title: List of Olympic ice hockey players for East Germany
text: # List of Olympic ice hockey players for East Germany
  
  The list of Olympic ice hockey players for East Germany consists of 16 skaters and 2 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924). East Germany participated in one tournament during its existence: the 1968 Winter Olympics, where they finished eighth of the fourteen nations competing.
  
  Lothar Fuchs had the most goals (5), while Dietmar Peters had the most assists (5) and points (7)
  
  ## Key
  
  General terms :
  
  | Term | Definition |
  | - | - |
  | GP | Games played |
  | Ref(s) | Reference(s) |
  
  Goaltender statistical abbreviations :
  
  | Abbreviation | Definition |
  | - | - |
  | W | Wins |
  | L | Losses |
  | T | Ties |
  | Min | Minutes played |
  | SO | Shutouts |
  | GA | Goals against |
  | GAA | Goals against average |
  
  Skater statistical abbreviations :
  
  | Abbreviation | Definition |
  | - | - |
  | G | Goals |
  | A | Assists |
  | P | Points |
  | PIM | Penalty minutes |
  
  ## Goaltenders
  
  Goaltenders :
  
  | Player | GP | W | L | T | Min | SO | GA | GAA | Ref(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Klaus Hirche | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
  | Dieter Pürschel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
  
  ## Skaters
  
  Skaters :
  
  | Player | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Manfred Buder | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Lothar Fuchs | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
  | Bernd Hiller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Bernd Karrenbauer | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
  | Dieter Kratzsch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Hartmut Nickel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Rüdiger Noack | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
  | Ulrich Noack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Helmut Novy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
  | Dietmar Peters | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
  | Wolfgang Plotka | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | Bernd Poindl | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Peter Prusa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Wilfried Sock | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Dieter Voigt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Joachim Ziesche | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
  