Krefeld penguins
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Krefelder EV (from 1936) EHC Krefeld (1978–1981) Krefelder EV (1981–1995) Krefeld Pinguine (since 1995) |
| Nickname | The penguins |
| Parent club | Krefelder EV |
| Club colors | black , yellow |
| league | German ice hockey league |
| Venue | Yayla arena |
| capacity | 8029 seats |
| executive Director | Roger Nicholas |
| Head coach | Glen Hanlon |
| captain | Torsten Ankert |
| Season 2019/20 | 12th place / no playoff participation |
The Krefeld Pinguine are a Krefeld ice hockey club, which bears the official name KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH . The KEV was a founding member of the German Ice Hockey League in 1994 and won the German ice hockey championship in 1952 and 2003 . The club colors are black and yellow .
KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH was established in 1995 from the Krefeld Ice Skating Club (KEV) and only includes the professional ice hockey team and its office. Still perceived by the fans as KEV, today only the youth department plays under this name. Krefeld has been involved since the DEL was founded and won the championship in 2003. The opponents in the final were the Kölner Haie , who were beaten in five games .
Since December 2004 the club has been playing in the multifunctional Yayla Arena , which replaced the Rheinlandhalle built in 1936 as a venue .
History of the Krefeld penguins
The beginnings
The Krefeld Willi Münster man forced a purchased professional team from Canada, the " German Canadiens ", later popularly called "Krefeld-Canadians", the increasingly popular sport of ice hockey in Krefeld. To put together the team, Münstermann hired the Canadian national coach Bobby Hoffinger . On November 7, 1936, 8,000 spectators watched the first game of a Krefeld ice hockey team. In addition, Münstermann promoted an amateur team, from which the Krefelder Eislaufverein 1936 e. V. - "KEV" for short - formed the first ice hockey club in Krefeld. Hardly had an ice hockey season been played in Krefeld when the KEV had long been a fixture and the “sold out” sign was often on the stadium gates.
But the development was soon stopped abruptly: The Second World War claimed its victims in Krefeld, and so ice hockey in Krefeld was suddenly near the end. It was Willi Münstermann who re-launched ice hockey in Krefeld. Under the British occupation he managed to renovate the stadium and in 1946 the Rhenish Championship was held in Krefeld . The ex- "German Canadien" Frank Schwinghammer took care of building up a new team, who returned to Krefeld from Canada immediately after the war for this purpose.
First championship
In the 1951/52 season , the KEV came to championship honors . The big favorite, Preussen Krefeld , was so decimated in a true “ice hockey battle” at SC Riessersee that another championship was out of the question. But Riessersee had to face the second team from Krefeld. The young and dynamic team of the KEV was after the end of the points round with the SC Riessersee in first place, so that a decider had to determine the champions. On March 12, 1952, this took place in the Mannheim stadium. KEV won with 6: 4 goals.
Back to the top
With the venue Krefeld the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championship was a complete success. More than 10,500 spectators in the Rheinlandhalle saw a 5-0 victory of the Canadian world championship team against the team from Russia in the final . But with the World Cup, the heyday of Krefeld ice hockey should come to an end for the time being. Numerous quarrels and internal power struggles followed. In addition, the fronts between the Prussians in Krefeld and the KEV hardened.
At the beginning of the 1974/75 season, KEV turned the trend. In addition to a new coach - Jiří Pokorný - excellent players were brought to Krefeld: the Czechoslovak goalkeeper Jan Marek , the strikers Miro Slezak and Günther Kaczmarek as well as Frank Neupert, Harald Kadow and FX Müller. In addition, the previously unknown Dutch Canadian Dick Decloe came to Krefeld. In the following years, with the help of his most important player Lothar Kremershof, Decloe became the undisputed top scorer in the Bundesliga. The change of the Düsseldorf ice hockey idol Otto Schneitberger from DEG to KEV was particularly spectacular .
There was a further upswing with the 1976/77 season. The coach was Otto Schneitberger, who ended his active career at KEV this season. Petr Hejma . The Guggemos brothers were signed up and Dick Decloe brought in defense attorney Vic Stanfield from Canada . Stanfield emerged as one of the league's strongest defenders and later became a Krefeld idol. His back number - the 4 - is no longer given in Krefeld today. At the end of the 1977 season , the KEV was runner-up.
Also in the 1977/78 season Krefeld was in ice hockey fever. At the end of the season, the KEV was in fourth place. A new team was formed and a new coach, Danny Malone, was hired. But this new team should never play a game. In July 1978 bankruptcy had to be filed with the Krefeld District Court . In previous years they had overdone themselves financially and debts were not properly shown in the balance sheets . All rescue attempts failed when on August 4, 1978 the DEB finally revoked the KEV's license .
New beginning
After KEV went bankrupt, the season 1978/79 had to start again in the fourth-class regional league. The newly founded EHC Krefeld started as the successor to the KEV.
With the promotion to the league in 1979 , the team was almost completely reorganized. With the former national player Horst Ludwig as coach, the direct march through to the 2nd Bundesliga should succeed. Ultimately, this succeeded, although the KEV initially just missed the promotion. But Hamburger SV, which was better placed in the end, declared that it would not be promoted for financial reasons and EHC Krefeld was able to move up as a promoter.
The EHC started with the 1980/81 season - again from 1981 under the name “ K refelder E islauf- V erein 1981 e. V. “- into an eleven year long second class. It was not until 1991 that Uli Urban managed to return to the 1st Bundesliga . With Mike Zettel a Canadian trainer was signed. This year you got z. B. the 44-time Czech national goalkeeper Karel Lang , the goal scorer Francois Sills and the outstanding technician Peter Jedrus.
The second championship
It quickly succeeded in re- establishing itself as a fixture in the top division . Over the years, the player with the No. 1 goal played a major role in this development: The “witcher” Karel Lang , who joined KEV in the year of his promotion, became a crowd favorite in Krefeld. In 1995, however, the KEV was faced with another end when the then 1st chairman Hans-Ulrich Urban had to go to the bankruptcy judge . In a financial effort, new sponsors were recruited and fundraising campaigns among the fans were started. Nevertheless, it was not possible to get the license for the 1995/96 season . In the summer of 1995, KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH was founded, which holds the license for KEV in the German Ice Hockey League , which has now been established . On September 19, 1995, the GmbH was registered with the commercial register number 5721 at the Krefeld District Court. The managing director was Wilfrid Fabel. This was replaced in 1999 by Wolfgang Schäfer. In 2010 Wolfgang Schäfer left the Pinguine and Robert Haake became the new managing director. Since in the eighties a penguin called "KEVin" from the Krefeld Zoo was placed on the center of the ice surface before every home game and this was the mascot of the KEV, it was not far to remember this ritual when looking for a name.
In the 2003 play-offs, the KEV Pinguine moved into sixth place. In the quarter-finals they first met the DEG Metro Stars . With 4: 1 victories, the "Penguins" clearly prevailed against their Rhenish rivals. In the semifinals the Eisbären Berlin were waiting , who won the first game 4-1. But the "penguins" did not let this failure dissuade them from the title course, the KEV won the following three games. The final was reached.
In the final against the Kölner Haie , the KEV won games one and two with 5: 2 and 3: 2. Only one victory was missing to win the title. The sharks trained by the "Alpine volcano" Hans Zach prevailed in games three and four with 3: 2 and 3: 2 by accident . The penguins were forced to play an all-important fifth game in the Cologne Arena . In this game, the penguins won 3-1 over the Haie after a 0-1 deficit in the end thanks to goals from Günter Oswald, Christoph Brandner and Steffen Ziesche . After 1951 (Prussia Krefeld) and 1952 (KEV) this meant the third German ice hockey championship for the city of Krefeld.
The years after that
After the departure of some “master” players, the level could not be maintained, and so the Krefeld Penguins did not reach the play-offs in the next season ( DEL 2003/04 ). The move from the old Rhineland Hall to the Royal Palace was completed in the 2004/05 season . But also this season, the play-off entry was just missed.
In the 2005/06 season the penguins started as so-called preparation masters , they won almost all preparation games for themselves. Disappointing, however, was the elimination in the first round of the German Ice Hockey Cup 2005/06 , because they had to accept a 4-3 defeat in Weißwasser at the Lausitzer Füchsen . In the course of the season, the Krefeld team were able to work their way up to 2nd place in October, but could not hold this position, and a few weeks later a place in the play-offs appeared questionable. The move of goalkeeper Robert Müller to Adler Mannheim, announced at an early stage, and the official resignation of coach Teal Fowler at the end of the season in January 2006 caused unrest. After the Olympic break in February, the team was able to motivate itself again and was in 8th place at the end of the preliminary round. The play-offs had been reached and the opponents in the quarter-finals were the Eisbären Berlin . Surprisingly, the first game in Berlin was won by the Penguins, but then the Berliners got four wins in a row, and thus the season for the Krefeld was over.
In the 2006/07 season , the Krefeld started again with a very good preparation period. In the first round of the 2006/07 German Ice Hockey Cup , the game against EV Landsberg was won 4-1. After a second round win against the Hannover Scorpions , however, the quarter-finals against the eventual cup winner Adler Mannheim ended . However, the start in the DEL was more difficult. After four game days, the Krefeld team were in last place in the table with zero points. The whole season was characterized by an inconsistent performance. It was not until the 51st match day that they reached tenth place with one point ahead of the Iserlohn Roosters . The penguins were thus qualified for the pre-play-offs that were newly created this season. However, these were lost with two defeats in the best-of-three series against the Hamburg Freezers . Herberts Vasiļjevs was voted top scorer of the league in the 2006/07 season and was voted “Player of the Year” by the specialist press, just as Jiří Ehrenberger was voted “Coach of the Year”. The team also won the “ WestLB Fair Play Trophy ”, which is awarded to the team with the fewest penalty minutes in a DEL season. In the same season, the penguins had to return to the Rheinlandhalle for a few games . Ammonia had leaked in the royal palace and the ice could not be used for a long time.
The 2007/08 season began with the Pinguine leading the table as they defeated EHC Wolfsburg 4-0 in their first game . However, this could not be defended. At the end of the main round in March 2008, Krefeld missed the pre-play-offs with eleventh place.
For the 2008/09 season , Igor Pavlov signed a new coach. His debut was promising. Already at the end of September the penguins settled on the top of the table and were a surprise in the current season. The preliminary round went very well overall, the Krefeld team were consistently in the first six places. At the end of the preliminary round, they consolidated sixth place, but had to lose in the quarter-finals of the play-offs after a close 3-4 series against the DEG Metro Stars.
The main round of the 2017/18 season ended in last place in the table, then coach Rick Adduono , who had taken over from Franz-David Fritzmeier in December 2016 and had previously looked after the team from 2009 to early November 2015, separated .
At the beginning of May 2018, the Canadian Brandon Reid , who had made Aalborg the Danish champion, was introduced as the new head coach. He was released in December 2019.
In May 2020, Glen Hanlon was appointed as the new head coach.
Placements since promotion to the highest league
| season | league | Preliminary round | Play-offs / play-downs |
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| 2019/20 | DEL | 12th place | not reached |
| 2018/19 | DEL | 11th place | not reached |
| 2017/18 | DEL | 14th place | not reached |
| 2016/17 | DEL | 14th place | not reached |
| 2015/16 | DEL | 13th place | not reached |
| 2014/15 | DEL | 10th place | Pre-play-offs: 2-1 defeats against Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg |
| 2013/14 | DEL | 2nd place | Play-offs: 4-1 defeats in the quarterfinals against ERC Ingolstadt |
| 2012/13 | DEL | 3rd place | Play-offs: 4: 2 wins in the quarter-finals against ERC Ingolstadt ; 3-0 defeats in the semifinals against the Eisbären Berlin |
| 2011/12 | DEL | 12th place | not reached |
| 2010/11 | DEL | 4th Place | Play-offs: 3-2 victories in the quarter-finals against the Hannover Scorpions ; 3-0 defeats in the semifinals against Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg |
| 2009/10 | DEL | 12th place | not reached |
| 2008/09 | DEL | 6th place | Play-offs: 4: 3 defeats in the quarter-finals against the DEG Metro Stars |
| 2007/08 | DEL | 11th place | not reached |
| 2006/07 | DEL | 10th place | Pre-play-offs: 2-0 defeats against the Hamburg Freezers |
| 2005/06 | DEL | 8th place | Play-offs: 4-1 defeats in the quarterfinals against Eisbären Berlin |
| 2004/05 | DEL | 9th place | not reached |
| 2003/04 | DEL | 10th place | not reached |
| 2002/03 | DEL | 6th place | German champions after the play-offs: 4-1 victories in the quarter-finals against the DEG Metro Stars ; 3: 1 victories in the semi-finals against the Eisbären Berlin ; 3: 2 wins in the final against the Kölner Haie |
| 2001/02 | DEL | 3rd place | Play-offs: 3-0 defeats in the quarter-finals against the Kölner Haie |
| 2000/01 | DEL | 9th place | not reached |
| 1999/2000 | DEL | 3rd place | Play-offs: 3-1 defeats in the quarterfinals against Berlin Capitals |
| 1998/99 | DEL | 7th place | Play-offs: 3-1 defeats in the quarterfinals against the Eisbären Berlin |
| 1997/98 | DEL | 7th place | Play-ups: 3-1 wins against the Kassel Huskies ; 2: 1 wins against the Schwenninger Wild Wings / Play-offs: 3: 0 defeats in the quarter-finals against the Eisbären Berlin |
| 1996/97 | DEL | 8th place | Play-offs: 3-0 defeats in the quarter-finals against the Mannheimer Adler |
| 1995/96 | DEL | 7th place | Play-offs: 3-0 wins in the round of 16 against the Ratinger Löwen ; 3-0 defeats in the quarter-finals against DEG |
| 1994/95 | DEL | 4th Place | Play-offs: 4-1 wins in the round of 16 against the Augsburg Panthers ; 4: 1 victories in the quarterfinals against the Düsseldorfer EG ; 3: 2 defeats in the semifinals against EV Landshut |
| 1993/94 | Bundesliga | 3rd place | Play-offs: 4: 2 defeats in the quarter-finals against BSC Prussia |
| 1992/93 | Bundesliga | 3rd place | Play-offs: 3-1 defeats in the quarterfinals against BSC Prussia |
| 1991/92 | Bundesliga | 7th place | Play-offs: 3-1 defeats in the quarter-finals against SB Rosenheim |
team
Squad of the 2020/21 season
As of September 5, 2019
| No. | Nat. | player | Item | Date of birth | in the team since | place of birth |
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Sergei Below | G | August 24, 1993 | 2020 | Moscow , Russia | |
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Marvin Cüpper | G | February 16, 1994 | 2020 | Cologne , Germany | |
| 81 |
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Torsten Ankert - C. | D. | June 22, 1988 | 2018 | Essen , Germany |
| 84 |
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Tom-Eric Bappert | D. | January 16, 1999 | 2019 | Menden , Germany |
| 91 |
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Phillip Bruggisser | D. | August 7, 1991 | 2018 | Rødovre , Denmark |
| 77 |
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Garrett Noonan | D. | January 28, 1991 | 2018 | Norfolk , Massachusetts , USA |
| 60 |
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Philip Riefers | D. | March 15, 1990 | 2018 | Krefeld , Germany |
| 95 |
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Mike Schmitz | D. | August 2, 1995 | 2015 | Tönisvorst , Germany |
| 25th |
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Tom Schmitz | D. | February 26, 1997 | 2015 | Tönisvorst , Germany |
| 53 |
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Alex Trivellato | D. | 5th January 1993 | 2017 | Bolzano , Italy |
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Daniil Walitov | D. | June 9, 2000 | 2020 | Perm , Russia | |
| 94 |
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Grant Besse | W. | July 14, 1994 | 2019 | Plymouth , Minnesota , USA |
| 12 |
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Laurin Braun | RW | February 18, 1991 | 2019 | Lampertheim , Germany |
| 13 |
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Chad Costello | RW | July 22, 1986 | 2018 | Johnston , Iowa , USA |
| 11 |
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Travis Ewanyk | C. | March 29, 1993 | 2018 | St. Albert , Alberta , Canada |
| 93 |
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Justin Hodgman | C. | June 27, 1988 | 2019 | Brampton , Ontario , Canada |
| 18th |
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Kai Hospelt - A | W. | 23rd August 1985 | 2019 | Cologne , Germany |
| 28 |
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Adam Kiedewicz | W. | May 21, 2000 | 2018 | Duisburg , Germany |
| 10 |
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Philipp Kuhnekath | W. | August 29, 1997 | 2017 | Duisburg , Germany |
| 9 |
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Arturs Kruminsch | C. | October 27, 1988 | 2018 | Riga , Latvian SSR |
| 19th |
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Jacob Lagacé | C. | January 9, 1990 | 2019 | Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec , Canada |
| 72 |
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Darren Mieszkowski | W. | September 18, 1999 | 2018 | Bietigheim-Bissingen , Germany |
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Leon Niederberger | RW | January 31, 1996 | 2020 | Dusseldorf , Germany | |
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Ivan Petrakov | C. | February 28, 1994 | 2020 | Kondopoga , Russia | |
| 86 |
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Daniel Pietta - A | C. | December 9, 1986 | 2003 | Krefeld , Germany |
| 98 |
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Niklas Postel | W. | March 19, 1998 | 2018 | Schongau , Germany |
| 74 |
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Vinny Saponari | RW | February 15, 1990 | 2018 | Powder Springs , Georgia , USA |
| 5 |
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Edwin Schitz | W. | April 23, 2000 | 2018 | Krefeld , Germany |
| 88 |
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Martin Schymainski | RW | February 24, 1986 | 2012 | Duisburg , Germany |
| 15th |
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Jeremy Welsh | C. | April 30, 1988 | 2019 | Bayfield , Ontario , Canada |
- Coaching staff
| activity | Surname | Date of birth | In the team since | place of birth | |
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Glen Hanlon | February 20, 1957 | 2020 | Brandon , Manitoba , Canada |
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Sergejs Saveljevs | April 13, 1996 | 2020 | Riga , Latvia , Canada |
Significant past teams
Champion team 1952
The first championship in the 1951/52 season had to be determined by a playoff . Krefelder EV and SC Riessersee were together in first place after the final round with 15: 5 points. The game took place on March 12, 1952 in the Mannheim stadium and ended with a 6-4 victory for Krefeld.
| position | Name (number) |
| Goal: | Ulli Jansen (T) , Kurt Müller (T) |
| Defense: | Karl Bierschel (1) , Bruno Guttowski (3) , Heinz Dohr (11) , Wilhelm Moesgen (12) |
| Storm: | Ēriks Koņeckis (2) , Hans Werner Münstermann (4) , Karl-Heinz Scholten (5) , Hans Georg Pescher (6) , Ulrich Eckstein (7) , Bernhard Peltzer (8) , Virgil Schoor (9) , Walter Schmidinger (10 ) |
| Trainer: | Ēriks Koņeckis |
Vice championship team 1977
In 1977 the KEV grabbed the cup, but at the end of the season it should only be enough for the runner-up championship. The team had been reinforced with well-known names, so now Petr Hejma and Vic Stanfield wore the black and yellow jersey. Otto Schneitberger was the trainer .
| position | Name (number) |
| Goal: | Helmut Jentges (17) , Wolfgang Soltau (21) , Jan Marek (22) |
| Defense: | Armin Kempkes (1) , Frank Neupert (2) , Vic Stanfield (4) , Thomas Jentges (5) , Dirk Kempkes (6) , Paul Ciemny (8) , Waclaw Koukal (9) , Franz-Xaver Müller (16) , Jochen Metz (18) |
| Storm: | Dick Decloe (3) , Lothar Kremershof (7) , Ernst Sieburg (8) , Ulrich Wiefels (10) , Wolfgang Hellwig (11) , Miroslav Slezak (12) , Günter Kaczmarek (13) , Klaus Guggemoos (14) , Helmut Guggemoos (15) , Petr Hejma (19) , Hans-Willi Mühlenhaus (20) |
| Trainer: | Otto Schneitberger |
Promoted team in 1991
After eleven years in the second division, KEV was promoted to the first division in the 1990/91 season . After a bad start to the season, the team was strengthened and was in 2nd place at the end of the promotion round. KEV won the relegation games against PEV Weißwasser in Best of Three mode with 1: 2 victories (2: 3/3: 2/1: 6).
| position | Name (number) |
| Goal: | Karel Lang (1) , Thomas Mirwa (10) , Dirk Nieleck (29) , Ulrik Kuhnekath (30) |
| Defense: | Uwe Fabig (2) , Jochen Hecker (3) , Janusz Syposz (5) , Frank Gentges (7) , Jayson Meyer (19) , Martin Gebel (20) , Stefan Urban (25) |
| Storm: | Christian Spaan (5) , Alexander Schwaiger (7) , Dirk Kuhnekath (9) , Peter Jedrus (11) , Rene Reuter (12) , Janusz Janikowski (16) , André Grein (17) , Markus Kammann (18) , François Sills (21) , Dirk Spychala (22) , Arno Brux (23) , Fritz Brunner (24) , Steve Nemeth (27) , Steven McNeil (28) |
| Trainer: | Holger Ustorf (only September 1990) , Lothar Kremershof (interim trainer) , Mike Zettel (from October 1990) |
Champion team 2003
The second championship was won by Krefeld after they were able to prevail in the play-offs of the 2002/03 season against two Rhenish rivals - the DEG Metro Stars in the quarter-finals and the Kölner Haie in the final - as well as against the Eisbären Berlin in the semi-finals. Tens of thousands of fans celebrated the trophy on Easter Monday 2003 on the Theaterplatz in Krefeld.
| position | Name (number) |
| Goal: | Roger Nordström (51) , Robert Müller (80) |
| Defense: | Paul Dyck (3) , Christian Ehrhoff (10) , Daniel Kunce (15) , David Musial (17) , Dan Lambert (19) , Sergej Stas (23) , Andreas Raubal (30) , Darryl Shannon (32) , Mario Doyon (44) |
| Storm: | Thomas Brandl (7) , Steffen Ziesche (8) , Gary Shuchuk (16) , Brad Purdie (20) , Patrik Augusta (21) , Günther Oswald (27) , Jonas Lanier (28) , Christoph Brandner (29) , Stéphane Barin (39) , Bill Bowler (40) , Adrian Grygiel (83) , Sandy Moger (93) |
| Trainer: | Chris Valentine (until December 2002) ; Butch Goring (from November 2002) ; Karel Lang (goalkeeping coach) |
player
Blocked jersey numbers
So far, the shirt numbers of four players have been "blocked" due to their merits for the club, that is, they are no longer given to active players.
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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany
Personalities who have rendered outstanding services to ice hockey in Germany will be admitted to the “Hall of Fame” of the German Ice Hockey Museum. Of the actors included in Krefeld:
(Team membership and position in brackets)
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Club-internal records
| category | Surname | number |
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| Most games | Daniel Pietta | 753 (in 17 seasons) |
| Most goals | Daniel Pietta | 201 |
| Most templates | Daniel Pietta | 405 |
| Most of the points | Daniel Pietta | 606 (201 goals and 405 assists) |
| Most penalty minutes | Daniel Pietta | 631 |
(Status of all statistics: playing times in the German Ice Hockey League up to the 2019/20 regular season .)
- Other records
- Herberts Vasiljevs with the most points scorer in a game: 4 goals, 4 assists (8 points) on December 15, 2006 in the game against the Frankfurt Lions (final score 8: 2)
Significant former players
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Participation of players in the All-Star-Game
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Trainer
| in the club | Trainer |
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| 1936-1938 |
Bobby Hoffinger
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| 1938-1940 / 1945-1948 |
Frank Schwinghammer (player-coach)
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| 1948/1949 |
 Walter Kremershof
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| 1949/1950 |
Kurt Schmollinger (player-coach)
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| 1950/1951 |
 Josef Maleček (player-coach)
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| 1951-1954 |
Ēriks Koņeckis (player- coach )
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| 1954/1955 |
Andre Girard
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| 1955/1956 |
Hugo Metzer (coach) Rudi Weide (player- coach )
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| 1956/1957 |
Hugo Metzer (coach) Günther Jochems (player- coach )
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| 1957/1958 |
Rudi Weide
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| 1958/1959 |
Rudi Weide (first part of the season) Hans-Georg Pescher (second part of the season)
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| 1959-1962 |
Hans-Georg Pescher
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| 1962/1963 |
Austin L. Smith
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| 1963-1965 |
Lorne Trottier
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| 1965-1968 |
Engelbert Holderied
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| 1968/1969 |
Rudi Weide
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| 1969-1972 | Vaclav Vystejn |
| 1972/1973 |
Fred Holger (beginning of the season) Ulrich Jansen (replaces Fred Holger) Klaus Stenders (replaces Fred Holger)
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| 1973/1974 |
 Let Lilja
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| 1974-1976 |
Jiří Pokorný
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| 1976-1988 |
Otto Schneitberger
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| 1978/79 |
Remigius Wellen (player-coach)
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| 1979-1981 |
Horst Ludwig (trainer) Paul Hotstegs (assistant trainer)
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| 1981-1984 |
Tore Hedwall Peter Kaczmarek (from 1983 assistant coach)
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| 1984/1985 |
Erwin Zeidler (beginning of the season) Anton Waldmann (end of the season) Peter Kaczmarek (assistant coach) |
| 1985-1987 |
Anton Waldmann
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| 1987-1989 |
 Hannu Koivunen Holger Ustorf (Assistant Trainer)
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| 1989/1990 |
Holger Ustorf
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| 1990/1991 |
Holger Ustorf (beginning of the season) Lothar Kremershof (temporarily) Mike Zettel (from October 1990)
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| in the club | Trainer |
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| 1991-1995 |
Mike Zettel Frank Brünsing ( Assistant Trainer) |
| 1995-1998 |
 Miro Berek (until January 1998) Gary Clark (from January 1998)
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| 1998-2001 |
Doug Mason Haralds Vasiļjevs (assistant coach, from February 2001 coach)
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| 2001-2003 |
Chris Valentine (until December 2002) Butch Goring (from December 2002)
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| 2003/04 |
Butch Goring (until December 2003) Haralds Vasiļjevs (December 2003, January 2004) Bill Stewart (from January 2004)
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| 2004/05 |
Mario Simioni (until October 2004) Bob Leslie (from October 2004)
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| 2005/06 |
 Teal Fowler Jiří Ehrenberger (Assistant Trainer) |
| 2006-2008 |
Jiří Ehrenberger Reemt Pyka ( Assistant Trainer)
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| 2008/09 |
 Igor Pavlov Reemt Pyka ( Assistant Trainer)
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| 2009/10 |
Martin Jiranek (until December 2009) Rick Adduono (from December 2009) Reemt Pyka (assistant trainer)
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| 2010-2015 |
Rick Adduono (until November 2015) Reemt Pyka (assistant trainer)
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| 2015/16 |
Franz-David Fritzmeier (from November 2015) Reemt Pyka (assistant trainer)
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| 2016/17 |
Franz-David Fritzmeier (until December 2016) Rick Adduono (from December 2016) Elmar Schmitz (Co-Trainer) Ville Vaija (Co-Trainer)
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| 2017/18 |
Rick Adduono  Marián Bažány ( Assistant Trainer) Elmar Schmitz (Assistant Trainer)
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| 2018/19 |
Brandon Reid Pierre Beaulieu (Assistant Trainer) Elmar Schmitz (Assistant Trainer)
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| 2019/20 |
Brandon Reid Pierre Beaulieu (from December 2019) Elmar Schmitz (Assistant Trainer)
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| since 2020 |
Glen Hanlon Sergejs Saveljevs
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Parent club
The Krefeld EV 81 has been the parent association of KEV Pinguine since 1995. The parent club is responsible for the next generation of ice hockey players for the "penguins". From the Bambinis to the DNL team, it encompasses the entire program of promoting young talent. In addition, KEV 81 maintains a running school and an ice hockey boarding school for players from the 1st year DNL. The coach of the DNL team is Ralf Hoja (2012/13).
After the first team was outsourced, the previous second team was continued as the KEV team under the name "Krefeld EV Amateure" in the 2nd division north . In 1998 the team was given up in favor of the DNL team.
For the 2011/12 season , a senior team was reported to play again, which took part in the Oberliga West as a game community Preussen Krefeld with the license of the EHC Krefeld Niederrhein . In the 2012/13 season the KEV took over the license of the EHC. The team plays in the Rheinlandhalle.
Venues
→ Main article: Rheinlandhalle
As early as 1936, Willi Münstermann had an open-air stadium with space for 8,000 spectators built on his own on what was then Hindenburgstrasse. In winter the Hindenburg Stadium was used as an ice rink. In the summer, the stadium was converted into a swimming pool with a sun lounger, and sand was brought in from the North Sea for this purpose. The city of Krefeld was required to return the stadium and the property to the city in 1986 after leasing for 50 years. After the war, the stadium and street were renamed. The stadium was now called "Rheinlandhalle" and was located on Westparkstrasse. The Rheinlandhalle, affectionately known by many as the "old lady", served the KEV and the penguins as a home for decades.
In 2001 the council of the city of Krefeld decided to build a multi-purpose arena. This should be opposite the Rheinlandhalle and be home to the penguins for the future. In 2003 the foundation stone was laid and in 2004 the celebratory move from the Rheinlandhalle to the newly built KönigPALAST, which has been named Yayla-Arena since 2019 .
| Audience statistics for the last few years | |||||||
| season | Home games | spectator | Spectators per game | ||||
| 2019/20 | 26 (26 / -) | 121,383 (121,383 / -) | 4,669 (4,669 / -) | ||||
| 2018/19 | 26 (26 / -) | 125.164 (125.164 / -) | 4,814 (4,814 / -) | ||||
| 2017/18 | 26 (26 / -) | 108,826 (108,826 / -) | 4,186 (4,186 / -) | ||||
| 2016/17 | 26 (26 / -) | 113,531 (113,531 / -) | 4,366 (4,366 / -) | ||||
| 2015/16 | 26 (26 / -) | 117,521 (117,521 / -) | 4,520 (4,520 / -) | ||||
| 2014/15 | 27 (26/1) | 137,525 (130,516 / 7,009) | 5.093 ( 5.019 / 7.009) | ||||
| 2013/14 | 29 (26/3) | 166,461 (143,349 / 23,112) | 5,740 (5,513 / 7,704) | ||||
| 2012/13 | 31 (26/5) | 171,146 (132,823 / 38,323) | 5,521 (5,108 / 7,664) | ||||
| 2011/12 | 26 (26 / -) | 116,656 (116,656 / -) | 4,486 (4,486 / -) | ||||
| 2010/11 | 30 (26/4) | 147.021 (117.008 / 30.013) | 4,901 (4,500 / 7,503) | ||||
| 2009/10 | 28 (28 / -) | 96,314 (96,314 / -) | 3,439 (3,439 / -) | ||||
| 2008/09 | 29 (26/3) | 140,236 (116,779 / 23,457) | 4,835 (4,491 / 7,819) | ||||
| 2007/08 | 28 (28 / -) | 102,869 (102,869 / -) | 3,673 (3,673 / -) | ||||
| 2006/07 | 27 (26/1) | 106,733 (102,039 / 4,694) | 3,953 (3,925 / 4,694) | ||||
(The total occupancy rate for the entire season is given. The main round / play-offs are listed separately in brackets.)
Club culture
Fans
There are various penguins fan clubs, the oldest is the KEV Fan Club 1974. EV 24 of these clubs are affiliated with the Krefeld Pinguine fan project, with Die Eistaenzer eV being the oldest. The fan project was started shortly after the Krefeld Pinguine was founded and was one of the first of its kind. It sees itself as a representative of the fan clubs in matters relating to the GmbH and organizes trips away and regular fan tables.
There is a special fan rivalry with the fans of the Düsseldorfer EG, the games - called the Tram Derby due to the geographical proximity and the direct tram connection of the cities - usually contain a special explosiveness, which is also reflected in an increased police presence. There is also great competition against the fans of the Kölner Haie. There used to be a friendship with the Schwenninger Wild Wings . On the other hand, you have a very good relationship with the fans of the Eisbären Berlin.
For general chants, “ You'll Never Walk Alone ” was taken from football before each game. However, KEV is typical for the melody of the snow waltz with the text "We dance the KEV waltz ...". In addition, there are a large number of chants that are used depending on the situation. The "pugs", which were often heard in the stadium by "Ömmes" (Wolfgang Jaegers), are now known nationwide. The group “Enjoy” wrote a song called “With Fire and Ice”. Since the 2007/2008 season, the group "Ra's Dawn" has contributed the song "Lebende Legende". In the 2010/2011 season, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Krefeld ice sport, Wolfgang Jachtmann created the “Song of the Penguins” and tells of the sporting highlights of ice hockey in Krefeld.
mascot
As early as the 1980s, a penguin named "KEVin" from the Krefeld Zoo was placed on the center of the ice surface before every home game . This was already the mascot of the KEV back then and so the penguin was taken into account when naming the association and marketed as a real mascot. Today, before every home game, a costumed "plush Kevin" is on the ice and dances during the intro. In the third breaks he can usually be found in the stands.
See also
Others
In 1952, a basketball department was founded by Latvian ice hockey players at Krefelder EV. On October 18, 1952, the club was a founding member of the Niederrhein basketball circle. The only successes celebrated the men in 1953 and the women in 1954 with the respective win of the district championship. In 1960 the rapidly growing department joined the Post Sport Verein Krefeld. In February 1982 the Basketball Club Krefeld (BBC) was founded from this department. He joined SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen in 1998 .
Web links
- Official website of the Krefeld Penguins
- Official website of the parent club of the Krefeld ice skating club from 1981 eV
- The black and yellow madness - the KEV / Krefeld Pinguine Chronicle
Individual evidence
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung: Pinguine: Robert Haake is the new managing director. In: wz.de. August 20, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
- ↑ hockeyweb.de As I see it ... .
- ↑ Rick Adduono no longer a trainer in Krefeld . In: sport.de . ( sport.de [accessed on March 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Krefeld Pinguine release Franz Fritzmeier from his duties as head trainer - Rick Adduono takes over - Krefeld Pinguine . In: Krefeld penguins . July 20, 2017 ( krefeld-pinguine.de [accessed March 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Krefeld Pinguine: Rick Adduono is back . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . December 21, 2016 ( wz.de [accessed March 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated May 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hockeydb.com All-time roster for the Krefeld Penguins of the DEL
- ^ Rp-online.de, Association blesses ice hockey marriage
- ↑ del.org audience statistics ( memento from April 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 24, 2013
- Eiszeiten I - The history of Krefeld ice hockey from 1936 to 1978 on DVD / Krefelder Buchhandel
- Eiszeiten II - The history of Krefeld ice hockey from 1979 to 2003 on DVD / Krefelder Buchhandel
Season 2019/20 : Augsburger Panther | Polar bears Berlin | Düsseldorfer EG | Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven | ERC Ingolstadt | Iserlohn Roosters | Cologne Sharks | Krefeld penguins | Adler Mannheim | EHC Red Bull Munich | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Schwenninger Wild Wings | Straubing Tigers | Grizzlies Wolfsburg
Former: Berlin Capitals | Foxes Duisburg | Mosquitoes eating | Frankfurt Lions | Wolves Freiburg | Hamburg Freezers | EC in Hanover | Hannover Scorpions | Kassel Huskies | Kaufbeurer Adler | EV Landshut | Maddogs Munich | Munich Barons | Revierlöwen Oberhausen | Ratinger Löwen | SC Riessersee | Starbulls Rosenheim | Foxes Saxony Weißwasser / Chemnitz
