affiliate, the Cleveland Barons. He returned to the Sharks' roster for the 2005–2006 season. He was selected for the German ice hockey team for the 2006 Olympics. He has played for Germany in the 2004 and 2005 World Championships as well as in numerous tournaments like the Deutschland Cup.

An extremely good skater, Ehrhoff, who according to TSN "owns a very projectable frame, excellent offensive potential, and sound hockey sense," and can "quarterback the power play with aplomb". After going through many growing pains, Ehrhoff improved tremendously during the second half of the 2005–2006 season by increasing his muscle mass and adjusting to the speed of the NHL game.

Ehrhoff is in the final year of a two-year contract worth US$1.7 million. He was paid US$800,000 for the 2006–07 season and will be paid US$900,000 for the 2007–08 season. This contract will expire in July 2008, making Ehrhoff a restricted free agent.

[edit] Awards and achievements

2003–2004: Played in the NHL YoungStars Game

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 Duisburg EV GerObL 41 3 12 15 50
1999–00 Krefeld Penguins DEL 9 1 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Duisburg EV GerObL 6 1 2 3 12
2000–01 Krefeld Penguins DEL 58 3 11 14 73 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 Krefeld Penguins DEL 46 7 17 24 81 3 0 0 0 2
2002–03 Krefeld Penguins DEL 48 10 17 27 54 14 3 6 9 24
2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 41 1 11 12 14 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 27 4 10 14 43 9 2 6 8 11
2004–05 Cleveland Barons AHL 79 12 23 35 103 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 5 18 23 32 11 2 6 8 18
2006–07 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 10 23 33 63 11 0 2 2 6
NHL Totals 187 16 52 68 109 22 2 8 10 24

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