Euro-players?

[DeltaOne81]

[quote evilnaturedrobot]as I don't believe there are any high level amateur junior leagues in Europe (though I wouldn't want to be quoted on this.)[/quote]

[jtwcornell91]

Justin Krüger (or Krueger as it gets translated) is German, but has played in Switzerland the last few years when not playing for the German national team.  His dad has been coaching in Switzerland and was the coach of the Swiss Olympic hockey team.[/quote]

Actually, names are not always interchangeable with the transliterations.  At least in the case of his father Ralph, the name seems to be spelled Krueger, even in German.

When I was living in Switzerland I saw a few games on TV (mostly Spengler Cup matches from Davos, the year that Lance Nethery's Kölner Haie) where Ralph Krueger was the color commentator.  He speaks German with this hilariously broad Canadian accent.

[jkahn]

[quote jkahn]Justin Krüger (or Krueger as it gets translated) is German, but has played in Switzerland the last few years when not playing for the German national team.  His dad has been coaching in Switzerland and was the coach of the Swiss Olympic hockey team.[/quote]

[quote jtw] Actually, names are not always interchangeable with the transliterations.  At least in the case of his father Ralph, the name seems to be spelled Krueger, even in German.[/quote]

Just google: "Justin Krueger" eishockey.
You'll get many more results with Justin Krüger than with Justin Krueger, and given that the German language sites seem to use Krüger, that's the spelling I cited.  Strangely, most references to Ralph seem to use the Krueger spelling.

[calgARI '07]

Maybe it was my imagination but I thought I heard some commentator at the Olympics say that Ralph Krueger (the father) was from Winnipeg.  Even if he was, Justin could still be German or Swiss or dual with Canada.  Still not trained in Europe though.  Only guy of the last few years who was playing in Europe the year before he was at Cornell was Stachurski I think.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote jkahn][quote jkahn]Justin Krüger (or Krueger as it gets translated) is German, but has played in Switzerland the last few years when not playing for the German national team.  His dad has been coaching in Switzerland and was the coach of the Swiss Olympic hockey team.[/quote]

[quote jtw] Actually, names are not always interchangeable with the transliterations.  At least in the case of his father Ralph, the name seems to be spelled Krueger, even in German.[/quote]

Just google: "Justin Krueger" eishockey.
You'll get many more results with Justin Krüger than with Justin Krueger, and given that the German language sites seem to use Krüger, that's the spelling I cited.  Strangely, most references to Ralph seem to use the Krueger spelling.[/quote]

Weird.  I only googled Ralph.

[jkahn]

[quote calgARI '07]Maybe it was my imagination but I thought I heard some commentator at the Olympics say that Ralph Krueger (the father) was from Winnipeg.  Even if he was, Justin could still be German or Swiss or dual with Canada.  Still not trained in Europe though.  Only guy of the last few years who was playing in Europe the year before he was at Cornell was Stachurski I think.[/quote]

Justin played two years for Davos HC Jrs. (Switzerland) before playing in the BCHL this year.  I think I saw somewhere that he played in Germany before that.  His dad might be originally Canadian or at least he spent a good part of his youth there, but then he played and has coached in Europe for years.

[jkahn]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote jkahn][quote jkahn]Justin Krüger (or Krueger as it gets translated) is German, but has played in Switzerland the last few years when not playing for the German national team.  His dad has been coaching in Switzerland and was the coach of the Swiss Olympic hockey team.[/quote]

[quote jtw] Actually, names are not always interchangeable with the transliterations.  At least in the case of his father Ralph, the name seems to be spelled Krueger, even in German.[/quote]

Just google: "Justin Krueger" eishockey.
You'll get many more results with Justin Krüger than with Justin Krueger, and given that the German language sites seem to use Krüger, that's the spelling I cited.  Strangely, most references to Ralph seem to use the Krueger spelling.[/quote]

Weird.  I only googled Ralph.[/quote]
So it's impossible to tell whether the German sites are germanizing the spelling or whether the original family name was Krüger and they're just reversing the anglicizing.

[ithacat]

Justin's dad joined the Carolina organization as a scout in March. Here's a little info -- not much, however.

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Krueger_gets_second_stab_at_Olympics.html?siteSect=105&sid=6378996&cKey=1138982874000

http://www.centericemagazine.com/breakingnews2.html