Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hoffmann akawana menduru yake yokutanga yegoridhe paISU Championship muna 1974 paEuropean Championships muZagreb, kwaakakunda Sergey Volkov wokuSoviet Union naJohn Curry wokuUnited Kingdom. Mumakwikwi eNyika a1974
muMunich, akaiswa wokutanga mumasvomhu, wechipiri muchirongwa chipfupi, uye wechishanu mukutamba akasununguka. Ane unyanzvi hwokugadzira zvinhu, akabudirira kuita nhangemutange yainzi Lutz katatu, iyo yaiva nhangemutange yakaoma zvikuru kupfuura dzose panguva iyoyo. Achipedza ari mberi kwaVolkov naToller Cranston wokuCanada, akamira pamusoro pepuredhi yenyika kwenguva yokutanga. Gare gare gore iroro, akakuvara ibvi rake paakanga achisvetuka. Akaitwa oparesheni pameniskisi yake uye akazorasikirwa nemwaka wose wa1974-75.