Iserlohn Roosters
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EC Deilinghofen (1959–1979) ECD Iserlohn (1979–1988) ECD Sauerland (1988–1994) Iserlohner EC (1994–2000) Iserlohn Roosters (since 2000) |
| Parent club | Iserlohner EC e. V. |
| Club colors | Blue White |
| league | German ice hockey league |
| Venue | Iserlohn ice rink |
| capacity | 4,967 seats |
| executive Director | Wolfgang Brück, Josef Jost |
| Head coach | Jason O'Leary |
| captain | Bobby Raymond |
| Season 2019/20 | 13th place / no playoff participation |
The Iserlohn Roosters ( pronunciation : [ 'ɹu: stəz ]), (rooster English = the rooster) are the professional team of the Iserlohner EC (short: IEC ), an ice hockey club from Iserlohn , North Rhine-Westphalia, which is outsourced to a GmbH & Co. KG . The club was officially founded in 1994 and relocated to Iserlohn Roosters GmbH in 2000 when it was promoted to the German Ice Hockey League . At the beginning of 2018, the legal form was changed to Iserlohn Roosters GmbH & Co. KG. The origins of the club go back to EC Deilinghofen , which was founded in 1959.
The venue for the Roosters is the Iserlohn ice rink , the club colors are blue and white.
history
The Iserlohn ice hockey story actually began in the neighboring town of Hemer . In Hemeraner district Deilinghofen were Canadian soldiers stationed. You contributed significantly to the establishment of EC Deilinghofen . Successor clubs were the ECD Iserlohn , the ECD Sauerland , the ECD Sauerland Iserlohn Penguins and the Iserlohner EC , whose professional team has been outsourced to Iserlohn Roosters GmbH since 2000 .
Clubless period (1953–1959)
After the end of the Korean War in 1953, Canadian NATO troops were stationed in Deilinghofen. In 1954 they built an ice rink there to be able to play ice hockey. The young people of the village quickly became interested in this unfamiliar sport, and so there were prompt games among them in frozen ponds or on the streets. To do this, they collected the rackets that the Canadians had broken and played with them. Sometimes they took walking sticks to play. In 1957, the soldiers allowed the local population to use their ice surface for the first time. When the joy that this sport brought the local youth was recognized, first changing coaches were provided, ultimately Charles McCuaig. After a long period of preparation and individual talent promotion by McCuaig, the first game of a Deilinghofer team against a Canadian youth team from Soest took place on March 8, 1958 . The equipment was on loan from Canada. In front of 120 spectators, the locals were even able to keep up, but the course of the game then brought a 2: 6. Then more and more regular games took place, to which more and more spectators came. They actually wanted to function as a subdivision of the "Canoe Sailing Club Hemer" even before the first games, but this project failed due to the lack of insurance coverage, among other things.
EC Deilinghofen (1959–1979)
The next goal was to found my own club. After reviewing all regulations and laws, more than the required number of adults and many young people met on February 28, 1959 for the founding meeting in a local pub. The founding meeting began 40 minutes late - founding father Hanskarl Franke was stuck in a traffic jam. 17 young people and seven adults elected Fritz Schulte as 1st chairman. Seven other young people could not take part in the founding meeting, and had already given their consent the day before. Ice Hockey Club Deilinghofen (ECD for short) was chosen as the new name by an absolute majority, as this name was already used in the games before. At that time there were only 49 clubs with ice hockey departments in all of Germany . Many, however, were not involved in the game operation. The ECD was the ninth North Rhine-Westphalian ice hockey club.
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959/60 | West German youth championship |
2 | German championship | 5 |
| 1960/61 | West German youth championship |
1 | German championship | 2 |
| 1961/62 | Group league north | 1 | Oberliga promotion round | 4th |
| 1962/63 | Group league north | 1 | Oberliga promotion round | 2 |
| 1963/64 | Group league north | 1 | Oberliga promotion round | 4th |
| 1964/65 | Group league north | 2 | Oberliga promotion round | 2 |
| 1965/66 | Oberliga | 8th | not carried out | 8th |
| 1966/67 | Oberliga Nord | 4th | Major League qualifying round | 2 |
| 1967/68 | Oberliga Nord | 4th |
Bundesliga - qualifying round |
6th |
| 1968/69 | Oberliga Nord | 2 | Bundesliga qualifying round |
4th |
| 1969/70 | Oberliga Nord | 1 | Bundesliga qualifying round |
6th |
| 1970/71 | Oberliga | 12 | not carried out | 12 |
| 1971/72 | Oberliga | 3 | not carried out | 3 |
| 1972/73 | Oberliga | 2 | not carried out | 2 |
| 1973/74 | 2nd Bundesliga | 3 | not carried out | 3 |
| 1974/75 | 2nd Bundesliga | 4th | not carried out | 4th |
| 1975/76 | 2nd Bundesliga | 4th | not carried out | 4th |
| 1976/77 | 2nd Bundesliga | 5 | Championship group | 2 |
| 1977/78 | Bundesliga | 10 | Relegation round | 10 |
| 1978/79 | Bundesliga | 11 | Relegation round | 9 |
In the fall of 1959, a youth team started in the NRW youth regional league and immediately achieved the vice-championship title. The nervousness before the first game against the Preussen Krefeld also affected the area around the team, so that the driver of the local bus company that brought the young players to this game had to turn on a bridge in Düsseldorf because he got lost. After the game, which was won 3-2, the Krefeld audience connected Deilinghofen with the ice hockey home country Bavaria . At the German youth championships in 1960, which was achieved by this vice-championship title, the team was fifth.
Already in the second season 1960/61 the first place in the NRW League was achieved. In the fight for the German championship, the ECD won against EC Bad Tölz , VfL Bad Nauheim , SC Brandenburg Berlin and Mannheimer ERC . The team was only defeated against EV Füssen and was thus German runner-up. After their return, the new stars and coach Charles McCuaig, who had been with the gang since the club was founded, were greeted by thousands of enthusiastic fans at the Hemeraner train station and celebrated euphorically. The nationwide newspaper Die Welt devoted a lengthy article to the Sauerlanders, in which the young team was entitled "Canadians from the Sauerland". In addition, the WDR radio paid a visit to the village in the Sauerland and recorded a radio play about the ECD and life in Deilinghofen. Due to their success at the German youth championships, five ECD players were appointed to the German national youth team and were able to play their first international matches in Switzerland .
Because the players had gradually become too old for the youth league, they rose in the following season 1961/62 in the group league North. With the new coach Victor Leury , who was also a referee , they scored 19: 1 points in ten games. Some players who were too old for the youth team in the previous two years joined the squad. The only point loss this season went to the press as the "Battle of the Horse Tower "; Brawls among the fans and stabbed tires on the Deilinghofener's cars dominated the scene. The opponent, the RESG Hannover , was then for a long time an archenemy, meanwhile there is a fan friendship. In the promotion round of the best four teams, the ECD came last.
In the next two years Deilinghofen was each league champion. Both times, however, the rise was missed due to defeats against the southern champions, so that the ECD 1964/65 was titled as "inaccessible". But this time it worked thanks to the support of the Iserlohner Brewery and a new mode. With one point ahead of the Cologne EK , Deilinghofen rose to the top division . During this time, the brewery boss at the time advertised a request for players for the ECD in Bavarian newspapers, which caused the first minor scandal of the ECD in Bavaria .
In the first league season things went worse than before. Because of stronger opponents, the ECD was able to win fewer games, the very good audience record of past years declined and continuity was also lost due to transfers within the Canadian army . There were three different coaches in the 1965/66 season alone. After that, a German took control of the Sauerland for the first time: the former Dynamo Berlin player Horst Kubik became the new coach. 1967/68 was the most successful season to date in the second-highest German division, as the Bundesliga promotion round (in which the first twelve games were lost, but later became a “favorite scare”) was reached for the first time. This season was less successful financially, and this negative trend continued for the next three years, as the sporting results were again only average, which was partly due to the fact that the Deilinghofer only had very short training times. The Canadians gave them the opportunity to train once a week in the evening, but they only had to prepare the ice afterwards.
The season 1968/69 started well from Deilinghofer's point of view. As second you went into the promotion round, which was only finished fourth. Before the summer break, the West German championship was played against Cologne , Preussen Krefeld , the Krefelder EV , Düsseldorf and Dortmund , which the Sauerlanders won. For the decisive game against DEG, the ECD secured the services of the Czechoslovak Jaromir Hudec . The game was finally won 9: 3 in front of their own audience. For the 10th anniversary they could show a positive balance: in 180 league games they drove 101 wins and only 66 defeats. 1,091 hits were scored. The following league season 1969/70 ended as first in the table, but the promotion round was less successful, so that it was only enough for sixth place in the end.
In 1971 another major upheaval followed: the Canadians were withdrawn from Deilinghofen, the main operator of the 1,200-spectator hall was missing because ice hockey was of no interest to the newly stationed Englishmen. They used the hall as a vehicle hall and to clean their tanks . Influential local politicians and the Krefeld company IBACO , which built and operated ice rinks, provided a new hall in the larger neighboring town of Iserlohn after the city council of Hemer rejected plans to build a new building at the place where it was founded. On January 9, 1971, the ice rink at the Seilersee was opened with a game against SG Nürnberg (2: 7 defeat), after they said goodbye with a 9: 7 over EV Ravensburg from Deilinghofen. After the first full season in Iserlohn, satisfaction prevailed: Higher attendance numbers (the highest in the whole league) brought more money, which resulted in very good new purchases in all positions, so that the ECD with Jiří Hanzl for the first time under a full-time coach in the Oberliga reached third place.
For the 1972/73 season the objective was to reach the 2nd Bundesliga with a placement between second and ninth place. Before the top game against the second Cologne EK they were one point ahead of first place. The Domstadt team won 7-3 and could therefore look forward to a preliminary decision in the fight for promotion. Since the Cologne team submitted an application to increase the Bundesliga, hopes also remained on the Seilersee. The application was rejected and the ECD was transferred to the 2nd Bundesliga. Before the end of the season, a new coach, Dieter Hoja from Dortmund, was signed for financial reasons .
In the second division you were always at least fourth place in the next few years. In 1976/77 the ECD even came second behind the ESV Kaufbeuren . Kaufbeuren renounced promotion and so both the sporty first division relegated Augsburger EV and Deilinghofen, second in the second division, hoped for a Bundesliga season. These received a damper when the ECD was not named as one of the possible successor associations at a DEB board meeting. Thereupon Günther Sabetzki , who was then the first chairman of the ice sports association in North Rhine-Westphalia, stood up for Deilinghofen. But since Sabetzki was a member of the ECD, the comments from Bavaria became even more optimistic. Finally, relegation games were decided. The Augsburg team won the first 4-2 in Iserlohn, but coach Dieter Hoja and the fans who traveled with the first special train in German ice hockey history motivated the team so much that they won 8-2 in the Curt Frenzel Stadium .
6,776 days after its founding, the EC Deilinghofen was the first Bundesliga club, but the first year would almost have been the last: the ECD was only able to collect 16 points in the 1977/78 season . In retrospect, the lack of an “enforcer” was probably the main drawback. However, an increase in the Bundesliga helped the Deilinghofers to stay in the league. In addition to the sporting failure, the season was also a financial disaster. Only a 100,000 DM donation saved the club, which was counting on more audience income, from bankruptcy.
After a weak start, the 1978/79 season managed to finish ninth. Much to the delight of the fans, the club achieved two high victories against the competition in the relegation round, so within a week the Augsburg EV and the ESV Kaufbeuren were beaten 12-0 and 12-3 at home respectively. The first double-digit victory in its Bundesliga history was achieved by the ECD a season earlier, when EV Füssen was defeated 10: 9 at Seilersee in a high-scoring game. The season end placement 1978/79 was in any case above the expectations that were fueled before the season, since the relegation could be avoided on their own.
ECD Iserlohn (1979–1987)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979/80 | Bundesliga | 10 | Relegation round | 11 |
| 1980/81 | 2nd Bundesliga | 5 | not carried out | 5 |
| 1981/82 | 2nd Bundesliga North | 2 | Finals | 3 |
| 1982/83 | Bundesliga | 9 | Relegation round | 9 |
| 1983/84 | Bundesliga | 9 | Relegation round | 9 |
| 1984/85 | Bundesliga | 8th | Quarter finals | 8th |
| 1985/86 | Bundesliga | 4th | Semifinals | 4th |
| 1986/87 | Bundesliga | 6th | Quarter finals | 6th |
| 1987/88 | Bundesliga | canceled due to bankruptcy | ||
On August 29, 1979, the association was officially renamed ECD Iserlohn. In the following season they rose for the first time ever in the club's history. The three Bundesliga years brought big financial problems, but after two years in the second division and fourth place in the Bundesliga promotion round in the 1981/1982 season, the team was promoted again to the green table.
Because although they were officially preparing for another year in the second division, it was unofficially a return to the first division. After the end of the 1981/1982 season, the DEB was desperately looking for a club to replace the bankrupt Berliner SC with the vacant place in the upper house. The DEB could not find a replacement for weeks because Heinz Weifenbach summoned the chairmen of EV Füssen , ERC Schwenningen and Duisburger SC , those clubs that had finished the promotion to the first Bundesliga of the 1981/82 season, to advertise the DEB not to give in and like the ECD to remain in the second Bundesliga. He justified this negative attitude with the fact that you get such a strong and interesting second Bundesliga for the audience. The board members of the clubs were deceived and believed Heinz Weifenbach in his arguments. Weifenbach, however, did not think about the second Bundesliga and as the only chairman of a second division did not let the registration deadline for the first Bundesliga pass carelessly, but summoned ECD board member Adolf Sadowsky to Munich to the DEB to submit the ECD's application for the first Bundesliga at the last minute . On this very day, the ECD held its annual general meeting, at which Weifenbach was able to report to the surprised public about his brazen coup. The board members of the other second division clubs reacted angrily, but the ECD Iserlohn was again first class.
The Finnish top scorer Martti Jarkko was then probably the best newcomer for the 1982/83 season . Also Miroslav Ďuriš signed for ECD, but decided before the start of the season for the Toronto Maple Leafs . As a replacement for Duris, the big brother of Mark Messier , Paul Messier , was brought to the Seilersee. On September 10th, the team started in the Bundesliga with an 8-2 win against EV Füssen. But the good performance at the start of the season could not be used consistently, so that club boss Heinz Weifenbach dismissed coach Vladimír Cechura after the 16th match day . Ultimately, they fought until the last second of the last match day to participate in the play-offs , in which the ECD Iserlohn scored the alleged 5-4 victory against ESV Kaufbeuren through Kaj Nilsson in front of 5,000 spectators in their own hall , but it was scored by the referee Josef Kompalla was not recognized. Therefore, the ECD Iserlohn had to take part in the relegation round, which Iserlohn clearly dominated with 12: 0 points in the end.
For the 1983/84 season , Gerhard Kießling, the reigning master coach, was committed. At the start of the season, the team scored a few points and the ice rink was hopelessly sold out seven times in a row. Later, the demand for the coach's expulsion was louder and louder, but he ended the season at the Seilersee. On the last day of the match, ECD and DEG were tied in eighth and ninth place. So a supposedly wrongly not given goal by the ECD and a victory by the DEG brought the decision. As in the previous season, the Düsseldorf team were in the play-offs, the ECD had to be satisfied with the relegation round. Thereupon club boss Weifenbach dismissed coach Gerhard Kießling because he had not reached the play-offs season goal. Iserlohn again led the relegation round quite clearly.
Also in the 1984/85 season , the play-offs were issued as a season goal. The new coach was Ricki Alexander , who brought along a handful of players from his old club EHC Essen-West . But this season did not start as brilliantly as the last two, after five games the ECD Iserlohn only had one point in the account. As a result, the club management concluded at short notice what was then probably the best-value advertising contract in German ice hockey with Mario Ohoven's company "INVESTOR-TREUHAND". Against Düsseldorf they won 6: 5 in the next game. The ECD Iserlohn qualified for the play-offs of the ice hockey Bundesliga for the first time this year. But after three defeats against the eventual German champions SB Rosenheim, this round was already over in the quarter-finals.
The composition of the team changed significantly for the next season . Main sponsor Mario Ohoven , at the same time the new honorary president, club boss Heinz Weifenbach and advisory board member Fritz Engelbrecht decided on personnel issues. For example, they filled the coaching position with Jan Eysselt or brought Martti Jarkko back to the Seilersee. The trio was also responsible for signing the NHL player Jaroslav Pouzar . After six match days, the ECD and the Cologne EC were at the top of the table. In the play-offs, the Sauerland started from fourth place in the table. In the quarter-finals they played against EV Landshut . The clear result of this round was 3-0 after games. The semi-finals, however, were lost to the Cologne EC with 1: 3 after games. In both home games, the hall was crowded on Seilersee, Schalke football player dubbed the Park Stadium then as a "graveyard". The KEC later became German champions, by the way, the Iserlohners lost the duel for third place against Rosenheim.
During the 1986/87 season , the season goal was again the play-off semifinals, top goalie Čestmír Fous , who had been guarding the goal of the ECD Iserlohn for years, fell out and young goalkeeper Frank Blanke (22 years) faced the Mannheimer ERC between the posts. A game against Cologne was curious: First a plexiglass border was destroyed, later two lamps, so that there were a few long interruptions in the first two thirds. In the end, Iserlohn was 4: 3 ahead. The result after the end of the main round was sixth place and thus a play-off duel against the Düsseldorfer EG. The DEG could clearly win this 3-0 after games.
However, the entire 1980s were economically bad for the club. In the spring of 1986, the tax office approached the club to collect tax debts from the late 1970s. In the end, the tax office demanded additional tax payments of 5.8 million marks, and the players' offices and apartments were searched. A newcomer of the 1986/87 season , NHL star Danny Gare , left the club for North America because of these searches in the summer of 1986, although he had only been in Iserlohn for a few days. At the beginning of September 1987, all Bundesliga teams had to waive any recourse claims in writing if the ECD did not survive the season. Otherwise the ECD would not have received a license. The situation then escalated in December.
When bankruptcy seemed inevitable at the beginning of the month, players were advised to find a new employer. At that time, the rumor was already circulating that Weifenbach had flown to Libya with the former mayor of Hemeran, Hans Meyer, in order to conclude a sponsorship contract worth millions with Muammar al-Gaddafi . On December 4, 1987, there was a one-off scandal in German sport. The ECD Iserlohn ran with jersey advertising from the " Green Book " in the Bundesliga game against SB Rosenheim . Leading federal politicians intervened, the then Interior Minister Friedrich Zimmermann ( CSU ) spoke of the political abuse of sport. Even well-known US newspapers such as the New York Times reported, and the then national coach Xaver Nonsense criticized the situation in Iserlohn as follows: "Sport must not be there to support criminal elements and terrorism [...] I see my entire commitment as National coach endangered. ” On December 6th, the last game of the ECD Iserlohn took place in the“ old ”jerseys against Frankfurt (3: 7 defeat). The DEB had previously threatened to withdraw its license should the Green Book be advertised again. In addition, the players would have been banned by the association and would not have been able to change clubs. One day later, hope grew again because Weifenbach had allegedly found a new sponsor in the Libyan oil company "Light Oil". Again just two days later, on December 9th, the club was declared bankrupt. But the back and forth went on: 16 hours after the bankruptcy was announced, this was already invalid again, a donation of 100,000 DM was supposed to ensure that the next two games could be played. DEB managing director Hussmann also stated that he had never experienced such chaos. The final decision was made on December 11th, when the Düsseldorf bankruptcy trustee Winfried Andres announced that the ECD Iserlohn cannot and will not play any more games.
The consequence of this scandal were resolutions by the sports associations to protect sport from politicization.
ECD Sauerland (1988–1994)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988/89 | Oberliga Nord | 1 | Relegation | 1 |
| 1989/90 | 2nd Bundesliga North | 1 | Bundesliga promotion round | 5 |
| 1990/91 | 2nd Bundesliga North | 1 | Bundesliga promotion round | 5 |
| 1991/92 | 2nd Bundesliga North | 8th | descent | 5 |
| 1992/93 | 2nd Bundesliga North | 7th | Quarter finals | 7th |
| 1993/94 | 2nd Bundesliga | 4th | Quarter finals | 5 |
Weifenbach wanted a new club, the ECD Sauerland, to compete for the relegation round to promote / stay in the Bundesliga. A court of arbitration agreed on January 7, 1988, but the DEB refused to start in the ice hockey Bundesliga . Dr. Günther Sabetzki , then President of the IIHF and the Ice Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia, even threatened the state league on January 12th. On August 31, it was finally confirmed that Iserlohn was not approved for the second division by the economic sector and so one began in the upper league. The team around the new coach Peter Gailer (as player- coach ) was sovereign first in the northern group and also won the relegation against Augsburg: Oberliga champions 1989.
In the first two years of the 2nd Bundesliga North they came first twice in a row, but then only took fifth place out of ten participating clubs in the promotion round to the 1st Bundesliga, the first two places would have entitled to promotion. The ECD Sauerland was also plagued by massive financial problems from the start. A new chairman, Alfred Thiele, wanted to save the association. The 1991/92 season was so unsuccessful that it went down in club history as the “four coach year”. At the end of that season, the ECD was actually relegated. But due to the withdrawal of a competitor, the class could then be kept at the green table.
In 1993 the ECD achieved a seventh place, which is good compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, there were still financial problems, which is why the first chairman, Alfred Thiele, resigned and, apart from the treasurer Karl-Friedrich Müller, his colleagues on the board did the same. There was fear among the fans that they would not get the license for the following season and that the club could go bankrupt again. Karl-Friedrich Müller was elected as Alfred Thiele's successor, so the association had a first chairman and was able to act. On June 30, 1993, the redeeming, but retrospectively wrong, decision was announced that the ECD Sauerland would receive the license for the following season from the DEB despite the precarious financial situation. Also on June 30, 1993, the former club boss Heinz Weifenbach was sentenced to four years imprisonment for tax evasion.
The ECD Sauerland played through the 1993/94 season and was fourth in the main round of the single-track 2nd Bundesliga despite the low squad depth, but was eliminated in the promotion play-offs in the first round against the fifth from Frankfurt after three games in a best-of -Five series out. On April 8, 1994, the last rescue attempts for the new club had failed and bankruptcy had to be filed. Thus, Müller's association policy had also failed, the ECD Sauerland only existed for almost six years.
ECD Sauerland Iserlohn Penguins (1994)
Just one day later, the founding meeting of the ECD Sauerland Iserlohn Penguins took place under the chairmanship of Karl-Friedrich Müller. However, the youth department did not follow suit, so that the new club did not exist and only disbanded a short time afterwards.
Iserlohner EC (1994-2000)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994/95 | 2nd League North | 2 | 1st league promotion round | 4th |
| 1995/96 | 1st League North | 7th | Round of 16 | 9 |
| 1996/97 | 1st League North | 7th | Round of 16 | 9 |
| 1997/98 | 1st League North | 1 | Semifinals | 3 |
| 1998/99 | Bundesliga North | 6th | Quarter finals | 6th |
| 1999/2000 | 2nd Bundesliga | 6th | Quarter finals | 6th |
Another founding meeting took place on April 25th. This time the club should be revived under the name Iserlohner EC. The primary goal of the participants was not to go into financial adventures. The new club, chaired by Jochen Vieler , entered the third highest class (2nd division north), and this season actually developed into a great sporting and economic success. In 1995/96 it was much more difficult for the IEC. Clever reinforcements brought him to the second round of the German second division championship. The following season 1996/97 turned out to be a "hanging game" because the club management, as they later admitted themselves, underestimated the level of the league. But again the team was specifically strengthened , for example in the goalkeeping position with the popular goalie Ian Wood , so that the overall conclusion was positive for most of them.
In 1997, Greg Poss, a new coach, came to the Sauerland. With him, the team reached third place after the main round, first place in the placement round and third after the play-offs . This was followed by two sixth places and then promotion to the DEL in 2000. The IEC also owes this to the “green table”, because it acquired the Starbulls Rosenheim license .
Iserlohn Roosters GmbH (since 2000)
- Statistical seasonal balances can be found in the sub-article Iserlohn Roosters / Statistics
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000/01 | DEL | 15th | not reached | 15th |
| 2001/02 | DEL | 12 | not reached | 12 |
| 2002/03 | DEL | 9 | not reached | 9 |
| 2003/04 | DEL | 12 | not reached | 12 |
| 2004/05 | DEL | 11 | not reached | 11 |
| 2005/06 | DEL | 11 | not reached | 11 |
| 2006/07 | DEL | 11 | not reached | 11 |
| 2007/08 | DEL | 5 | Quarter finals | 5 |
| 2008/09 | DEL | 11 | not reached | 11 |
| 2009/10 | DEL | 11 | not reached | 11 |
| 2010/11 | DEL | 12 | not reached | 12 |
| 2011/12 | DEL | 10 | Pre-play-offs | 10 |
| 2012/13 | DEL | 13 | not reached | 13 |
| 2013/14 | DEL | 10 | Quarter finals | 8th |
| 2014/15 | DEL | 6th | Quarter finals | 6th |
| 2015/16 | DEL | 3 | Quarter finals | 6th |
| 2016/17 | DEL | 13 | not reached | 13 |
| 2017/18 | DEL | 8th | Pre-playoffs | 13 |
| 2018/19 | DEL | 13 | not reached | 13 |
Upon joining the DEL, the IEC outsourced its professional team to a GmbH that was named Iserlohn Roosters. And the Roosters competed as an underdog - in Germany's top division the club had by far the smallest budget. 15, 12 and 9 were the placements under the later national coach Poss. In 2002/03 , the play-offs were missed by just two points, although the eventual champions, the Krefeld Pinguine , were defeated 8-1 on the last day of the match.
Greg Poss preferred a financially better offer from the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in 2003 and was replaced by Dave Whistle , who had to resign after nine games. The club's management was concerned that they could no longer avoid relegation. His successor was Doug Mason , with whom one could still reach rank 12 and avoided the playdowns . In 2005 they finished eleventh, for a long time with contact to the play-off places. Mike York and John-Michael Liles were of great help in this success . The two NHL players bridged the lockout of the NHL in Iserlohn. The commitment of York, whose best friend overseas and former fellow student Bryan Adams was captain in Iserlohn, was announced before the start of the season. Liles played in Germany from December until the end of the season. Brian Gionta was actually supposed to come to the Seilersee, but under pressure from his heavily pregnant wife, he returned to North America one day after his arrival.
For the 2005/06 season there was another major change in the team. Twelve players left the club. Except for Bruce Richardson , this time they relied exclusively on players who had already gained experience in Europe. Two game days before the end, the relegation was again made perfect. It was not enough for the play-offs because of the weakness away from home and an injury misery. Coach Doug Mason announced his departure on March 12, a few minutes after the last game of the season. Furthermore, the chairman Wolfgang Brück already set the target for the next season: they wanted to target the pre-play-offs, which would have been achieved with tenth place.
The new coach for the 2006/07 season was Geoff Ward , who was previously employed as a "Development Coach" with the Edmonton Oilers . With Bernd Haake as co-trainer, a new sporty concept was pursued over the long term. The Roosters managers wanted to rely even more on German players in the future and, in the medium term, to catch up with teams like the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . But again the season ended after 52 games, because they only reached 11th place with one point behind. After the first day of play, a 5-1 win over Düsseldorf made them the DEL leaders for the first time.
The 2007/08 season turned out to be the most successful DEL season to date. Since the 5th game day, the Roosters have always been on a playoff or pre-playoff place. At the end of the main round they placed fifth in front of the previous year's champions from Mannheim, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the playoffs. The strength of the team was particularly in the offensive. In addition to the second-best storm in the league, Michael Wolf was the DEL top scorer and Robert Hock was the DEL top scorer .
In the next year, the Roosters were able to build on the performance of the previous year and were on a playoff spot. After a period of weakness in December, however, criticism of the coach was also loud. When the Sauerlanders slipped out of the playoff places in February, it was decided to take Steve Stirling on leave. His successor was assistant coach Ulrich Liebsch , who, however, could no longer make the turnaround, so that the 2008/09 season ended in eleventh place. As in the previous year, the Roosters were able to set offensive accents and made the fourth best storm, Robert Hock secured the title of DEL top scorer for the second time in a row. However, the defensive was inadequate, only bottom line Duisburg conceded more goals. For the 2009/10 season there were still twelve players from the previous year in the squad. The 13 departures were compared to 13 newcomers at the beginning of the season, four of whom were members of the extended squad with a development license. After Norm Maracle's contract was terminated , the goalkeeper duo was formed by the two young Germans Sebastian Stefaniszin and Danny from the Birken , who both had a chance of becoming first goalie. The third goalkeeper was Jonas Langmann , who came from the DNL team and was supposed to collect match practice in the Regionalliga. In defense, national player Chris Schmidt and the best-scoring defender in Rooster's history Paul Traynor , Jon Insana and Andy Schneider, were signed by two Americans, who were primarily supposed to strengthen the defensive aspect of the game. Since Alexander Dück did not renew his contract, Dieter Orendorz, who was born in Iserlohn and was also part of the DNL team , was the seventh defender in the squad. After an injury to Insana, the Roosters also signed Adrian Veideman . In the storm, Quinn Hancock was signed as the new man for the front row, who should add Michael Wolf and Robert Hock to the top duo. Brad Tapper did not return to the team for health reasons and ended his career while Tyler Beechey changed clubs. A new center was Brian Swanson , who initially took the position of Bob Wren between Jimmy Roy and Ryan Ready . The newly formed third row was formed at the beginning of the season by the two brothers Daniel Sparre and Kris Sparre , as well as the Danish international Mads Christensen . Ben Simon , Greg Classen , David Sulkovsky and Henry Martens did not receive any new contracts. The fourth storm formation continued to consist of Christian Hommel , Steven Rupprich and all-rounder Sebastian Jones and was supplemented for twelve games by license player Jan Taube . During the season Jeff Giuliano was also committed to give the storm more depth and to be more variable in the lineups.
In the beginning of the season, the team was able to establish itself in the play-off places with good performances, and the Dane Christensen attracted attention across the league. Danny aus den Birken also won the status of first goalkeeper with good performances and three shut-outs in the first 15 games of the season. In the further course, however, increasingly unsatisfactory games followed, in particular the term "roostershockey" coined in the last two years, in which the opponent was confronted primarily with fight and effort, often disappeared entirely. Nevertheless, they were within reach of tenth place in the table until the end, but did not reach it, so that they finished eleventh for the fifth time in the last six years. Michael Wolf and Robert Hock, who both extended their contracts in the medium term during the season, were only at the top of the list of scorers and goalscorers within the team this year. League-wide they were third and fifth. But Marty Wilford was the best point defender in the league.
In the 2010/11 season you missed the play-offs in twelfth place by four points. Michael Wolf, who became the league's top scorer for the second time, and former NHL goalkeeper Manny Legace performed particularly well. A year later, the team, which this time included many former NHL players (including returnees Mike York, goalkeeper Sébastien Caron and Stanley Cup winner Jassen Cullimore ), finished 10th in their second qualification for the DEL play-offs after 2008 In these, however, they were eliminated in the first series against Düsseldorf with 0: 2. For the 2012/13 season , three players, Marcel Kahle , Mike Ortwein and Dustin Demuth, signed a contract with the Roosters, who started ice hockey at Iserlohner EC and have now returned to the Sauerland. However, they initially only belonged to the extended squad and should mainly play with the cooperation partner in the top division. The DEL team had to report ten departures, not all of which were replaced by new signings during the preparation for the season. Brendan Brooks only signed a contract a day before the first matchday , before the third game, two other North Americans, Mark Bell and Colin Stuart, were brought into the team. On the 42nd matchday the team was 10th on a pre-playoff place. After that, however, no game was won, so the season ended second last in 13th place. The series of ten defeats in a row also represented a new negative record in the DEL history of the Iserlohners. For the 2013/14 season , the long-time captain Robert Hock was no longer awarded a contract. Shortly after the start of the season, they also parted ways with Sébastien Caron. After the sporting situation under coach Doug Mason was still unsatisfactory, the separation followed in October 2013 and the previous assistant coach Jari Pasanen took over as coach. Together with his new assistant coach Jamie Bartman , he realigned the team, so that after the main round, 10th place was achieved. In the pre-playoffs, they won two of three games against EHC Red Bull Munich and made it into the quarter-finals for the first time since 2008. There the Roosters were defeated by the Hamburg Freezers 2: 4 after six games . After the season some top performers such as Marty Sertich , Bobby Raymond and Mike Brennan left the team; In addition, the further career of long-time Iserlohner Christian Hommel was open due to injury. However, key players such as Brooks Macek , Colten Teubert , Brent Raedeke and the new number one Mathias Lange had contracts for the new season, so that there was no major upheaval in the team. In June 2014, however, there was a big change at the Roosters, as top player Michael Wolf left the Sauerland after nine years and moved to Munich. At the start of the new season, the team was expanded to compensate for the loss of quality. This succeeded and the team was on a playoff place in the entire main round of the 2014/15 season . On the last day of the match, the Sauerland team qualified for the quarter-finals for the third time in their DEL history with an away win in Berlin. In addition, attacker Dylan Wruck became DEL rookie of the year and manager Karsten Mende became manager of the year. With 86 points they were in 6th place in the table and met the reigning German champion ERC Ingolstadt . After seven games, in which the home team always won, the Roosters lost 3: 4. After the season there were ten departures from the team, including long-time players Jeff Giuliano and Collin Danielsmeier , who ended their careers, and national player Brent Raedeke, who moved to more financially strong competitor Adler Mannheim. Nevertheless, the performance of the team could be maintained for the next season. Early in the 2015/16 season , the Roosters were in the top six and established themselves in the top four after ten games. In the further course, the team was in second place for a long time behind Adler Mannheim, who had played up to four more games. Ultimately, the main round was completed in third, so that the Roosters had home rights in the playoffs for the first time. Nevertheless, they were defeated by the sixth-placed Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the series 2: 4.
After many turbulent years as the ECD, the financial planning of the board can now be described as solid. Although the club still has one of the smallest budgets in the DEL, it was always in the black for the first nine years of the DEL. It was only after the tenth season that the Roosters showed a loss for the first time, whereupon a rigorous austerity course was announced by the club management in order to avoid further deficits. This project succeeded in the following years, so that one could always report a "black zero". The team has been competitive for years and never took part in the playdowns. The budget for the 2015/16 season was around six million euros. The parent club (for the play operations of the youth teams) remains the Iserlohner EC e. V. , which has 2681 members. (As of June 29, 2016)
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Squad for the 2019/20 season
As of September 3, 2019
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Andreas Jenike | G | July 14, 1988 | 2019 | Hamburg , Germany |
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Anthony Peters | G | December 31, 1990 | 2019 | Blyth , Ontario , Canada |
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Jens Baxmann | D. | March 24, 1985 | 2019 | Wernigerode , GDR |
| 15th |
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Erik Buschmann | D. | July 20, 1998 | 2019 | Moers , Germany |
| 6th |
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Ryan O'Connor | D. | January 12, 1992 | 2019 | Hamilton, Ontario , Canada |
| 62 |
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Dieter Orendorz | D. | August 1, 1992 | 2009 | Iserlohn , Germany |
| 23 |
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Bobby Raymond | D. | 7th August 1985 | 2019 | Lucknow , Canada |
| 24 |
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Chris Rumble | D. | April 16, 1990 | 2019 | Chesapeake , Virginia , USA |
| 97 |
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Tobias Schmitz | D. | May 18, 1997 | 2019 | Krefeld , Germany |
| 12 |
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Daine Todd | D. | January 10, 1987 | 2018 | Red Deer , Alberta , Canada |
| 4th |
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Michael Clarke | C. | April 29, 1994 | 2018 | London (Ontario) , Ontario , Canada |
| 9 |
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Brett Findlay | LW | October 13, 1992 | 2019 | Echo Bay, Ontario , Canada |
| 67 |
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Marko Friedrich | LW | June 21, 1991 | 2014 | Roth , Germany |
| 16 |
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Mike Halmo | LW | May 15, 1991 | 2019 | Waterloo, Ontario , Canada |
| 26th |
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Mike Hoeffel | LW | April 9, 1989 | 2019 | North Oaks , Minnesota , USA |
| 19th |
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Julian Lautenschlager | F. | July 29, 1996 | 2018 | Regensburg , Germany |
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Jamie MacQueen | LW | 2nd August 1988 | 2019 | London , Ontario , Canada | |
| 10 |
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Alex Petan | RW | May 2, 1992 | 2019 | Delta , Canada |
| 8th |
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Neal Samanski | F. | December 30, 1998 | 2019 | Erding , Germany |
| 91 |
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Brody Sutter | C. | September 26, 1991 | 2019 | Viking (Alberta) , Canada |
| 7th |
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Jake Weidner | F. | June 11, 1992 | 2017 | Grand Valley , Ontario , Canada |
| 57 |
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Daniel White | LW | February 22, 1990 | 2019 | Titisee-Neustadt , Germany |
Coaching staff
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Jason O'Leary | 17th August 1978 | 2019 | Fredericton , Canada |
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Jim Midgley | March 5th 1978 | 2019 | Townsend , Ontario , Canada |
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Christian Hommel | January 23, 1981 | 1998 with interruptions | Hemer , Germany |
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Blocked jersey numbers
The Iserlohn Roosters no longer award four jersey numbers in honor of the players and in recognition of their achievements. These players have made a special contribution to the history of ice hockey in the Sauerland in Deilinghofen and Iserlohn and banners with their jersey numbers hang under the roof of the Iserlohn ice rink.
On September 12, 2014, the first two numbers were blocked in the anniversary year "20 years IEC - 55 years ice hockey in Sauerland". These were the jersey numbers of Dieter Brüggemann and Jörg Schauhoff.
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# 5 Jörg Schauhoff (1961–1977, Sturm, 416 games, 346 goals) founding member of the ECD in 1959; was already a member of the ECD team from 1959 to 1961, when it played in youth games; top scorer of the ECD; as captain and service provider for many years, the formative personality in the first 18 years of the ECD; was five times top scorer in the ECD and scored 33 hat tricks ; was also involved in the ECD u. a. as a junior coach, sports director, consultant and helped to build up the traditional team and the construction of the ECD memorial
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# 21 Dieter Brüggemann (1971–1985, 1989/90, Sturm, 588 games, 294 goals) record player and second best goalscorer of the ECD, top scorer in 1980 and 1981, top scorer in 1981; showed excellent performance as a player of the ECD in 15 years and led the team to the Bundesliga in 1977; Member of the traditional team; began a coaching career after his playing career; finally returned to Iserlohn in this role in the junior division
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# 78 Mike York (2004-05, 2011-2016, Center , 300 games, 98 goals, 293 points scorer) Played during the NHL - Lockout 2004/05 first elected for Iserlohn and became the best center of the DEL; returned in 2011 and became the Roosters' most successful foreign player in the games, goals, assists and scorer points categories; As a leading player, he always wore the “ A ” on his chest and was also captain from 2014, leading the team to three play-offs in a row
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany
Due to their achievements and merits in German ice hockey and within the club, some former players and coaches of the Iserlohn Roosters or the predecessor clubs were accepted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany .
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Club-internal records in the DEL
The sub-article Iserlohn Roosters / Statistics contains detailed information on the following categories:
- Overall leader (main round)
- Overall leading goalkeepers (main round)
- Season records (main round)
- Other records (main round)
- Overall leader (playoffs)
- Overall leading goalkeepers (playoffs)
- Other records (playoffs)
Significant former players
In addition to the three players whose jersey numbers are no longer assigned, u. a. earned the following players in the club's history:
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Participation of players in the All-Star-Game
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| before 1954 | changing | 1985-1987 |
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 Charles McCuaig |
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Jaroslav Pouzar
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Victor Leury
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 Otto Schneitberger
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Harry-Henry Craig |
1988/89 |
Peter Gailer
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Jim Taylor |
1989-1991 |
 Jozef Golonka
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James Jones |
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Bruce Keller
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Horst Kubik |
1991-1992 |
Mark Taylor
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Jiří Hanzl
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Steven Polgar
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Dieter Hoja
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1993/94 |
Bill Lochead
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 Sandy Archer |
1994-1997 |
Peter Gailer
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Dieter Hoja |
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 Greg Poss
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Jaroslav Walter
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 Dave Whistle
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Otto Schneitberger
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Doug Mason
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 Jorma Siitarinen |
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Geoff Ward
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Vladimír Cechura |
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Rick Adduono
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Dieter Hoja |
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Steve Stirling
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Gerhard Kießling
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Ulrich Liebsch
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Heinz Zerres |
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Doug Mason
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Ricki Alexander |
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Jari Pasanen
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Initially, the coach changed frequently, until Charles McCuaig became the first permanent coach in 1954. He stayed until 1961 and achieved initial success. New Canadian trainers followed almost every year until the first German, Horst Kubik , stood behind the gang for a longer period from 1965 to 1971 . After him came the first full-time coach in the club's history, Jiří Hanzl . In 1973 Dieter Hoja from Dortmund was hired for financial reasons and stayed for five years. The second Czech behind the gang was Jaroslav Walter . For a short time Otto Schneitberger was also a trainer in Iserlohn.
In the next few years they changed again annually, so came the Finn Jorma Siitarinen, Vladimír Cechura, Dieter Hoja and finally the reigning master coach Gerhard Kießling , who was dismissed after missing the play-offs. The new coach was Ricki Alexander, who also brought along some players from his old club EHC Essen-West. He was followed from 1985 to 1987 by Jan Eysselt , who did not survive the insolvency period as a coach. Short term was Jaroslav Pouzar served as player-coach.
The new club ECD Sauerland started with Peter Gailer as a player-coach until the Slovak Jozef Golonka took over. Then some Canadian coaches took over the office again until the club had to file for bankruptcy again. Peter Gailer was then back behind the gang at the new club. In 1997 Greg Poss came to the Sauerland and was no other coach as long as before. In 2003 he ended his engagement with the Iserlohn Roosters, who are now playing in the German ice hockey league .
His successor Dave Whistle was released early, however, so that Doug Mason took over. He consistently managed to stay up with the team until he switched to the Kölner Haien in 2006 . Geoff Ward came from the Edmonton Oilers and stayed for a year. In the play-offs, the Roosters finally led Rick Adduono , whose contract was not extended after difficult negotiations. He was succeeded by Steve Stirling , who was in office until February 2009 before being fired after Iserlohn had fallen from the play-off ranks. The previous co-trainer Ulrich Liebsch then took over the post of head trainer.
On December 13, 2010, Ulrich Liebsch was released after both the placement and the appearance of the team were unsatisfactory. At the same time, Doug Mason was introduced as the new head coach . He started his second term with the Iserlohn Roosters. He initially signed a contract until the end of the 2010/11 season . This was then extended and Mason was active as head coach at the beginning of the following three seasons. After the Roosters got off to a good start in the 2013/14 season , the team fell back to penultimate place in the table after 15 games. On October 29, 2013 Doug Mason was given leave of absence due to the sporting development and the previous assistant coach Jari Pasanen took over the position as head coach. Together with the new assistant coach Jamie Bartman , Pasanen led the Roosters to tenth place in the table and made it to the playoff quarter-finals. The coaching duo then extended their contracts by one year; In December 2014, Pasanen was extended to 2017. On October 10, 2017, head coach Pasanen was on leave after the Sauerland team opened the 2017/18 season with three wins and seven losses and were bottom of the table. The team management justified the separation with the "lack of tactical development". His successor was the Canadian Rob Daum , who was fired in November 2018 and was replaced by long-time assistant coach Jamie Bartman. Jason O'Leary was hired as head coach for the 2019/20 season .
- Statistical trainer balances can be found in the sub-article Iserlohn Roosters / Statistics
Parent club
The parent club of Iserlohn Roosters GmbH is Iserlohner EC e. V. , who is responsible for the junior division. Most recently, the association had 2681 members (as of June 29, 2016) . The former referee chairman of DEB Bernd Schnieder has been chairman of the Young Roosters since May 2006 . In May 2015, the Roosters record player Collin Danielsmeier took over the position of 2nd chairman. With the new junior coordinator Christian Hommel, another long-time DEL player has been integrated into the junior department. The main objective of the overall concept is to establish the youth team in the German junior league and to build a second ice rink. In the long term, this should enable talented young players to join the DEL team.
Young Roosters
In 2002, two years after the professionals joined the DEL and their name changed to "Roosters", the junior department of the Iserlohner EC became Iserlohner EC Young Roosters e. V. renamed. With a medium six-figure budget, you have eight teams of all ages. The players are supported by full-time and several trainers on a fee basis. The youth became champions in the 2007/08 season and rose to the DNL , in which they played for two years. In 2016 the ascent took place again. The other teams also play in the top leagues in their age groups. Iserlohn is the only city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the only DEL location at all where ice skating is a compulsory subject at primary schools. This project helps around 20 primary school students to play ice hockey every year. In addition, the ISTI project was started in 2001. The Business and Information Technology School is a partner at ISTI, a part-time boarding school with around 65 students who can also learn ice hockey with the Young Roosters. The cooperation with the “Boarding School on the Seilersee” is similar.
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IEC amateurs (Iserlohner EC 1b)
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs | Final placement |
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| 2005/06 | Association league NRW | 1 | Regionalliga-Pokal NRW | 4th |
| 2006/07 | Regionalliga NRW | 6th | Oberliga promotion round | 8th |
| 2007/08 | Regionalliga NRW | 6th | Oberliga promotion round | 7th |
| 2008/09 | Regionalliga NRW | 9 | Regionalliga-Pokal NRW | 9 |
| 2009/10 | Association league NRW | 4th | Association League Cup NRW | 3 |
Another goal of Iserlohn ice hockey was to establish a second team in the senior division with mainly young players, the "Young Wild Roosters" in the regional league . The Eisbären Juniors Berlin serve as a model . This project succeeded in the first season after promotion from the association league. The league promotion round was reached several times, but then failed. After four years, the team was disbanded because, due to the youth team's participation in the DNL, there were too few young players available who could be further developed.
In order to continue to give the players the opportunity to play ice hockey at a high amateur level in Iserlohn after their age-related retirement, a new team was founded. The "IEC-Amateurs" started in the association league and consisted mainly of former returning young players and players from the previous 1b team. The team was mainly financed by sponsorships and donations, as well as a grant from the main association. After one season, the team stopped playing.
Well-known players of the youngsters
- Jörg Schauhoff (former second division player, founding member of the ECD, record scorer with 346 goals of the ECD)
- Gerald "Gerdi" Müll (former Bundesliga player, German champion 1976 )
- Heinz-Dieter Brüggemann (former Bundesliga player, currently youth coach in Iserlohn)
- Karl-Friedrich "Charly" Stenner-Borghoff (former first and second division player, long-time junior coach )
- Gerd "Charly" Karl (former first and second division player, long-time captain of EC Deilinghofen)
- Peter Romberg (former Bundesliga player, German champion 1988 with the Cologne EC , drawn in the tenth round of the Calgary Flames in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft )
- Andreas Pokorny (former Bundesliga and DEL player, German champion 1987 , 1988 , 1995 )
- Karsten Mende (former DEL player, German champion 1995 , today manager of the Roosters)
- Georg "Butzi" Gailer (former Bundesliga and DEL player, stepson of Peter Gailer )
- Till Feser (former DEL player, German champion with the Mannheimer Adlers 1997 )
- Collin Danielsmeier (DEL player with the Iserlohn Roosters, national player, German champion with the Kölner Haien 2002, German junior champion 2000)
- Christian Hommel (DEL player with the Iserlohn Roosters, national player, German Junior Champion 2000)
- Dieter Orendorz (DEL player with the Iserlohn Roosters, junior national player, German youth champion 2008)
Sergei Samsonow played at a junior tournament in Iserlohn for HK CSKA Moscow . Together with four Russian teammates, he then stayed with a host family for a year and played for the ECD youngsters during this time.
Venues
Since the Canadian troops were stationed, there has been an ice rink in the Hemeran suburb of Deilinghofen , which is also where ice hockey was founded in the Sauerland. In the first few years the Deilinghofen ice rink was unroofed, but since 1959 it has been equipped with adequate protection against wind and weather. In the end, the hall held 1,500 spectators and was considered an atmospheric cauldron at the time. In 1999, the year of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the ECD, the ice rink in Deilinghofen was demolished under heavy criticism from the locals and many fans.
With the withdrawal of the Canadians, the operation of the ice rink became too cost-intensive for the ECD, which is why a more modern facility was built in the neighboring town of Iserlohn. Some local politicians and entrepreneurs campaigned for the then district town as a location. Since 1971 the ECD, IEC and the Roosters have played in front of stands for a maximum of 4,500 spectators at the Seilersee. This limit has been unofficially broken several times since the Iserlohn ice rink opened . The reputation as a cauldron remained in the new hall to this day.
As part of the modernization of many DEL stadiums, the “Puck Cave” on the Seilersee was expanded and redesigned in several stages. First, the grandstand was raised by a gallery, on which, in addition to the catering area and seats for the VIPs, the stadium announcer's booth found its new place. A second step was taken during the 2007 summer break. On the north side, more VIP and seats were created and the main stand was expanded by a few steps and a restaurant area for all standing visitors. In the third stage of expansion, the former restaurant gave way to a grandstand in summer 2009. Further extensions and conversions such as enlargement of the crew cabin, new offices, etc. the like completed the modernization of the hall. The capacity of the ice rink did not exceed 5,000 seats.
- Audience statistics can be found in the sub-article Iserlohn Roosters / Statistics
Club culture
Fans and rivalries
The fans of the Iserlohn Roosters have always been considered to be atmospheric and enthusiastic, commentators often speak of the “cauldron on the Seilersee”. However, there are voices within the fan base who thought the mood was even better in previous years. There are around 20 official fan clubs, most of which were brought together in the Iserlohn Fan Project from 1999 to 2016 . In addition to an official fan representative, a fan advisory board of ten people has existed since 2012, which is supposed to represent the interests of all fan groups vis-à-vis the club and to advise them.
For decades there has been a rivalry between fans from Essen. This culminated in the "Knife Throwing of Essen" on January 21, 1994, when fans of the then EHC Essen-West , driven by a poor referee performance, threw objects such as a knife and two steel balls onto the playing surface. The Iserlohn players didn't want to play again and were supported by the club's management, although a high loss of points would have been possible. The referee Mrachatz from Amberg broke off the game, which was later scored in favor of the Sauerlanders. The reasons for this love-hate relationship are the geographical proximity, many seasons in one division, the roughly equal team strength and many reciprocal transfers between Essen and Iserlohn. In the 1980s these were, for example, Earl Spry , Bruce Hardy , Dave Inkpen , Gordon Blumenschein and the trainer Ricki Alexander , and recently Jimmy Waite , Petr Fical , Roland Verwey , Ralph Intranuovo , Alexej Dmitriev and Michael Wolf have been mentioned .
There was a close friendship with the fans of the Düsseldorfer EG from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s. However, this broke in 1999 in the second division play-off round due to a very emotional series and degenerated into a rivalry. Fans of the Roosters are now only friends with fans of the Hanover Indians . In earlier times, both fan groups were divided by animosity, as Deilinghofer fans were beaten and car tires were stabbed at a game at the horse tower in the early 1960s.
It is also noteworthy that the Sauerlanders have the longest tradition in Germany of organizing special trains. The first train of this kind started in 1977 on the occasion of the Bundesliga promotion games against Augsburg EV to Augsburg . In the meantime, 48 special trains have set off from Iserlohn to various ice rinks in the republic.
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| 2000/01 | Berlin Capitals | Ice rink on Jafféstrasse | March 16, 2001 | 2: 3 |
| 2001/02 | Munich Barons | Olympic ice sports center | January 25, 2002 | 1: 3 |
| 2002/03 | Augsburg panther | Curt Frenzel Stadium | February 16, 2003 | 2: 3 n.p. |
| 2003/04 | ERC Ingolstadt | Saturn Arena | January 25, 2004 | 1: 5 |
| 2004/05 | Polar bears Berlin | Corrugated iron palace | October 24, 2004 | 2: 4 |
| 2005/06 | Hamburg Freezers | Color Line Arena | October 16, 2005 | 1: 5 |
| 2006/07 | Straubing Tigers | Ice stadium at the Powder Tower | November 26, 2006 | 3: 2 a.d. |
| 2007/08 | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | December 9, 2007 | 0: 9 |
| 2008/09 | ERC Ingolstadt | Saturn Arena | February 22, 2009 | 5: 4 a.d. |
| 2009/10 | Polar bears Berlin | O2 World Berlin | December 27, 2009 | 2: 4 |
| 2010/11 | EHC Munich | Olympic ice sports center | January 21, 2011 | 4-0 |
| 2011/12 | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | December 18, 2011 | 4: 1 |
| 2012/13 | Hamburg Freezers | O2 World Hamburg | December 30, 2012 | 1: 6 |
| 2013/14 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | Helios Arena | December 22, 2013 | 3: 4 n.p. |
| 2014/15 | Augsburg panther | Curt Frenzel Stadium | November 16, 2014 | 4: 1 |
| 2015/16 | Polar bears Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | December 6, 2015 | 0: 3 |
| 2016/17 | Straubing Tigers | Ice stadium at the Powder Tower | 4th December 2016 | 0: 1 a.d. |
| 2017/18 | EHC Red Bull Munich | Olympic ice sports center | 29th November 2017 | 2: 1 |
| 2018/19 | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 4th November 2018 | 1: 7 |
| 2019/20 | Augsburg panther | Curt Frenzel Stadium | December 8, 2019 | 0: 1 |
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Since the 2004/05 season , the team has been supported by a cheerleading group, the N'ICE RooStars .
The song Sauerland by the locally known band Zoff became a tradition in the stands . There is also an Iserlohn and an IEC song. Probably the most popular song of the people of Waldstadt is Rama Lama Ding Dong by Rocky Sharpe and the Replays , which is played at their own goals.
Away matches are broadcast on the local radio station Radio MK .
mascot
Since the 2009/10 season , the Rooster Icey can be found at all of the Roosters' home games. Visually, it was initially based on the Iserlohners' first DEL logo and appears when the team comes in and during breaks. The mascot has also accompanied fans on special trains and can be found at numerous other events, such as the season opening celebrations. For the 2013/14 season , the appearance was adapted to the current logo.
literature
- Rainer Tüttelmann: E is C racks D uelle, 20 years EC Sauerland Deilinghofen EV. Self-published, Deilinghofen 1979.
- Bernhard Heck: Ice hockey fascination in the Sauerland. ECD Iserlohn. The ECD is an institution in the Sauerland. press line, Essen-Mannheim 1987.
- Michael Topp, Georg Petruschkat: Ice Age 50 years of ice hockey in the Sauerland. Iserlohn 2009.
Web links
- Official website of the Iserlohn Roosters
- Website of the Young Roosters
- Private website about Deilinghofen and the old ECD
Individual evidence
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 2; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 3; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ a b ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 4; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 5; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ^ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 8; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 9; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento of February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), parts 10, 11 and 12 this ECD Chronicle - mentioned in Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now available at http: // www. pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 12; this ECD-History - in Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 14; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 15; this ECD-History - in Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ a b ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 17
- ↑ a b ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 18; this ECD Chronicle - called in notes 1 to 12 and 14 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ Gabriel Luis Manga: The forgotten story of… Muammar Gaddafi's German ice hockey team . In: The Guardian (online February 1, 2016).
- ^ ECD Chronicle ( Memento of February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 19; this ECD Chronicle - called in notes 1 to 12 and 14 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ Sodom and Gomorrah . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1987 ( online ).
- ↑ Cold mutton . In: Der Spiegel . No. 2 , 1988 ( online ).
- ^ ECD Chronicle ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 20; this ECD Chronicle - called in notes 1 to 12 and 14 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ^ ECD Chronicle ( Memento of February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Part 22; this ECD-Chronicle - referred to in the Notes 1 to 12, 14, 17 and 18 - is now under http://www.pastoerchen.de/ecd/ecd.htm to have
- ↑ Iserlohner chickens dare to go on black ice . In: Die Welt , July 24, 2000
- ↑ The nice person has to go . In: Die Welt , October 6, 2003
- ↑ Small budget, great performance . In: Die Welt , October 29, 2008
- ↑ DerWesten: DEL Club Iserlohn Roosters is making losses. In: waz.de. June 23, 2010, accessed November 9, 2018 .
- ↑ iserlohn-roosters.de : General meeting of the IEC e. V. of June 29, 2016
- ↑ Iserlohn separates from Captain Mike York. (No longer available online.) In: www1.wdr.de. April 1, 2016, archived from the original on April 6, 2016 ; Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
- ↑ aliaz advertising agency gmbh: Iserlohn Roosters. Retrieved October 11, 2017 .
- ↑ iserlohn-roosters.de
- ↑ derwesten.de : The Roosters family's moody season opening ceremony on August 25, 2013.
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