ETC Crimmitschau
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EHC Crimmitschau (founded in 1927) ETC Crimmitschau (merger in 1939) ETC Crimmitschau (re-founded in 1990) Eispiraten Crimmitschau GmbH (outsourced in 2007) |
| Nickname | Ice pirates |
| Parent club | ETC Crimmitschau (Eispiraten Crimmitschau, junior and women's department and tennis department) |
| Club colors | Red-white-black |
| league | DEL2 |
| Venue | Artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark |
| capacity | 5222 seats (including 187 seats) |
| executive Director | Jörg Buschmann |
| Head coach | Mario Richer |
| captain | Adrian Grygiel |
| Season 2018/19 | 10th place / pre-PO / PO quarter-finals |
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Competitive game balance since 1990 as of June 22, 2014 |
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| Games | 1294 |
| Victories | 597 |
| draw | 32 |
| Defeats | 665 |
The ETC Crimmitschau is a Saxon ice hockey and tennis club in Crimmitschau , which played in the GDR ice hockey championships as EHC Crimmitschau until it was re-established after the political change. The "Eispiraten", founded in 2007, are a professional team of the ETC Crimmitschau that has been outsourced as a limited liability company and is currently playing in the DEL2 . Under the parent club ETC Crimmitschau e. V. , the game operations of the youth and women's teams as well as the tennis department are organized.
The club colors are traditionally red and white, in recent years black has increasingly been added. The venue is the artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark .
history
The beginnings in Crimmitschau ice sports
Ice hockey has a long tradition in Crimmitschau, with which the Sahnpark has always been closely linked as a nature park and recreation center for the population. An ice rink below today's ice rink was used by the population for ice skating in winter before the First World War . The ice meadow was leased to the cigar maker Heinrich Gans, who looked after the ice and borrowed ice skates.
The first attempts to set up an ice hockey team were made by the brothers Heinrich and Willy Otto. Willy Otto studied in Leipzig and played bandy in his free time . In 1919 he returned to Crimmitschau and introduced his brother Heinrich to this game. A special agreement was required with the tenant Heinrich Gans in order not to disrupt normal ice-skating operations.
The foundation of the EHC and first successes (1920 to 1938)
In 1920 the first ice hockey club EHC Crimmitschau was founded , which later enjoyed great popularity. Games were played on the ice meadow until 1922, in 1922 and 1923 on the gondola pond, in 1924 and 1925 on the frog pond in Mark Sahnau and from 1926 to 1945 on the paddling pool of the cream bath.
The correct ice hockey game with a hard rubber disc was introduced in 1926/27. A year later, the EHC leased the paddling pool in winter, which was almost ideal for ice hockey. The pool was protected and a steep north slope was suitable for the creation of spectator trusses.
The EHC Crimmitschau celebrated its first successes as early as the thirties. In 1932, 1935 and 1936 the EHC won the Central German Championship, but at that time ice hockey was not yet highly regarded among the population and the club management had to advertise to get new players. A skating department was then set up, which gave the club a big boost. After the last win of the Central German Championship in 1936, the EHC was at the height of its history and was one of the best teams in Germany. Heinrich Otto was still the chairman of the association. That year the Crimmitschauer played in the preliminary round of the German championship, where they lost to SC Riessersee in Cologne . The youth department was also very successful at that time, for example it played its way into the final for the German youth champion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and became runner-up.
In the 1936/37 season, the EHC merged with the local tennis club and was henceforth called ETC Crimmitschau. During these years, well-known teams such as the Berlin ice skating club , SC Charlottenburg or SC Riessersee played on the water surface in the Sahnbad . As Saxon guests, teams from Dresden, Chemnitz and local neighbor Frankenhausen were looking for a comparison.
In 1937/38 Heinrich and Willy Otto, as members of the board of the association, planned an artificial ice rink in the form of a stadium in the Sahnpark. They had presented the then mayor of Crimmitschau, Schmidt, with finished plans, and they had already secured the financing. This project failed due to concerns of the mayor before the Second World War ruined further efforts, because the Nazis also saw no use in an artificial ice stadium in Sahnpark.
A series of name changes and ice hockey in the GDR (1951 to 1990)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 1960/61 | DDR-Oberliga | 2nd place | 4th place 1 |
| 1961/62 | DDR-Oberliga | 6th place | 1st place 2nd |
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1962/63 to 1967/68 |
DDR-Oberliga | - | 3rd place each |
| 1968/69 | DDR-Oberliga | 4th Place | 3rd place |
| 1969/70 | DDR-Oberliga | 4th Place | 5th place |
1 final round; 2 round of relegation
After the Second World War, a team named BSG Textil Crimmitschau took part in the 1st winter sports championships in 1951. From the regular season 1950/51 onwards, teams from Crimmitschau played under the names BSG Textil Pleißengrund Crimmitschau (1951), BSG Turbine Crimmitschau (1953) and BSG Progress Crimmitschau in the former league, the first division or later in the second division. From 1958/59 the BSG Motor Crimmitschau took part in gaming operations. In 1960 the ASK Vorwärts Berlin had to move and played as ASK Vorwärts Crimmitschau as well as the ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau below the army sports club . The various names - "turbine" belonged to the energy company, "progress" to the textile and leather industry, "forward" to the army and "unit" to the state administration - touched upon the origins of the supporters of the association at the time.
For the next decade, the club played under different names in the major league, establishing itself as number three in GDR ice hockey behind the ice hockey greats SC Dynamo Berlin and SG Dynamo Weißwasser . The team recorded the greatest successes in the cup. The West Saxons won the DELV Cup in 1966, 1967 and 1970 and came second four times in this competition. During this time, the team produced some national players. Among others, Peter Kolbe, Dieter Kraatzsch, Erhard Braun and Lothar Fuchs were in the GDR national team, which came third in the European Championship in 1966 . Dieter Röhl and Rolf Riedel also played in the GDR national team.
In the 1970/71 season it was decided to reduce the league to the two dynamo clubs from Berlin and Weißwasser. All other clubs were shut down and ice hockey was eliminated from the group of eligible sports. For this purpose, a determination of the best was introduced, in which the ASK “Forward” Crimmitschau became the BSG unit Crimmitschau. From 1971 to 1989 the BSG unit Crimmitschau determined the class as number 1 for many years and won the investigation in 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1980.
Already in the last weeks and months of the GDR a rethinking began at the DTSB and the Crimmitschauer were among the first to promote ice hockey in an initiative group in the GDR ice skating association. On December 4, 1989, the association decided to set up a third GDR performance center in Crimmitschau and to accept Crimmitschau into the GDR upper league, which, however, no longer came about. After the political change , the name "EHC" was reverted to February 7, 1990 and it was finally founded on May 3, 1990 under the name Ice Hockey and Tennis Club Crimmitschau .
→ see also ice hockey in the GDR
Founding, advancement and establishment (1990 to 2001)
In the course of the political change, the ETC Crimmitschau was re-established and participated with the first team in the Bayernliga before reunification with a special permit from the IIHF , while the second team (1b) played in the Sachsenliga .
| season | league | Preliminary round | Finals |
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| 1990/91 | BYL | 8th place | 1st place |
| 1991/92 | BYL | master | 2. Gr. C ↑ |
| 1992/93 | RL south | 11th place | 4th Place |
| 1993/94 | RL south | 5th place | 2nd place |
| 1994/95 | 2nd league | 2nd place | 9th place ↑ |
| 1995/96 | 1st League | 13th place | 1st place |
| 1996/97 | 1st League | 8th place | Round of 16 |
| 1997/98 | 1st League | 11th place | 3rd place |
| 1998/99 | 1st League | 3rd place | 5th place |
| 1999/00 | OL South | 1st place | 8th place |
| 2000/01 | OL South | 2nd place | Finale ↑ |
↑ Ascent
The first game of the ETC Crimmitschau after the re-establishment in spring 1990 was a test match against SV Hof. The team around captain Ralf Heinicke - who later became the coach of the women's team of ETC Crimmitschau - was able to win this game 14: 2 and thus ensured a successful opening of the history of the ETC after the fall of the Wall.
In autumn 1990, the ETC Crimmitschau took part in the official game operation in the Bayernliga for the first time. The first competitive opponent of the season was SV Gendorf , who were defeated 5: 4. At the end of the season, the team was eighth in the table and had to take part in the relegation, which they mastered confidently and won with 17: 3 points.
In the following season, the ETC Crimmitschau under the new captain Rainer Steinbock was able to score 125 goals in 18 games and ranked first in the table at the end of the season and in the subsequent promotion round to the regional league, the season was crowned with promotion. Due to the high number of spectators in the Crimmitschauer Sahnpark, the city became a household name for many ice hockey fans in Germany. Up to 6,000 spectators flocked to the home games, which were remarkable figures even in high-class German ice hockey.
In the 1994/95 season, he was promoted to the Hacker-Pschorr League. In this league - which repeatedly appeared under different names due to changes to the game system and sponsorship agreements - the ETC held up until the 2000/01 season. This season, the two promoted players to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga were determined in playoffs, in which the players of the ETC Crimmitschau first defeated the Adendorfer EC with 3-0 wins and in the second round the ESC Dresden with 3-1 wins. In the third round, however, it was not possible to prevail against the EHC Wolfsburg , but on June 30, 2001 it was decided at a league conference that the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga should be increased from 12 to 14 clubs, which means that the ETC Crimmitschau and EV Duisburg moved up.
Years in the 2nd Bundesliga and Oberliga (since 2001)
In the seasons 2001/2002 to 2004/05 , the professional team of the ETC Crimmitschau initially played in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga . Right in the debut season, the Saxons were able to celebrate the greatest success in the club's history with fifth place and entry into the playoffs, but failed in the quarter-finals to the Heilbronner Falken .
| season | league | Preliminary round | Playoff / down |
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| 2001/02 | 2nd BL | 5th place | PO − VF |
| 2002/03 | 2nd BL | 15th place | Playdown |
| 2003/04 | 2nd BL | 10th place | 3rd place |
| 2004/05 | 2nd BL | 11th place | 5th place ↓ |
| 2005/06 | OIL | 2nd place | Final PO ↑ |
| 2006/07 | 2nd BL | 12th place | Playdown |
↑ ascent ↓ descent
From the 2002/03 season , the club was nicknamed "Ice Pirates". However, the successful first season could not be continued, so that at the end of the preliminary round only 15th place was on the books. In the play-down round, a 3-1 win against the favored Fischtown Pinguins ultimately helped them stay up. A year later, the “ice pirates” dared to change. With Manfred Wolf a new coach was hired, who shaped the game system North American. However, there were no successes, so that Wolf had to leave again in the fall and was replaced by Jiří Ehrenberger . Under him, the club played more successfully again and the team finally managed to stay in the relegation round. In the 2004/05 season , expectations rose in the Crimmitschauer environment, but had to start after fifth place in the relegation round after four years of second division, the gang in the league .
In the 2005/06 season the ETC succeeded under the new coach Gunnar Leidborg after first place in the main round, third place in the championship round and three wins each in the playoffs against the Blue Devils Weiden and EV Ravensburg, the immediate promotion to the 2nd ice hockey -Bundesliga .
The following season put the club to a tough test. It was already clear at the beginning of the season that the financial problems would have to be contained by making savings on the squad. In December 2006 it was announced that an impending bankruptcy can hardly be averted, which mobilized the fans of the ETC Crimmitschau to save “their” club. From auctions or private donations to the season game of the ice pirates against the Dresdner Eislöwen on December 29, 2006 under the motto "Mission 5555", in which at least 5,555 spectators should see the game - to which 6,530 spectators came - everything was tried, the ETC To keep Crimmitschau alive. The sum of all these campaigns and large donations from private individuals, companies and the city of Crimmitschau brought the rescue in spring 2007. A donation board at the stadium on which each donor is mentioned by name commemorates this one-off campaign.
In terms of sport, the season could be concluded with relegation. Despite a 1: 3 deficit in the best-of-seven series, ETC Crimmitschau was still able to turn the series and - exactly two years to the day after relegation in Kaufbeuren - won the series with a 5-0 victory with 4: 3 and thus kept the class.
Financial problems and outsourcing of Eispiraten GmbH
| season | league | Preliminary round | Playoff / down |
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| 2007/08 | 2nd BL | 8th place | PO-VF |
| 2008/09 | 2nd BL | 13th place | - |
| 2009/10 | 2nd BL | 12th place | 1st round PD |
| 2010/11 | 2nd BL | 12th place | 2nd place AR |
| 2011/12 | 2nd BL | 10th place | 3rd place AR |
| 2012/13 | 2nd BL | 9th place | - |
| 2013/14 | DEL2 | 12th place | 1st place QR |
| 2014/15 | DEL2 | 12th place | 1st round PD |
| 2015/16 | DEL2 | 10th place | Pre-playoffs |
| 2016/17 | DEL2 | 14th place | Playdown |
| 2017/18 | DEL2 | 10th place | PO-VF |
| 2018/19 | DEL2 | 10th place | PO-VF |
| 2019/20 | DEL2 |
Despite major financial problems in the summer of 2007, the debt of 711,000 euros was repaid, so that the establishment of the "Eispiraten-GmbH" was made possible. Since the 2007/08 season , the professional team has been playing under the direction of Eispiraten Crimmitschau GmbH and started with the lowest budget of all league players. After an eighth place after the preliminary round, the team reached the quarter-finals of the playoff round, but failed there in the best-of-seven series against the eventual champions Kassel Huskies . In economic terms, the season ended with a "black zero". The women's and junior teams continue to play under the parent club ETC Crimmitschau.
The Eispiraten started the 2008/09 season with the lowest budget in the 2nd Bundesliga . There the team only reached 13th and last place in the table. The subsequent play down round was not played because during the season the Tölzer Löwen a bankruptcy petition presented prematurely and thus the only relegated firmly stood. When licensing for the 2009/10 season , the Eispiraten were initially granted the license subject to conditions, but from the ESBG's point of view these could not be fulfilled, so that the license was refused to the West Saxony for the time being. After an objection by those responsible for the ice pirates before the DEB court, the West Saxons were finally proven to have fulfilled the license conditions and were granted the right to play in the 2nd Bundesliga. Thus, the ice pirates went into the season with a total budget of 1.2 million euros and calculated with 1950 spectators per home game, which was slightly exceeded. In terms of sport, the team finished the season in twelfth place in the table. In the subsequent playdown round, the ice pirates secured their league prematurely with 4-1 wins against the Hanover Indians . The 2010/11 season started successfully for the team with six wins from ten games - on matchday 11 the team played for 1st place. As a result, the ice pirates around captain Kevin Saurette played for a pre-playoff place, but at the end of the main round they took twelfth and penultimate place in front of the Lausitzer Füchsen . The subsequent round of relegation against the foxes and the wolves Freiburg was finished in second place, which meant the direct relegation.
For the 2011/12 season , the team was changed in most positions. Under the also newly signed coach Fabian Dahlem , the ice pirates reached tenth place at the end of the main round, but were able to secure relegation early in the following round of relegation. The goal for the following season was the entry into the playoffs, which was missed by one point and the ice pirates finished the finals in 9th place. Due to the insolvency of the Hannover Indians , the playdowns were not held. Due to the lockout in 2012/13 , three NHL strikers - Wayne Simmonds , Chris Stewart and Clarke MacArthur - joined the Westsachsen on loan for some games , which was a unique event in the club's history to date.
In the 2015/16 season, the ice pirates, led by Chris Lee , who took over as head coach in 2014, reached the championship round of the DEL2 , after having mostly been relegated in previous years. In December 2016, the club separated from Lee after the team slipped to penultimate place in the table. John Tripp took over the coaching position, but was replaced as head coach by Kim Collins after the end of the 2016/17 season . From October 2017 he was supported by Jacek Płachta . In the 2017/18 season, Collins led the team to the playoff quarter-finals. At the end of January 2019, Collins was fired as a result of a 9-1 defeat. After initially youth coach Boris Rousson stepped in as a transition coach , Daniel Naud was hired as the new head coach shortly afterwards .
team
Squad for the 2019/20 season
As of September 6, 2019
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Mark Arnsperger | G | December 6, 1999 | 2019 | Fuerth , Germany |
| 31 |
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Michael Bitzer | G | October 23, 1993 | 2019 | Moorhead , Minnesota , USA |
| 40 |
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Philipp Halbauer | D. | February 27, 1997 | 2015 | Gera , Germany |
| 2 |
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Carl Hudson | D. | 2nd January 1986 | 2018 | Smooth Rock Falls , Ontario , Canada |
| 33 |
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Hagen Kaisler | D. | February 25, 1996 | 2019 | Dusseldorf , Germany |
| 88 |
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Martin Kokes | D. | June 12, 1995 | 2019 | Most , Czech Republic |
| 15th |
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Ole Olleff | D. | May 11, 1996 | 2016 | Berlin , Germany |
| 79 |
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Mario Scalzo | D. | November 11, 1984 | 2016 | Saint-Hubert , Quebec , Canada |
| 13 |
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André Schietzold - A | D. | January 11, 1987 | 2010 | Werdau , Germany |
| 4th |
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Felix Thomas - A | D. | February 22, 1988 | 2018 | Berlin , Germany |
| 71 |
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Viktor Braun | F. | July 11, 2000 | 2017 | Chemnitz , Germany |
| 68 |
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Marius Demmler | F. | February 21, 1999 | 2018 | Altenburg , Germany |
| 19th |
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Austin Fyten | LW | May 3, 1991 | 2019 | Sundre , Alberta , Canada |
| 83 |
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Adrian Grygiel - C. | RW | August 13, 1983 | 2019 | Katowice , Poland |
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Fedor Kolupajlo | F. | May 2, 1996 | 2020 | Novosibirsk , Russia | |
| 97 |
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Christoph Körner | RW | July 9, 1997 | 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany |
| 72 |
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Benjamin Kosianski | F. | February 11, 2000 | 2017 | Leipzig , Germany |
| 69 |
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David Kuchejda | RW | June 12, 1987 | 2019 | Opava , Czechoslovakia |
| 28 |
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Patrick Pohl | C. | January 8, 1990 | 2016 | Berlin , Germany |
| 16 |
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Vincent Schlenker | RW | 17th December 1992 | 2015 | Villingen-Schwenningen , Germany |
| 8th |
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Dominik Walsh - A | RW | July 18, 1989 | 2013 | Guildford , UK |
| 17th |
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Alex Wideman | RW | December 13, 1991 | 2019 | St. Louis , Missouri , USA |
Jersey design and equipment
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The ice pirates traditionally play in the colors black, red and white. Like all other teams, two different shirt designs will be used for the games. Following the example of the National Hockey League , the darker jerseys are used for home games and the lighter ones for away games. In the case of the Eispiraten, at home games this is the conventional red as the basic color, which is also found in the club colors. For the away games, the players wear the lighter - mostly white jerseys. The forearms and sides are set off in black in both layouts and the chest and shoulder areas are equipped with the sponsors.
In addition, a separate jersey is used for warming, which is predominantly black and is not based on the existing layout. The trousers of the players are traditionally black, for both home and away games. The socks are kept in the basic color of the jersey worn.
The jersey layout varies with each season and is designed in collaboration with the fans.
Significant past teams
Champion Bayern League 1991/92
| position | Surname |
| Goal: | Ronny Selbmann, Christian Osse, Lutz Hönig, Petr Heidinger |
| Defense: | Klaus Kröber, Zelyko Jauernig, Ralf Heinicke (C) , Frank Braun, René Kraske, Marco Braun, Andreas Osse, Göran Noeller |
| Storm: | Edgar Porzig, Gundolf Pörsel, Heiko Rutenberg, Marco Reichert, Jaroslav Hlavnička, Peter Schneemann, Roland Frisch, Rainer Steinbock, Lutz Halbauer, Gerd Stoll, Torsten Vogel, Ronny Bauer, Zdeněk Kmoníček |
| Trainer: | Dieter Kraatzsch |
Champion Oberliga Süd 2000
| position | Surname |
| Goal: | Ralf Kösling, Fabian Glatzel, Jonas Eriksson |
| Defense: | Jeff Winstanley, Patrick Solf, Michael Maaß, Pavel Weiß, Frank Krause, Richard Tischler, Andrei Jakowenko, Marek Šebek |
| Storm: | Sven Murkisch, Stefan Steinbock, Dirk Rohrbach, Florian Müller, Sven Schröder, Paul Kreißl, Andreas Henkel, Karsten Schulz, Torsten Heine, Mike Losch , Martin Sekera , Tomáš Bartoška, Norman Forster, Michel Maaßen |
| Trainer: | Horymír Sekera |
Players and Statistics
Blocked jersey numbers
Some players have made a contribution to the ETC Crimmitschau, whose achievements were honored with a blocking of their jersey number and whose jerseys were pulled under the hall roof.
| Surname | Back number | position | Time at the club | Remarks |
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 Ralf Kösling
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# 1 | goalkeeper | 1994-2002 | Long-time regular goalkeeper of the ETC Crimmitschau and the goalkeeper with the most games. |
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Stefan Steinbock
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# 10 | striker | 1996-2000 | Leading figure and captain during his active time. He is now the club's head of marketing. |
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Torsten Heine
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# 43 | striker | 1998-2011 | Record player of the club. He is now the club's junior trainer. |
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany
Because of their achievements and merits in German ice hockey, former players and officials of the ETC Crimmitschau were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany .
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Club-internal records
In addition to the sporting successes, the players also set internal team records.
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Known (former) players
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Participation of players and coaches in the ESBG All-Star Game
The ESBG All-Star Game is a friendly game that has been held annually since 2006 between the best German and foreign players in the 2nd national and upper leagues.
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 Jason Becker |
defense | 2007-2008 | 2008 |
 Team United Nations
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Dave Bonk |
Storm | 2007-2008 | 2008 |
Team United Nations
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Patrick DesRochers |
goalkeeper | 2006-2007 | 2007 |
Team United Nations
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 Markus Hätinen
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goalkeeper | 2005-2006 | 2006 |
Team Germany
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Torsten Heine |
Storm | 1998–2002, 2002–2006, since 2007 | 2008 |
Team Germany
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 Gunnar Leidborg |
Trainer | 2005-2008 | 2008 |
Team United Nations
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Sinisa Martinović |
goalkeeper | 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2008 | 2008 |
Team Germany
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 Vadim Slivchenko |
striker | 2005-2007 | 2006 |
Team United Nations
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Roman Veber |
defense | 2005-2007 | 2007 |
Team Germany
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Trainer
| Surname | season |
 Dieter Kraatzsch |
1990/91 - 1991/92 |
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Rolf Bielas |
1992/93 - 1993/94 |
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Reinhardt Fengler |
1993/94 - 1994/95 |
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Klaus Schröder * |
1995/96 - November 1997/98 |
 Craig Sarner |
1997/98 |
 Horymír Sekera * |
1998/99 - November 2002/03 |
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Paul Sommer |
2002/03 |
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Manfred Wolf * |
2002/03 - November 2003/04 |
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Jiří Ehrenberger |
2003/04 - 2004/05 |
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Gunnar Leidborg |
2005/06 - 2007/08 |
 Sergei Svetlov |
September 2008 |
 Doug Irwin * |
September 2008 - November 2008 |
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Wayne Hynes |
November 2008 - April 2010 |
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Larry Suarez * |
July 2010 - November 2010 |
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Steffen Ziesche |
November 2010 - April 2011 |
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Fabian Dahlem |
May 2011 - April 2014 |
 Chris Lee |
May 2014 - December 2016 |
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John Tripp |
December 2016 - April 2017 |
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Kim Collins *
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June 2017 - January 2019 |
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Daniel Naud
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February 2019 - |
* Dismissed during the current season.
Since the club was re-established in 1990, the club has employed a large number of coaches, of which Horymír Sekera was the longest with three full seasons.
As the first coach after the re-establishment, Dieter Kraatzsch stood as a coach behind the gang and after the Bayern League championship in 1991/92 he was promoted to the regional league. There he was replaced by Rolf Bielas, as a coaching license was required for the regional league and Dieter Kraatzsch did not have one. For the 1993/94 season, the former GDR national player Reinhardt Fengler took over as player-coach.
After promotion to the Hacker Pschorr League, Klaus Schröder took over the position of head coach from Reinhardt Fengler as the DEB-U17 selection coach at the time. His commitment had become necessary because there were no longer any player-coaches in the first division. Due to unsuccessfulness, Schröder had to give up his position at the beginning of the 1997/98 season to the Canadian Craig Sarner, who in turn had to make way for Horymír Sekera at the end of the season.
Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and direct playoff participation was achieved under Sekera. After relatively short coaching posts for Paul Sommer, Manfred Wolf and Jiří Ehrenberger, Gunnar Leidborg came to Saxony after relegation to the league in the 2005/06 season. He achieved immediate promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and held the class in the following season. After a successful 2007/08 season, Leidborg announced his retirement.
For the 2008/09 season, Sergei Svetlow should stand behind the gang and train the ice pirates for two years. A week before the start of the season, however, he accepted an offer as an assistant coach for the KHL club Lada Tolyatti and turned his back on the ice pirates.
Doug Irwin was hired as his successor, but he was replaced by Wayne Hynes in November 2008 due to unsuccessfulness . After 1 ½ seasons on the ice pirate gang, the contract with Hynes was not renewed at the end of the 2009/10 season. Larry Suarez , who led the team until November 2010, was presented as his successor on July 15, 2010 . Due to persistent sporting failures, Suarez was on leave on November 27, 2010 and replaced by Steffen Ziesche - who was already in charge of the ice pirates' season preparation. The pre-playoff round was not reached under the new coach, but in the end the league was on the books at the end of the season. Ziesche had received an offer for a further engagement with the Saxons, he finally decided on the post of sporting director and trainer at the Eisbären Juniors Berlin . Fabian Dahlem was introduced as his successor on May 12, 2011 . His contract was not renewed after the 2013/2014 season and Dahlem was replaced by Chris Lee . In December 2016, Lee was released due to the negative sporting development. At the time of the split, the Eispiraten were penultimate of the DEL2. The following on Chris Lee John Tripp could not improve the performance of the team, so they parted after a disappointing 14th place after the end of the season. Before the start of the 2017/2018 season, Kim Collins was introduced as the new head coach.
Parent club
The parent club - the ETC Crimmitschau e. V. - was founded in 1990 and combines an ice hockey and a tennis department. The ice hockey department is divided into numerous junior teams and a women's team.
Ladies
| season | league | placement |
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| 2005/2006 | 2nd League North | 3rd place |
| 2006/2007 | 2nd League North | 2nd place |
| 2007/2008 | 2nd League North | 4th Place |
| 2008/2009 | 1. DL North | 1st place |
| 2009/2010 | 2nd League North | 5th place |
Since the 1997/98 season there has been a women's team under the umbrella of the ETC , which has been participating in the second division since the 2001/02 season. In the 2004/05 season, the team was champions in the league and was allowed - after some disagreements due to the declared waiver of promotion to the women's Bundesliga - again in 2005/06 participate in the league, which they successfully finish in 2006/07 with second place could. In the 2007/08 season, the women took fourth place behind the team from Weisswasser with the same number of points. The 2008/09 season was one of the most successful for the women's ice hockey team. After the championship in the first women's league north / east was celebrated prematurely, the team around coach Ralf Heinicke won the trophy of the north-east round. Here all competitive games were won.
offspring
The junior and youth teams have been taking part in the top division - the Bundesliga - since 2006. The junior team was able to occupy third place in the 2008/09 season after the main round in the group north and missed the entry into the championship round. The youth team finished the current Bundesliga season with a seventh place after the main round.
| Placement of the 2008/09 season | ||
| team | league | Preliminary round |
|---|---|---|
| Juniors | BL | 3rd place |
| youth | BL | 7th place |
| student | BL | 1st place |
| Boys | OM | 7th place |
| Junior high school students | OM | 4th Place |
After promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2008/09 season, the students achieved first place. The boys played for the East German championship and took seventh place. In the junior school age group, the team took 4th place in the East German championship last season. The youngest in the offspring of the ETC Crimmitschau - the Bambini - do not take part in a league game. You compete against other teams in friendly matches.
State performance center
Since 2007, the Central Germany Youth Training Center has officially been located in Crimmitschau. The aim is to secure the sporting development and support as well as the coordination of sporting and school training. This will be realized in the medium term by two full-time young trainers. Each junior team has six ice times a week at their disposal. This is done through a cooperation in Schönheide and Chemnitz , in the long term a second ice surface is to be created directly in Crimmitschau. Sponsors and local companies are involved to safeguard training positions. Some players have already successfully completed their apprenticeship in Crimmitschau. In order to meet the high requirements at all times, there is close cooperation with the regional association.
Venues
→ Main article: Artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark
The artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark was built in 1964 to further promote professional ice sports in Crimmitschau. In the history of the GDR, games of the GDR national team took place every now and then, which were attended by up to 10,000 spectators.
In 1994 the stadium underwent a renovation and was given a roof, which increased the ice quality and the comfort for the fans. The city took a major step towards modernization in 2002 with the installation of the large grandstand above the players' benches. There is space for almost 100 spectators and the grandstand has a glazed kiosk, which also offers a view of the ice surface.
By 2010 the stadium had standing room for 6535, as part of a further extensive renovation and the construction of a new cabin wing, the capacity was reduced to 5222 seats, including 121 seats, 56 VIP seats and ten press seats.
The ice rink is used daily by the professional team, the junior teams, the women's team, various hobby teams and for public ice skating. The theoretical utilization of the area is higher than the practical schedule allows, which for example encourages youth teams to train in one of the partner cities.
| Audience statistics for the last eight years | |||||||
| season | Home games | spectator | Spectators per game | ||||
| 2013/14 | 32 (27/5) | 63,713 (52,442 / 11,271) | 1,991 (1,942 / 2,254) | ||||
| 2012/13 | 24 (24 / -) | 62,735 (62,735 / -) | 2,613 (2,613 / -) | ||||
| 2011/12 | 28 (24/4) | 59,092 (49,741 / 9,351) | 2,110 (2,073 / 2,338) | ||||
| 2010/11 | 28 (24/4) | 51,298 (43,651 / 7,647) | 1,832 (1,819 / 1,912) | ||||
| 2009/10 | 29 (26/3) | 57,467 (50,500 / 6,967) | 1,982 (1,942 / 2,322) | ||||
| 2008/09 | 24 (24 / -) | 47,864 (47,864 / -) | 1,994 (1,994 / -) | ||||
| 2007/08 | 29 (26/3) | 80,673 (66,211 / 14,462) | 2,782 (2,547 / 4,821) | ||||
| 2006/07 | 30 (26/4) | 71,570 (59,337 / 12,233) | 2,386 (2,282 / 3,058) | ||||
(The total occupancy rate for the entire season is given. The main round and playoffs / -downs are listed separately in brackets.)
Club culture
Fans
The ice pirate fans are organized in numerous fan clubs that are spread across Germany. The best known is the formation of the Kultras , who position themselves in the southeast curve - the "Heinekurve" - and regularly organize choreographies.
In addition, the fans maintain loose friendships with various ice hockey clubs such as the Schwenninger Wild Wings , the Kassel Huskies or the ESV Bayreuth . A rivalry existed due to the geographical proximity to the ERC Selb and the 1. EV Weiden , but this has decreased due to the different leagues affiliation. The same applies to EV Regensburg , which is based on their shared sporting past - around the turn of the millennium, both clubs played for years in the same league for the top spots. The "Sachsen-Derbies" against the Lausitzer Füchse are particularly explosive , in which an increased security effort on the part of the security and police should separate both fan camps from each other. Despite numerous clashes in recent years, there have only been isolated attacks to which those responsible at both clubs reacted.
Furthermore, the fans of the ETC Crimmitschau hold the record for the longest fan song in the world. On January 6, 1999 they set a new record with an 84-minute uninterrupted fan song in the game against ESV Bayreuth , which resulted in an entry in the Guinness Book of Records .
| Most spectators in a home game | ||
| date | pairing | spectator |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 1995 | ETC Crimmitschau - ERC Selber Wolves | 7250 |
| 5th February 1995 | ETC Crimmitschau - EV Dingolfing | 6677 |
| January 20, 1995 | ETC Crimmitschau - EV Dingolfing | 6639 |
| February 12, 1995 | ETC Crimmitschau - SC Bietigheim Steelers | 6548 |
| December 29, 2006 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau - Dresden Ice Lions | 6530 |
| January 3, 1997 | ETC Crimmitschau - Lusatian Foxes | 6503 |
| September 29, 1995 | ETC Crimmitschau - Wolves Freiburg | 6500 |
| December 30, 1994 | ETC Crimmitschau - ESV Königsbrunn | 6433 |
| December 30, 1997 | ETC Crimmitschau - ERC Selber Wolves | 6221 |
| January 2, 2004 | ETC Crimmitschau - SERC Wild Wings | 6218 |
Partnerships
| season | society |
| 2009/10 |
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg ( DEL ) Kassel Huskies (DEL) DEG Metro Stars (DEL) Saale Bulls Hall 04 ( RL ) EHV Schönheide ( RL )  |
| 2010/11 |
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (DEL) Eisbären Berlin (DEL) Hamburg Freezers (DEL) Saale Bulls Hall 04 ( OL ) EHV Schönheide ( OL ) |
| 2011/12 |
 Fortuna Leipzig ( OL ) EHV Schönheide ( OL ) |
As part of the funding license program , the Eispiraten Crimmitschau had partnerships with the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg , the Kassel Huskies and the DEG Metro Stars from the German Ice Hockey League , the Saale Bulls Halle and the EHV Schönheide from the Regionalliga-Ost for the 2009/10 season . The aim of the program is to promote and coach young players so that they can gain gaming experience. For the 2010/11 season, the contract with the Grizzly Adams and EHV Schönheide was extended. In addition, those responsible signed a cooperation with the Eisbären Berlin and Hamburg Freezers to give other young players the chance to develop further in ice hockey. Since the ESBG and the DEL could not agree on a cooperation agreement for the 2011/12 season, the partnership with the upper-class clubs had to be discontinued with regard to the exchange of promotional licensed players. After there was a cooperation with the ERV Chemnitz 07 in the youth sector last year , the ETC Crimmitschau will continue to work with the EHV Schönheide and Fortuna Leipzig from the 2011/12 season .
mascot
An ice pirate has graced the club's logo since the 2002/03 season and also acts as a mascot. From October 9th, 2009 the club will be represented by a pirate named “Crimmel” - namesake and godfather was the former referee and Crimmitschauer crowd favorite Josef Krimmel . In addition, he steps onto the ice before home games and gets the fans in the mood for the game.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d etc-crimmitschau.de: Ice hockey tradition in Crimmitschau , accessed on August 3, 2009
- ↑ etconline.de: The origins and development of hockey in Crimmitschau from: Hockey NEWS, November 8th of 2005.
- ↑ lotok.de: The GDR best determination - playground for ex-professionals and amateurs
- ↑ Regina Urbat: New era begins for puck hunters. In: volksstimme.de. December 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
- ↑ etconline.de fundraising campaigns of the ETC Crimmitschau
- ↑ etconline.de: Opinion of the Board on the current situation
- ↑ Ice Hockey News from May 9, 2008; Season review 2007/2008. Page 57: However, those responsible for the new team are unlikely to have much more money than last summer, although the season ended with a positive economic result, according to Managing Director Jörg Schilling.
- ↑ esbg.de, article from February 28, 2009: Playoffs in the 2nd Bundesliga without Tölzer Löwen
- ↑ eispiraten-crimmitschau.de: Licensing subject to conditions , accessed on July 2, 2009
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung , Crimmitschau does not receive a license ( page can no longer be accessed , 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. , Accessed November 13, 2012
- ↑ eispiraten-crimmitschau.de: ESBG refused to grant a license for the time being ( 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.
- ↑ eispiraten-crimmitschau.de: Eispiraten meet license conditions ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed July 20, 2009
- ↑ Free press of August 7, 2008: Ice pirates must save: Later start with mini-squad , accessed on August 16, 2008
- ↑ Eispiraten Crimmitschau: Eispiraten and Chris Lee split up - Boris Rousson takes over temporarily. Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
- ↑ https://schmoelln.otz.de/web/lokal/sport/detail/-/specific/Eispiraten-Crimmitschau-ent Klassen-den-Trainer- 894669350
- ↑ https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2019/02/05/eispiraten-crimmitschau-verpflichten-danny-naud-als-neuen-trainer.html
- ^ Eishockeymuseum.de: Hall of Fame Germany, area of honor in the ice hockey museum
- ↑ etconline.de: Eternal scorer list of the ETC , accessed on March 8, 2018
- ↑ etconline.de: ETC's eternal goalkeeper table , accessed on August 3, 2009
- ↑ André Schietzold 500x ice pirate. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
- ↑ André Schietzold. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de: ESBG All Star Game on February 28th in Straubing
- ↑ ehcf.de: Team United wins the ESBG All Star Game ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Eispiraten News: Gunnar Leidborg leaves the Eispiraten Crimmitschau ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ice Pirates News: Sergej Svetlov new trainer of the Ice Pirates ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ice Hockey NEWS from September 6th, 2008 : Breach of contract: Svetlov has already signed in Togliatti. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Eispiraten Crimmitschau News: Change of coach at the Eispiraten Crimmitschau
- ↑ esbg.de: Larry Suarez takes Eispiraten Crimmitschau , access 15 August 2010
- ↑ Eispiraten Crimmitschau: Eispiraten leave coach Larry Suarez on leave - Steffen Ziesche takes over the team. In: eishockey.info. November 27, 2010, accessed June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ etconline.de: Student team receives admission to the Bundesliga
- ↑ Young Talent Center for Central Germany (NWLZ)
- ↑ etconline.de: viewer statistics 1990 to 2007 ( memento from June 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ eissport-weisswasser.de: Review of the Sachsenderby in Crimmitschau ( 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.
- ↑ etconline.de: Game report Eispiraten Crimmitschau - Lausitzer Füchse
- ↑ etconline.de: Record attempt in the Sahnpark ( memento of the original from August 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ eispiraten-crimmitschau.de: Eisbären Berlin and Eispiraten Crimmitschau cooperate ( 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.
- ↑ Ice pirates cooperate with Hamburg Freezers - First Training - TV Westsachsen. (No longer available online.) In: westsachsen.tv. Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 21, 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.
- ↑ etc-crimmitschau.de: New cooperation with Schönheide and Leipzig in the area of young talent
- ↑ etconline.de: Ice pirate mascot gets the name "Crimmel" - cult referee comes on October 9th. for baptism , accessed October 25, 2009
