Terry Kurtenbach
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Terry Kurtenbach is a Canadian
Canada
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-British
United Kingdom
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 former ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player from defenceman. He spent his entire professional career playing in the United Kingdom.

Kurtenbach began his career for Nottingham Panthers
Nottingham Panthers
The Nottingham Panthers are a British professional ice hockey club based in Nottingham, England. They are members of the Elite Ice Hockey League...

 in the British Hockey League
British Hockey League
The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League...

 in 1986. "TK" patrolled the blue line in Nottingham until 1993 when he made the switch to Romford Raiders
Romford Raiders
The Romford Raiders are an ice hockey team based at the 1,500 seat Romford Ice Arena in Romford, Havering, east London. They were founder members of the EPIHL but now compete in the ENIHL. Their development team was the Romford Spitfires who played in Division 2 of the ENIHL before being succeeded...

 for just a single season. He then moved onto Guildford Flames
Guildford Flames
The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League...

 where he spent the next 5 seasons until 1999 when he retired.

Kurtenbach remains Nottingham's leading defenceman of all time with 313 goals and 784 points. He is currently 8th all-time in the Guildford Flames All Time Scorers list.

Kurtenbach also played for Great Britain. In September 2007 he was appointed to help run the Guildford Flames
Guildford Flames
The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League...

 Junior program.

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