Dieter Hegen Dieter " Didi " Hegen ( b . April 29th 1962 in Kaufbeuren , Bayern , Germany ) is a retired professional forward and head coach who spent his whole career playing in Germany . Playing career . Already as a seventeen years old , it was clear that Dieter Hegen would become one of the greatest German players of all times . Young Hegen in his first season scored 60 goals and added 64 assists for 124 points in only 42 games with ESV Kaufbeuren ' s 2 . Liga Süd affiliate . More than ready for the elite level , Hegen joined the senior squad in the elite 1 . Bundesliga . He didn ' t look out of place the slightest bit , scoring 54 goals and totalling 89 points in 43 games . The strong play of the rookie player attracted the attention of North American scout s ; the Montreal Canadiens drafted him 46th overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft . Hegen , however , never played in the National Hockey League . Sfter having spent his six first career seasons with Kaufbeuren , Hegen joined Kölner EC . In his first season in Cologne , Hegen became German champion for the first time ; he would get his second the very next season . Along with teammate Gerd Truntschka , he would form there one of the most devastating duo in German hockey . In 1989 , both Hegen and Truntschka moved together to Düsseldorf EG , where they joined an already powerful team with players such as Peter John Lee , Chris Valentine , Uli Hiemer , Mike Schmidt and goaltender Helmut de Raaf . The result was easy to guess : Hegen and his teammates won three straight German championships from 1990 to 1992 . The terrific duo of Hegen and Truntschka wouldn ' t stop terrorizing the elite level of Germany at this point , and the powerful pair again moved to a new team together , this time joining EC Hedos München . In their first year there , they failed to win a championship , for DEG was still too strong a powerhouse for the league . But the next season , the Munich side was unstoppable : Hegen clinched a six German championship with Hedos , who defeated DEG in the finals . 1994 - 95 marked the first time for a long time that Hegen wasn ' t paired with Truntschka ; the latter had decided retiring following that last championship with Munich . Hegen stayed there , as the team was being renamed München Mad Dogs . The team , however , was short lived - it went bankrupt early in the season . Hegen returned to Düsseldorf where he spent the remainder of the season and the next three . While there , he went on to win his seventh and last championship as a player . Hegen would finish his career with two pretty disappointing seasons with Star Bulls Rosenheim and , from 2000 to 2002 , with his first club , ESV Kaufbeuren . He retired from playing in 2002 . International career . Additionally to his highly successful 1 . Bundesliga / Deutsche Eishockey Liga tenure , Hegen was also an essential member of his national team . In career , he played 106 World Championship games for the West German National Team and the German National Team , scoring 39 times and adding 21 assists . He also participated in five Olympic Games ( 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 1994 and 1998 ) , playing a total of 33 games and scoring 16 times , with 7 assists . Coaching career . In 2002 , Hegen decided to try something new : he took on the head coach role of EV Duisburg , then in the 2 . Bundesliga . He led the Foxes to promotion to DEL in 2005 - that win turned out to be his eight league championship in career , his first as a coach . He was dismissed in 2007 despite a successful record with Duisburg , to be replaced by Peter Draisaitl . However , Draisaitl was fired in January 2008 ( despite a very succesful record ) , leaving the bench to Karel Lang . He too wouldn ' t last very long , and Didi Hegen was re - hired on September 16th 2008 as head coach of EV Duisburg .