Uwe Gerd Krupp was born on 24 June 1965 and is a German former professional hockey defenceman and former coach of the German national ice hockey team.
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22 Facts About Uwe Krupp
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Uwe Krupp scored the Stanley Cup clinching goal in triple overtime of Game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers.
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Uwe Krupp's son Bjorn Krupp is a professional ice hockey player.
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One of the few natives of Cologne to play for Kolner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Uwe Krupp was spotted by Scotty Bowman, the coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres, who chose him as the 214th pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.
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Uwe Krupp made his NHL debut against the Montreal Canadiens, but spent the latter part of the season with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, where he was a member of the Americans team that won the Calder Cup.
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Uwe Krupp steadily improved as a mobile, puck-moving defenceman, increasing his point totals each year with the Sabres.
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Uwe Krupp quickly settled with the Islanders, finishing second in scoring among defencemen behind Tom Kurvers, with 35 points in 59 games.
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Uwe Krupp spent the next two seasons as one of the Islanders' top defenders, helping the team eliminate the defending Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1993 playoffs, and reach the Conference Finals against the heavily favoured Montreal Canadiens, which the Islanders lost.
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Uwe Krupp scored the winning goal of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, in the third overtime period of the fourth game, becoming the first German-trained player on a Stanley Cup-winning team.
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Uwe Krupp returned to play the following season and was a member of the Red Wings when they won the Stanley Cup in 2002.
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On 23 November 2009, before a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers, Uwe Krupp was named a member of the Avalanche Alumni Association.
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On January 17,2017, the International Ice Hockey Federation's Historical Committee announced Uwe Krupp would be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2017.
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Uwe Krupp coached the German team to a tenth-place finish at the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino.
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Uwe Krupp had drastic lineup changes in store before the 2006 World Championship B-Pool tournament.
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At the 2010 World Championships in Germany, Uwe Krupp led the German National Team to a semifinal-appearance, Germany's best result at an international tournament since winning bronze at the 1976 Olympic Games.
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Uwe Krupp returned to his hometown team Kolner Haie and served as head coach starting 1 July 2011.
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Uwe Krupp took over head-coaching duties at Eisbaren Berlin in December 2014.
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Uwe Krupp guided the team to a playoff-semifinal appearance in 2017 and to the finals in 2018.
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Uwe Krupp was married twice and has four children between his relationships.
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Uwe Krupp was instrumental in recruiting younger German players to North America to compete in a variety of tournaments and camps.
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Uwe Krupp was inducted into the German Hockey Hall of Fame as a player.
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