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New York Islanders and German national team goaltender Thomas Greiss has apologized for liking several Instagram posts that compared Hillary Clinton to Adolf Hitler during last years U.S. presidential campaign.

Heres one of them, captured by German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk:

As uncovered by Deutschlandfunk, Griess also liked an Instagram illustration that showed a bearded Donald Trump dressed in Roman garb holding up a Medusa-like image of Clintons decapitated head and a photo of a man wearing a T-shirt that read, Guns dont kill people Clintons do.

I apologize for interacting with several posts that appeared in my timeline, which were wrong to engage with, Greiss said in a team-issued statement to Newsday. Liking these posts was a mistake, and I sincerely apologize again.

Said the Islanders: The New York Islanders do not condone the actions of Thomas Greiss on social media and are addressing the situation internally. And Thomas regrets his actions and recognizes that he made a mistake.

Alfons Hoermann, president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, said Greiss should not be allowed to play for the national team at the 2018 Olympics (which he probably wasnt going to do anyway after the NHL announced it was pulling its players from the Games). But German Ice Hockey Federation Vice President Marc Hindelang came to Greisss defense.

Its very important to make clear that Thomas Greiss is definitely not a right-wing extremist nor a right-wing populist, he said, per the Associated Press.

Greisss Instagram account is still active and public as of this writing and has 15,000 followers. He did not play in Germanys 3-2 loss to Denmark on Friday at the world championships because of injury.

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