Team East Germany Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 1978
| GOALIES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
 | Roland Herzig | G | 28 | 1950-01-12 | Sagar, Germany | |||
| Wolfgang Kraske | G | ||||||
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Dieter Simon | D | 25 | 1953-02-20 | 5'8" | 165 | ||
| Dieter Frenzel | D | 22 | 1955-06-29 | Roßlau, Germany | 5'11" | 203 | L |
| Joachim Lempio | D | 21 | 1956-09-23 | 5'7" | 174 | ||
| Frank Braun | D | 29 | 1948-09-09 | Crimmitschau, Germany | 5'10" | 183 | |
| Reinhardt Fengler | D | 21 | 1957-02-05 | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| Klaus Schröder | D | 22 | 1955-07-27 | ||||
| Peter Slapke | D | 28 | 1949-07-16 | Weißwasser, Germany | 6'0" | 198 | L |
| FORWARDS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Gerhard Müller | F | 23 | 1954-08-15 | Ballenstedt, Germany | 6'0" | 183 | |
| Rolf Bielas | F | 27 | 1950-09-02 | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| Joachim Stasche | F | 28 | 1950-02-02 | 5'10" | 152 | ||
| Roland Peters | F | 26 | 1951-08-08 | Grapzow, Germany | 5'9" | 165 | |
| Rainer Patschinski | F | 27 | 1950-08-28 | Rostock, Germany | 5'10" | 174 | L |
| Dietmar Peters | F | 28 | 1949-08-08 | Grapzow, Germany | 5'8" | 176 | L |
| Eckhard Scholz | F | ||||||
| Jurgen Franke | F | 25 | 1952-08-07 | Weißwasser, Germany | |||
| Frank Proske | F | 19 | 1958-06-12 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Wolfgang Unterdorfel | F | 22 | 1955-04-28 | ||||
| Friedhelm Bögelsack | F | 22 | 1955-09-25 | ||||
Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.