Dresden Ice Lions
| Dresden Ice Lions | |
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Champion of the Oberliga and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005 and 2008 |
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ESC Dresden (1990–2000) Dresdner Eislöwen (since 2000) |
| Nickname | The ice lions |
| Parent club |
ESC Dresden e. V. EHC "New Ice Lions" Dresden e. V. (2001-2008) |
| Club colors | Blue - white |
| league | DEL2 |
| Venue | EnergieVerbund Arena |
| capacity | 4,412 seats (including 3,099 seats) |
| executive Director | Thomas Barth |
| Head coach | Rico Rossi |
| captain | Thomas Pielmeier |
| Season 2018/19 | 9th place, semi-finals |
The Dresdner Eislöwen are an ice hockey team from Dresden , which emerged from the Eissportclub Dresden e. V. emerged. The team, which has been outsourced to the operating company ESCD Dresden mbH since 2000, was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2007/08 season . The play operations of the youngsters and the amateur team between 2001 and 2008 in the EHC "Neue Eislöwen" Dresden e. V. outsourced. The club also includes the para-ice hockey team of the Dresdner Eislöwen Sledge , which plays in the German para-ice hockey league .
The club's teams play their home games in the EnergieVerbund Arena , which was completed in 2007 and can accommodate up to 4,412 spectators.
history
The beginnings
At the beginning of the 20th century, a Dresden ice hockey team, the Academic Sports Club , took part in the international ice hockey tournament in Berlin for the first time in 1909 , played games against teams from Brussels and Berlin and won the tournament. In the following years the ASC reached the Saxon runner-up behind the Leipziger SC several times . In 1934 Blau-Weiß Dresden won the Saxony Championship for the first time and took part in the final round of the German Championship . In Schierke , the Dresden team met the teams of SV Rastenburg , the Erfurt bobsleigh club , the Berlin HC and the EV Berlin . Four years later , the club reached the preliminary round of the German championship in Nuremberg, but could not prevail against the Berliner SC , EV Füssen and SV Rastenburg and took fourth place. After the Second World War, the BSG KWU Dresden became the first Saxony champion, with the home games being played in the old ice rink on Lennéstrasse . Another Dresden team, the BSG Einheit Süd, took part in the Berlin artificial ice tournament, which was held for the first time in the former Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle .
From the 1951/52 season, the BSG Einheit Süd was one of the participants in the GDR Oberliga , but rose in 1953 to the second-rate league . On January 27, 1952, a natural ice stadium was opened in Dresden, the Rudolf-Harbig-Eisstadion on Lennéstraße, where today SG Dynamo Dresden plays football. The opening game against a Berlin combine was played in front of 10,000 spectators. For the 1954/55 season the first team of the BSG was delegated to the HSG Wissenschaft TH Dresden , while the second team of the unit south competed in the third division. Since HSG Wissenschaft was relegated from the first division to the second division at the end of the season, the two Dresden teams met in the latter in the 1955/56 season.
Eight years later, on December 26, 1960, the artificial ice stadium on Pieschener Allee was inaugurated with a game between a district team from Dresden and ASK Vorwärts Erfurt . In its new home ground, SC Einheit Dresden avoided relegation from the league with two wins against BSG Wismut Wilkau-Haßlau . In the GDR, ice hockey was not considered “eligible for funding” from 1970 onwards. For this reason there were only two locations where professional hockey was played from then until 1990. In other places there was only a so-called “best determination”, which took place once a year in a few tournaments. The SC Einheit Dresden, relegated from the league in 1970, had no regular ice hockey team since it was reduced to the ice hockey locations Berlin and Weißwasser . Twelve years later, another ice hockey game was held in Dresden when the BSG Kraftverkehr met a hobby team from Erfurt . In the following years, the BSG took part in the GDR's best determination in Crimmitschau and mostly took lower places.
The first game in Dresden after the fall of the Wall took place in March 1990, when a Dresden selection met TSG Darmstadt . The game ended 6-2 for Dresden.
Founding period (1990–1999)
Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many new ice hockey clubs were founded in East Germany. One of the first was the ESC Dresden , which was founded on April 28, 1990 and from the 1990/91 season took part in the newly created Sachsenliga . The first ESCD team tried to qualify for the professional leagues of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) through this championship of the state of Saxony .
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 1990/91 | SaL | - | 4th Place |
| 1991/92 | SaL | 2nd place | 3rd place |
| 1992/93 | SaL | - | 4th Place |
| 1993/94 | SaL | - | 1st place ↑ |
| 1994/95 | SaL | - | 1st place ↑ |
| 1994/95 | Sä-BöL | - | 6th place |
| 1995/96 | RL-O | 3rd place | 4th Place |
| 1996/97 | SaL | - | 2nd place |
| 1997/98 | SaL | - | 1st place ↑ |
| 1998/99 | SaL | - | 1st place ↑ |
↑ ↓ in the promotion / relegation round of the respective league
In the summer of 1993, an "Initiative Group Ice Hockey 2000" was founded to support the team around the then ice hockey player Dr. Rainer Mund, Steffen Hofmann, Karl-Heinz Domschke and Sven Rohrbach. In addition, a performance-oriented team was put together, which won the Saxony Championship in 1994. In the subsequent qualifying games for the 2nd league , the Dresden team met Bavarian teams for the first time in competitive games, with only one victory, but many spectators visiting the home games in the ice rink on Pieschener Allee.
Due to the dominance of the Sachsenliga in the previous year, the ESCD founded a Bohemian-Saxon League in 1994, which was carried out for one season. In the following season, the first team of the ESCD took part in the Regionalliga Nord / Ost and finished sixth. After some important sponsors had not renewed their contracts in 1996, the ESC had to withdraw to the Sachsenliga again at the beginning of the 1996/97 season and took second place behind the Chemnitz syndicate .
A year later, there was a new attempt to rise from the Sachsenliga, when the club signed a stronger team, including Thomas Wagner and Steffen Thau from ES Weißwasser . A highlight of the 1997/98 season was the game of the ice lions against a DEL all-star team on February 15, 1998, with the DEL putting together a selection team for the first time in its history. The honorary bull was carried out by the Saxon Prime Minister Kurt Biedenkopf . The home games of the 1997/98 season were attended by up to 1200 fans and the ESCD won the championship in both 1998 and 1999 without losing points. In the promotion games, the mostly Bavarian teams such as ESC Munich , EHC Bad Aibling , TSV Hügelsheim , EA Kempten , EHC Memmingen or the Schwenninger Fire Wings were superior to the ESC. In the promotion games, the club recorded an average attendance of 2300 visitors, and in March 1999 the ice rink was sold out for a championship game with 2865 spectators for the first time since the 1950s.
In the early summer of 1999, the German Ice Hockey Federation was looking for more participants for the fourth-class Regionalliga-Süd . After a few bankruptcies of clubs from northern Germany, there was a lack of teams for the third-class Oberliga Nord . First, the management of the ESCD agreed to start in the regional league. However, when there was a chance to compete in the third division, this was taken. With this, the ESC Dresden rose by two leagues without sporting qualifications, but with a reinforced squad and the additional name "Ice Lions" . The new coach was the Czech Ivan Horák , who together with newcomer Jan Tábor put together the senior division squad.
Establishment in the major league (1999-2005)
The first league year began with a 7-3 win against the Herne Miners in front of 1111 spectators. At the end of the preliminary round, the Eislöwen qualified eighth in the table as promoted players from the fifth division for the Oberliga play-offs . Roland Schröder in goal , the former Czech international František Procházka in defense and the two strikers Milan Kubis and František Ševčík played a major role in this success . The first play-off opponent, EV Duisburg , was too strong for the Eislöwen, so the season ended after the quarter-finals.
In the summer of 2000 Ivan Horak was replaced as a coach by Rudolf Sindelar , while Horak remained as an assistant coach in the club. In the following season, the ESC reached the play-offs despite financial problems and the associated player departures and survived the first round against the southern division Deggendorf. In the semifinals there was the Saxony derby against ETC Crimmitschau , which ETC won with 3-1 victories - with winning the following semifinals, ETC rose to the 2nd Bundesliga .
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 1999/00 | OL-N | 8th place | Quarter finals |
| 2000/01 | OL-N | 3rd place | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| 2001/02 | OIL | 5th place | Semifinals ↑ |
| 2002/03 | OL (group SO) |
3rd place | Vice champion ↑ |
| 2003/04 | OL (Season NO) |
2nd place | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| 2004/05 | OL (Season NO) |
1st place | Master ↑ |
↑ ↓ in the promotion / relegation round of the respective league
In the 2001/02 season, a single-track league was played because many clubs had withdrawn their teams for financial reasons or had gone bankrupt. The Eislöwen also had to fight for a long-term league license, which was granted in July 2001 with the help of sponsors and the city of Dresden. With fifth place at the end of the double round, the ESC met Deggendorf in the quarter-finals of the play-offs as in the previous year and reached the semi-finals. However, the Dresden team lost the series against the eventual champions and promoted Landshut Cannibals .
The following season brought the Eislöwen more success: After they survived the preliminary round and got a new coach in Jiří Kochta , they moved into the championship round, the play-offs and finally the final. However, there the Blue Devils Willows defeated the Ice Lions. So they missed the promotion again, as there was only one promoted to the second division this season. In the following 2003/04 season there were three promoted players due to insolvencies in the second division , but the Eislöwen lost in the first round of the play-offs against EHC Munich .
Before the 2004/05 season , the ice lions' squad was qualitatively improved , for example by Jan Schertz , Robin Sochan and Iiro Itämies . The DEL record champions, Adler Mannheim , were defeated 2-1 in a test match. This result and the other preparatory games showed a positive trend, so that the ice lions were among the favorites for promotion. The team was confidently first in the preliminary round north-east and in the championship round they finished second behind the EHC Munich . The first play-off round against EV Ravensburg was won before the semi-final series against the Hanover Indians followed. The Eislöwen narrowly lost the first two games, but decided the following games in the play-off series all for themselves. Since two teams were eligible for promotion, promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga was secured at the same time. The close of the season was the close final series against EHC Munich, which was decided in the penalty shootout. The Eislöwen achieved the greatest success in the club's history - winning the league championship.
Ascent and descent (2005-2009)
For the first Bundesliga season in the history of Dresden ice hockey, manager Jan Tábor signed some experienced second division players, including David Musial and Marek Mastič . As a promoted team, the team quickly established itself in the Bundesliga and made it to the top of the table. The Adler Mannheim reciprocated in the first round of the DEB-Pokal for the defeat in the previous year and the Eislöwen lost 2-1 in front of their home crowd. At the end of the preliminary round, the Eislöwen qualified for the play-offs with seventh place. There they defeated the Landshut Cannibals 4: 3 in the quarter-finals . In the semi-finals, the Eislöwen failed after three games against the winner of the preliminary round, REV Bremerhaven . In the course of this season the Dresdeners were at the top of the table 23 times. Outstanding players in the ranks of Dresden were Andrej Kaufmann , Gregory Schmidt and Marek Mastič in goal, with Kaufmann leaving the club after the season for Wolfsburg .
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 2005/06 | 2nd BL | 7th place | Semifinals ↑ |
| 2006/07 | 2nd BL | 11th place | Descent ↓ |
| 2007/08 | OL (north) |
1st place | Master ↑ |
| 2008/09 | 2nd BL | 12th place | - |
↑ ↓ in the promotion / relegation round of the respective league
For the 2006/07 season , Jiří Kochta had to integrate nine new players into the team, as some top performers in previous years had left the Eislöwen. In October 2006 the team stabilized, won eight home games in a row and scored points at away games every now and then, so that the ice lions settled in the top third of the table. The front row with Daniel Menge , Martin Sekera and Gregory Schmidt played a major role in this increase in performance . Due to several injuries, the Eislöwen used three different goalkeepers: Mastič, Norbert Pascha and Vlastimil Lakosil . After a series of defeats, coach Jiří Kochta resigned in early February 2007. Stefan Mikes took over his post on February 8, but he did not bring any immediate success. The Eislöwen missed the play-offs by six points and competed against the Lausitzer Füchse in the play-downs . The Lausitzer had an outstanding goalkeeper in Nolan McDonald , so that after two wins and four defeats in the Best of Seven mode, the Dresden team relegated to the top league.
After relegation to the third division, the ice lions team was greatly changed. In addition to players from the Czechoslovak ice hockey school, two Canadians, Kevin Gardner and Jason Lundmark, were signed . In addition, crowd favorite Petr Sikora returned to the team after a year at SC Riessersee . Furthermore, with Marian Hurtík, a new coach was hired. During the preparation for the season, the new home arena of the Eislöwen was opened with the Freiberg Arena . The 2007/08 season began with a series of seven wins and 15 home wins. When the defeats increased towards the turn of the year, some players were replaced. Since the season's goal of promotion seemed in danger in the meantime, manager Jan Tábor and the injured player Petr Sikora took care of the operational training since the end of February 2008, while Hurtik was employed as an assistant coach. At the end of the regular season, the team was in first place in the northern group. In the quarter-finals, the team defeated ESV Kaufbeuren 4-1 in five games. In the semifinals there was a series against EV Füssen , which the Eislöwen won 4-1. With that the goal set before the season - the immediate promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga - was achieved. Since there were no final games in the league game mode and the direct comparison against EC Bad Tölz was won, the Eislöwen also reached the second league championship in the club's history.
The 2008/09 season began with a large part of the promotion team and a new assistant coach, the German-Romanian Otto Keresztes . Due to a series of defeats, Jan Tábor resigned his coaching position in October 2008 and Keresztes took it over. When this change was unsuccessful, a new head coach was signed in January 2009, Markus Berwanger . Jan Tábor ended his activity as a sports manager at the end of January, and in mid-February his position was filled with Steffen Ziesche , the former manager of Eisbären Berlin Juniors . Despite the personnel changes, the team reached the 12th and penultimate place in the table. The subsequent play-down round was not played because the Tölzer Löwen filed for bankruptcy during the season and were thus prematurely the only relegated team.
Economic problems and restructuring concept (2009-2018)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 2009/10 | 2nd BL | 9th place | Pre-play-offs ↑ |
| 2010/11 | 2nd BL | 6th place | Semifinals ↑ |
| 2011/12 | 2nd BL | 13th place | 1st place ↓ |
| 2012/13 | 2nd BL | 10th place | - |
| 2013/14 | DEL2 | 7th place | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| 2014/15 | DEL2 | 10th place | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| 2015/16 | DEL2 | 7th place | Semifinals ↑ |
| 2016/17 | DEL2 | 4th Place | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| 2017/18 | DEL2 | 8th place | Pre-play-offs ↑ |
| 2018/19 | DEL2 | 9th place | Semifinals ↑ |
↑ ↓ in the promotion / relegation round of the respective league
Before the 2009/10 season, sports manager Steffen Ziesche signed a completely new team, only Jason Miller got a contract extension. Shortly before the start of the season, the new managing director of Eislöwen Spielbetriebs GmbH announced a budget shortfall of around 480,000 euros, so that the ice hockey game operating company (ESBG) threatened to withdraw its license. The withdrawal of the license was prevented by the acquisition of new sponsors, the increase in existing sponsorship contracts and the deferral of rental costs to the city of Dresden. As a punishment for the wrong information in the context of the licensing, eight points were deducted from the ice lions.
Even before the 2010/11 season, the economic situation had to be presented to the ESBG Supervisory Board. The meeting showed that the ice lions should first create the economic basis for the issuing of the license. Two conditions had to be met by June 30, 2010 - the clarification of the rental agreements and the subordination of liabilities with the state capital. At the beginning of July 2010, the Dresdner Eislöwen received the license.
In February 2012, cracks appeared on the roof of the EnergieVerbund Arena , so that water penetrated the building and damaged systems. With a makeshift repair, the 2011/12 season could be played to the end before the roof of the hall was renovated from July 2012. Due to the construction work, the Eislöwen could not play any preparatory home games before the following season and only played away games until the end of October 2012. The loss of income resulted in liquidity bottlenecks at the gaming company.
In May 2013, another impending bankruptcy was averted when the city council approved a subordination and deferred debts of over 470,000 euros.
With Volker Schnabel, a new managing director was introduced in spring 2014, who saw the restructuring of the Spielbetriebs-GmbH as a primary goal.
In April 2014 the Dresden city council approved the renovation concept of the ice lions and waived around 300,000 euros in debt. In addition, debts of 150,000 euros were deferred and the rent for the arena was reduced. In April 2018, the last installment of 50,000 euros was paid back to the city, thus completing the renovation of the club. In addition, the management of the gaming company and the sports management were reorganized in spring 2018.
team
Squad for the 2019/20 season
Status: June 2020
| No. | Nat. | player | Item | Date of birth | in the team since | place of birth |
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Marco Eisenhut | G | November 1, 1994 | 2017 | Deggendorf , Germany |
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Riku Helenius | G | March 1, 1988 | 2020 | Pälkäne , Finland | |
| 1 |
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Florian Proske | G | June 22, 1996 | 2019 | Bad Muskau , Germany |
| 23 |
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Alexander Dotzler - A. | D. | September 12, 1984 | 2019 | Regensburg , Germany |
| 58 |
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Lucas Flade | D. | January 17, 2001 | 2019 | Schkeuditz , Germany |
| 4th |
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Steve Hanusch | D. | 2nd December 1990 | 2017 | Cottbus , Germany |
| 36 |
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René Kramer | D. | October 24, 1987 | 2015 | Berlin , Germany |
| 20th |
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Kevin Lavallée - A | D. | December 12, 1981 | 2019 | Montreal , Quebec , Canada |
| 77 |
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Arne Uplegger | D. | February 11, 1998 | 2017 | Bad Muskau , Germany |
| 2 |
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Erik Betzold | F. | January 18, 2000 | 2020 | Nordhausen , Germany |
| 21st |
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Elvijs Biezais | RW | June 30, 1991 | 2019 | Riga , Latvian SSR |
| 40 |
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Nick Huard | C. | March 29, 1991 | 2017 | Sudbury , Ontario , Canada |
| 12 |
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Joe Kiss | F. | June 3, 2000 | 2019 | Erfurt , Germany |
| 9 |
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Jordan Knackstedt | RW | September 28, 1988 | 2018 | Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada |
| 67 |
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Tom Knobloch | C. | February 7, 1999 | 2018 | Hennigsdorf , Germany |
| 90 |
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Mario Lamoureux - A. | C. | June 18, 1988 | 2019 | Grand Forks , USA |
| 13 |
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Christian Neuert | C. | February 21, 1992 | 2020 | Regensburg , Germany |
| 51 |
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Thomas Pielmeier - C. | RW | April 14, 1987 | 2017 | Deggendorf , Germany |
| 17th |
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Toni Ritter | LW | January 6, 1990 | 2019 | Bad Muskau , GDR |
| 11 |
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Steven Rupprich | LW | April 15, 1989 | 2014 | Berlin , Germany |
| 97 |
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Dennis Swinnen | F. | August 7, 1993 | 2020 | Lier , Belgium |
| 98 |
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Louis Trattner | F. | February 22, 1998 | 2020 | Hanover , Germany |
Coaching staff
| activity | Nat. | Surname | Date of birth | In the team since | place of birth |
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Rico Rossi | June 22, 1965 | 2019 | Toronto, Ontario , Canada |
| Assistant coach |
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Petteri Kilpivaara | October 10, 1985 | 2018 | Finland |
Significant past teams
Major league championship 2004/05
The Eislöwen squad of the 2004/05 season consisted of 20 players, so coach Jiří Kochta only had three lines of attack available. Thomas Mittermeier left the team in December 2004, but the Eislöwen strengthened themselves in January 2005 with Gregory Schmidt , who came to Dresden from ERV Schweinfurt .
| position | Surname |
| Goal: | Iiro Itämies , Norbert Pascha |
| Defense: | Petr Molnár , Jakub Körner , Martin Masak , Robert Hoffmann , Robin Sochan , Jan Schertz , Pavel Weiß , Thomas Mittermeier |
| Storm: | Kilian Glück , Pavel Vít , Jan Welke , Petr Sikora , Petr Hrubý , Andreas Henkel , Gregory Schmidt , Torsten Schwarz , Mike Dolezal , Jędrzej Kasperczyk |
| Trainer: | Jiří Kochta (head trainer) , Jan Tábor (manager) |
Major league championship 2007/08
Before the 2007/08 season , a large part of the team was replaced, only Norbert Pascha , Marcel Linke , Kilian luck , Pavel Vít , Petr Hrubý and Michael Schmerda received a contract extension. During the season David Musial , Erik Pipp and Markus Rohde left the Eislöwen, Jakub Körner returned to Dresden and both Jason Deleurme and Michal Schön were newly signed.
| position | Surname |
| Goal: | Michal Mařík , Norbert Pascha |
| Defense: | Jason Lundmark , Marcel Linke , Andreas Maier , Martin Hamann , Roman Weilert , Jakub Körner |
| Storm: | Kilian Glück , Pavel Vít , Adriano Carciola , Petr Sikora , Petr Hrubý , Kevin Gardner , Jason Deleurme , David Čermák , Michael Schmerda , Markus Guggemos , Daniel Menge , Jiří Mikesz , Michal Schön |
| Trainer: | Jan Tábor (head trainer) , Marian Hurtík and Petr Sikora (assistant trainer) |
player
Blocked numbers
- # 7 René "Susi" Kraske - one of the "build-up helpers" of Dresden ice hockey after 1990, today a junior coach at the ESC Dresden and the Saxon Ice Sports Association
- # 10 Sami Kaartinen - With 155 goals between 2009 and 2015, the best goalscorer and the ice lions' favorite
- # 22 Petr Sikora - top scorer of the ice lions and a crowd favorite for many years.
Club-internal records
Since 1999, many players have entered the ice for the ice lions. The Czechs Petr Sikora and Pavel Vít are among the outstanding players in the Ice Lions .
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(all statistics are current at the end of the 2015/16 season ; no statistics are available for the period before 1999)
Significant former players
The Dresden fans are particularly fond of the following players, as they distinguished themselves with many goals scored, team spirit and willingness to fight at the Eislöwen.
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Participation of players in the ESBG All-Star Game
The ESBG Allstar Game took place annually between 2006 and 2008 and brought together the best players from the 2nd national and upper leagues.
(Year / team and position in brackets)
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Participation of players in the DEL All-Star-Game
Since the DEL All-Star Game 2008 was held in the Freiberger Arena in Dresden, the fans were allowed to nominate one ice lion player each for Team Europe and Team North America . In addition, the Dresden goalkeeper Michal Mařík moved into the European team because of an injury to Dimitrij Kochnew .
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Petr Sikora
(2008 / Team Europe, striker) -
Kevin Gardner
(2008 / Team North America, striker) -
Michal Mařík
(2008 / replacement for Team Europe, goalkeeper)
Trainer
Since the ESC Dresden was founded, coaches from the former Czechoslovakia have shaped ice hockey in Dresden. Initially, the team was looked after by Rolf Thieme, who was an active player in the first GDR championship in 1949. In the 1993/94 season, Christian Domschke took over the coaching position, which is still part of the traditional Eislöwen team.
After Josef Kovacik had worked as a player- coach in the Sachsenliga for a long time , the Czech Ivan Horák was committed to promotion to the Oberliga , who led the team into the play-offs in the first league season. In summer 2000 the team was taken over by Rudolf Sindelar , who had previously looked after clubs such as EHC Straubing , EV Landshut and EC Villacher SV . He led the team to the semi-finals of the 2001/02 play-offs, but was dismissed in December 2002 due to sporting failures.
| Previous coach of the Dresden Ice Lions | ||
| Period | Trainer | Assistant coach |
| 1989-1993 |
 Rolf Thieme
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| 1993-1994 |
Christian Domschke and Stefan Berger
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| 1994-1998 |
 Josef Kovacik (player- coach )
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| 1998-1999 |
Viktor Lukeš
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| 1999-2000 |
Ivan Horák
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| 2001 – Dec. 2002 |
Rudolf Sindelar
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Ivan Horák (2000/01) |
| Dec. 2002 – Feb. 2007 |
Jiří Kochta
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Jan Schertz (2006/07) |
| Feb-April 2007 |
 Stefan Mikes
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| April 2007 – Jan. 2008 |
Marian Hurtík
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| Jan. – Oct. 2008 |
 Jan Tábor
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Marian Hurtík (January – April 2008) |
| Otto Keresztes (April – October 2008) | ||
| Oct. 2008 – Jan. 2009 |
 Otto Keresztes
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| Jan. 2009 – March 2009 |
Markus Berwanger
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Otto Keresztes |
| April 2009-Dec. 2015 |
Thomas Popiesch
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Moritz Schmidt (2009-2011), (2012/13) |
| Mirco Theurer (2011-2012) | ||
| Anton Raubal (2013-2015) | ||
| Jan. 2016–2017 |
 Bill Stewart
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Jochen Molling (from June 2016) |
| 2017-2018 |
Franz Steer
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| June – Oct. 2018 |
Jochen Molling
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Petteri Kilpivaara
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| Oct. 2018 – Oct. 2019 |
Brad Gratton
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| since Oct. 2019 |
Rico Rossi
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Former world champion Jiří Kochta took over his position and was to shape Dresden ice hockey for the next five years. Together with the former player and then manager Jan Tábor , he repeatedly engaged Czech ice hockey players with whom he cultivated the technically skilled ice hockey typical of the Czech Republic. Kochta achieved the greatest success in the club's history in the 2004/05 season when he led the team to the league championship and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the following season he led the Eislöwen to the play-off semi-finals, but resigned from his position in February 2007 due to unsuccessful sports. He stayed with the club in the role of player observer. As a successor, the Slovak Stefan Mikes was committed, who did not prevent relegation to the league.
In April 2007, Marian Hurtík was signed as head coach, who should lead the team back to the 2nd Bundesliga. After a few defeats in January 2007, manager Jan Tábor took over the operational training and game support. Even after the promotion, Tábor continued to work as a coach and manager, with the former player Otto Keresztes at his side . After a series of defeats at the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Tábor resigned from the coaching office and the inexperienced Keresztes became head coach. As the success did not materialize again, a new trainer was introduced in January 2009 with Markus Berwanger . His contract and that of his assistant were not extended beyond the season.
For the 2009/10 season, Thomas Popiesch was introduced as the new coach, who moved from the East Saxon competitor Lausitzer Füchse to Dresden. Moritz Schmidt was his assistant coach between 2009 and 2011. This was replaced by Mirco Theurer in summer 2011 . In the summer of 2013, Anton Raubal from Upper Bavaria took over the position of co-trainer, which he held for two years.
On New Year's Eve 2015, Thomas Popiesch was released from his duties due to persistent unsuccessfulness, and there should have been strong differences within the team. Jukka Ollila , who is active in the club's youngsters, initially took over the team on an interim basis. Before the next league game, the club announced the commitment of Bill Stewart as the new head coach. After the 2016/17 season, Stewart did not renew his contract and the Eislöwen signed Franz Steer as a replacement. In June 2018, Steer's assistant Jochen Molling was promoted to head coach, but dismissed in October 2018 after a bad start to the season. He was followed by the Canadian Brad Gratton , who was head coach until September 2019 and was replaced by Rico Rossi .
Parent club
ESC Dresden
The Eissportclub Dresden e. V. was founded in 1990 in order to promote and further develop the winter sports and ice hockey in Dresden that were previously housed in the SC Einheit Dresden after the political change . The colors blue and white were chosen as club colors based on the STHC Blau-Weiß Dresden . In addition to the senior team, which belonged to the Sachsenliga, other senior, hobby and junior teams were organized in the club. In 1997, the then 1c team left the club and founded the EHV Dresden "The Devils" , which initially started in the Landesliga Sachsen and is now part of the Sachsenliga. As part of the inclusion of ESC Dresden in the league, a game operating company, the ESCD "Dresdner Eislöwen" GmbH , was founded, which took care of all the needs of the professional team.
The nickname ice lion came from a privately published stadium magazine, which was entitled The ice lion . This fan newspaper, published for the home games, was the program of the ESC Dresden until 1998, so that the ice lion gradually became a synonym for the ESCD. One of the editors also founded the "Fanclub Eislöwen" (later "Fanclub Eislöwen '97" ), so that the name found wider circulation and was picked up by the local media.
Due to massive financial problems, the Eislöwen operating company went bankrupt on January 4, 2001. This led to the separation of the youth teams from the parent club and to the establishment of the EHC “New Ice Lions” Dresden. A short time later, the operating company ESCD Dresden mbH was founded, which has since organized and financed the first team's games.
Today the sledge ice hockey , old men / traditional team, youngsters / amateurs and fans / sponsors departments belong to the club. The Eissportclub Dresden is the majority shareholder in terms of voting shares in the operating company ESCD Dresden mbH and is linked to it by a cooperation agreement. In 2011 the ESC Dresden had a total of 487 members.
Successes:
- Amateurs: Champions of the Sachsenliga 2009 and qualification for the Regionalliga Ost
- Amateurs: Saxony Cup winner 2009
EHC New Ice Lions
In order to specifically promote the next generation of ice hockey players from Dresden, the EHC “Neue Eislöwen” e. V. founded in 2001. With more than 150 active members, it was later the third largest Saxon youth ice hockey club. He maintained training groups from the running school to the seniors who had played in the Sachsenliga since the 2005/06 season. Since the construction of the Freiberg Arena (today: EnergieVerbund Arena ), the association had the appropriate framework conditions to do justice to efficient promotion of young talent. In addition, there was a cooperation agreement with both Spielbetriebs-GmbH and the ESC Dresden parent club.
According to a contractual agreement between EHC and ESC from January 2008, all young players returned to ESC Dresden on May 1, 2008. Since then, the youngsters have been members of the main club ESC Dresden again, form the youth / amateurs department and compete under the name ESC Dresden in the East German Championship, the Student League and the Saxony League. The nickname "The Young Wilders" and the logo of the youth teams have been retained. The department comprised more than 220 active athletes in the 2009/10 season, including 180 children and young people, 15 female players, 24 amateurs from the Sachsenliga team and 27 amateur players from the “Dresden Frogs”.
Successes:
- Amateurs: Champions of the Sachsenliga 2006, 2009
- Small pupils: East German champion 2006
- Student: East German champion 2008 and promotion to the student league
Venues
Ice rink Pieschener Allee
The Dresdner Eislöwen played in the ice rink in Dresden on Pieschener Allee, which was located in the Ostrasportpark between the city center and the exhibition grounds , since it was founded. The capacity was 2865 spectators. The grandstands were mostly provided with wooden benches. Since the building, erected in 1969, was badly damaged during the flood in 2002 and stood in the Ostra flood channel, a new ice rink was built in June 2005 not far from the old hall. The old hall was blown up on February 29, 2008.
EnergieVerbund Arena
| season | Home games |
Number of spectators |
Audience cut |
| 2008/09 1 | 24 | 68.501 | 2,854 |
| 2009/10 1 | 26th | 71,988 | 2,769 |
| 2010/11 1 | 24 | 64.994 | 2,708 |
| 2011/12 1 | 24 | 59,133 | 2,463 |
| 2012/13 1 | 24 | 65,443 | 2,727 |
| 2013/14 2 | 27 | 74,344 | 2,753 |
| 2014/15 2 | 26th | 72.211 | 2,777 |
| 2015/16 2.3 | 26th | 97,733 | 3,759 |
| 2016/17 2 | 26th | 73.923 | 2,843 |
| 2017/18 2 | 26th | 72,282 | 2,780 |
| 2018/19 2 | 26th | 66,864 | 2,572 |
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For the 2007/08 season , the ice lions moved to the newly built sports complex, which consists of an ice rink, an ice training area and a ball game hall. In August 2007, the naming rights were sold to the Freiberg brewery for three years , so that the building complex was called Freiberger Arena from then on . At the end of 2010, EnergieVerbund Dresden GmbH, the umbrella brand for the utilities Drewag and ENSO , acquired the naming rights for three years. Since then, the hall has been called the EnergieVerbund Arena .
Club culture
marketing and advertisement
With the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe as partner and sponsor, a tram in the ice lion design has been used as advertising space since 2014 . The team bus, also in the ice lion design, was made available in 2016 by the tour operator Ideal Tours .
As a result of the initiative of two forwarding companies, there have been two truck trailers with Eislöwen stickers since the end of 2018 and November 2019, respectively .
Fans and rivalries
The fans of the Dresden Ice Lions are organized in a large number of fan clubs and support the team with songs and rhythmic drumming. In addition, choreographies are performed in the fan curve for special games. In the ice rink on Pieschener Allee, the “hard core” of the fans usually gathered in the southern part of the large standing room, from where the chants were started.
Since the move to the ice arena, this center has been located in the western part of the fan curve. Several fan clubs maintain friendly relations with fan clubs from other associations such as the ERC Selb and the HC Ambrì-Piotta . A fan council was created in 2007 as a point of contact for fans as well as for the club and the operating company, which is also heavily involved in the organization of events such as special train trips, team presentations and end-of-season celebrations. Furthermore, there is a section fans / sponsors within the ESCD association, which represents the interests of the fans towards the association.
Due to the geographical proximity, there are rivalries with the other Saxon ice hockey clubs, especially with the Lausitzer Füchsen . This is expressed on the one hand in a heated to aggressive mood at the games between the two teams, on the other hand in increased security by security and police as well as in ice rinks that are regularly sold out at these derbies .
mascot
The first mascot of the Dresden Ice Lions was called "Leon" and has welcomed the spectators before the game since the early 2000s. On February 8, 2009, the new mascot "Jago" was presented as part of a family game day, which just like its predecessor represents a lion in the jersey of the ice lions. In addition, a green Škoda teddy walks onto the ice before every home game to greet the spectators.
Partnerships
During the 2001/02 season, the former Sachsenliga player of the Eislöwen, Matthias Klatt, moved to the Eisbären Berlin . In return, the Berlin team provided Hardy Gensel, who had previously played at SC Bietigheim-Bissingen , with a license for the Eislöwen. In the 2008/09 season there was a partnership with the Hamburg Freezers , which provided four players with a license to support the Eislöwen. In return, three Eislöwen players received a license for the Freezers. In the course of the season, however, there was no player exchange between the two clubs.
As of November 2008, Jiří Mikesz was loaned to the Blue Lions Leipzig by means of a sponsorship license and returned to the Eislöwen team at the beginning of 2009 due to injuries to other players. At the end of January 2009 Arturs Kruminsch was hired by the Eisbären Juniors Berlin and given a license to support the Eislöwen.
Before the 2009/10 season , the cooperation with the Eisbären Berlin was intensified, as they had disbanded their Oberliga team. The Eislöwen was then given the task of introducing the young polar bears players from the German Junior League to the DEL. As a result of this cooperation, Laurin Braun , Patrick Pohl , Dominik Bielke and Steve Hanusch were initially given a funding license. In October, the brothers Alexander and Daniel Weiß , Constantin Braun and two other young players also received a license to support the Eislöwen. When Steffen Ziesche left in the summer of 2010, the collaboration with the polar bears was also ended.
In the 2010/11 season, the Eislöwen cooperated with FASS Berlin - but their funding license players were only used occasionally. In addition, with Henry Martens and Norman Martens, two players were committed who had development licenses from DEL clubs. In 2012, a cooperation agreement was signed with ERV Chemnitz 07 , the aim of which was the close cooperation and mutual exchange of players with a sponsorship license. The cooperation with the polar bears was resumed from the 2013/14 season and continued until the end of the 2015/16 season. In the 2016/17 season, the Kölner Haie were cooperation partners of the Eislöwen. The club has not had a DEL partner since the 2017/18 season, as the Kölner Haie ended the partnership they had previously concluded and the changed implementation regulations no longer require cooperation between DEL and DEL2. As a result, the existing cooperation with the Black Dragons Erfurt from the Oberliga Nord was expanded in the 2018/19 season .
After a three-year break without a DEL partner, a cooperation with the Düsseldorfer EG was concluded for the 2020/21 season .
Web links
- Official website
- Website of the parent club
- Website of the youth teams
- Klaus Wolf: Dresden on the way to the DEL. An arena for the ice hockey team with a capacity of 9,000 is to be built in the Ostragehege. Berliner Zeitung, April 15, 2000, accessed on July 31, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b o. N .: Traditional Eastern Ice Hockey Tournament 2005 on 16./17. April 2005 in Erfurt. Business card: Dresdner Alt-Löwen. In: lotok.de. Retrieved May 2, 2015 .
- ^ Heiko Tomaszewski: The German ice hockey champions since 1912 (game results and championship teams). Part 2: 1933-1945. In: oocities.org/ht40699. July 2001, accessed May 2, 2015 .
- ^ Ice hockey in Friedrichstadt. In: dsc-museum.de. February 22, 2016, accessed April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Today they belong to the traditional ice lions team.
- ^ A b Lothar Martin: In Germany, "Czech ice hockey" is particularly valued in Dresden. In: radio.cz. October 29, 2003, accessed May 2, 2015 .
- ↑ eisloewen.de, History of the ESCD - General ( Memento from January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c eisloewen.de, Review 1999/2000 ( Memento from January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ fanclub-freital.de, team of the Dresdner Eislöwen season 2000/2001 ( Memento from August 1st, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b eisloewen.de, Review 2001/2002 ( Memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b eisloewen.de, review of the 2002/2003 season ( memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ eishockey.info, Eislöwen Oberliga-Meister 2005
- ↑ hockeydb.com, 2005-06 Dresden Ice Lions
- ↑ hockeydb.com, 2006-07 Dresden Ice Lions
- ↑ lr-online.de, goalkeeper change in the Fuchsbau: McDonald goes, MacDonald comes
- ↑ esbg.de, play-offs in the 2. Bundesliga without Tölzer Löwen
- ↑ sz-online.de, Dresdner Eislöwen threatens license withdrawal
- ↑ dresden-fernsehen.de, City Supports the Dresdner Eislöwen , September 8, 2009, accessed on September 4, 2012
- ^ Sächsische Zeitung Online, Dresdner Eislöwen punished with eight-point deduction , September 11, 2009, accessed on September 4, 2012
- ↑ dnn-online.de, Eislöwen boss Broda breathes a sigh of relief : License is safe ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Eislöwen receive a second division license. In: radiodresden.de. July 9, 2010, accessed April 8, 2019 .
- ↑ dresdeneins.tv, Eislöwen have roof damage ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), August 24, 2012, accessed on April 8, 2019
- ↑ City offers Eislöwen liquidity assistance. (No longer available online.) State capital Dresden, July 30, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 17, 2015 (press release).
- ↑ sz-online.de, Eislöwen license hangs by a thread , May 29, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015
- ↑ dnn-online.de, Dresdner Eislöwen saved for the time being - city overturns 472,000 euros , May 31, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015
- ↑ dnn-online.de, Volker Schnabel brings the ice lions back into calm waters , April 25, 2014, accessed on April 28, 2015
- ↑ dnn-online.de, Dresdner Eislöwen saved for the time being - City Council approves renovation concept , April 16, 2015, accessed on April 28, 2015
- ↑ sz-online.de, Eislöwen have survived renovation , April 17, 2018
- ↑ Dresdner Eislöwen: Massive changes. In: wetterauer-zeitung.de. October 26, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Sami Kaartinen retires. In: eisloewen.de. June 15, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Enrico Lucke: On Sunday the ice lion idol Sikora gets his big honor. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017 .
- ↑ www.eurohockey.com
- ↑ www.eliteprospects.com
- ↑ a b eisloewen.de, Review 2000/01 ( Memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Eishockeymuseum.de, DDR Ice Hockey - Historical Teams and Data ( Memento from May 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ fc-eisloewen97.de, Chronik des Fanclub Eislöwen '97 ( Memento from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ fanclub-freital.de, 100 years of ice hockey in Dresden ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ escd-ev.de, New Members in November ( Memento from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b o. N .: Statistics - Archive of the DEL2 - viewers. In: del-2.org. Retrieved September 27, 2015 .
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de, bitter aftertaste after Sachsenderby
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de, zero tolerance towards interferers
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de, comprehensive security package for the play-downs ( memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de, rarity: Schwabe is not stingy ... with penalties ( memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ fcbadlions.blogspot.de, Eislöwen cooperate with Freezers , September 3, 2008, accessed on September 4, 2012
- ↑ lvz-online.de, Jiri Mikesz comes from Dresden to Leipzig with a funding license ( Memento from December 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ blog.eisbaerlin.de, Eisbären cooperate with Dresden - Eisbären Juniors not in the Oberliga , May 28, 2009, accessed on September 4, 2012
- ↑ icehockeypage.net, Further licensees for the Dresdner Eislöwen
- ^ Dresdner Eislöwen and ERV 07 eV sign cooperation agreement. In: chemnitz-crashers.de. May 5, 2012, accessed April 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Funding license player from Berlin: Thomas Supis is used. In: eishockey-magazin.de. September 20, 2013, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Dresden Ice Lions: Ice Lions and Polar Bears continue their cooperation - eight production licenses granted. In: eishockey.info. July 23, 2014, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Cooperation - Dresdner Eislöwen will cooperate with Kölner Haien in the future. In: dnn.de . June 1, 2016, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Dresden has another DEL cooperation partner. In: del-2.org. May 28, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .
