Robert Dietrich

For the German art director, see Robert A. Dietrich. For the intelligence officer who used "Robert Dietrich" as a pseudonym, see E. Howard Hunt.

Robert Dietrich (25 July 1986 – 7 September 2011) was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, in which all players and coaches on board the plane from the club perished.

Robert Dietrich
Born	(1986-07-25)25 July 1986 Ordzhonikidze, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	7 September 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 25) Yaroslavl, Russia
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	DEG Metro Stars Straubing Tigers Milwaukee Admirals Adler Mannheim
National team	Germany
NHL draft	174th overall, 2007 Nashville Predators
Playing career	2003–2011

Playing career

Dietrich was drafted 174th overall in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. He played with the DEG Metro Stars of the DEL from 2005 to the 2008. On 16 July 2007, Dietrich was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Predators.^[1] He was reassigned on loan to the Metro Stars for his first year of the contract, before he spent the final two seasons in North America with the Predators American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.

Robert Dietrich in 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

In his second year with the Admirals in 2009–10, Dietrich led the team with 43 points for defenseman, but was unable to appear in the NHL with Nashville. On 8 June 2010, Dietrich returned to Germany and signed a two-year contract with Adler Mannheim.^[2]

Death

Main article: 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

On 7 September 2011, Dietrich was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk, Belarus to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team."^[3][4][5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003–04	EC Peiting	3.GBun		31	4	7	11	40		11	1	2	3	43
2004–05	ETC Crimmitschau	2.GBun		45	3	14	17	34		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Straubing Tigers	2.GBun		46	5	3	8	55		15	0	1	1	8
2006–07	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		52	3	19	22	28		9	2	4	6	22
2007–08	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		9	1	1	2	12		13	1	2	3	4
2008–09	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		63	4	15	19	32		11	1	7	8	2
2009–10	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		79	6	37	43	28		2	0	1	1	2
2010–11	Adler Mannheim	DEL		42	3	15	18	69		6	0	2	2	8
DEL totals				107	7	35	42	111		28	3	8	11	34

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Germany	WJC18-D1		5	0	4	4	4
2005	Germany	WJC		6	0	0	0	6
2006	Germany	WJC-D1		5	0	1	1	4
2007	Germany	WC		6	2	2	4	2
2010	Germany	WC		9	0	0	0	2
2011	Germany	WC		7	0	0	0	0
Junior totals				16	0	5	5	14
Senior totals				22	2	2	4	4

See also

• List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

References

1. "Predators sign five to contracts". Nashville Predators. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
2. "Eagles take Robert Dietrich under contract". Adler Mannheim (in German). 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
3. "First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl" (in Russian). Lifenews.ru. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
4. "The list of Lokomotiv players who died" (in Russian). Lifenews.ru. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
5. "Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash". theglobeandmail.com. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database