DEL2 Event Game
The DEL2 Event Game is an ice hockey game that will be played regularly from 2016 onwards. It is a regular DEL2 league game that will be relocated to a football stadium or another venue based on the concept of the DEL Winter Games .
Emergence
In April 2015, the DEL2 management decided to introduce the DEL2 Event Game based on the DEL Winter Game , whereby the clubs should be left open to the choice of the venue and the type of event. In May 2015, the Dresdner Eislöwen applied to host the first event game.
Winter Derby 2016
The first DEL2 Event Game was held on January 9, 2016 in the Dresden Stadium , the regular Dynamo Dresden venue , as a derby between the two Saxon DEL2 teams Dresdner Eislöwen and Lausitzer Füchse . The Eislöwen, who were always in the lead, won the game 4: 3 in front of 31,853 spectators in extra time.
| January 9, 2016 4:15 p.m. |
Dresdner Eislöwen Mark Cullen (2:28) Vladislav Filin (28:18) Steven Rupprich (47:33) Mirko Sacher (62:02) |
4: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report |
Lausitzer Füchse Greg Classen (22:44) Florian Lüsch (47:00) Darren Haydar (56:41) |
Dresden Stadium , Dresden Spectators: 31,853 |
The MDR television broadcast the meeting live, reaching an audience share of 8.5% in the relevant transmission area. With 31,853 visitors, the game generated a record attendance in the DEL2, set the record for a second division ice hockey game in Europe and is thus one of the five best-attended outdoor ice hockey games in Europe.
There was also an extensive accompanying program around the DEL2 game. This included musical appearances, including by Glasperlenspiel , and a legendary game with former FRG and GDR ice hockey stars such as Franz Reindl , Lorenz Funk junior , Jürgen Rumrich and Dieter Hegen as well as Dieter Frenzel , Michael Bresagk , Guido Hiller and Sebastian Elwing .
Summer Game 2016
The 2016/17 season started on September 10, 2016 with an event game in which the Löwen Frankfurt met the Kassel Huskies in the Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt . The Kassel Huskies won the game 5: 4 in extra time. 30,000 spectators followed the game in the stadium. The broadcasting station was Sport1 .
| September 10, 2016 6:55 pm |
Löwen Frankfurt Richard Mueller (8:39) Matthew Pistilli (22:49) Dennis Reimer (37:56) CJ Stretch (58:28) |
4: 5 a.d. (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report |
Kassel Huskies Thomas Merl (0:56) Carter Proft (12:49) Toni Ritter (41:01) Manuel Klinge (59:26) Jack Downing (62:41) |
Commerzbank-Arena , Frankfurt am Main Spectators: 30,000 |
Winter Derby 2019
In April 2019, the DEL2 announced that two event games will take place in the 2019/20 season .
In the first game event on 14 December 2019 met in Offenbach Bank Hessen Stadium Sparda the EC Bad Nauheim to the lions Frankfurt . In front of 15,146 spectators, the Löwen Frankfurt won 2: 3 after a penalty shootout. Here transformed Roope Ranta his two penalties after he scored a goal and an assist point already in the regular season.
The game was broadcast by HR-Fernsehen , which reached 60,000 viewers and thus a market share of 2.9% with the broadcast in Hesse.
| December 14, 2019 8:30 p.m. |
EC Bad Nauheim Andreas Pauli (16:31) Andrej Bíreš (47:45) |
2: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Löwen Frankfurt Marius Erk (1:09) Roope Ranta (40:26) Roope Ranta (PS) |
Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion , Offenbach am Main, spectators: 15,146 |
Hockey Open Air 2020
The fourth DEL2 Event Game took place on January 4th, 2020 in the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion in Dresden. At 4 p.m., the Dresden Ice Lions met the Lausitzer Füchse again in the new edition of the 2016 Winter Derby. In addition, a game of the Czech Extra League was played abroad for the first time when the match between HC Verva Litvínov and HC Sparta Prague took place from 7.30 p.m.
| January 4, 2020 4:00 p.m. |
Dresdner Eislöwen Jordan Knackstedt (4:08) Dale Mitchell (22:36) Mario Lamoureux (36:10) Jordan Knackstedt (46:44) Jordan Knackstedt (59:41) |
5: 3 (1: 2, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report |
Lausitzer Füchse Mychal Monteith (6:58) Darcy Murphy (13:08) Mike Hammond (32:56) |
Rudolf Harbig Stadium , Dresden Spectators: 32,009 |
The Eislöwen won the first game of the outdoor event with 5: 3 against the Lausitzer Füchse. The German-Canadian Jordan Knackstedt was a triple scorer , and a new DEL2 audience record was set with 32,009 spectators. The broadcast of the game on MDR saw up to 200,000 TV viewers at its peak, which corresponds to a (regional) market share of 10 percent.
| January 4, 2020 7:30 p.m. |
HC Verva Litvínov Jan Ščotka (36:21) Richard Jarůšek (54:22) |
2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2) game report |
HC Sparta Prague Jan Košťálek (23:48) Vladimír Růžička (46:15) Lukáš Rousek (48:16) |
Rudolf Harbig Stadium, Dresden Spectators: 32,009 |
The first league game in the Czech extra league outside the Czech Republic ended with a 3-2 win for HC Sparta Prague under head coach Uwe Krupp . With 32,009 spectators as well, a new attendance record was set for the Extraliga.
Web links
- DEL2 Summer Game 2016 - official site
- Winter Derby 2019 - official site
- Hockeyopenair Dresden 2020 - official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler: DEL2 plans event game for 2016. In: del-2.org. Retrieved January 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler: Eislöwen apply for the premiere of the DEL2 Event Games. In: del-2.org. May 18, 2015, accessed January 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Open-air derby live in "Sport im Osten extra". (No longer available online.) In: mdr.de. October 13, 2015, archived from the original on January 5, 2016 ; Retrieved January 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Röstel: Thanks to everyone involved. In: winterderby.de. January 10, 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 12, 2016 .
- ↑ WINTER DERBY ensures record attendance. In: stadionwelt.de. May 19, 2015, accessed January 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Huskies win crazy summer game. In: sport1.de. September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ DEL2 GOES INTO THE NEW SEASON WITH TWO EVENT GAMES. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
- ↑ First information about the winter derby in Offenbach. In: DEL-2.org. June 4, 2019, accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ^ Lion fireworks in the winter derby. In: loewen-frankfurt.de. December 15, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ hr text: Audience ratings. In: Hessischer Rundfunk. December 15, 2019, archived from the original ; accessed on December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Jochen Leimert: Germans and Czechs will celebrate a huge ice hockey party in Dresden on January 4th, 2020. In: sportbuzzer.de. September 16, 2019, accessed June 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Bully times defined by the HOCKEY OPEN AIR 2020. In: del-2.org. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Wind, continuous rain, record attendance and Knackstedt hat trick: Dresden wins wet spectacle against white water. In: eishockeynews.de. January 4, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Astrid Hofmann: Overwhelming response at the Hockey Open Air in Dresden. In: sportbuzzer.de. January 7, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Adam Bagar: 32 009 diváků! Drážďany překonaly Lužánky, extraliga má nový record. In: hokej.cz. January 4, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020 (Czech).
- ↑ Sebastian Groß: 3-2 success for Uwe Krupp and Sparta Prague against Litvinov in front of a Czech record crowd in Dresden. In: eishockeynews.de. January 4, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020 .
