Marco Sturm

Ice hockey left wing Marco Sturm was a member of the German squad at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics that was eliminated at the group stage. Four years later at Salt Lake City, the team was beaten by 5-0 by the USA in the quarter-finals. At Vancouver in 2010, Sturm returned, but the team was eliminated in the group stage. In total, he won 41 international caps and scored 13 goals.

At club level, Sturm played with EV Landshut from 1995-97 before he moved to North America to join NHL clubs. He was affiliated in more than 1,000 matches with San José Sharks (1997-2005), Boston Bruins (2005-10), Los Angeles Kings (2010-11), Washington Capitals (2011), Vancouver Canucks (2011), and Florada Panthers (2011-12). During the NHL lockdowns he moved to Germany and played with ERC Ingolstadt (2004-05), and later with Kölner Haie (2012-13).

Sturm turned to coaching after his active career and became chief national coach in Germany from 2015-18. Under his guidance they sensationally won the silver medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. After the Games he moved to Los Angeles Kings and took up an assistant coaching position.