ECC Preussen Berlin

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ECC Preussen Berlin
Greatest successes
Club information
history ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin (2004–2012)
ECC Preussen Berlin (from 2012)
Location Berlin
Club colors Black White Red
league Regional League East
Venue Ice rink Charlottenburg
capacity 1000 seats (including 700 seats)
executive Director Rainer Bormann
Head coach Ulrich Egen
Season 2019/20 master

The Hockey Club Charlottenburg Preussen Berlin was a hockey - club from Berlin . From its founding in 2004 to August 2012, he still had the word "Juniors" in the club name. The association saw itself in the tradition of the BSC Preussen or Berlin Capitals, but was legally independent of this. In July 2020, the association was dissolved after filing for bankruptcy.

From 2010 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2019 the club played in the third-rate league .

history

Origin and origin of the name

Even if the ECC Preussen is a completely separate club and to this day has no joint work, neither in economic nor in playful cooperation, with the Berlin ice skating club , the origin of the name can be traced back to the past. The Berlin ice skating club was founded in 1893. In 1909, the first ice hockey operation began. Reasons for the frequent name change are mainly in financial mismanagement, sporting failure and the increasing competition of the Berlin polar bears in the eastern part of the city. For the history of ECC Prussia, only the history since the hockey department was outsourced from the parent club is relevant.

  • 1981–1983 Berlin Ice Skating Club Ice Hockey eV
  • 1983–1995 BSC Preussen Berlin eV
  • 1995–1996 Preussen Devils
  • 1996–1999 Berlin Capitals Ice Hockey GmbH
  • 1999–2002 Berlin Capitals Ice Hockey GmbH - The Prussians
  • 2002–2004 EC Berlin Capitals e. V.

After another bankruptcy, those responsible made a separation between youth and professional sports.

  • 2004 Foundation for the next generation: Ice Hockey Club Charlottenburg Preussen Juniors Berlin e. V. (ECC Prussia)
  • 2004 Foundation for the professional sector: Berlin Ice Skating Club Preussen (BSchC Preussen)

The BSchC Preussen went into bankruptcy after the 2004/05 season.

Excursus: The Berlin Ice Skating Club 2007 , which emerged in the summer of 2007 from the ice hockey department that was excluded from the Berlin Ice Skating Club, tried to start the 2007/2008 season with a team in the Regional League. However, after there were again problems with the venue for the home games and the licenses and it was only in the relegation round that the first sporting victories were achieved, the board drew the consequences and reported one team for the Saxony League alone for the 2008/2009 season (5th .Liga), so that the former record champions, the Berlin ice skating club, has probably finally slipped into the amateur field. As in previous years, the club was renamed the Eissport und Schlittschuh Club 2007 Berlin eV . Similar to the previous name changes in the past, this name is not received very positively by the remaining fans. The reason for this year's renaming is the similarity to the old club from 1983.

Foundation and separation from BSC Preussen (2004)

After the parent club EC Berlin Capitals was placed under insolvency administration after the Berlin Capitals Ice Hockey GmbH in the spring of 2004, various active people from the area around the club and in particular the youth department founded a new club ( EC New Beginning ) in order to maintain the play operations of the youngsters.

In the founding phase, different versions of the club name were in circulation, but the club was only included in the club register under the name ECC Preussen Juniors . In addition to the many junior teams in all young age groups (5–17 years), the ECC also provided a senior team that started in the 2004/05 regional league season .

The first successes (2007-2009)

After the first few years were rather mixed, the 2007/2008 season represented the high point in the still young history of the ECC Preussen Juniors. Completely unexpectedly and with a squad that was no longer trusted to be mediocre, they made it to the playoff final, where the ECC lost 2-1 to EHV Schönheide 09 in the best-of-three mode and finished the season as runner-up. Before it came to the surprising final, they beat local rivals FASS Berlin also in best-of-three mode with 2-0 wins. The number of visitors to the home games, including against EHV Schönheide, came close to the old days of the Berlin ice skating club . The average attendance in the home games against FASS Berlin and Schönheide was over 1000 spectators per game.

As a master and sporty climber, the EHV Schönheide had the right of promotion. However, since Schönheide did not make use of this, the ESBG also asked the ECC to venture into the - third-class - Oberliga 2008/2009 season . However, in order not to commit financial mistakes similar to those made years earlier at the Berliner SC Preussen and Berlin Capitals, the club did not make use of the promotion opportunity.

With well-known player engagements such as Holger Mix, Jan Schertz and André Berger as well as the coaching engagement of Heiko Awizus , however, one season later they aimed for promotion to the league. After the ECC had finished the main round confidently and beat the Black Dragons Erfurt 2-1 in the final , they celebrated the first championship title in the club's history. The away games in the playoffs were remarkable, in which almost 200 fans traveled to Weißwasser (Tornado Niesky played the playoff game against ECC there) and a good 300 fans traveled to Erfurt.

In particular, due to the lack of financial resources of the club, the athletic promotion could not be perceived. With Marvin Krüger , the first self-trained player and top scorer of the season left the club for Hannover Scorpions ( DEL ). In addition, the closure of the Deutschlandhalle and the associated reduction in ice ages made it difficult to improve athletic performance. The team therefore took part in the Regional League East again in the 2009/10 season.

Sports and financial problems (2009-2011)

At the beginning of the 2009/10 season, the ECC was forced to move to the Erika-Heß-Eisstadion in Berlin-Wedding. The result of the move was a sharp drop in attendance, which again made the club financially troublesome. For example, only half of the spectators from previous years came to the first home games with 200 to 300 fans.

In terms of sport, the ECC slipped down to the penultimate place in the table during the season. As a result of the moderate course of the season, the club dismissed the coaches Marco Rentzsch and Nicolai Tittus. Marco Rentzsch was then for a short time coach of the fifth class Berlin ice skating club . The highlight of the season and the club was a guest appearance by the DEL team of the Hannover Scorpions , Marvin Krüger's new club . Almost 900 fans came to this game.

Also in the 2010/11 season there were further problems, mainly due to inadequate ice and playing surfaces. For cost reasons, the company moved to Hangar 3 at Tempelhof Airport , where a temporary ice rink was built for many Berlin ice hockey teams after the Germany Hall was closed. In terms of sport, the ECC started after a change in the fan and club environment with a lot of motivation and a series of victories, but was brought back to reality after just a few games and found itself in the lower third of the table of the Oberliga Ost.

Insolvency proceedings 2011

On May 6, 2011, the Berlin-Charlottenburg District Court opened insolvency proceedings for the association (file number 36 e IN 954/11), after the preliminary proceedings were opened on April 21, 2011 at the request of the incumbent board members entered in the association register .

The general assembly held on February 7th, March 31st and May 6th 2011 resulted in an unclear situation about the actual power of representation of the persons elected to the board. Therefore, on May 31, 2011, the local court appointed an emergency board with the task of holding a proper election of a board of directors within the framework of a general meeting and of bringing about a resolution on the continuation of the club's work in accordance with Section 42 (1) BGB.

Between the upper and regional leagues (since 2012)

At the general meeting on August 30, 2012 it was decided to remove the word Juniors from the club name . After the 2012/13 season ended in last place, some sponsors ended their commitment, so that the financial means were not enough for a restart in the Oberliga Ost. Therefore, the team entered the Regionalliga Ost in the 2013/14 season and started there as a co-favorite. In the home game against ESC 2007 Berlin , supported by some sponsors, the audience record of the season was set with 1000 spectators. The season ended without losing points with the championship title, but the promotion did not start for financial reasons.

Therefore, the ECC took up the title defending champion in the Regionalliga Ost in the 2014/15 season and was again champions with one point ahead. The renewed promotion right to the league associated with the championship title was exercised in summer 2015. The seasons between 2015/16 and 2017/18, the ECC always finished in the lower table field of the Oberliga Ost. In the 2018/19 season, the ECC took last place, relegated again and has therefore been playing in the Regionalliga Ost since the beginning of the 2019/20 season. There they went straight to the final of the PlayOffs, which was not played due to the corona restrictions. On July 7th, 2020 the insolvency proceedings were opened about the association, which ended in the dissolution of the association.

Well-known former players

Bjorn Leonhardt
Nils Watzke

Most of the well-known players have a long history in Berlin. Players like Marco Rentzsch, Holger Mix and others have played at Eisbären Berlin , BSC Preussen and FASS Berlin , among others . The list includes all the players who have played for the Berlin Capitals and / or BSC Preussen for at least years and who may have experience from the 1st and / or 2nd Bundesliga .

From the era of the ECC Prussia

From the era of the BSchC Preussen and the BSC Preussen

Trainer

  • 2004/05 season: Erwin Jaworowski
  • 2005/06 season: Czesław Panek
  • 2006/07 season: Harald Kuhnke
  • 2007/08 season: Marco Rentzsch
  • 2008/09 season: Marco Rentzsch and Heiko Awizus
  • Season 2009/10: Heiko Awizus
  • 2010/11 season: Karel Slanina
  • Season 2010/11: Stefan Mann
  • Season 2011/12: Stefan Mann
  • 2012/13 season: Benjamin Hinterstocker
  • 2013/14 season: Ivan Horák
  • Season 2015/16 Björn Leonhardt
  • Season 2016/17 Len Soccio
  • Season 2017/18 David Haas
  • Season 2018/19 Uli Egen

Venue

Germany Hall

With the end of the game operations at the Berliner Schlittschuhclub Preussen GmbH , the ECC was the top-class team that played the games in the Deutschlandhalle since the 2005/2006 season.

Due to the closure of the Deutschlandhalle by Messe Berlin from the beginning of August 2005 for almost the entire 2005/2006 season , games and training operations had to be carried out in other ice rinks in Berlin.

On 27 June 2008 the Berlin Senate and Messe Berlin decided the permanent closure of Germany Hall 30 April 2009, the subsequent demolition and a new building no later than 2011. As alternatives to the completion of the new building the Berlin stood Erika Hess Ice Stadium with around 2800 seats ( FASS Berlin ) or the Berlin Wellblechpalast with around 4700 seats (until 2008 the venue of the Eisbären Berlin and current home of the Eisbären Juniors Berlin ) for discussion.

As a replacement for the Deutschlandhalle, a new venue was built on site P9 on Berlin's Glockenturmstrasse, with a capacity of up to 1000 spectators. The completion of the new ice rink was initially planned for autumn 2011.

The ice rink on Jafféstrasse , which is also located on the exhibition grounds and home to the predecessor club of the ECC Preussen Juniors, the BSC Preussen (including the Preussen Devils and the Berlin Capitals), was demolished in 2001 as part of the southern expansion of the Messe Berlin exhibition center, so that it was demolished The Deutschlandhalle was perceived by the club's supporters as the disappearance of the second former West Berlin ice hockey rink.

  • Exterior view of the Deutschlandhalle

  • Interior view of the Deutschlandhalle

Jaffé hall

There were no direct points of contact with the demolished Jafféhalle , as the ECC association did not yet exist at the time of the demolition.

Temporary solution for Tempelhof Airport and Erika-Heß-Eisstadion

After the 2008/2009 ice hockey season had ended, the Berlin Senate only announced that the Berlin Velodrom would be the Prussians' temporary new home ground from the 2009/2010 season . But after there were too many obvious problems with the organization of the Berlin six-day races , concerts and the remaining ice ages, it was agreed to present a temporary solution at the Berlin-Tempelhof airport, which was already closed at that time . For this purpose, a permanent ice surface was installed in the former hangar 3, which enabled the ice hockey teams to take the necessary training times. However, since there were no spectator stands until the completion in September 2009, the ECC Preussen played its home games in the Erika-Heß-Eisstadion . After surviving this transition year, the club moved into the hangar for the 2010/2011 season. Almost all year round, there were three small stands here that held a total of 199 spectators.

  • Ice hockey rink hangar 3

  • View of some cabins

Ice rink Charlottenburg

From March 2, 2012, ECC Preussen moved into the new P9 ice rink, which can hold 1,000 spectators . The construction costs of the ice rink on Glockenturmstrasse amounted to around 15.5 million euros. The costs were borne by the Berlin Senate.

offspring

In the tradition of the Berlin Capitals is the very good youth work, which is why the youth team was able to take over the league classification of the Capitals and played in the German junior league in the 2004/2005 season. With the founding of the ECC Preussen Berlin, the original goal was to specifically promote the junior area in order to introduce the trained young people to the senior team over the years and to supplement the senior squad .

The ECC followed on from the 1983 concept of the Berlin ice skating club. The main focus here is on cooperation with a Berlin sports school (Poelchau Oberschule). With the rise of the junior team at the end of the 2007/2008 season, three youth teams were placed for the respective youth league of the DEB until the 2010/11 season . Since the 2010/2011 season, however, only two youth teams (school and youth team) have been competing for cost reasons. Some of the juniors that were no longer available were integrated into the league group, but some also left the club to join the financially better off Berlin ice skating club or FASS Berlin .

Fans

At the end of the 2007/2008 season, the average number of viewers increased and reached the 1000 mark for the first time. With in some cases over 1200 spectators in the last games of the last 2007/2008 season, there were more spectators than ever before at the ECC - probably due to hopes for promotion. However, the ascent could not be realized. Even one season later, when the first "championship" was won, over 1000 spectators came to the playoffs in the hall, as in the previous year. At the last home game of the 2008/2009 season, more than 1,500 fans came to the Deutschlandhalle and celebrated the club's first title with the players and coaches.

Fan clubs

Similar to the fans of the ECC, many fan clubs also exist from the era of the Berlin ice skating club, the BSC Preussen, the Preussen Devils or the Berlin Capitals. Only the fan communities Royal Preussen Freakz , 150% Preussen or the FG Sieg oder Spielabbruch are fan communities that have only existed since the early history of ECC Prussia. In the 2008/2009 season alone, two new fan communities emerged with the Preussen Guardians and the Preussen Fanatics . The association officially confirms four official fan clubs on its homepage, whereby the three fan communities mentioned above are not registered associations per se .

  • FC fourth third
  • FC Preussens horse tower Outsiders
  • Sprudel Rudel Spandau
  • 150% Prussia
  • FG victory or abandonment

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Noppe's souvenir box - The ice hockey club Charlottenburg Preussen Berlin eV is history. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
  2. ^ Oberliga: "New beginning" is called ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin. 2004, accessed June 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Bankruptcy: The future of ECC Prussia is at stake. In: morgenpost.de. May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Elimination of the reason for opening the insolvency proceedings against ECC Preussen Berlin. (No longer available online.) In: fass-berlin.de. August 4, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 19, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.fass-berlin.de  
  5. ^ ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin eV - Extraordinary General Assembly. In: fass-berlin.de. August 5, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
  6. ^ General meeting of the ECC Preussen Berlin eV on August 30, 2012. In: kufennews.de. August 30, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost , Berlin ice athletes move into new hall