 He served as sport director for the Frankfurt Lions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from June 2009 to June 2010 and was vice president of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund, the German ice hockey federation, between 2010 and 2014.He and his parents, who were of German descent, emigrated from Czechoslovakia after the Soviet occupation in 1968.In 2010, his son Tom was drafted in the 4th round of the NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.