Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te mētara koura tuatahi a Hoffmann i te Whakataetae ISU i tae mai i te 1974 European Championships i Zagreb, i reira i hinga ai ia i a Sergey Volkov o te Soviet Union me John Curry o te United Kingdom. I te
I te 1974 World Championships i Munich, ko ia te tuatahi i roto i nga ahua, te tuarua i roto i te papatono poto, me te tuarima i roto i te reti koreutu. He pūkenga hangarau, ka eke ia ki te Lutz tokotoru i roto i te reti koreutu, te peke tokotoru tino uaua i mahia i taua wa. I te mutunga i mua i a Volkov me a Toller Cranston o Kanata, i tu ia i runga i te papa o te ao mo te wa tuatahi. I te mutunga o taua tau, ka whara tana turi i runga i te papareti. I mahi ia i tana meniscus, a, i muri mai, i ngaro i te wa katoa o te tau 1974-75.