Christian Ehrhoff is a German professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League. He is known primarily as an offensive defenceman with strong skating and shooting abilities. Before playing in the NHL, Ehrhoff spent several years playing professionally in Germany, starting with EV Duisburg of the third-tier Oberliga and the Krefeld Penguins of the premiere Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He spent three years with Krefeld, winning the German championship in 2003. Selected 106th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Ehrhoff moved to North America for the 2003?04 season. He spent one-and-a-half seasons with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate, before joining San Jose on a full-time basis, beginning in 2005?06. After playing six seasons within the Sharks' organization, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in August 2009. During his two seasons with the club, he won back-to-back Babe Pratt Trophies as the team's top defenceman and helped them to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. 

July 6th, 1982 in Moers (Age 42)