Hanover Indians

EC Hannover Indians
Greatest successes
Promotion to the DEL in 1994 Champion Oberliga Nord 1974 , 2009 Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1981 , 1988 , 2009 Champion Regionalliga Nord 1967 , 1984 , 2002
Club information
history	ESG Hanover (1948–1956) RESG Hanover (1956–1963) EC Hanover (1963–1984) EC in Hanover (1984–1998) Kleefelder EV Hanover (1998–2004) EC Hanover Indians (since 2004)
Nickname	Indians
Parent club	EC Hannover Indians eV
Club colors	Blue - white - red
league	Oberliga Nord
Venue	Ice stadium at the horse tower
capacity	4608 seats (including 714 seats)
executive Director	Andy Gysau
Head coach	Len Soccio
captain	Branislav Pohanka
Season 2019/20	4th Place

Ice stadium at the horse tower

The EC Hannover Indians are an ice sports club from Hanover ( Lower Saxony ), which is particularly known for its 1st men's ice hockey team . Although connected to a longer tradition, today's club was only founded in 1998 as the Kleefelder Eissportverein (KEV). In 2006 it was renamed EC Hanover Indians , which should clarify the relationship to the two previous clubs ( EC Hanover and EC in Hanover ). The team currently plays in the third-class Oberliga Nord .

history

ESG Hanover (1948–1956)

The Eissportgesellschaft Hannover (ESG) was founded in May 1948 by Fedor Rose , who was born in Chorzów (German: Königshütte) in 1922 . Rose came to Hanover in 1947 after the end of World War II . Here he wanted to pursue his favorite pastime, ice hockey, with other people, mainly from Silesia and the Sudetenland . Among the others was the brother of the B national player Dr. Ernst Eichler . The first game involving ESG even took place before it was founded in January 1948. The opponent was the TC Grunewald Berlin. The problem at the time was that the club had no usable ice surface. A concrete area behind the zoo that the city had made available to the association was first used. In 1951 and 1953, the team became North German champions.

RESG Hanover (1956–1963)

In 1956, ESG merged with the Hannoversche Roll Sport Club (HRSC) to form the Roll- und Eissportgesellschaft Hannover (RESG). It was hoped that the success of the roller skaters, who were also able to convince at the federal level, could be transferred to ice hockey. But in the following summer some roller athletes turned away from the club again because the club was run too heavily on ice hockey. They founded the Ice and Roller Sports Club (ERC) Hanover, which mainly focused on roller sports.

Also in the summer of 1957, the City Director Karl Wiechert provided the RESG with an area at the horse tower to make an artificial ice stadium possible. The first phase of construction was approved in the following summer. On November 7, 1959, the ice rink at the horse tower was opened with a figure skating event in front of over 3000 spectators.

EC Hanover (1963–1984)

After financial problems at RESG, the club was renamed Eissport Club Hannover on December 18, 1963. In 1967 the team rose to the second highest division, the Oberliga Nord , where they stayed until 1971.

In 1981 the team at the green table was promoted to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga . After the preliminary round , which ends in last place, the team is logged off from the game and the game operating company is dissolved.

In 1982 the club started again in the regional league. This is followed by promotion to the regional league and the regional league championship in 1984, but then the club has to file for bankruptcy.

EC in Hanover (1984–1998)

The Ice Skating Club (EC) was founded in Hanover in 1984 as the successor to the bankrupt EC Hannover . The EC in Hanover starts in 1984 in the Regionalliga. In 1988 he was promoted to the second Bundesliga.

The "EC in Hanover" became a founding member of the German Ice Hockey League in 1994 and belonged to this league until 1996. In 1996 the EC operating company in Hanover went bankrupt.

From 1996 to 1998 the club played under the name EC Hannover Turtles in the second-rate first division . In July the association files for bankruptcy.

KEV Hanover (1998-2004)

After the bankruptcy of the EC in Hanover, two successor clubs were founded: On the one hand the Kleefelder Eissport Verein (KEV) and on the other hand the Hannöversche Eissport-Club zu Kleefeld (HECK). The majority of the former club members switched to KEV, which is why HECK later withdrew its rental application for the stadium. The KEV got the contract and could also start a league game at the same time. The first game took place on October 18th against ESC Wedemark . The new beginning in Regionalliga Nord in 1998 was shaped by the many old ECH players. These include Friedhelm Bögelsack , Joachim Lempio, Atze Rädler and the brothers Siggi and Dieter Reiss.

In 1999 KEV Hannover rose to the top league. After two years in the league with average success, 2001 came to a withdrawal to the regional league for financial reasons. The 2001/02 season closed the Indians with 48 wins in 48 games as champions in the Regionalliga North / East and West and thus set a German record. The return to the league was initially refused by the DEB, which led to protests by the club and fans. Among other things, an advertisement was placed in the specialist magazine Ice Hockey News and demonstrated in the Hanover city center. The team even received support from the ex-Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and the then incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD). It was finally agreed that the Indians would take part in the Oberliga Süd / Ost, which means away trips of an average of 400 kilometers for the team and fans.

EC Hannover Indians GmbH (2004-2013)

In 2004, the professional team's gaming operations were outsourced to Hannover Indians GmbH . This was taken over by Dirk Wroblewski, Bernd Blumenthal and Jörg-Walther Koch in 2007 and renamed EC Hannover Indians GmbH in 2009 .

In the 2004/05 season the Hanover Indians reached the semi-finals of the Oberliga play-offs . In the 2005/06 season, promotion was again the primary goal. The decisive game for promotion was lost in the penalty shootout against EV Landsberg . In the 2008/09 season , the Hannoversche Verein was in the final for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and achieved the athletic qualification for the second highest league with a 3-0 series against the Red Devils Bad Nauheim . The 2009/10 season ended the team in penultimate place. In the subsequent play-downs, the Indians lost 1: 4 games against the Eispiraten Crimmitschau in the first round , but were able to secure relegation in the second round against the Wölfe Freiburg .

On February 27, 2013, EC Hannover Indians GmbH filed for insolvency due to insolvency and was thus determined to be relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga. As a result, the planned play-downs in the 2nd Bundesliga were also canceled.

EC Hannover Indians eV (since 2006)

Preparation game of the Indians in 2017

In 2006, the KEV Hannover parent club was renamed EC Hannover Indians . In it are the women's team and the youth teams. The amateur teams were outsourced to the EC Hannover Horse Tower Towers association in 2009 . In the summer of 2010, the league team, which had been organized as a syndicate of the EC Hannover Indians and the EC Hannover Pferdeturmtower since 2009/10, was renamed the EC Hannover Braves in order to express closer cooperation with the first team. In 2012 the Hannover Braves stopped playing.

After the insolvency of the previous Profisport-GmbH, the parent club with the interim partner and managing director Wolfram Cech announced a new first team with the same name for the Oberliga-Nord for the 2013/14 season. The operation of the 1st team was then outsourced to the EC Hannover Indians Eishockey-Spielbetriebs GmbH . In addition to the parent club (with 26%), the stadium operating company KMG Network and match organizer Jan Schulze-Roterberg (each with 37%) are shareholders.

After the 2nd team at the time (Hannover Braves) was withdrawn from the game in 2012 for cost reasons, many ECH players found their new sporting home at the neighboring Herford EV . When the latter then had to withdraw from the Oberliga-West in 2013, the opportunity arose to take over this team almost entirely as a new Indian team for the Oberliga-Nord. In addition, some other former Indians young players could be won back, so that for the restart in the 2013/14 season it was almost completely possible to dispense with expensive full professional players.

As of the 2014/2015 season, the ECH youth teams took part in the game in cooperation with SC Langenhagen as the Hanover ice hockey youth (ENH) . In addition, the club was involved in the regional league team United North Stars together with the SCL and the EC Wedemark Scorpions . For the 2017/18 season, a cooperation with the ESC Wedemark Scorpions was established in the junior division, which provides for syndicates in different age groups.

Placements

season league placement 1961/62 Group league north 2nd place 1962/63 Group league north 2nd place 1963/64 Group league north 2nd place 1964/65 Group league north 3rd place 1965/66 Regionalliga North 2nd place 1966/67 Regionalliga North Master / RL runner-up / promotion 1967/68 Oberliga Nord 5th place 1968/69 Oberliga Nord 6th place 1969/70 Oberliga Nord 5th place 1970/71 Oberliga 16th place / relegation 1971/72 Regionalliga North 4th Place 1972/73 Regionalliga North 3rd place / promotion 1973/74 Oberliga Nord Champion / Oberliga runner-up 1974/75 Oberliga Nord 2nd place 1975/76 Oberliga Nord 5th place 1976/77 Oberliga Nord 4th Place 1977/78 Oberliga Nord 3rd place 1978/79 Oberliga Nord 2nd place 1979/80 Oberliga Nord 3rd place 1980/81 Oberliga Nord 2nd place / promotion 1981/82 2nd Bundesliga North 7th place / relegation 1982/83 Oberliga North / West 7th place / relegation 1983/84 Regionalliga North Master / - 1984/85 Regionalliga North 3rd place / promotion 1985/86 Oberliga Nord 8th place 1986/87 Oberliga Nord 4th Place 1988 Oberliga Nord 2nd place / promotion 1988/89 2nd Bundesliga North 7th place 1989/90 2nd Bundesliga North 6th place 1990/91 2nd Bundesliga 3rd place

season league placement 1991/92 2nd Bundesliga 6th place 1992/93 2nd Bundesliga 6th place, quarter-finals 1993/94 2nd Bundesliga 6th place, quarter-finals / promotion 1994/95 DEL 14th place, round of 16 1995/96 DEL 16th place, round of 16 / relegation 1996/97 1st League North 5th place, round of 16 1997/98 1st League North 2nd place / 10th place / relegation 1998/99 Regionalliga North Qualification for the 1st league 10th place 1999/00 Oberliga Nord 7th place 2000/01 Oberliga Nord 9th place / retreat 2001/02 Regionalliga N / O Master / ascent 2002/03 Oberliga Relegation round 3rd place 2003/04 Oberliga 8th place, quarter-finals 2004/05 Oberliga 4th place, semi-finals 2005/06 Oberliga 4th place, semi-finals 2006/07 Oberliga 5th place, semi-finals 2007/08 Oberliga Nord 3rd place / OL quarter finals 2008/09 Oberliga Nord Master / ascent 2009/10 2nd Bundesliga 13th place, 2nd PD round winner 2010/11 2nd Bundesliga 9th place, pre-play-off round 2011/12 2nd Bundesliga 8th place, quarter-finals 2012/13 2nd Bundesliga 11th place / relegation 2013/14 Oberliga Nord 3rd place / OL final round 5th group A 2014/15 Oberliga Nord 1st place, final (PO - North) / OL VF 2015/16 Oberliga Nord 3rd place / OL quarter finals 2016/17 Oberliga Nord 9th place / OL quarter finals 2017/18 Oberliga Nord 7th place / OL round of 16 2018/19 Oberliga Nord 3rd place / OL round of 16 2019/20 Oberliga Nord 4th Place / - 2020/21

Stadion

Ice rink at the medieval horse tower

The Hanover Indians play their home games in the ice rink at the horse tower . The ice rink has 4608 seats including 714 seats.

Fans

Over 3000 fans regularly come to the league games and over 4500 spectators are not uncommon for top games. Fans also travel regularly to away games, depending on the distance.

In 1999 the special train to Wedemark, only 20 kilometers away, or the boat trips to Wolfsburg (2000) and Bremerhaven (2009) caused a stir. On December 28, 2008, over 2000 fans accompanied the team to the away game in Halle (Saale) under the motto “ Everyone to Halle ” . Furthermore, on January 10, 2010 around 200 Indians supporters traveled on a special flight to the away game at the then front runner EHC Munich.

The fan project should be mentioned as a figurehead. Fan friendships exist with fan groups from Iserlohn Roosters , ESC Halle 04 , BSC Preussen Berlin and Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg .

Audience numbers

season	Average audience
2019/20	2,938
2018/19	2,742 (2,817 including play-offs)
2017/18	2,688 (2,704 including play-offs)
2016/17	2,691 (2,788 including play-offs)
2015/16	2,765 (2,723 including play-offs)
2014/15	2,780 (2,812 including play-offs)
2013/14	2,738 (2,620 including the final round)
2012/13	2,831
2011/12	3,015 (2,984 including play-offs)
2010/11	3,033 (3,010 including pre-play-offs)
2009/10	3,040 (3,100 including play-downs)
2008/09	3,264 (3,437 including play-offs)
2007/08	2,886
2006/07	2,809
2005/06	3,207
2004/05	2,674

player

Team of the 2019/20 season

As of February 1, 2020

goalkeeper
No.		Surname		Date of birth	place of birth	In the team since	Last team
30th		Louis Busch U21		January 27, 1999	Bad Friedrichshall , Germany	2019	Casper Bobcats
38		Kristian Hufsky U21		May 16, 1999	Kleinburg , Ontario , Canada	2019	Newmarket Hurricanes
93		Philip Lehr		3rd June 1993	Berlin , Germany	2019	Black Dragons Erfurt
defender
No.		Surname		Date of birth	place of birth	In the team since	Last team
19th		Armin Finkel		April 23, 1986	Hanover , Germany	2013	Herford EV
22nd		Nicolas Turnwald		May 11, 1990	Bamberg , Germany	2016	Blue Devils Willows
41		Steven Raabe U21 / FL		June 1, 2001	Salzgitter , Germany	2019	Grizzlies Wolfsburg
44		Nickolas Bovenschen		November 16, 1984	Willich , Germany	2016	ESC eating mosquitoes
52		Aaron Beally		April 3, 1992	Aurora , Ontario , Canada	2019	Foxes Duisburg
63		Philipp Hertel U21		December 12, 1999	Leverkusen , Germany	2019	Krefelder EV U20
71		Maximilian Pohl		September 11, 1991	Hanover , Germany	2013	Weser Stars
attacker
No.		Surname	Item	Date of birth	place of birth	In the team since	Last team
10		Igor Bacek	LW	January 30, 1986	Bratislava , Slovakia	2017	MEC Hall 04
12		Thore Weyrauch U21		December 22, 1998	Wismar , Germany	2018	Superior RoughRiders
16		Stefan Goller		2nd February 1993	Augsburg , Germany	2017	Hanover Scorpions
17th		Michael Burns	RW	May 3, 1991	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada	2019	Sydney Bears
21st		Roman Pfennings	LW	April 21, 1993	Grefrath , Germany	2017	Löwen Frankfurt
23		Thomas Pape	RW	March 12, 1984	Goslar , Germany	2018	Hanover Scorpions
25th		Branislav Pohanka	C.	20th August 1984	Považská Bystrica , Slovakia	2015	ESC eating mosquitoes
33		Arnoldas Bosas AL	RW	August 28, 1990	Kaunas , Lithuania	2019	Bayreuth Tigers
51		Christian Bauhof U21 / FL		December 18, 1999	Bad Urach , Germany	2020	EHC Freiburg
61		Robby Hein	LW	March 27, 1988	Oberhausen , Germany	2015	ESC eating mosquitoes
90		Chad Niddery AL	C.	5th October 1990	Penticton , British Columbia , Canada	2019	Hanover Scorpions
91		Jakob Ceglarski U21		July 28, 1999	Salzgitter , Germany	2019	Grizzlies Wolfsburg
97		Mike Glemser	LW	October 25, 1997	Stuttgart , Germany	2019	SC Riessersee

Official
activity		Surname	Date of birth	place of birth	In the team since	Last team
Trainer		Len Soccio	May 28, 1967	Thorold , Ontario , Canada	2017	ECC Preussen Berlin
Assistant coach		Bjorn Naujokat	September 18, 1980	Germany	2017	Hannover Scorpions 1b

AL	Player with a foreign license
FL	Promotion license player
U21	U21 players
C.	Team captain
A.	Assistant captain

Significant past teams

Oberliga champions 2008/2009

position	Surname
Goal:	Roman Kondelik , Dennis Korff , Lukas Smolka , Benjamin Voigt
Defense:	Josef Staltmayr , Robin Thomson , Jan Hemmes , Tobias Stolikowski , Steve Slaton , Brad Bagu , Jan-Philipp Priebsch , Christopher Schadewaldt
Storm:	Jeremy Wagner , Adam Dewan , Marian Rohatsch , Michael Fendt , Jan Welke , Rob Hisey , Adriano Carciola , Christoph Koziol , Daniel Del Monte , Josiah Anderson , Kyle Doyle , Jamie Chamberlain , Bryan Phillips
Trainer:	Joe West (Head Coach) , Kent Todd (Co)

Blocked player numbers

• # 2 Michael Dahms (1999-2008)
• # 3 Joachim Lempio (1990–1995, 1998–1999)
• # 5 Thomas Jungwirth (1987–1997)
• # 11 Roman Kondelik (1999-2010)
• # 15 Greg Thomson (1985-1992)
• # 18 Mark Maroste (1988-1995)
• # 39 Brad Bagu (1999-2005, 2008-2010)

Trainer since 1985

EC in Hanover

• 1985–1986 Raynald Tessier
• 1986–1989 Paul Sommer
• 1989–1991 Bruce Keller
• 1991-1993 Wilbert Duszenko
• 1993–1993 Gordon Blumenschein
• 1993–1995 Hartmut Nickel
• 1995–1996 Ron Kennedy , Friedhelm Bögelsack , Josef Schlickenrieder
• 1996–1998 Dieter Frenzel

Hanover Indians

• 1998–1999 Bruce Keller
• 1999 for five games Freddie Carroll
• 1999–2002 Siggi Reiss
• 2002–2006 Greg Thomson / Joe West (assistant trainer)
• 2006–2009 Joe West / Kent Todd (assistant trainer)
• August 2009 - October 2009 Craig Streu / Kent Todd (Assistant Trainer)
• October 2009 - April 2010 Joe West / Kent Todd (Assistant Trainer)
• April 2010 - November 2011 Bernhard Kaminski / Peter Willmann (assistant trainer)
• November 2011–2013 Christian Künast / Peter Willmann (assistant trainer)
• 2013–2015 Peter Willmann / Marco Spors (assistant trainer)
• 2015–2016 Fred Carroll / Tobias Stolikowski (assistant trainer)
• 2016–2017 Fred Carroll / Tobias Stolikowski (interim trainer) / Brad Bagu (assistant trainer)
• since 2017 Lenny Soccio / Björn Naujokat (assistant trainer)

Hanover Braves

• 2010–2011 Bruce Keller / Bryan Phillips
• 2011–2012 Bryan Phillips / Jan Hemmes / Marco Spors (assistant coach)

rivalry

The long-standing DEL Club Hannover Scorpions has been the Indians' biggest rival since it was founded. After there were at times intense fan friendships between the two locations, the relationship deteriorated rapidly after the ESC Wedemark Scorpions was renamed Hanover Scorpions and the subsequent move from the Icehouse Mellendorf to the TUI Arena Hanover.

Although the Indians played two classes lower than the Scorpions until the 2008/09 season, their share of the audience in Hanover is considerable. In the main round of the 2008/09 season, the Hanover Indians had an average attendance of 3,264, while the Hanover Scorpions achieved an average of 5,668 spectators in the main round games of the 08/09 DEL season.

In terms of sport, both clubs have met in competitive games for the first time since the league season 2013/14 after 1983/84 and 1984/85 .

Hanover Braves

The EC Hannover Braves (formerly Pferdeturm Towers) competed in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, initially as a syndicate of the EC Hannover Indians and the Pferdeturm Towers eV, later as a team of the EC Hannover in the Oberliga-Nord . As a cooperation partner of the Indians, you should enable players of your own offspring to make the leap into the 1st team.

For economic reasons, the league team was canceled in favor of a new junior team from the home club for the 2012/13 season. Many previous Braves players then switched to Herford EV , where former Braves coach Bruce Keller worked.

Women ice hockey

Before the 2018/19 season, the EC Hannover Indians became the new sponsoring association of the women's ice hockey team at SC Langenhagen , which dissolved its ice hockey department. In the following season , the women's team finished last in the main round and lost both play-down rounds, so that the Indians were determined to be relegated.

See also

• Ice hockey in Hanover

Web links

Commons : Hannover Indians  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the EC Hannover Indians
• All information about the youth teams of the EC Hannover Indians
• REAL Hanoverians - The fan project at the Pferdeturm e. V.
• The miracle of the horse tower at spiegel.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Tearful end of the Hanover Indians
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4. ↑ http://www.indians-online.de/sphpblog/index.php?entry=entry100621-223544
5. ^ Oberliga Nord: Hannover Braves withdraw team ( Memento from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ ECH eV takes an important hurdle on the way to the top division. In: cms.echte-hannoveraner.de. May 12, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2017 . 
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8. ↑ https://www.bundesanzeiger.de
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11. ↑ Joint ice hockey offspring ( Memento from October 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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34. ↑ http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=653&seasonid=3048 Official ESBG statistics
35. ↑ http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=487&seasonid=2976 Official DEL statistics
36. ↑ http://hannover-indians.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1734:absage-an-die-oberliga&catid=37:news&Itemid=60
37. ↑ Women's Bundesliga: Lady Scorpions switch to the Indians - ice hockey division in Langenhagen closed. In: eishockey.info. March 21, 2018, accessed August 8, 2018 . 
38. ↑ Women's Bundesliga: Hanover Indians relegate, ECDC Memmingen makes the final. In: deb-online.de. March 10, 2019, accessed April 8, 2019 .