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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Dimitri Pätzold
| image = DimitriPatzold2010WinterOlympicsbreak.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_lbs = 0
| weight_lbs = 194
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| league = [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| team = [[Straubing Tigers]]
| former_teams = [[Kölner Haie]]<br>[[Adler Mannheim]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]]<br>[[HC Vityaz Podolsk]]<br>[[ERC Ingolstadt]]<br>[[Hannover Scorpions]]<br>[[Schwenninger Wild Wings]]
| ntl_team = GER
| draft = 107th overall
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_team = [[San Jose Sharks]]
| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 
}}

'''Dimitri Andreevich Pätzold''' ({{lang-ru|Дми́трий Андре́евич Пе́тцольд}}; born February 3, 1983) is a Kazakh-born [[Germany|German]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] currently playing for the [[Straubing Tigers]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (DEL).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.del.org/de/spieler/portraits/page/233----.html?p=7090293 |title= Dimitri Pätzold |publisher= [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] |accessdate= 2013-11-19}}</ref> He has also played in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.khl.ru/players/15264/ |title= Dimitri Patzold |publisher= [[Kontinental Hockey League]] |accessdate= 2013-11-19}}</ref> Due to his [[Volga Germans|Russian German]] descent he also holds [[Russia]]n citizenship.<ref>[http://en.khl.ru/players/?letter=P Patsold Dmitry goaltender Vityaz Chekhov 03.02.1983 Russia]</ref>

==Playing career==
Patzold was drafted 107th overall in the [[2001 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[San Jose Sharks]]. His previous professional teams include [[Kölner Haie]], [[Adler Mannheim]], the [[San Jose Sharks]] (with their AHL teams the [[Cleveland Barons (2001–2006)|Cleveland Barons]] and later the [[Worcester Sharks]]), [[ERC Ingolstadt]] and the [[Straubing Tigers]]. Dimitri also represented the [[German national ice hockey team|Team Germany]] at the [[2007 IIHF World Championship|2007]], [[2008 IIHF World Championship|2008]], [[2009 IIHF World Championship]] and the [[2010 Winter Olympic Games]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]].

After playing with the [[Straubing Tigers]], Pätzold signed a contract with the [[Hannover Scorpions]] on April 12, 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hannoverscorpions.de/scorpions-aktuell.php?nid=780 | title = Five new players for the 2011/12 season | publisher = ''Hannover Scorpions'' | date = 2011-04-12 | accessdate = 2011-04-12 | language = German}}</ref> With the forfeit of the Scorpions DEL license two years later, Pätzold join the newcoming Schwenninger Wild Wings to remain in the DEL on August 5, 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wildwings.de/web/aktuell/detailansicht/paetzold-wird-nummer-eins-in-schwenningen-4212/ | title = Patzold is number one in Schwenningen | publisher = ''[[Schwenninger Wild Wings]]'' | date = 2013-08-05 | accessdate = 2013-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wildwings.de/web/wild-wings/torhueter/32-dimitri-paetzold/ |title= Dimitri Pätzold |publisher= [[Schwenninger Wild Wings]] |accessdate= 2013-11-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{NHL profile|8469556|Dimitri Patzold}}
* {{Eliteprospects}}
* {{HockeyDB|55706|Dmitri Patzold}}

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