ECDC Memmingen

ECDC Memmingen
Greatest successes
German Oberliga Champion 1991 Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga 1991 German Regional League Champion 1988 German Women's Champion 2016, 2018, 2019 BEV Play-Off Champion (OL / RL) 2018 Bavarian Champion (4th League) 2017 Bayernkrug Cup Winner 2005
Club information
history	SC Memmingen (1956–1993) EHC Memmingen (1994–2003) ECDC Memmingen (since 1999)
Location	Memmingen
Nickname	Indians
Club colors	red, white and black
league	Ice hockey league
Venue	Ice rink Memmingen
capacity	3,650 seats (including 1,000 seats)
executive Director	Helge Pramschüfer
Head coach	Sergej Wassmiller
captain	Daniel Chicken
Season  2019/20	Vice-champion orienteering south

The ECDC Memmingen is an ice hockey club from Memmingen that has been participating in ice hockey games since 1999. It is the successor to the former Memmingen ice hockey clubs SC Memmingen and EHC Memmingen. The club is currently playing as ECDC Memmingen Indians in the third highest German league, the Oberliga Süd . In the 2016/17 season, on the occasion of the club's 25th anniversary, the ECDC became Bayernliga champions for the first time and celebrated the greatest success in club history to date. Shortly thereafter, the league promotion succeeded.

The women's team has been playing in the women's ice hockey Bundesliga since 1998 . Between 2016 and 2019, the team became German champions three times . In 2017 the team won the international EWHL Super Cup .

The club's home games are played in the Memmingen ice rink on Hühnerberg (capacity: 3650 seats).

history

The history of ice hockey in Memmingen begins with SC Memmingen and goes through EHC Memmingen to the current club ECDC Memmingen.

SC Memmingen

Logo of the SC Memmingen

The Schlittschuhclub Memmingen, founded on 30 November 1956 appeared in the higher category, Hockey, when he made the hockey league Bayern in the Regionalliga Süd 1983/84 and 1984/85 nachrückte in the league. When the club was able to play in the ice rink in Memmingen, which was completed in December 1987, in 1987/88 , after winning the championship in the southern group and the German regional league championship, they were promoted to the Oberliga Süd again .

By reaching the German Oberliga championship and first place in the promotion games, the club was able to move up to the 2nd Bundesliga South in 1991 . The league could be held by the club, but on December 31, 1993 he had to file for bankruptcy and stopped playing.

Season dates 1978 to 1994
season	society	league	class	group	placement	PO	PD	Final placement
1977/78	SC	National league	VI	west
1978/79	SC	National league	VI	west		X		Ascent ↑
1979/80	SC	Bayern League	V	-				8th place
1980/81	SC	Bayern League	V	-				9th place
1981/82	SC	Bayern League	V	-				5th place
1982/83	SC	Bayern League	V	-				3rd place ↑
1983/84	SC	Regional league	IV	south	4th Place	OIL		3. Group B ↑
1984/85	SC	Oberliga	III	south	10th place		X	3. Group B
1985/86	SC	Oberliga	III	south	10th place		X	2. Group B
1986/87	SC	Oberliga	III	south	10th place		X	5. Group B ↓
1987/88	SC	Regional league	IV	south	master	OIL		Master ↑
1988/89	SC	Oberliga	III	south	3rd place	2nd BL		7. Group A
1989/90	SC	Oberliga	III	south	Runner-up	2nd BL		4. Group A
1990/91	SC	Oberliga	III	south	master	2nd BL		Master ↑
1991/92	SC	2nd Bundesliga	II	south	6th place		X	1st place
1992/93	SC	2nd Bundesliga	II	-	10th place		X	1 round
1993/94	SC	2nd Bundesliga	II	-				Withdrawal ↓

Source: passionhockey.com , source: rodi-db.de ascent / descent  ↑ ↓

EHC Memmingen

Logo of the EHC Memmingen

After the bankruptcy of the SC, the ice hockey club Memmingen, founded on March 10, 1994, began playing in the Bavarian regional league - the lowest division - and immediately rose to the next higher division, the Bavarian regional league. The sporting goal, the ice hockey Bayern league, was missed by a narrow margin, but the team moved up into the league due to the waiver of EV Berchtesgaden .

In the spring of 1999 the EHC succeeded in the qualification playoffs for the Regionalliga Süd against the EHC Klostersee the promotion to the Regionalliga Süd 1999/2000 .

When the Regionalliga Süd was abolished for the 2002/03 season, the EHC moved up to the Oberliga Süd 2002/03 . The license for the club was still managed, but after the end of the season an application for bankruptcy had to be filed . The spin-off of the league team into a Wölfe GmbH to continue the game operation failed and the club was excluded from the Bavarian State Sports Association in summer 2003 .

Season dates 1994 to 2003
season	society	league	class	group	placement	PO	PD	Final placement	Audience Ø
1994/95	EHC	District League	VI	west	master	BBzL		↑	628
1995/96	EHC	National league	V	west	master	BLL		3rd place ↑	892
1996/97	EHC	Regional league	IV	BYL / West	Runner-up	BYL		3rd place	1,323
1997/98	EHC	Regional league	IV	BYL / West	master	BYL		5th place ↓	1,433
1998/99	EHC	Bayern League	V	west	Runner-up	BYL		Master ↑	1,321
1999/00	EHC	Regional league	IV	south	7th place		X	2nd place	1,232
2000/01	EHC	Regional league	IV	south	4th Place	OIL		1 round	1,150
2001/02	EHC	Regional league	IV	south	6th place	RL		Quarterfinals ↑	1,013
2002/03	EHC	Oberliga	III	S / W	9th place		X	5th pl./insolvency ↓	946

Source: passionhockey.com , source: eishockey-online.com Promotion / Relegation  ↑ ↓

ECDC Memmingen

The ECDC Memmingen was founded on July 19, 1992 as a Fieselverein ( street hockey ) and played for seven years in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga of the German Street Hockey Association. The ECDC Memmingen ice hockey team, nicknamed "Indians", began playing in the Bavarian regional league, the lowest division, in autumn 1999 and was immediately promoted to the Bavarian regional league. After the end of the game operations of the EHC, the ECDC took on the youth and the women's team of the EHC, changed the name from Elite Club Dynamo Chiemsee to Eisclub Die Coyoten and tried to get promoted to the ice hockey Bayern league, but it was not until the summer of 2005 sovereign master succeeded.

The club had its greatest successes in this division in the 2012/13 season as third place and in 2013/14 as BEL runners-up. In 2016/17, the Indians secured the title of Bayern League champion and promotion to the league for the first time .

Today, in addition to the senior team in the Ice Hockey Oberliga Süd and the women's team in the Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga , various youth teams in all age groups and leagues take part in the ECDC Memmingen . Source: rodi-db.de

Season dates from 1999
season	society	league	class	group	placement	PO	PD	Final placement	Average audience
2019/20	ECDC	Oberliga	III	south	Runner-up	OIL		-	1,882
2018/19	ECDC	Oberliga	III	south	5th place	OIL		Round of 16	1,643
2017/18	ECDC	Oberliga	III	south	10th place		OL / BYL	BEV PO master	1,678
2016/17	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	Bayr. master	OIL		Semifinals ↑	1,671
2015/16	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	5th place	X		Quarter finals	1,682
2014/15	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	5th place	X		2. Group A	1,496
2013/14	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	2nd place	X		Runner-up	1,334
2012/13	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	7th place	X		3rd place	1,188
2011/12	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	4th Place	X		3. Group A	1,051
2010/11	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	10th place		X	2. Group B	973
2009/10	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	13th place		X	2. Group A	1,061
2008/09	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	8th place	X		3. Group A	1,034
2007/08	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	Runner-up	X		Quarter finals	1,156
2006/07	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	10th place		X	1 round	781
2005/06	ECDC	Regional league	IV	BYL	4th Place	X		Quarter finals	892
2004/05	ECDC	National league	V	west	master	BLL		Master ↑	-
2003/04	ECDC	National league	V	west	3rd place	BLL		2. Group 3	-
2002/03	ECDC	National league	V	west	3rd place	BLL		7. South / West	-
2001/02	ECDC	National league	VI	west	3rd place	BLL		7. South / West	-
2000/01	ECDC	National league	VI	west	Runner-up	BLL		3rd place S / W	-
1999/00	ECDC	District League	VII	west	master	BBzL		↑	-

Source: passionhockey.com , source: eishockey-online.com Promotion / Relegation  ↑ ↓

successes

Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1991 German Oberliga Champion 1991 South German champion 1991 Vice champion Oberliga Süd 1990 , 2020 Promotion to the league in 1984 , 1988 , 2002 , 2017 BEV Play-Off Champion (OL / RL) 2018 German regional league champion in 1988

Promotion to the Regionalliga in 1983 , 1999 Promotion to the Regionalliga (BYL) 1996, 2005 Bavarian champions (4th league) 2017 Bavarian runner-up (4th division) 2014 Bavarian ice hockey champion 1999 Champion Bayernliga West 1998 Vice-champion Bayernliga West 1997,1999

Promotion to the Bayern League in 1979 Bayernkrug cup winner 2005 Bavarian regional league champion 2005 Bavarian State League Champion West 1996, 2005 Bavarian regional league runner-up West 2001 Champion Bavarian District League West 1995, 2000

SG HC Mausadt / ECDC Memmingen 1b

Since the 2011/12 season, HC Moritz and ECDC Memmingen 1b have formed a syndicate in the Bavarian District League . Joint successes: 2012 the Bavarian District League Championship and 2012, 2013, 2018 the championship in the Bavarian District League Group IV .

Squad for the 2019/20 season

As of December 11, 2019

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
29		Jochen Vollmer	G	0April 6, 1980	2016	Velbert , Germany
93		Marc-Michael Henne	G	February 11, 1993	2019	Fuessen , Germany
79		Darian Sommerfeld	G	July 14, 1999	2019	Maple Ridge , Canada
7th		Nikolaus Meier	D.	August 20, 1986	2019	Schongau , Germany
14th		Marc Stotz	D.	0August 7, 1988	2011	Memmingen , Germany
24		Lubor Pokovic	D.	March 16, 1992	2018	Bremerhaven , Germany
33		Sven Schirrmacher	D.	August 20, 1991	2016	Memmingen , Germany
61		Maximilian Welz	D.	June 30, 1999	2019	Augsburg , Germany
64		Linus Svedlund	D.	September 12, 1993	2019	Arboga , Sweden
61		Dennis Neal	D.	03rd February 1992	2019	Peissenberg , Germany
61		Philipp Wedge	D.	June 11, 1998	2018	Kaufbeuren , Germany
10		Antti-Jussi Miettinen	F.	March 30, 1983	2014	Tampere , Finland
12		Samir Kharboutli	F.	June 18, 1999	2019	Chomutov , Czech Republic
13		Marvin Schmid	F.	0January 9, 1999	2019	Memmingen , Germany
17th		Patrik Beck	F.	August 30, 1979	2017	Kolin , Czech Republic
13		Maximilian Schaffrath	F.	0January 6, 2000	2018	Memmingen , Germany
19th		Milan Pfalzer	F.	0August 8, 1996	2018	Memmingen , Germany
20th		Julian Straub	F.	January 12, 2001	2018	Fuessen , Germany
22nd		Fabian Voit	F.	August 18, 1996	2018	Augsburg , Germany
27		Leon Abstreiter	F.	November 23, 1997	2018	Landshut , Germany
34		Daniel Chicken	F.	June 30, 1986	2016	Munich , Germany
41		Brad Snetsinger	F.	0April 8, 1987	2019	Ajax, Ontario , Canada
42		Tim Richter	F.	March 27, 1989	2019	Hamburg , Germany
86		Manuel Nix	F.	0January 5, 2001	2019	Weimar , Germany
91		Steven Deeg	F.	0April 9, 1993	2019	Ajax, Ontario , Canada

Coaching staff

activity	Nat.	Surname	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
Trainer		Sergej Wassmiller	1st October 1970	2018	Nizhnekamsk , Russia

Women ice hockey

After the club had to withdraw from the Bundesliga to the Bayernliga several times in the 1990s, it managed to establish itself seriously in the league in the 2000s. After consistently better placements, the runner-up title was achieved in the 2011/12 , 2012/13 and 2014/15 seasons . After a total of four silver medals in the women's DEB Cup, the cup was won for the first time in 2013 after beating champions ESC Planegg . In March 2016, the ECDC women's team won the German championship for the first time and the DEB Cup again a week later. In 2018 and 2019 the team won the championship again.

Memmingen has been taking part in the EWHL Super Cup since 2012 . In 2017 you could win the competition.

successes

• German women champion 2016 , 2018 , 2019
• DEB women's cup winners 2013 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018
• EWHL Super Cup 2017

SC Memmingen season league placement 1989/90 State League Bavaria 5th place 1990/91 State League Bavaria 2nd place (ascent → EHCM) 1991/92 Bayern League 3rd place 1992/93 Bayern League 5th place 1993/94 Bayern League 5th place

EHC Memmingen season league placement 1991/92 Bundesliga South South: 4th place 1992/93 Bundesliga South South: 6th place 1993/94 Bundesliga South South: 8th place 1994/95 Bundesliga South South: 9th place (relegation) 1995/96 Bayern League Bavaria: 1st place; (Ascent) 1996/97 Bundesliga South South: 7th place (retreat) 1997/98 Bayern League Bavaria: 1st place; Relegation: 3rd place (ascent) 1998/99 Bundesliga South South: 5th place 1999/2000 Bundesliga South South: 6th place 2000/01 Bundesliga South South: 5th place 2001/02 Bundesliga South South: 5th place 2002/03 Bundesliga South South: 4th place

ECDC Memmingen season league placement 2003/04 Bundesliga South South: 5th place 2004/05 Bundesliga South South: 3rd place, final round: 5th place 2005/06 Bundesliga South South: 4th place 2006/07 Bundesliga 7th place 2007/08 Bundesliga 6th place 2008/09 Bundesliga 5th place 2009/10 Bundesliga 5th place 2010/11 Bundesliga 4th Place 2011/12 Bundesliga Runner-up 2012/13 Bundesliga Runner-up EWHL Super Cup 4th Place 2013/14 Bundesliga 3rd place 2014/15 Bundesliga Runner-up 2015/16 Bundesliga master 2016/17 Bundesliga 3rd place 2017/18 Bundesliga master 2018/19 Bundesliga master 2019/20 Bundesliga Finale (C)

^(C)Final due Covid-19 pandemic canceled

80% of the players came from their own youth in 2014/15, 13 players from the first team were part of the extended group of the women's national team . Four of them took part in the Olympic Games in Sochi.

offspring

Ex-national team captain Jan Benda has been largely responsible for the youth work of the Memmingen team since 2015. The coaching team is completed by various players, ex-players and other volunteer junior coaches who are employed by the Indians.

For the 2014/15 season, around 220 children (including ice hockey school) pursued their hobby at ECDC Memmingen and compete in seven registered junior classes for the Indians. These are divided into juniors (regional league), youth (Bavarian league), schoolchildren (Bavarian league), boys (registration class B), small pupils (registration class B), small pupils (registration class A) and small pupils U8.

In addition, there is an ice hockey school for children who are still too young to take part in games, which has been very well received.

Stadium and fans

Venue

The ice rink at Hühnerberg in Memmingen was opened as an open natural ice stadium on February 17, 1963 and replaced by an artificial ice stadium on December 28, 1969, before the ice stadium was inaugurated on December 4, 1987 (the first game took place on December 20, 1969). November 1987). In addition to the covered ice rink in the standard dimensions 30 × 60 m, the complex also includes an uncovered area of ​​30 × 30 m, which can be connected to one another by two further four-meter-wide ice rinks to form a large ice rink. The stadium's capacity is now 3650 seats, of which around 1000 are seats.

spectator

Average audience

The ECDC Memmingen has been able to continuously increase its average attendance in recent years. The top viewer of the ice hockey Bayernliga was able to increase its average attendance again in 2015/16. A total of more than 1650 spectators flocked to the Memminger Hühnerberg. A year earlier, around 1,500 spectators were present per game. In the play-offs alone, over 2500 spectators were welcomed on average. The last game in front of a full house in Memmingen took place in the 2013/14 season. The second final game against rival Sonthofen was completely sold out with 3600 spectators.

Fan clubs

The club is supported in numerous matters by a fan club.

The Mouse City Clan group has been active for several years. In addition to supporting the team, this grouping is responsible for all buses to the away games, choreographies, fan articles and ticket sales.

Others

Since 2014, the opening game of the Bavarian Ice Hockey League (BEL) has been the so-called Teddy Bear Toss , in which fans of the Indians throw plush toys onto the ice surface. All cuddly toys will be donated to an aid organization. GEFRO is the main sponsor of the ECDC Memmingen ice hockey club.

Web links

• official website
• League (Bayernliga.com)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archives Hockey Germany 1987/79 to 1994 Passion Hockey
2. ↑ League membership SC Memmingen RODI-DB
3. ↑ rodi-db.de, league membership EHC Memmingen RODI-DB
4. ↑ EHC Memmingen sets the course. In: all-in.de. May 30, 2003, accessed February 11, 2020 . 
5. ^ Association history: the END of the EHC Memmingen. In: woelfe-fansite.keepfree.de. May 7, 2003, accessed February 11, 2020 . 
6. ^ Archive Ice Hockey Germany 1994/95 to 2003 Passion hockey
7. ↑ EHC Memmingen eishockey-online audience statistics
8. ↑ League membership ECDC Memmingen RODI-DB
9. ↑ Archive Ice Hockey Germany from 1999/00 Passionhockey
10. ↑ Audience statistics ECDC Memmingen ice hockey online
11. ^ Chronicle EA Schongau 1998 EA Schongau
12. ^ Chronicle EA Schongau 1997, 1999 EA Schongau
13. ↑ Archive Ice Hockey Germany (Bavaria) 2001 Passionhockey
14. ↑ hc-maustadt.de, Chronicle HC Mousadt
15. ↑ rodi-db.de, HC ECDC 1b league membership
16. ↑ Done - ECDC women are German champions. In: local-mm.de. March 6, 2016, accessed March 7, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Alexander Maischein: Memmingen wins the cup tournament, Ingolstadt is third. In: damen-eishockey.de. March 13, 2016, accessed May 8, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Spectator statistics of the teams. bayernliga.com, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
19. ↑ Cf. Roma Domin: Flying cuddly toys! Teddy Bear Toss in Memmingen on the website of the aid organization humedica e. V .; accessed on September 9, 2016
20. ↑ Plush toys for a good cause: ECDC and Humedica repeat on October 9th. against Pegnitz the "Teddy Bear Toss" on the website of the ECDC Memminingen; accessed on September 9, 2016
21. ↑ Thank you, Memmingen! ECDC- "Teddy Bear Toss" an overwhelming success - 1244 soft toys collected on the website of the ECDC Memminingen; accessed on September 9, 2016
22. ↑ https://www.all-in.de/memmingen/c-sport/aufstieg-in-die-2-liga-memminger-indians-hinterlegen-buergschaft-fuer-lizensierungsverfahren_a5055792