28-05-2025
Blues 2018 First-Rounder Finds New Team In Germany
German winger Dominik Bokk, 25, has signed a two-year contract with Kölner Haie, the DEL club announced on Wednesday.
Bokk, a first-round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues in 2018, is returning to the club where he played from age 14 to 17. He spent the past three seasons playing in the DEL for Löwen Frankfurt.
'I'm very excited to be playing for the Sharks starting next season and returning to Cologne after my time here with the youth team,' said Bokk. 'To be able to play for the pro team in front of Die Haie fans at Lanxess Arena fills me with pride. I want to help the team build on the strong performance of last season.'
'Dominik has developed his game further over the past few years and is one of the most well-rounded players in his age group,' said Haie sports director Matthias Baldys. We are very pleased to have him on our roster now," said Haie Sports Director Matthias Baldys. 'He took on a lot of responsibility at a young age in Frankfurt. We want to give him the opportunity to take his next steps.'
After his youth seasons in Cologne, Bokk played three and half seasons in Sweden with the Växjö Lakers, Rögle BK and Djurgarden, where he recorded 31 points in 88 SHL regular-season and playoff games.
2026 Olympics will see best German team ever The Germans have had some very good results internationally in recent years, including a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and another silver at the 2023 IIHF World Championship. They've had some very good young talent to work with but they haven't had a chance to put all of their best players together on one team since the 2010 Winter Olympics. They've improved a lot since then. In fact, it's no stretch to say the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature the greatest German ice hockey team ever assembled.
Bokk's NHL rights were traded from St. Louis to the Carolina Hurricanes in September 2019, and went to North America in early 2021 in time for the start of the pandemic-delayed AHL season. He recorded 28 points in 61 games over two seasons with the Chicago Wolves; however, despite being a 25th-overall draft pick, he was never able to crack the Carolina roster.
Bokk returned to Germany in February 2022, finishing the season with Eisbären Berlin, who won the DEL championship. Bokk has recorded 122 points in 157 DEL regular-season and playoff games with Berlin and Frankfurt.
Kölner Haie finished sixth in the DEL standings last year but made the finals, losing to Berlin. In each of the last two seasons, Kölner Haie has set a new European attendance record.
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Report: Kölner Haie & DEL Set New European Attendance Records; New Records In Czechia & Britain Too The Alliance of European Hockey Clubs published its annual attendance study on Wednesday,
ranking 376 clubs across 29 leagues.
