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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Dimitrij Kotschnew
| image = Dimitrij Kotschnew.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|07|15}}
| birth_place = [[Karaganda]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height_m = 1.83
| weight_kg = 80
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| league = [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| team = Free Agent
| former_teams = [[Iserlohn Roosters]]<br>[[Nuremberg Ice Tigers]]<br>[[HC Spartak Moscow]]<br>[[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]<br>[[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]<br>[[Hamburg Freezers]]
| ntl_team = Germany
| draft = 
| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 
}}

'''Dimitrij Kotschnew''' (born July 15, 1981) is a [[Germany|German]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. He is currently an [[unrestricted free agent]] who most recently played for the now defunct [[Hamburg Freezers]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/html/freezers_team_spieler_dimitrij_kotschnew_2013_2014.html |title=Dimitrij Kotschnew |publisher=[[Hamburg Freezers]] |accessdate=2013-11-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610200651/http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/html/freezers_team_spieler_dimitrij_kotschnew_2013_2014.html |archivedate=June 10, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref> Kotschnew played six seasons for the [[Iserlohn Roosters]] over two spells.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.del.org/de/spieler/portraits/page/233----.html?p=6220525 |title= Dimitrij Kotschnew |publisher= [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] |accessdate= 2013-11-19}}</ref> From 2004 to 2007, he served as their starting goaltender. He has also played in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.khl.ru/players/15222/ |title= Dimitrij Kotschnew |publisher= [[Kontinental Hockey League]] |accessdate= 2013-11-19}}</ref>

Kotschnew has also played internationally for the [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|German national team]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/331/IHM3310GER_33_2_0.pdf | title = Team Roster: GER - Germany | format = PDF | work = Ice Hockey Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = 2013-02-08}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kotschnew was born in [[Kazakhstan]], however moved to [[Germany]] when he was nine years old.  Due to his [[Volga Germans|Russian German]] descent he also holds [[Russia]]n citizenship.<ref>[http://en.khl.ru/players/?letter=K Kontinental Hockey League - Official Website]</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Eliteprospects | name=Dmitrij Kotschnew}}
* {{HockeyDB|56190|Dmitrij Kotschnew}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Atlant Moscow Oblast players]]
[[Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia]]
[[Category:German ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany]]
[[Category:Hamburg Freezers players]]
[[Category:HC Spartak Moscow players]]
[[Category:Iserlohn Roosters players]]
[[Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players]]
[[Category:Nürnberg Ice Tigers players]]
[[Category:People from Karaganda]]
[[Category:Russian and Soviet-German people]]
[[Category:Soviet emigrants to Germany]]
[[Category:Straubing Tigers players]]


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