2026年8月27日，德国冰球协会在慕尼黑举行的新闻发布会上宣布，任命在当天年满41岁的安德烈·兰克尔（Andre Rankel）为德国男子冰球国家队新任主教练 1。据德国冰球协会（DEB）首席执行官弗兰克·卢茨（Frank Lutz）透露，兰克尔获得了一份为期四年的合同，他将接替67岁的加拿大出生的哈罗德·克莱斯（Harold Kreis） 1。
这是兰克尔首次担任主教练职务，此前他作为球员和助理教练在柏林熊队积累了丰富的经验 1。在效力于德国冰球甲级联赛（DEL）的17个赛季中，他作为球员赢得7个冠军，作为助理教练赢得3个冠军，并在过去三个赛季担任柏林熊队助理教练 1。在国家队层面，他曾作为边锋为德国队出场46次，包括参加2010年温哥华奥运会 1。DEB体育总监克里斯蒂安·库纳斯特（Christian Künast）表示，兰克尔是面试候选人中最好的 1。2015年被任命为国家队主帅的马尔科·施图姆（Marco Sturm）当时同样没有主教练经验，后带领德国获得2018年平昌冬奥会银牌 1。
兰克尔的首次赛事将是11月在杜塞尔多夫举行的德国杯，首次重大考验将是明年5月在杜塞尔多夫、曼海姆和盖尔森基兴举办的世锦赛 1。他的前任克莱斯曾带领国家队获得2023年世锦赛银牌，而德国队在2026年冬奥会四分之一决赛中负于斯洛伐克队出局 1。
The German Ice Hockey Association (DEB) has appointed former national player Andre Rankel as the new head coach of the men's national ice hockey team, marking his first head coaching role 1. The appointment was officially announced at a press conference in Munich on August 27, 2026, which coincided with Rankel's 41st birthday 1. According to DEB CEO Frank Lutz, Rankel has been handed a four-year contract to replace 67-year-old Canadian-born Harold Kreis, who previously guided the team to a silver medal at the 2023 World Championship 1. DEB sports director Christian Künast stated that Rankel was the best candidate among those interviewed for the position 1.
Rankel brings extensive experience from his tenure with Eisbären Berlin, where he has served as an assistant coach for the past three seasons 1. During his 17-season playing career with Berlin in the DEL, he won seven championships, adding three more titles as an assistant coach 1. He also earned 46 caps for the German national team as a winger, including an appearance at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics 1. The hiring follows the national team's quarterfinal exit to Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Olympics 1. The situation mirrors the 2015 appointment of Marco Sturm, who also lacked head coaching experience before leading Germany to a silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics 1.
Rankel's first tournament at the helm will be the Deutschland Cup in Düsseldorf this November 1. His first major test will come at the World Championship next May, which will be hosted across Düsseldorf, Mannheim, and Gelsenkirchen 1.
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