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Hospelt played a further three seasons with Kölner Haie before leaving the club as a free agent following the 2018–19 season. He agreed to a one-year contract with his fourth DEL club, Krefeld Pinguine, on April 17, 2019.

On April 12, 2013, at the conclusion of his contract with Wolfsburg, Hospelt was signed to a three-year contract with Adler Mannheim. Following the 2015–16 campaign, he returned to his hometown team Kölner Haie.

Kai Hospelt's career started in 2002 in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for his hometown Kölner Haie. After his first year in the DEL he was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Hospelt never made it to the North American Sharks squad, but played for five more seasons in Cologne. After six total seasons with the Sharks, he moved onto the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg where he spent five seasons and his last two as Captain of the Grizzly Adams until the conclusion of the 2012–13 season.

Hospelt has represented Germany's national team on numerous occasions. Twice (in 2002 and 2003) he played for Team Germany in the IIHF World U18 Championships. Three times (in 2003, 2004, and 2005) he represented them in the World Junior Championships. Six times (in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) he suited up for the national team in the World Championships. The largest honour came in 2010, when he suited up in the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 and score one assist in four games as Germany fell in the qualification round. Having won 115 caps for the German men's national team, he announced his retirement from international ice hockey in July 2017.

Kai Hospelt (born August 23, 1985) is a German professional ice hockey player currently playing for Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and was an Olympian at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.