With his many years of experience on both national and international ice, Korbinian Holzer is one of the best-known defenders in German ice hockey.
Still in his infancy, Holzer took his first steps on runners at TuS Geretsried. In 2004 he moved to EC Bad Tölz in the DNL, where after just one year he was able to play his way into the second division team thanks to very good performances (18 points from 34 games). In the 2004/2005 season he made it into the U18 national team. With the German U18 team he took part in his first international tournaments at the World Cup in the Czech Republic (2005) and at the World Cup in Sweden (2006).
Korbinian “Korbi” Holzer’s success then took off. For the 2006/2007 season he moved to EV Regensburg and in the same year was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 4th round at position 111 in the NHL Entry Draft. However, “Korbi” initially decided to do so in the spring Düsseldorfer EG to go, where he played 125 DEL games. He also showed his most outstanding performance to date in the 2009/2010 season with a total of six goals and 16 assists in 52 games. On the international stage, he also managed to reach the top division with the German U20 national team at the 2008 World Cup.
Ultimately, his path led him to North America in 2010. Holzer made his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 06.11.2010, 2010. Thanks to good performances at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2015 World Cup in Germany, the Munich native was able to attract attention and moved to the Anaheim Ducks in 31 in exchange for Eric Brewer. The 38-year-old is now one of the regulars there in his current fifth season. In the current season, the Ducks defender has scored one goal and three assists in a total of 30.01.2020 games (as of January XNUMX, XNUMX, source: https://www.nhl.com/player/korbinian-holzer-8473560).
Korbinian Holzer also took part in the 2011, 2016 and 2018 World Championships and celebrated successes with the German team, such as qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics and 6th place at the 2019 World Championships in Slovakia.