Manfred Wolf

Canadian-born ice hockey forward Manfred “Mannix” Wolf moved to West Germany in 1978. He played for Mannheimer ERC until 1985, and won the national title in 1980. He then moved to Düsseldorfer EG until 1990, helping them to win the national title in his last season. Wolf wound up his career with Mannheimer ERC (1990-91), Frankfurter ESC (1991-94), and Ratinger Ice Aliens (1997-98), in the second league. He was later inducted into the German Hockey Hall of Fame.

Internationally, Wolf was on the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympic squads and played at five World Championships with West Germany. In total, he won 131 international caps and scored 26 goals. His son David also became a hockey professional.

Manfred Wolf later started a coaching career with lower league clubs and became manager of a company dealing with project planning, development, construction, operation and marketing of turnkey ice rinks.