Thomas Oppenheimer

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Thomas Oppenheimer

| image = Thomas Oppenheimer.jpg

| image_size = 230px

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|16}}

| birth_place = Peißenberg, West Germany

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 192

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| league = DEL

| team = Free Agent

| former_teams = Frankfurt Lions
Hamburg Freezers
ERC Ingolstadt
Eisbären Berlin

| ntl_team = GER

| draft =

| career_start = 2006

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Thomas Oppenheimer (born December 16, 1988) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He previously played under contract with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).{{DEL profile|4152364|Thomas Oppenheimer}}

Playing career

A native of Toledo, Ohio, Oppenheimer made his debut in Germany's top-tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in the course of the 2006-07 season. In 2010, he left the Frankfurt Lions to join fellow DEL side Hamburg Freezers and developed into an integral part of the side over the years. In 2015-16, which turned out to be the last season of the Hamburg team, he scored 21 goals in 52 regular season contests along with 13 assists, while serving as an assistant captain.

With the announcement of the Hamburg Freezers ceasing operations and folding in May 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://ddexpress.info/former-nhler-schuberts-last-ditch-effort-to-save-hamburg-freezers-fails-del-team-folds/|title=Former NHLer Schubert's last-ditch effort to save Hamburg Freezers fails, DEL team folds|date=2016-05-26|website=ddexpress.info {{!}} the world's sports|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-31}} A couple of days later, Oppenheimer signed a five-year deal with another DEL club, ERC Ingolstadt, on June 1, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/profis/newsdetail?id=4098|title=ERC sign Oppenheimer for 5 years | website= ERC Ingolstadt | date = 2016-06-01 | language = German |access-date=2016-06-01}} On June 6, 2017, he was traded to fellow DEL team Eisbären Berlin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eisbaeren.de/news/detail/thomas-oppenheimer-kommt-nach-berlin-darin-olver-verlaesst-berlin|title=Thomas Oppenheimer kommt nach Berlin, Darin Olver verlässt Berlin {{!}} Eisbären Berlin|last=Berlin|first=Eisbären|website=www.eisbaeren.de|language=en|access-date=2017-06-06}}

International play

Oppenheimer represented the German men's national team at the 2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/teams/germany/#list|title=Germany - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|website=www.iihfworlds2014.com|access-date=2016-05-31}} and 2015{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/teams/#GER|title=Teams - 2015 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|website=www.iihfworlds2015.com|access-date=2016-05-31}} World Championships.