Deggendorfer SC
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Deggendorfer SC (founded in 1973), Deggendorfer EC (re-founded in 1982), Deggendorfer SC (since 2002) |
| Location | Deggendorf |
| Nickname | DSC |
| Parent club | Deggendorfer Schlittschuh-Club eV |
| Club colors | Red Blue |
| league | Ice hockey league |
| Venue | Deggendorf ice rink |
| capacity | 2,790 seats (including 300 seats) |
| Head coach | Dave Allison |
| Season 2019/20 | 4th place orienteering south |
The Deggendorf Fire is an ice hockey team from the city of Deggendorf , the first team currently in the league plays. In addition to the first team, the club also maintains various youth teams in all age groups, each in the highest game groups in Bavaria, as well as a figure skating department.
history
The beginning - Deggendorf Ski Club
The first attempts at ice hockey in Deggendorf date back to the late 1940s. Back then, games were played on frozen ponds around the city or on tennis courts where ice had been made. In 1953, the hobby players joined the Deggendorf Ski Club (SCD) as a division. Two years later one could look forward to the opening of the natural ice stadium on Edlmairstraße, at the opening of which the upper division (at that time the top division) Prussia Krefeld played a friendly game in Deggendorf. From the 1955/56 season, SC Deggendorf took part in the game operation in the district class East. Because of the increasingly mild winter, it became more and more difficult to maintain the game operation, so that from 1964 to 1975 participation in the regular game operation had to be stopped. Only with the construction of the ice rink on the Trat did ice hockey in the Danube city look up again. The new stadium was inaugurated in December 1973 and the roof was completed a year later. Up until the 1975/76 season they were content with friendly matches in order to put together a team capable of playing step by step, with which they could then start in the lowest league, the Bayern League.
The successful years - Deggendorf Ice Skating Club
Due to the division of the league, SC Deggendorf slipped into the Regionalliga Süd. Since the economic risk was too great for the parent club, the ice hockey department of the ski club separated from the main club on June 22, 1976 and now started as the Deggendorfer Skate Club (DSC). The 1976/77 regional league season was completed as a runner-up and, under the command of the player-coach and former national player Kurt Schloder, was able to celebrate promotion to the Oberliga Süd.
In order to maintain relegation in the Oberliga Süd 1977/78, the team was specifically strengthened with foreign players. The two Canadian contingent players Rick Hindmarch and Jim Setters, who advanced to absolute top stars in the following years and were guarantors of success, proved to be an absolute stroke of luck. The season was successfully concluded under coach Fred Holger with the runner-up behind EV Regensburg and the audience response exceeded all expectations. In the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga they finished fourth. The option to move up to the 2nd Bundesliga instead of EC Peiting was not taken. Reinforced with a number of German Canadians, they finished the second season in the Oberliga Süd 1978/79 as champions and also made first place in the promotion round and rose to the 2nd Bundesliga.
The first second division season 1979/80 could be finished sensationally in fourth, 3000 spectators and more were not uncommon back then. The second second division season 1980/81 was completed as third. The consequences of the passport forgery scandal did not leave Deggendorf ice hockey unaffected. In the 1981/82 season, the DSC had to cut financially, the number of viewers declined. The division of the league into a north and a south group increased the dwindling enthusiasm. If you could still reach second place in the preliminary round, participation in the promotion round, in which you had little to order due to injury, was only possible through the early retirement of EHC 70 Munich. From a sporting point of view, the 1981/82 season was the most successful in Deggendorf ice hockey to date, but the club was badly hit economically. Another league restructuring was not wanted and a withdrawal to the Oberliga Süd was also knocked out. You started again in the national league. In 1983 the Deggendorfer Ice Skating Club was wound up and a new beginning was made with the establishment of the Deggendorfer Eissport Club (DEC).
First new beginning - Deggendorfer Eissport-Club
After the bankruptcy in 1982, Deggendorf ice hockey disappeared from the nationwide scene. With a team of junior players and reservists from the second team, they dared to start over in the Bavarian State League in 1982/83. Immediately one rose to the Bayern League and the change from DSC to DEC was completed. A year later they moved up to the “Green Table” in the Regionalliga Süd, in which they were champions in the 1984/85 season. The German regional league championship, however, had to be left to EC Ratingen. In the promotion round they failed just about, but they moved again due to league divisions (introduction of the Oberliga Mitte) and financial difficulties of other clubs and started 1985/86 in the Oberliga Süd.
In the first two seasons, a squad consisting largely of locals did not get beyond league maintenance, in order to reach the league's promotion round as a surprise team in the 1987/88 season, in which one nevertheless had nothing to order. The following season was the blackest in sport and ended with a disgraceful relegation to the regional league. After a rigorous reorganization of the team, under the direction of the new crowd favorite Brian Varga, the German regional league championship and the return to the league were reached. The decision was made in a placement game against arch rivals EHC Straubing.
Until the introduction of the 1st League South in the 1994/95 season, the DEC was an integral part of the ice hockey league. Even if you mostly missed the leap into the promotion round, the DEC was the undisputed crowd favorite and the talk of the town in Deggendorf. With the introduction of the DEL, the substructure of German ice hockey was also redesigned and the Oberliga Süd became the 1st League South. A second successful phase began for Deggendorf ice hockey. After the introduction of the single-track 2nd Bundesliga in 1992/93 and its abolition in 1994, the league was filled with attractive opponents (Bad Tölz, Füssen, Landsberg, Riessersee), who made for a considerable number of viewers, most of which were beyond the 2000 limit. The Bosman ruling at the latest ensured that more and more well-known names and full professionals populated the league and the Deggendorfer cabin. In order to simplify the economy of the "Flames", the nickname since the 1996/97 season, and not to endanger the non-profit status of the parent club, a GmbH was founded.
The reintroduction of a single-track 2nd Bundesliga in the 1997/98 season, which narrowly failed to qualify, had far-reaching consequences for Deggendorf ice hockey. The audience saw participation in the Oberliga Süd as a downgrade and the most important crowd pullers such as Bad Tölz, Riessersee, Heilbronn and the like. a. played higher class and the new opponents from Haßfurt or Ulm could not adequately compensate for this loss. The club was in a quandary and they tried to make up for the leap into second class with costly commitments. Discrepancies in the environment, the annual changes to the game mode, constant changes in the team and a game system that was viewed as unattractive made the situation even worse, and the viewers didn't have as much money as they once did. After the 2001/02 season, the "Flames" could no longer be saved and had to report bankruptcy. The irony of fate was that the juniors won the German championship, the greatest sporting success in the club's history.
The second new beginning under the old name
A few years before the financial exitus of Deggendorf Flames GmbH and the associated demise of the Deggendorfer Eissport-Club eV, former players had founded a hobby club and given it the name of the Deggendorf Ice Skating Club, which was dissolved in 1983. The members of the DEC, including all the young players and the figure skaters, joined the DSC, which saw this with mixed feelings because they no longer had the majority in their own club.
At the time, the DSC team played in the Bavarian regional league and made it into the regional league in the 2001/02 season as champions of the Eastern regional league. In the 2002/03 season, the newly formed second team took part in the district league. This season, promotion to the Bayernliga was only missed in the playoff semifinals against TuS Geretsried . In 2004/05 the team rose to runner-up in the regional league behind ECDC Memmingen in the Bavarian League.
In the 2005/06 season the Deggendorfer finished seventh as a climber and were eliminated in the playoffs against the EHC Waldkraiburg . The following season Günter Eisenhut took over from Toni Brenner as coach. After the preliminary round, the team took second place behind their Lower Bavarian rivals Passau and won the runner-up title in the play-offs. Deggendorf was allowed to apply for the 2007/08 season in the major league. After the documents had been submitted and a guarantee had been deposited, the ESBG granted the Deggendorfer SC the license for the Oberliga. After several attempts, the board agreed in 2006 to reintroduce an epithet. The name "Fire" is based on the predecessor club DEC "Flames", which was very popular throughout the region and thus created an identification.
The first league season after five years "Fire" ended from a sporting point of view in eighth place and secured relegation in the first round of the play-downs against TEV Miesbach . Before the 2008/09 season there was great euphoria from the statements of coach Bernie Englbrecht , who believed that he could reach the playoffs with this team. When the class goal could not be achieved as a result of the sporting downturn, Englbrecht was separated by mutual agreement. Since the following trainer Gert Kompain could not stop the sporting decline either, they separated from him. Thus, the former Fire player Michael Winnerl took over the coaching office. Under his leadership, the team was able to secure the penultimate place and thus escaped relegation to the Bayern League.
The upheaval
The club restructured itself seriously before the 2009/10 season. With a new board of directors, sporting management and coaching team, the season preparation started. With Florian Schäfer a successor was found who took over the office of 1st chairman from Uschi Stern. With Michael Winnerl, a former player from "Fire" took over the position of sporting director. There was a big surprise when Norbert Weber, former youth coach of the DSC, filled the position of chief trainer. Since the new managers were still struggling with legacy issues from the previous season, it was decided to make the best of what was available. In addition to the well-known Deggendorf homegrown players, young, hungry players were signed up. With great skill, the sporting leadership succeeded in bringing one or two experienced players to Deggendorf who had already made a name for themselves with higher-class clubs. At the beginning of the season, the club was the only club in the major league that took part in the game without a foreigner. The new concept worked. Although "Fire" was very close to last of the current season, the team always knew how to convince through performance and fight - especially the home crowd. The new concept is to be continued in the future.
The school team of Deggendorfer SC achieved something positive. She was unbeaten Bavarian champion and was able to secure promotion to the Bundesliga in two games against the students of the Heilbronner EC - the Heilbronner "Jungfalken".
The anticipation for the 2010/11 league season was great. Not only was it possible to compete in the same league together with the old rival and derby neighbor from Regensburg after what felt like an eternity , but also a new signing made Deggendorf sit up and take notice. Mike Sullivan , who had made it into the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey two years earlier in the DSC jersey , returned to Lower Bavaria after his guest appearance with the Lausitzer Füchsen . The basic structure of the “wild force” of the preseason could largely be maintained. The first third of the season was not very successful for “Fire”. They were eliminated in the first round of the DEB Cup against the U20 national team. After significant defeats, the team and especially coach Weber were heavily criticized. After a significant increase in performance around Christmas, however, the critics fell silent. As in the previous season, the team impressed with their commitment and will. Sullivan and his compatriot Joe Rand were also able to demonstrate their skills from the second half of the season and were among others. a. to the top performers of the team. In addition, the DSC developed a dreaded reputation as "overtime scare", as you could clearly win most of the games in extra time. Ultimately, they qualified for the first time since the league promotion for the playoffs and thus competed against the runner-up of the Oberliga Süd , the SC Riessersee . Although, from Deggendorf's point of view, the Garmisch team could be described as a kind of favorite opponent this season, they were defeated in the fifth and all-important game in the Olympic ice rink with a 2-1 draw.
In the 2017/18 season, the team under coach John Sicinski became champions of the Oberliga Süd. The top performers on the championship team included Curtis Leinweber and Kyle Gibbons. The economic conditions for promotion to the DEL2 were also met, so that the DSC made the leap into the second highest German division. In the 2018/19 season, the DSC took 14th and last place in the DEL2, lost the two play-down rounds that followed and thus returned to the top division.
successes
- Promotion to DEL2 2018
- 2nd Bundesliga third place 1981
- Vice-champion 2nd Bundesliga South 1982
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1979
- German Oberliga Champion 1979
- German Oberliga runner-up in 2018
- South German Champion 2018
- Vice champion 1st ice hockey league south 1999
- Promotion to the league in 1977 , 1985 , 1990 , 2007
- Vice champion Oberliga Süd 1978 , 1994
- German regional league champion 1990
- Champion Regionalliga Süd 1985
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- Hacker Pschorr-Liga corresponded to the second highest division from 1994 to 1998, ↑ promotion - relegation ↓ source: eishockey-online.com
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Venue
→ Main article: Deggendorf ice stadium
Deggendorfer SC plays its home games in the Deggendorf ice rink, which was built in 1972 and 1973 in two construction phases. Since a renovation in 2013, the hall has a capacity of 2,790 seats.
Inline hockey
The Deggendorf Fire team of Deggendorfer SC participated in the German Inline Hockey League since 2008 and reached the semi-final tournament in 2008.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deggendorfer SC celebrates the championship season ( Memento from July 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), br.de from April 25, 2018
- ↑ Deggendorfer SC rises to DEL2 ( Memento from July 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), br.de from May 8, 2015
- ↑ Over and over: Deggendorfer SC is relegated to the top division - coach Collins leaves the future open. In: heimatsport.de. April 16, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Spectator statistics for ice hockey online
Oberliga Nord
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Black Dragons Erfurt • Saale Bulls Halle • Crocodiles Hamburg • Hammer Eisbären • Hanover Indians • Hanover Scorpions • Herford EV • Herner EV • Krefeld EV • Icefighters Leipzig • EG Diez-Limburg • Rostock Piranhas • Tilburg Trappers |
Oberliga Süd
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Deggendorfer SC • EV Füssen • Höchstadter EC • HC Landsberg • EV Lindau • ECDC Memmingen • EHF Passau • EC Peiting • EV Regensburg • SC Riessersee • Starbulls Rosenheim • VER Selb • 1. EV Weiden |