Straubing Tigers
| Straubing Tigers | |
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Promotion to the DEL 2006 |
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Bann Straubing (1941–1943) TSV Straubing (1947–1981) EHC Straubing (1981–2002) Straubing Tigers (since 2002) |
| Location | Straubing |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Parent club | EHC Straubing |
| Club colors | blue White |
| league | German ice hockey league |
| Venue | Ice stadium at the Powder Tower |
| capacity | 5,854 seats (including 1,441 seats) |
| executive Director | Gaby Sennebogen |
| Head coach | Tom Pokel |
| captain | Sandro Schönberger |
| Season 2019/20 | Main round third |
The Straubing Tigers ( pronunciation : [ 'tɑigəs ]) are an ice hockey club from Straubing that plays in the German Ice Hockey League . The team is organized by Straubing Tigers GmbH , to which the professional department of the EHC Straubing parent club was outsourced in 2002.
The biggest success of the club so far, whose teams play their home games in the 5,800-seat ice stadium at the Powder Tower , was reaching the playoff semi-finals in the 2011/12 season after advancing to the DEL in 2006 . The club colors of the Straubing Tigers are blue and white.
history
The beginnings: Bann Straubing and TSV 1861 Straubing (1941 to 1966)
Max Pielmaier is considered to be the founder of ice hockey in Straubing . The then 14-year-old organized a youth team in 1941 together with his two years older friends Max Pellkofer and Harry Poiger. The reasons for this were probably the book Hunting Behind the Puck. Ice hockey - hearty and humorous by Gustav Jaenecke and the desire to conquer women like the Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie . The first official ice hockey game in Straubing's history was played on February 1, 1942, when the Straubing team competed in the regional championship in Hof . The game against the regional team was lost 1-0.
| season | league | class | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947/48 | BKK | III | master | Ascent |
| 1948/49 | BLL | II | descent | |
| 49 / 50-57 / 58 | BKK | III | ||
| 1958/59 | BKL | IV | ||
| 1959/60 | BKL | IV | master | Ascent |
| 1960/61 | BLL | III | ||
| 61 / 62-62 / 63 | BLL | IV | ||
| 1963/64 | BLL | IV | descent | |
| 1964/65 | BKL | V | master | Ascent |
| 1965/66 | BLL | IV |
After the first defeat, four more bankruptcies followed, the worst result was a 9-0 defeat on February 22, 1942 in Rosenheim. The first goal was recorded on January 1, 1943 in the game against SC Weßling . In the 2-4 defeat, Röhrl, who played a total of three times for Straubing, and Max Pellkofer scored the goals. The next Straubinger player was Harry Poiger on the list of goalscorers, he scored 8-1 in Landshut on January 10, 1943. The second leg against Landshut on January 31, 1943, which the team lost 2-0, was the last game During the Second World War , the ban on Straubing denied, as young people were now drafted into military service.
After the end of the war, the former players from Bann Straubing decided to join TSV 1861 Straubing. The organization from 1941 to 1943 took place under the umbrella of the Hitler Youth . An ice hockey department was founded at TSV in the winter of 1946, and Max Pielmaier became the first department head. In the 1947/48 season, TSV Straubing competed in the natural ice district class for the first time, the venue was, as in the games during the war, the ice pond on the outskirts near the powder tower. After two wins, 1-0 at EV Munich and 2-0 against SV Donaustauf, the Straubing team rose to the state league. The players in the championship team were goalkeeper Hans Ebenburger, Harry Poiger and Fritz Brandl in defense, Antoni Emmerich, Max Pielmaier, Werner Jansen, Max Pellkofer, Günther Scheuring, Dof Hidas and Schoula in the storm. The first star in the history of ice hockey in Straubing was Antoni Emmerich, who played in the Romanian national ice hockey team at the age of 14 .
The 1948/49 season was less successful, the team was relegated to the district class. In the 1959/60 season, TSV Straubing succeeded in advancing to the state league after winning the championship in the district class East. First the class was held, followed by relegation in 1964. With the renewed championship in 1965 the immediate promotion to the national league followed.
Construction of the stadium and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (1967 to 1979)
After the association had submitted an application for financial support for an ice arena for the first time in 1960, construction began in 1967. After three months of construction, an open ice rink with stands had been built, the ice rink at the Powder Tower was inaugurated on November 18, 1967 with a game against Preussen Berlin. In the 1968/69 season, TSV Straubing started in the Kunsteis-Bayernliga and reached second place.
In 1969 the Czechoslovak international Zdeněk Haber came to Straubing as a player- coach from Škoda Pilsen . Under his leadership, the team rose after the 1969/70 season in the Regionalliga , at that time the third-highest German division. After Haber's work permit was not extended, he returned to Czechoslovakia after a year. His successor was the Czechoslovak Jiří Wabnegger. Wabnegger also acted as player- coach in the 1970/71 season , with Bohumil Kratochvíl from Hof as well as Rupert Kreitmeier and Manfred Weigl from Landshut as other newcomers. At the end of the main round, the team took first place as a newcomer and played the promotion round against clubs such as Düsseldorf EG 1b , Hamburger SV , VERC Lauterbach, EHC Stuttgart and EV Regensburg . The TSV reached the second place in the promotion round and rose for the first time in the league . In the second highest German league, the class was held in the following year and in the 1971/72 season occupied eleventh place. After the 1972/73 season , relegation to the third division followed after reaching tenth place. The reason for this was that the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga entitles places one to nine to remain in the second-highest class.
| season | league | class | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966/67 | BLL | IV | ||
| 1967/68 | BLL | IV | BYL new ↑ | |
| 1968/69 | BYL | IV | 2nd place | Runner-up |
| 1969/70 | BYL | IV | Newcomers ↑ | |
| 1970/71 | RL / South | III | master | RL runner-up ↑ |
| 1971/72 | OIL | II | 11th place | - |
| 1972/73 | OIL | II | 10th place | - |
| 1973/74 | OL / South | III | Runner-up | 3. Quali-2. BL |
| 1974/75 | OL / South | III | Runner-up | Master ↑ |
| 1975/76 | 2nd BL | II | 10th place | - |
| 1976/77 | 2nd BL | II | 7th place | 1. Quali-2. BL |
| 1977/78 | 2nd BL | II | 7th place | 1. Quali-2. BL |
| 1978/79 | 2nd BL | II | 4th Place | - |
↑ ↓ ascent / descent
For the 1973/74 season , immediate resurgence was set as the goal. For the first time, the Swede Bo Carlquist and the Finn Esa Ranne played two Scandinavians in Straubing, other newcomers were Wolfgang Dylla from Landshut and Karel Dadek and Max Lang from Regensburg. After the second place in the main round it was enough for third place in the promotion round, after which the club remained in the league. For the 1974/75 season , the Canadians Lei Hartvikson and Terry Robitaille strengthened the TSV, Günther and Peter Lupzig joined the team from their own offspring. In the main round, the TSV took second place again, the promotion round was divided into two groups with four teams each. After winning the group, the team met EV Regensburg in the playoffs , defeated them 4: 3 and 4: 2 and thus rose to the 2nd Bundesliga.
After an unsatisfactory start to the 1975/76 season , coach Rudi Wagner ended his career, for him the former Czechoslovak national player Jiří Hanzl from SC Riessersee came . Last place was taken with six wins in 36 games. The club remained in the 2nd Bundesliga, as this was increased to twelve teams in the following season. In the following season 1976/77 succeeded the seventh place in the main round. The TSV narrowly missed the promotion round, relegation was ensured in the relegation round. The goal for the 1977/78 season was to reach the promotion round. The team consisted for the most part of established players, above all goalkeeper Hans Hutterer, the Canadian defender Paul Dixon and striker Jiří Wabnegger. The former national player Michael Mauer joined the team before the season . The set season goal of promotion round was again missed, in the relegation round Straubing again took first place.
In the 1978/79 season a completely new Straubing team was on the ice. Jiří Wabnegger ended his career, and Paul Dixon, Klaus Huber, Bill Horton, Michael Mauer, Gerhard Seiberl and Bernd Setzer were no longer available. Jiří Hanzl gave up the coaching position, and Rudi Hejtmanek from EV Landshut came as his successor . New players were Bob Laycock , Craig Stewart and Win Winofsky, who came to Straubing from Canada, Michael Eibl, Christian Vogl and the returnees Wolfgang Dylla moved to the Pulverturm from Landshut. In addition, promising young players joined the team, among them goalkeeper Peter Zankl . The season was successful, TSV Straubing was fourth behind the Duisburger SC , ERC Freiburg and EHC 70 Munich . The most successful player with 62 points (41 goals, 21 assists) was the new crowd favorite Bob Laycock.
"TSV Laycock" and establishment of the EHC Straubing (1979 to 1982)
In the following season, Bob's younger brother Robin Laycock came to TSV. The Laycock brothers hit it off on the ice and formed a powerful storm duo. In the 1979/80 season , TSV was hard to beat in the home stadium and the team was on a promotion spot after half of the games. TSV Straubing finished the season in fourth place after losing several games at the beginning of the second half of the season. The highlight of the season was the 3-1 win in the derby against the previously undefeated Deggendorfer SC on October 12, 1979 in front of 6,500 spectators in the Straubing ice stadium. The Laycock brothers scored all three goals. The top scorer of the season was Robin Laycock with 142 points (89 goals, 53 assists) ahead of his brother Bob Laycock with 139 points (69 goals, 70 assists). The competition only called the Straubing club "TSV Laycock" because of the outstanding Canadian brothers.
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979/80 | 2nd BL | 4th Place | - |
| 1980/81 | 2nd BL | 4th Place | - |
| 1981/82 | 2. BL / South | 6th place | 3. Quali-2. BL |
| 1982/83 | 2nd BL | 7th place | Bankruptcy and relegation |
The Laycock brothers also played for TSV Straubing in the 1980/81 season , despite several offers from Bundesliga clubs. Vladimír Čechura succeeded Rudi Hejtmanek at the TSV gang, after five departures Werner Hännl from Regensburg, Stefan Reiter from Bad Tölz and Achim Sipmeier from his own youth joined the team. Coach Čechura was unlucky in Straubing, after the preliminary round TSV was in seventh place in the table. Then Čechura was dismissed in December 1980, his office took over Paul Dixon, who had been on the ice for TSV from 1976 to 1979. Under his leadership, the team achieved a score of 27: 3 points in the second half of the season and at the end of the season finished fourth in the 2nd Bundesliga for the third time in a row. The best scorers of the TSV were again the Laycock brothers, they were also at the top of the league statistics. Robin got 138 points (83 goals, 55 assists), Bob got 136 points (61 goals, 75 assists). After the season, the Laycocks moved to EV Landshut in the Bundesliga , with which they also won the German championship in 1983.
In 1981 the ice hockey department separated from TSV Straubing and the EHC Straubing was founded. One reason for the split was that TSV Straubing saw itself as a football club and identification with the ice hockey department was poor. When it was re-established, the EHC had to adhere to many existing contracts and obligations, including the stadium becoming the property of the city of Straubing. After the departure of the service providers in the first EHC season 1981/82 , the EHC took sixth place in the southern season after the preliminary round and missed the final. Relegation was secured in the relegation round.
In the 1982/83 season there were two coaches, as in the previous season, the former player-coach Jiří Wabnegger replaced the Canadian Mike Daski on the gang in October 1982 . Again the team missed the finals, after the main round they were in seventh place in the table. This would have meant going into the promotion round again. However, due to financial problems, the EHC Straubing no longer competed and was relegated to the Bayern League.
New start and promotion to the league (1983 to 1993)
With his coach Jiří Wabnegger, the EHC Straubing started in the 1983/84 season in the Bavarian League . In addition to the coach, the local players in particular remained loyal to the club, especially the Lupzig brothers Günther and Peter and Jürgen Pfundtner, who later became the sports director of the Straubing Tigers. After a second place in the main round, the team completed the promotion round without losing points and was promoted to first place in the regional league .
The 1984/85 season was also started with coach Wabnegger. This ended his engagement early because he did not agree with the hiring of some players. Then Bohumil Kratochvíl looked after the team as a player-coach. After the main round, Straubing was behind the Deggendorfer EC and EV Dingolfing in third place in the table, in the promotion round the team was fifth out of six teams in Group A, which meant that the team remained in the regional league.
| season | league | class | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983/84 | BYL | V | Runner-up | 1. RL qualification ↑ |
| 1984/85 | RL | IV | 3rd place | 5th orienteering quali |
| 1985/86 | RL | IV | 6th place | 6th orienteering quali |
| 1986/87 | RL | IV | master | 3. Orienteering ↑ |
| 1987/88 | OIL | III | 15th place | 2nd orienteering quali |
| 1988/89 | OIL | III | 13th place | 5th orienteering quali |
| 1989/90 | OIL | III | 11th place | 4. Orienteering ↓ |
| 1990/91 | RL / S | IV | Runner-up | 5th orienteering quali |
| 1991/92 | RL | IV | master | 2. Orienteering qualification ↑ |
| 1992/93 | OIL | III | 9th place | 2nd orienteering quali |
↑ ↓ ascent / descent
After the missed march through in the preseason, promotion to the league was targeted in the 1985/86 season . With the sixth place in the main round, the promotion round was reached, in which the EHC occupied the sixth and last place in its group. The best scorers this season were - as in the previous year - Günther Lupzig with 80 points (32 goals, 48 assists) and Peter Lupzig with 65 points (24 goals, 41 assists), coach was Bohumil Kratochvíl as in the previous season.
For the 1986/87 season , the club strengthened with the Canadian defender Jim Dokter and the returning goalkeeper Hans Hutterer. After the main round, which the team finished in first place, the team of coach Michael Mauer took third place in the promotion round. Thus, the EHC competed in the playoffs against TSV Königsbrunn in order to reach the last remaining promotion place. The EHC Straubing won the series and then took part in the games for the German regional league championship. After victories over the EHC Freiburg 1b and Westfalen Dortmund , the Straubing team managed to win the regional league championship title alongside promotion to the major league.
In the 1987/88 season , the Straubing team initially failed to establish itself in the major league, after a coach change, the EHC occupied 15th and penultimate place in the table. The EHC secured relegation in the qualifying round, in which he came second behind the Augsburg EV . Also in the following season 1988/89 the team of coach Kratochvíl occupied after the main round with the 13th the penultimate place in the league south. In the qualifying round, the class was held with a fifth place.
The 1989/90 season had started better than the previous one. In the main round, EHC Straubing was in eleventh place in the table, but had to go into the qualifying round as in previous years. There he finished fourth and met the Deggendorfer EC in the playoffs . This series lost the EHC Straubing and rose after three years of membership in the regional league.
For the regional league season 1990/91 , the club signed the Czechoslovak Libor Havlíček as a player-coach. The main round completed Straubing as second in the table, in the qualifying round for the major league, the EHC was fifth, whereupon the direct promotion was missed.
The rise in the league was the season goal in the season 1991/92 . As a coach, Vladimír Dzurilla was on the gang. After the main round, the team took first place in the table, the qualifying round for the league ended the EHC in second place, whereby the promotion was achieved. The most points in the promotion season scored 138 points (77 goals, 61 assists) the Canadian newcomer Doug Kirton , who developed into the leading player in Straubing in the following years. With victories over SC Bietigheim-Bissingen and TSV Adendorf , EHC Straubing won the title of German regional league champion for the second time after 1987. Günther Lupzig ended his career after the season. Born in Straubing, he played for TSV and EHC from 1974 and is still the best scorer in the history of ice hockey in Straubing with 821 points.
In the 1992/93 season , coach Dzurilla's team was back in the Oberliga Süd. In the main round she finished seventh and missed the promotion round. The qualifying round finished in second place. The Americans Mike Alexander (102) and Doug Kirton (94) scored the most points .
The duo Kirton and Zawatsky (1993 to 1999)
In the 1993/94 season Straubing started with the new coach Franz Hejčík. The EHC finally established itself in the league and reached the promotion round after a sixth place in the main round. In this Straubing was third and took part in the play-offs. After the EHC won the series against EC Harz / Braunlage in the round of 16 with 3-2, the team lost to ETC Timmendorfer Strand in two games in the quarter-finals . The best scorer this season was Canadian newcomer Edward Zawatsky with 113 points (53 goals, 60 assists) ahead of Doug Kirton with 106 points (45 goals, 61 assists).
In the 1994/95 season , the EHC Straubing appeared for the first time with the nickname The Tiger . Before the season, the fans had chosen the tiger as their mascot from among several suggestions. Due to the changes in the league system, the Oberliga was called the 1st division from 1994 and was the second highest division after the German Ice Hockey League . Straubing took sixth place in the 1st League South and thus qualified for the championship round. After fifth place in this, the EHC competed in the play-offs against EC Bad Nauheim. Against Bad Nauheim the EHC lost twice in a row, whereby Straubing was eliminated in the second round. Top scorers of the season were again Ed Zawatsky and Doug Kirton, with returnees Peter Zankl in goal .
| season | league | class | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993/94 | OL / South | III | 6th place | Quarter finals |
| 1994/95 | 1st League | II | 6th place | Round of 16 |
| 1995/96 | 1st League | II | 6th place | Quarter finals |
| 1996/97 | 1st League | II | 14th place | descent |
| 1997/98 | 2nd league | III | 3rd place | 6. BL / South Qual |
| 1998/99 | 1st League | III | 10th place | 3rd orienteering quali |
After a promising start to the 1995/96 season - the EHC Straubing defeated the Deggendorfer EC with 5: 1 in the early game of the season - it was enough for sixth place in the main round. Seventh place was taken in the championship round. In the first round of the play-offs, EHC Straubing met ETC Timmendorfer Strand . Bayern prevailed against the Holsteiners in the series with 2-1 victories and met EC Bad Tölz in the quarter-finals . The EHC lost two games against Bad Tölz, which meant the end in the play-offs. As in previous years, Ed Zawatsky and Doug Kirton scored the most points.
Don Depoe took over the coaching position in the 1996/97 season . The team missed the set goals, in the main round they finished 14th. In the playdowns, the EHC first defeated EV Füssen in the best-of-five series with 3: 1. In the second round Straubing was defeated by SC Bietigheim-Bissingen after three games 2-1 and in the third round the team was defeated by EC Peiting in two matches and was relegated to the next lower league. Edward Zawatsky again collected the most points with 116 (56 goals, 60 assists) and Doug Kirton with 106 (38 goals, 68 assists). After the season Kirton left the EHC Straubing and switched to the Frankfurt Lions in the DEL.
In the 2nd League South, the EHC Straubing took third place in the main round in the 1997/98 season. In the qualifying round for the Hacker-Pschorr League, the EHC came in sixth. In the play-offs, coach Wolfgang Dylla's team met EC Bad Tölz and later ESV Bayreuth , both of which were defeated by the EHC. As a result, the club remained in the 2nd division . After the season, the EHC Straubing rose to the green table in May 1998 and thus moved into the first division .
With the introduction of the Bundesliga as the new second-highest division, EHC Straubing played in the third-highest German league in the 1998/99 season . Wolfgang Dylla was still the trainer of Straubing, in goal was the Swede Thomas Melin. The captain of the team was returnees Georg Franz from this season . In the main round, the EHC finished 10th and thus third from last place in the table. In the qualifying round, the club secured third place in relegation.
Rise, bankruptcy and founding of the Straubing Tigers (1999 to 2006)
In the 1999/2000 season was Gerd Wittmann coach of EHC, the team captained by Georg Franz were among other goalkeeper Dominik Lonscher, the Canadian John Sicinski and brothers Kevin and David Hoogsteen. During the season, the Canadian Bill Trew joined, who soon turned out to be a stroke of luck. The season went well for the EHC, after the preliminary round he was third behind the ETC Crimmitschau and EV Regensburg . In the placement round, Straubing was first and after two wins in the play-offs over the Adendorfer EC and REV Bremerhaven , EHC Straubing was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga . The most points this season were scored by John Sicinski (109) and Bill Trew (103).
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999/00 | OL / South | master | Ascent |
| 2000/01 | 2nd BL | 10th place | Playdowns |
| 2001/02 | 2nd BL | 9th place | 1. Quali-2. BL |
| 2002/03 | 2nd BL | 8th place | Quarter finals |
| 2003/04 | 2nd BL | 3rd place | Quarter finals |
| 2004/05 | 2nd BL | 1st place | Runner-up |
| 2005/06 | 2nd BL | 5th place | master |
The season goal of the team of coach Wittmann in the 2000/01 season was relegation. After 10th place in the main round, the season continued in the playdowns. There the EHC won the series against EC Bad Nauheim with 4-1 wins and won the league. The most successful scorers were Bill Trew with 69 points and John Sicinski with 67 points.
For the following year, reaching the play-offs was given as a goal. In the 2001/02 season the EHC started weak and head coach Gerd Wittmann was dismissed in December 2001. His successor on the gang was the Canadian Kevin Gaudet , under whose leadership the entry into the play-offs was almost reached. The EHC finished the main round in ninth place, tied with the eighth and last play-off participant, the Lausitzer Füchsen . The relegation round had no meaning, there were no relegated teams, as the 2nd Bundesliga was to be increased to 16 teams in the following season. Despite all of this, the lap was finished in first place.
In April 2002 EHC Straubing had to file for bankruptcy after 21 years . Thereupon the professional department separated from the parent club and the Straubing Tigers AG was founded. A cooperation agreement was drawn up with the EHC and the bankruptcy was concluded a year later. The EHC and its youth teams remained a regular club and license holder.
The Straubing Tigers started in the 2nd Bundesliga for the first time in the 2002/03 season. Coach Gaudet's team reached eighth place in the main round and moved into the play-offs. In the quarter-finals she lost the series with 0-3 wins against SC Bietigheim-Bissingen . In goal this season, alongside the tried and tested Dominik Lonscher, was the later national goalkeeper Dimitrij Kotschnew , who ran for Straubing with a support license from the Iserlohn Roosters .
The goal in the 2003/04 season was to reach the play-offs again. This succeeded the Tigers, after the main round, the team was in third place in the table. The opponent in the quarterfinals was again SC Bietigheim-Bissingen. In the first game Straubing led 4: 3 six seconds before the end of the game. The then Bietigheim defender Calvin Elfring scored to equalize, after a penalty shootout the Tigers lost 4-5. The other games lost the Tigers 4: 8 and 2: 4, whereby they were eliminated again in the quarterfinals.
After the main round in the 2004/05 season , the team took first place and moved into the play-offs . After the Tigers had not won a single play-off win in the previous years, they prevailed against SC Bietigheim-Bissingen and REV Bremerhaven in spring 2005 and failed in the final against EV Duisburg . The Duisburger Füchse decided the final series with 0: 3 for themselves. In the first two matches, the winning goal was scored in extra time and in the third game on April 17th in Straubing, it was 3: 3 at the beginning of the last period (final score 3: 5).
A season later, the Tigers finished fifth after a mixed preliminary round. In the play-offs, the team competed in the quarter-finals against EV Regensburg and won the series 4-2. In the semifinals Straubing met Schwenninger Wild Wings , against whom the team had the upper hand in four games with 3-1 wins. The Tigers contested the final against the main round first REV Bremerhaven . After two wins, the team lost the following two games, in the decisive fifth game, thanks to the winning goal from Dallas Fallscheer, they defeated REV Bremerhaven 2-1. This made the first second division championship and the associated athletic promotion to the DEL perfect. On May 31, 2006, all conditions for obtaining the DEL license were met and thus the Tigers played in the highest German ice hockey league for the first time in the 2006/07 season .
The Straubing Tigers in the DEL (from 2006)
The Straubinger started the 2006/07 season with a budget of 3 million euros, the lowest of all DEL clubs . In the end, they finished 12th and, with a 15-point gap, were far from tenth place, which would have meant a start in the newly introduced pre-play-offs. For the following season, some well-known players were signed in advance and the budget increased to 3.5 million euros. The 2007/08 season began with two wins and the move up to second place in the table. In this season, as in the previous season, the fewest goals were scored and the third most conceded. This meant the 14th and penultimate place in the table with 33 points behind in tenth place.
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Audience Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006/07 | DEL | 12th place | - | 4,461 |
| 2007/08 | DEL | 14th place | - | 4,361 |
| 2008/09 | DEL | 13th place | - | 4,226 |
| 2009/10 | DEL | 13th place | - | 4,322 |
| 2010/11 | DEL | 13th place | - | 4,432 |
| 2011/12 | DEL | 6th place | Semifinals | 4,957 |
| 2012/13 | DEL | 9th place | Quarter finals | 5,089 |
| 2013/14 | DEL | 12th place | - | 4,729 |
| 2014/15 | DEL | 13th place | - | 4,230 |
| 2015/16 | DEL | 9th place | Quarter finals | 4,697 |
| 2016/17 | DEL | 9th place | Pre-playoff | 4,320 |
| 2017/18 | DEL | 13th place | - | 3,949 |
| 2019/20 | DEL | 3rd place | - | 4,785 |
| 2020/21 | DEL |
During the summer break of 2008, a fire caused by arson in the ice rink at the Powder Tower disrupted the seasonal planning. On the night of July 9th to 10th, 2008, the fire in the ice rink on the Powder Tower destroyed parts of the technical equipment and also left damage to the roof structure. Thereupon the Straubing criminal police started the investigation, it was assumed that a fire was intentionally set.
Since the home stadium had become unplayable for security reasons, the Tigers saw themselves forced to play their home games on foreign ice. For the preparation matches and the first six home games of season 2008/09 has been Donau-Arena rented in Regensburg. In addition to additional expenses, this meant a reduction in income for the club, as the number of spectators in the foreign stadium were below those expected in Straubing.
With the Canadian Jon Klemm , a Stanley Cup winner was on the ice for the first time in the history of Straubing ice hockey . In the course of the season, the Tigers were in the race for the pre-play-offs for a long time, ultimately missing them in tenth place by 12 points. The 2009/10 season also ended the Straubing Tigers in 13th place in the table. With 70 points and four points behind in tenth place, the Tigers achieved their best result since promotion to the DEL. Victories against Berlin, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg and Frankfurt proved that the team kept up in the league. In addition to many injuries - the coach never had the full squad available at any point in the season - the Tigers' biggest problem was scoring goals with 149 goals in 56 games, which were the fewest in the league.
In the 2010/11 season , the team again finished 13th in the table. After a successful first half of the season, the team slipped in the table after a series of defeats in January and missed the goal they had set themselves of reaching tenth place. On January 30, 2011, the head coach Jürgen Rumrich was released from his duties, the Canadian Dean Fedorchuk took over the coaching until the end of the season. At the end of the season, crowd favorite Bill Trew left the Tigers after twelve years, he came to Straubing in 1999 and was the only player involved in promotions from the league to the DEL.
The 2011/12 season was the most successful in the club's history to date. With the sixth place in the main round, the team moved into the play-offs for the first time. In the quarter-finals, Straubing met Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg . The Tigers surprisingly won the best-of-seven series against last year's runner-up 4-0. The opponent in the semifinals was the reigning champion Eisbären Berlin . Straubing was ultimately defeated 1: 3 games in the series. After two defeats at the start of the series, the Lower Bavarians achieved a 3-1 win in Berlin, but in the fourth game they lost 4-2 to the eventual champions in their home stadium and were eliminated.
The Tigers reached the play-offs again in the 2012/13 season . The main round ended the team in 9th place, two points before 11th place, which would no longer have been eligible for participation in the pre-play-offs. In these, the Straubinger prevailed with 2-0 victories against the Augsburg Panthers . In the quarterfinals, the Tigers lost to second in the main round, the Kölner Haien , with 1: 4 wins.
The main round of the 2013/14 DEL season ended Straubing in 12th place and thus missed participation in the play-offs. Even in the 2014/15 season , they did not make it into the play-offs. The team of the new coach Rob Wilson , who was replaced by Larry Mitchell during the season , was 13th and penultimate in the preliminary round. In the following season Straubing was able to reach the playoffs under Mitchell's direction, but failed in the quarterfinals there at EHC Red Bull Munich.
In the 2016/17 season Straubing reached the qualifying games for the finals, but had to admit defeat to Eisbären Berlin with 0-2 wins and thus missed the actual playoffs. In the second game against the Eisbären they lost in extra time by conceding a goal in the 104th minute. This game was the longest of Straubing's membership in the DEL. On March 15, 2017, the club announced the separation from coach Mitchell, this had been done for the better, both sides emphasized.
In April 2017, Bill Stewart was introduced as the new head coach. But his tenure remained short: Stewart was dismissed in mid-October 2017 after the team had lost eight of the first 13 games of the season under his leadership and slipped to the bottom of the table in the DEL. On October 26, 2017, the American Tom Pokel took over the post of head coach.
In the 2019/20 season, the championship playoffs were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As third in the main round, the Straubinger with the best placement since membership in the DEL could look back on a successful season.
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Squad for the 2019/20 season
As of July 17, 2019
Coaching staff
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Tom Pokel | 2nd September 1967 | 2017 | Green Bay , Wisconsin , United States |
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Rob Leask | June 9, 1971 | 2015 | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
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Jason Dunham | March 21, 1970 | 2011 | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |
Significant past teams
Second division championship team 2005/06
The Straubing Tigers team from the 2005/06 season reached fifth place after a mixed preliminary round, but was able to prevail in the course of the play-offs and won the final against the main round first REV Bremerhaven with 3-2 games. The associated second division championship meant the first promotion of a Straubing ice hockey team to the top division.
Peter Draisaitl was the head coach at the beginning of the season . However, since there were too many problems between the coach and the team as well as the officials, the former international finally resigned on February 5, 2006 and the Swede Olle Öst took over. In 2007 he was presented with a flag of honor under the stadium roof as thanks for the promotion he had achieved.
Although Thomas Greilinger (39) was under contract, he was unable to complete a training session due to a knee injury. Niklas Hede (8) left the Tigers during the season for Hamburg Freezers , the contract with Thomas Kulzer (57) was terminated after 23 games. All three are strikers.
Andreas Lupzig , captain of the team, suffered another knee injury before the start of the season and had to end his career. Josef Lehner then took over the post of captain .
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| Goal: | Mike Bales (1) , Andreas Gegenfurtner (30) , Christian Hamberger (35) |
| Defense: | Dallas Fallscheer (6) , Robert Dietrich (20) , Vitali Janke (23) , Calvin Elfring (24) , Christian Schönmoser (44) , Raphael Kapzan (61) , Gordon Borberg (78) , Josef Lehner (C) (91) |
| Storm: | Marcel Juhasz (3) , Max Seyller (5) , Stefan Mann (9) , Jason Dunham (10) , Martin Schymainski (12) , John Hecimovic (18) , Norm Batherson (19) , Thomas Wilhelm (25) , Steve Palmer (26) , Ingo Angermann (38) , Bill Trew (41) , Trevor Gallant (71) , Aaron Fox (76) , Lukas Hausmanninger (86) |
| Trainer: | Olle Öst (head trainer) , Günther Preuß (assistant trainer) |
(C) = team captain , (A) = assistant captain
player
Blocked jersey numbers
So far, the shirt numbers of three players have been officially "blocked" due to their merits for the club, which means that they are no longer given to active players. To commemorate the award winners, banners with the corresponding numbers were placed under the roof of the ice rink on the Powder Tower. A fourth flag is dedicated to the championship coach Olle Öst , during whose tenure he was promoted to the DEL. Since Bill Trew is currently still playing actively with the Landshut Cannibals in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey , the official award with a banner will only take place after the end of his playing career.
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Personalities who have rendered outstanding services to ice hockey in Germany will be admitted to the “Hall of Fame” of the German Ice Hockey Museum. Of the recorded actors in Straubing:
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Other records
- Most goals in one game: Blaine Down ( 2012/13 : 4 goals on December 26, 2012 against ERC Ingolstadt)
- Most assists in one game: Laurent Meunier ( 2013/14 : 4 assists)
- Most scorer points in one game: Derek Hahn ( 2010/11 : 5 points)
- Most power play goals in one season: Éric Chouinard ( 2007/08 : 10 power play goals)
- Most undernumbered goals in one season: Éric Meloche ( 2007/08 : 5 undernumbered goals)
- Best plus / minus balance in one season: Blaine Down ( 2013/14 : +22)
- Most Shots Saved: Jason Bacashihua (2012-2015: 3,829 saved shots)
- Most Shots Saved in One Season: Jason Bacashihua ( 2013-14 : 1478 shots saved)
- Most saved shots in one game: Jason Bacashihua ( 2013-14 : 51 shots saved)
- Best goals conceded in a season: Barry Brust ( 2011/12 : 2.47 goals conceded per game)
- Most games in a row with at least one scorer point: Derek Hahn ( 2010/11 : 12 games in a row)
- Most games in a row with at least one goal: Bill Trew ( 2008/09 : 7 games in a row)
Significant former players
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Participation of players in the All-Star-Game
So far, three Straubing Tigers players have been nominated for the DEL All-Star Game , a friendly game that has been held annually since 1998 and in which the most outstanding players in the German Ice Hockey League compete against each other.
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In addition, Straubing coaches have already been behind the gang twice at the All-Star Game: Erich Kühnhackl was the coach of Team Europe in 2007, Bob Manno was responsible for the North American team in 2009.
Trainer
TSV Straubing (until 1981)
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Rudi Wagner
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 Zdeněk Haber (player-coach)
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Jiří Wabnegger (player-coach)
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Rudi Wagner
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Vladimír Čechura
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The coach of the ice hockey department of TSV Straubing was Rudi Wagner from 1965 to 1969. In 1969, the Czechoslovak national player Zdeněk Haber from Skoda Pilsen came to Straubing as a player- coach . With him, he was promoted to the regional league. After Haber had not received a work permit in 1970, Jiří Wabnegger was his successor, who had played together with Haber in Pilsen and also came to TSV as a player-coach. Under Wabnegger, he was promoted to the league in 1971, which was then the second highest German division. From 1971 on, Rudi Wagner again looked after the team that played in the second and third highest league during this time. 1975 took over another Czechoslovak national player with Jiří Hanzl , he remained coach of the TSV until 1978. His successor was Rudi Hejtmanek, who achieved the greatest success in the club's history with 4th place in the 2nd Bundesliga. In the 1980/81 season , Vladimír Čechura was a new coach at the Powder Tower. After a disappointing placement, Čechura was replaced in December 1980 by the Canadian Paul Dixon, who had played for TSV until shortly before.
EHC Straubing (1981 to 2002)
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Kurt Schloder |
1989/90 |
Richard Neubauer
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Bob Jastremsky |
1990/91 |
Libor Havlíček (player-coach) Richard Neubauer
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Mike Daski
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1991-1993 |
Vladimír Dzurilla
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Jiří Wabnegger |
1993-1996 |
 Franz Hejčík
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Bohumil Kratochvíl |
1996/97 |
Don Depoe
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Michael Mauer |
1997-1999 |
Wolfgang Dylla
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Richard Neubauer |
1999 - December 2001 |
Gerd Wittmann
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Bohumil Kratochvíl |
December 2001–2002 |
Kevin Gaudet
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The first trainer of the newly founded EHC Straubing was Kurt Schloder. He started with the EHC in the second division - 1981-82 season , but was already during this from the Canadian replaced Bob Jastremsky. With him they managed to stay up, so that the Canadian Mike Daski also looked after the team in 1982/83 in the 2nd Bundesliga. Daski was followed in October 1982 by the former TSV player Jiří Wabnegger, who headed the team until the end of the season and in the following season 1983/84. Shortly after the start of the 1984/85 season , Bohumil Kratochvíl took over as player-coach after Wabnegger had withdrawn in frustration. Kratochvíl remained in the coming 1985/86 season as a player-coach in Straubing. Michael Mauer took over the coaching position in the 1986/87 season , in which the rise from the regional league to the upper league succeeded. The 1987/88 season started with Mauer, which was replaced by Richard Neubauer in November. For the 1988/89 season Bohumil Kratochvíl took over the coaching office, a year later Richard Neubauer was again on the gang. After relegation to the regional league they brought the three-time world champion Libor Havlíček as a player-coach to Straubing for the 1990/91 season . During the season Richard Neubauer took over the scepter again, but the end of the season was played under player-coach Havlicek. Then came the Czech Vladimír Dzurilla , another three-time world champion as a coach at the Powder Tower. With him succeeded in 1992 the regional league championship, in the 1992/93 season they played again in the league. Dzurilla's successor was Franz Hejčík from 1993 to 1996. Under his leadership, the EHC Straubing was able to re -establish itself in the upper league - from 1994 it was called the 1st division . Before the 1996/97 season , high expectations were placed on the new coach Don Depoe, but they could not achieve their own goals and finally relegated. In 1997 Wolfgang Dylla, who had played in Straubing himself in the 1970s, became the coach of the EHC. After being promoted back to the first division in 1998, the class under Dylla was held in the 1998/99 season . From the 1999/2000 season on Gerd Wittmann was on the gang in Straubing, with him they could be promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2000. The class could be held in 2000/01, after a weak start to the season 2001/02 the club separated from Wittmann in December 2001. His successor was the Canadian Kevin Gaudet , who had previously trained the Hannover Scorpions in the DEL .
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After taking over the team in December 2001, Gaudet went into the Tigers' premiere year in 2002. After moderate successes in 2002/03 and 2003/04 - although they had reached the playoffs in the 2nd Bundesliga , they failed but always in the first round - Gaudet left the Tigers in November 2004 and returned to Hanover in the DEL. A week later, Daniel Naud, the successor, was presented. He remained the Straubinger coach until the end of the 2004/05 season , but he declined an offer to continue his work. From then on, the former national player Peter Draisaitl took over as coach . Working with him turned out to be difficult, however, as those responsible spoke of differences with the team and the club management. As a consequence, the Tigers parted ways with Draisaitl during the 2005/06 season . Shortly before the end of the main round, the Swede Olle Öst stepped in in February 2006 and took over the vacant post. Under his leadership, the Tigers won the championship in the 2nd Bundesliga and thus promotion to the German Ice Hockey League . After Öst only remained the Tigers' trainer until the end of the season at his own request, they went back to looking for a coach. The coach of the first DEL season was found in the “German ice hockey player of the century” Erich Kühnhackl . Under his leadership, the team was able to more than meet expectations, reaching 12th place in the 2006/07 season . After a sensational start to the 2007/08 season , the disillusionment followed when the team slipped into the table cellar after a negative series. After furious fan protests, Kühnhackl was dismissed in November 2007 as a result of the sporting downturn. Kühnhackl's successor was presented just a week later, the Italo - Canadian Bob Manno . Manno initially took over the coaching office until the end of the season, but extended his contract in February 2008 by one year until the end of the 2008/09 season . After the season, the Canadian left Straubing, his successor was the previous assistant coach Jürgen Rumrich . Rumrich remained head coach of Bayern until January 30, 2011, when he was released from his duties after a series of defeats. Just one day later, the club's management announced that the Canadian Dean Fedorchuk would train the team until the end of the season. He was succeeded by his compatriot Dan Ratushny , who had previously trained the Swiss EHC Olten . Under him, the Tigers reached the play-offs for the first time in 2012, and the Canadian was also named Trainer of the Year in the DEL. In 2014 Rob Wilson became the trainer of the Straubing Tigers, he was the trainer of the Italian champions Ritten Sport in the preseason . After the athletic goals were not achieved, Wilson was on leave on November 21, 2014. Temporarily, the assistant coach Bernhard Englbrecht took over the coaching position before Larry Mitchell was introduced as his successor on December 6, 2014 .
Shortly after the end of the 2016/17 season, Mitchell split up. From his tenure in office, the playoff quarter-finals against Munich in the spring of 2016 are particularly remembered.
In April 2017, the experienced Canadian Bill Stewart was hired as the new head coach. Stewart, who led the Adler Mannheim to the German championship title in 2001 and also worked for Krefeld, Hamburg and Cologne in the DEL, the reputation of the enfant terrible preceded the coaching guild. When he was signed by the Straubinger, he said: “I have already experienced a lot in Europe, celebrated great successes, but I also have to admit that I sometimes overshot my goal. However, the said moments were a few years ago and in the meantime I have learned something new and have calmed down. ”In mid-October 2017, Stewart was fired after eight defeats in 13 games. He was succeeded by the American Tom Pokel .
Parent club
The Straubing Tigers left the EHC Straubing e. V. emerged. The basis of the cooperation is a cooperation agreement concluded in 2002 between the EHC and Straubing Tigers GmbH. The club currently has about 700 members, of which about 150 are active in a team of the EHC.
The EHC Straubing currently takes part in active matches with six youth teams. A senior team was last registered in the Bavarian State League East in the 2009/10 season , but was then canceled for cost reasons. Under the leadership of the former EHC players Christian Penzkofer and Emil Rankl , the senior team was re-established in 2014, and it will start in the lower-class district league in the 2014/15 season .
The head coach of the EHC Straubing has been the former national goalkeeper Christian Künast since 2013 . The coaching team includes several former players from the EHC and the Tigers, including Bill Trew , Günther Preuss, Bohumil Kratochvil and Oliver Vöst.
The EHC Straubing is primarily promoting the construction of a second ice surface. Since the Straubing ice rink is heavily used by the training times of the professional department and the junior teams, as well as by public use by public races and other events, an additional ice rink would significantly improve the opportunities for promoting young talent. So far, several suggestions for the location are being discussed, including an area to the west of the ice stadium at the Powder Tower in the former state horticultural show area or near the exhibition halls at Am Hagen . However, since there is no concrete information about the location or the financing, the project is currently on hold.
Together with the FTSV Straubing and the BC Straubing , the EHC is planning to set up a sports boarding school. The FTSV Straubing is a performance base in the Bavarian Volleyball Association , the BC Straubing has been a federal base for young talent in the German Boxing Association since 2013 . As a long-term goal, the clubs involved want to found a boarding school that operates across all sports and schools. According to the initial plans, the sports boarding school should start using it in 2016 at the earliest.
Venues
→ Main article: Ice stadium at the Powder Tower
The Straubing Tigers play their home games in the ice stadium at the Pulverturm . The stadium, which opened in 1967, is designed for 5,854 spectators (as of 2012) and is owned by the city of Straubing. The first games were played on a frozen pond from 1942, where boards, lighting and loudspeaker systems were set up in the years that followed. The artificial ice stadium was initially built on the same spot as an open ice rink with grandstands, and in 1977 the roofing began. From then on, it was rebuilt and modernized several times, with the east side of the stadium always remaining open. This was necessary because there was no ventilation system, but it often caused problems because the comfort suffered due to the cold and the strong draft. In addition, games had to be canceled because the fog that had formed in the Danube plain moved into the stadium. As part of the 9,000-point plan of the German Ice Hockey League, the renovation work for the closure and modernization of the east side of the stadium began in summer 2008. Completion was planned before the start of the 2008/09 season, but could not be adhered to because a fire caused by arson interrupted the work on July 10, 2008 and construction work that had already been completed had to be carried out again. Then the preparatory games and the first games of the main round had to be played in the Danube Arena in Regensburg , only on October 24, 2008 they returned to the Powder Tower.
Before the start of the 2011/12 season, the new building on the east side was completed. It includes the new construction of the entrance area, the stadium restaurant, the VIP area, the Tigers office and a fan shop, as well as the renovation of the changing rooms for the amateur teams of the EHC Straubing. The medium-term planned construction of a second ice surface was postponed due to this extensive construction project.
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| 2018/19 | DEL | 26 (26/1) | 112,300 (107,354 / 4,946) | ø 4.160 (4.129 / 4946) | |||
| 2017/18 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 102,674 (102,674 / -) | ø 3,949 (3,949 / -) | |||
| 2016/17 | DEL | 26 (26/1) | 116,649 (111,035 / 5,614) | ø 4,320 (4,271 / 5,614) | |||
| 2015/16 | DEL | 29 (26/3) | 136,214 (119,558 / 16,656) | ø 4,697 (4,598 / 5,552) | |||
| 2014/15 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 109,992 (109,992 / -) | ø 4,230 (4,230 / -) | |||
| 2013/14 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 122,964 (122,964 / -) | ø 4,729 (4,729 / -) | |||
| 2012/13 | DEL | 29 (26/3) | 147,587 (130,134 / 17,453) | ø 5,089 (5,005 / 5,817) | |||
| 2011/12 | DEL | 30 (26/4) | 148,723 (125,337 / 23,386) | ø 4,957 (4,820 / 5,846) | |||
| 2010/11 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 115,239 (115,239 / -) | ø 4,432 (4,432 / -) | |||
| 2009/10 | DEL | 28 (28 / -) | 121,038 (121,038 / -) | ø 4,322 (4,322 / -) | |||
| 2008/09 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 109,894 (109,894 / -) | ø 4,226 (4,226 / -) | |||
| 2007/08 | DEL | 28 (28 / -) | 122,100 (122,100 / -) | ø 4,361 (4,361 / -) | |||
| 2006/07 | DEL | 26 (26 / -) | 115,990 (115,990 / -) | ø 4,461 (4,461 / -) | |||
| 2005/06 | 2nd BL | 33 | 91,325 | ø 2,767 | |||
| 2004/05 | 2nd BL | 33 | 96,869 | ø 2,935 | |||
| 2003/04 | 2nd BL | 26th | 66,598 | ø 2,561 | |||
| 2002/03 | 2nd BL | 29 | 54.024 | ø 1,862 | |||
| 2001/02 | 2nd BL | 31 | 42,533 | ø 1,372 | |||
| 2000/01 | 2nd BL | 25th | 44,677 | ø 1,787 | |||
| 1996/97 | 1st League | 30th | 48,600 | ø 1,620 | |||
| 1995/96 | 1st League | 26th | 54,418 | ø 2,093 | |||
| 1981/82 | 2. BL / South | 19th | 11,400 | ø 600 | |||
Source: eishockey-online.com
Club culture
Fans and rivalries
The fans of the Straubing Tigers are organized in several fan clubs. In addition to the largest fan clubs in terms of members , Bodycheck , Blue Front , Fighting Tigers and Missionaries of the South, there are numerous small groups that often emerged from cliques or regulars. Worth mentioning is the Tigers United fan club , which unites fans of the Straubing Tigers and the Bayreuth Tigers . The Tigers fans have made a name for themselves in Germany in recent years through numerous campaigns, especially the annual special train trips to away games. From the first trip to the Cologne Sharks in the 2006/07 season , the Fighting Tigers became friends with the Cologne fan club Inferno della Nord . The actions of the Tigers fans and the individual fan clubs are coordinated by the Straubing Tigers fan representatives. Currently these are Christian Arnold and Thomas Schäfer.
The musician and composer Hans-Jürgen Buchner, alias Haindling , who lives in the Straubing-Bogen district , composed a Tigers anthem on the occasion of the Straubing Tigers' promotion to the DEL 2006, which was then played in the stadium before the home games.
There are rivalries with the neighboring ice hockey clubs from Deggendorf, Landshut and Regensburg. With the Deggendorfer EC they already fought hard-fought duels in the TSV times, and Deggendorf was a strong opponent in the upper league years at the end of the nineties. The EV Landshut played in its history mostly higher class than Straubing, you rarely met the Landshuters. Nevertheless, there were several close duels, such as in the second division years 2002 to 2006. A special rivalry existed with the EV Regensburg . In the relationship between the two clubs, both the geographical proximity and the fact that they were mostly on the same level played a role. Then there was the conflict between Lower Bavaria (Straubing) and Upper Palatinate (Regensburg), which was picked up by fans on both sides.
mascot
The EHC Straubing had had the tiger as its mascot since 1994. This was selected by the readers of a local newspaper in a joint action between the association and a local newspaper. The Tiger has been an official part of the name since the professional department was outsourced in 2002. The mascot appears in the ice rink and gets the visitors in the mood for the games of the tigers. In March 2005, the readers of the stadium newspaper Tiger-News gave it the name Tigo . Since then, it has been wearing the number 77 tiger dress.
literature
- Willi Lüdeking: The pride of a city - ice hockey in Straubing , Straubing 2008, without ISBN
Individual evidence
- ^ Willi Lüdeking: The pride of a city - ice hockey in Straubing. Straubing 2008
- ↑ a b c tigershockey.de: History of the Straubing Tigers until 1981
- ↑ a b c tigershockey.de: Eternal scorer list of the Straubing Tigers
- ↑ tigershockey.de: Arson in the Straubing ice stadium
- ↑ tigershockey.de: Police ask for help in the search for perpetrators
- ↑ tigershockey.de: After the ice stadium fire
- ↑ tigershockey.de: Home games of the preparation as well as the first six of the DEL main round 2008/09 in Regensburg
- ↑ tigershockey.de: From the league to the DEL and the national team: Billy Trew has become a cult figure in his twelve years in Straubing
- ↑ Straubing Tigers - Current information in detail. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Straubing Tigers - Current information in detail. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Bayerischer Rundfunk: Ice Hockey: Straubing Tigers part with trainer Stewart | BR.de . October 18, 2017 ( br.de [accessed August 18, 2019]).
- ↑ https://www.straubing-tigers.de/saison/aktuelles/aktuelles-im-detail/article/tom-pokel-wird-trainer-der-straubing-tigers/
- ↑ a b tigershockey.de: Günter Lupzig, Douglas Kirton and Olle Öst immortalized in the stadium
- ↑ tigershockey.de: Appreciation of a central figure in Straubing's ice hockey history
- ↑ New Tigers trainer: This is Larry Mitchell. December 6, 2014, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved December 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Eislöwen bring scandal trainer Bill Stewart . In: TAG24 . ( tag24.de [accessed on April 13, 2017]).
- ↑ Straubing Tigers - Current information in detail. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
- ↑ EHC wants to found a senior team again; Ex-players Christian Penzkofer and Emil Rankl are to lead the new team. February 18, 2014, accessed May 7, 2014 .
- ↑ www.ehc-straubing.de: coaching staff. Retrieved May 19, 2014 .
- ↑ The future is in the stars: The second ice surface is currently on ice. July 17, 2014, accessed July 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Bavarian Volleyball Association: The base system. November 9, 2013, accessed May 22, 2014 .
- ^ Federal base structure and trainer staff 2013 - 2016. January 20, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Volleyball, ice hockey and boxing combined: Straubing is planning a sports boarding school. December 19, 2013, accessed May 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Info block ice hockey online
Web links
- Homepage of Straubing Tigers GmbH
- Homepage of the EHC Straubing
- Hockeyshots - The Straubing Tigers' ice hockey gallery
- Tigo-Straubing - Homepage of the mascot Tigo the Straubing Tigers
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