Cologne EC (women's ice hockey)

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Cologne EC "Die Haie"
(Cologne Brownies)
Greatest successes
  • Promotion to the women's ice hockey Bundesliga 2020
  • Promotion to the 2nd women's ice hockey league in 2001
Club information
history Cologne Brownies (1995–2017)
Cologne EC “Die Haie” (since 2017)
Club colors Red White
league Women's ice hockey Bundesliga
Venue Kölnarena 2
capacity 2,000 seats
2019/20 Champion (2nd League North)

The women's ice hockey teams of the Cologne EC were founded in 1995 as the Cologne Brownies women's ice hockey team and incorporated into the Cologne EC "Die Haie" in 2017 . In the 2019/20 season, the first team played in the 2nd division north and qualified as champions of the league for the women's ice hockey Bundesliga . The second team, again participating in the game, played in the NRW regional league.

history

Logo of the Cologne Brownies

Cologne Brownies were founded on September 9, 1995 in Cologne . Since many of the founding members previously played with the Cologne Panthers, the Brownies can be seen as the unofficial successors of this women's team. The club colors were black, blue and white. The association got its name from the translation of the word brownie into German: Heinzelmännchen .

The first few years were characterized by coach changes, friendlies and the effort to put together a team for the league. For the 1998/99 season, the Brownies registered a team with the DEB for the first time . It started in the Landesliga NRW, where the team immediately finished fifth. A year later, the Brownies became NRW Cup winners and thus won their first title. In the 2000/01 season, the Cologne team appeared as a favorite on the rise, but failed in the fight for the title. In the end, however, the brownies rose because the so-called intermediate round, the later 2nd division, was expanded. In the NRW-Pokal they got to the final again, but where they lost against SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied "Die Hühner". At the beginning of 2001, the club was also reinforced by a second team, which has since formed the foundation of the first team.

Brownies venue: The Kölnarena 2

In their first season in the second-highest division, the Brownies initially struggled, but managed to stay in league as fifth of seven teams. In the 2002/03 season, relegation was again the season's goal, which was achieved in the end with 6th place (this time eight teams). Also in the following season, the sixth place was at the end of the book, with which one could be satisfied. But the demands of the Cologne team increased slowly and they wanted to maintain the constant improvement of the last few years in the fourth year of the second division. Despite the increased pressure, also due to the increased popularity around the cathedral city, the team played their best season to date and at the end of the season finished third behind the top teams of ETC Crimmitschau and SV Brackwede . In September 2005 the Brownies held their anniversary tournament to mark the ten-year anniversary of the club, in which teams from the Bundesliga and the 2nd division took part. In the 2005/06 season, the Brownies were able to celebrate their relegation again thanks to a final sprint. Due to the weak start to the season, however, a better positioning than 6th place was no longer possible.

In the 2006/07 season there was no athletic relegation from the 2nd division north due to the withdrawal of two teams before the start of the season. But with the fourth place achieved in the end, the brownies would have had nothing to do with relegation anyway. The 2nd team, which was reported to be playing for the first time this season and which also included players from EHC Troisdorf , reached 7th place in the NRW regional league. In the following season, both teams managed to stay in the league again, with the reserve of Brownies taking third place in the promotion round to the association league. Since then, both teams have always managed to stay in league, which means they continued to compete in the second division or in the fourth-highest division - which has since been renamed the district league - in the 2011/12 season.

For the 2014/15 season, the Brownies founded a third team that was also part of the North Rhine-Westphalia Ice Hockey Association's operations.

In 2016 there were numerous negotiations between the EDT Cologne Brownies and the KEC “Die Haie”, which ultimately led to the inclusion of the Brownies women's ice hockey team in the KEC. In April 2017 the EDT Cologne Brownies eV was dissolved.

In 2020 the first women's team made it to the women's ice hockey Bundesliga .

Venues

The Cologne arena 2 is the training and venue for the women's team of the Kölner Haie , which is also the venue for the junior teams and the training facility for the DEL team.

Placements

Cologne ice hockey ladies the panthers

season league Preliminary round Remarks
1982/83 NRW League 1st place
1983/84 NRW League 2nd place Final round 4th place
1984/85 NRW League 3rd place
1985/86 NRW League 3rd place Final round 3rd place
1986/87 NRW League 3rd place Final round 5th place
1987/88 NRW League 4th Place
1988/89 Bundesliga 6th place
1989/90
1990/91 NRW District League 3rd place Promotion in the NRW regional league
1991/92 NRW regional league 5th place
1992/93 NRW regional league 7th place
1993/94 NRW regional league 2nd place

Cologne brownies

season league Preliminary round Remarks
1998/99 State League NRW 5th place Relegation
1999/2000 State League NRW 5th place Relegation and NRW Cup winner
2000/01 State League NRW 2nd place Ascent
2001/02 Intermediate round / 2. League North 5th place Relegation
2002/03 2nd League North 5th place Relegation
2003/04 2nd League North 5th place Relegation
2004/05 2nd League North 3rd place Relegation
2005/06 2nd League North 6th place Relegation
2006/07 2nd League North
Landesliga NRW
4th place
7th place
Relegation
relegation
2007/08 2nd League North
Landesliga NRW
5th place
2nd place
Relegation
3rd place association league cup, relegation
2008/09 2nd League North
Landesliga NRW
5th place
5th place
Relegation
relegation
2009/10 2nd League North
Landesliga NRW
4th place
5th place
Relegation
relegation
2010/11 2nd League North
Landesliga NRW
6th place
3rd place
Relegation
relegation

Cologne EC "Die Haie"

season league Preliminary round Remarks
2017/18 2nd League North 1st place (master) Relegation
2018/19 2nd League North 2nd place Relegation
2019/20 2nd League North 1st place (master) Promotion to the Bundesliga

In addition to the first women's team, the Kölner Haie also have teams in the NRW regional league and the NRW regional league.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Facts & Figures Cologne Brownies - Kölner Haie. In: haie.de. September 9, 1995, accessed July 17, 2020 .
  2. KEC women's team ceremoniously welcomed with jersey handover. In: junghaie.de. February 5, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
  3. ETD Cologne Brownies and KEC "Die Haie" eV from 2017 united under the umbrella of KEC "Die Haie" eV! In: junghaie.de. December 31, 2016, accessed July 17, 2020 .