VER Same

VER Same
Greatest successes
Promotion to the 1st ice hockey league 1994 Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga 1980 , 1984 German Oberliga runner-up in 1980 , 1984 German regional league champion 1973 , 1994 South German champion 1980 , 1984 , 2014
Club information
history	VER Selb (1953–1983) VERE Selb (1983–1987) ERC Selb (1987–2004) VER Selb (since 2004)
Location	Same
Nickname	Wolves yourself
Parent club	VER Selb eV
Club colors	blue, white and red
league	Ice hockey league
Venue	NETZSCH arena
capacity	4,082 seats (including 792 seats)
Head coach	Herbert Hohenberger
Season  2019/20	8th place orienteering south

The VER Selb ( club for ice and roller sports ) is a self ice hockey club. The team is also known under the name Selber Wölfe . After it was first founded in 1953, ups ( 2nd Bundesliga ) and downs (several start-ups) alternated.

Club history

The time until 2004

The beginnings

Shortly after the Second World War , the Selber Tennis Club TC Selb ran ice hockey and art skating in winter. Another ice hockey club was founded on January 7, 1953 with the name “VER Selb eV”. Initially, the Pfaffenleithe served as an ice surface , the water required for making the ice was supplied by the Selbbach .

Soon the plan matured to build a club's own ice and roller sports facility. A former granite quarry on the Dürrloh (in the Vorwerk district of Selber) was chosen as the location. The first explosive shots were fired in December 1955, and almost three years later the time had finally come: on September 6, 1958, the members of the association marched from Pfaffenleithe to the new VER-Platz. The new open-air stadium offered space for almost 3,000 spectators. During the 1961/62 season the tennis club Selb ended its activities in ice hockey, so that only the VER was active in the following.

After the championship in the regional league , the VER rose to the league in 1973 , and seven years later the club had reached the second division for the first time . Talented players from their own offspring kept joining the squad. However, one of the most hopeful homegrown players left the club in 1975 without having played a single game for the first team: Peter Schiller switched to the Cologne EC , with which he became German champion four times .

Construction of the self ice stadium

Hutschenreuther ice rink in Selb in 2005

In 1977, the VER began to build a covered venue with the support of the state, but the club suffered a financial crisis during the construction work. Three major patrons died within a year, which almost broke the VER's neck, but the city of Selb stepped in (of necessity) and so the club's own hall became a municipal hall before it was completed. After all, the ice rink was still owned by the club, which continued to manage the arena itself, the construction of which had cost seven million DM.

Same in the second Bundesliga

VERE Selb (1983–1987)

For a few years, those led by Tim Dunlop and Tapio Rautalammi were able to stay afloat, but in January 1983 the VER had to file for bankruptcy after the sale of the young top striker Manfred Ahne to the Rosenheim Sports Association could no longer save anything. The club, which at the time was connected to the top of the second division and attracted almost 4,000 spectators week after week, moved back to the top division.

However, the successor club, the VERE, immediately managed to rise again. Legionnaires from Canada also set the tone, initially Rick Laycock and Don Langlois , then in 1985/86 Arthur Rutland, who even stepped in as player-coach for a short time, and Tony Buturac. In addition to the legionnaires, only real self had been in the team until then, the most famous of them were Jörg Hanft , Udo Döhler , Eric Priller and the Plattner brothers.

In 1986 the club moved away from its line for the first time: With all its might, the VERE wanted to get into the promotion round to the ice hockey Bundesliga and replace the Bayreuth arch-rivals as number one in northern Bavaria . Eight new players were signed, including James MacRae , a replacement for Buturac, who had returned home. But already at the end of 1986 the hopelessly over-indebted VERE had to give up the first stars, the sell-off continued in the spring, and as for the colleagues from Augsburg , Kempten and Sonthofen , the end of the season was the end of the season.

The ERC Selb is born

In June 1987 a new club was founded and, after angry tongues had already pleaded for the name to be changed to VEREK, ERC Selb was named. The Franks started in the national league, rose from year to year and reached the top league again in 1992 with the experienced coach Mike Daski . In the qualification , Rick Hindmarch, who happened to be in the area with an All-Star team, stepped in after an injury misery. In the year of promotion, in addition to the Czech goalscorer Milan Razym , especially captain Jochen Hördler , who had joined the Franconians from PEV Weißwasser in 1991, was a hit . In the following season, the ERC managed to stay in the league, but the debt level was again just below the million mark and there was another threat of death.

Realignment under Klaus Grünling

The ERC then voluntarily withdrew to the regional league. The new president, Klaus Grünling, drew up a reorganization concept, and within a year there was actually a financial recovery. In addition, almost everything that could be achieved was achieved in sport last year: Under the direction of Karl-Heinz Guggemos , the ERC became Bavarian , South German and German regional league champions in 1994 .

In order to be able to survive in the first division, the team, now appearing in light green-violet, was u. a. complemented by the young Canadians Mark Armstrong and Daniel Gardner and Jason Hall. At this time the ERC Selb had also given itself a new nickname, which is obvious for an association based in the Fichtelgebirge : The "Selber Wolves" want to internalize the virtues of the meanwhile almost extinct predator (fighting power, commitment and common hunt) on the ice and then translate into countable successes.

The last "jerks" of the ERC Selb

In 2002 Klaus Grünling withdrew from the association. Jochen Becker took over the management board . During this time, the debt accumulated, and only with a tour de force as the collection of donations could the bankruptcy away. In 2004 came the bitter end, which had already been announced in 2002: The bankruptcy could not be averted in view of 250,000 euros in debts.

The time from 2004

The VER Selb eV was founded on May 17, 2004 and is now the fourth Selber ice hockey club in a row. In terms of name, it is identical to the very first club, which was founded in 1953.

In the 2004/05 season, the VER was champion in the Bavarian District League North and also won the District League Championship, which was played among all four District League champions. In particular, the extraordinarily high number of spectators (an average of more than 1,300 spectators in the lowest league), including on trips away, shows the self-ice hockey tradition of many years. A highlight of the season was the derby with the neighboring club EC Erkersreuth as part of the Bayernkrug Cup.

In the 2005/06 season the VER reached the qualifying rounds for the Bavarian League as third and in the 2006/07 season as the winner of the Landesliga Nord. In contrast to the 2005/06 season, 2006/07 was where the qualification for the championship playoffs succeeded, where the EV Pfronten could be defeated in the games for third place . After winning Cup final against the EV Lindau could Bavaria Krug are brought to Selb first time. In June 2007 you got the message from the Bavarian Ice Sports Association (BEV) that you could take part as a successor in the Bavarian Ice Hockey League in the 2007/08 season.

In the 2008/09 season, in addition to the first senior team in the Bavarian Ice Hockey League, a second senior team took part in the sixth-class Bavarian regional league, which moved up to the fifth-class Bavarian regional league for the 2009/10 season and was able to maintain relegation there.

As runner-up in the Bavarian League in the 2009/10 season, the Wolves were awarded the right to promotion to the Oberliga Süd. This option was drawn by the club, so that they have been back in third class since the 2010/11 season. In the 2010/2011 season, the VER took ninth place and had to compete in the playdowns against the EV Landsberg. The season ended positively with relegation.

In the summer of 2010, the VER Selb was able to land a new hall sponsor with the Autowelt König , which had already been an important sponsor. Thus the Hutschenreuther ice rink got the new name "Autowelt-König Arena".

The 2011/12 season was an outstanding season. With the new first row of attacks Piwowarcyk-Mudryk- Geisberger , who occupied places 1, 2 and 4 in the top scorer list of the Oberliga Süd, the VER reached fourth place in the preliminary round, winning the first play-off series against Deggendorf 3-1 Play and moved into the nationwide play-offs. In these, the heavily weakened Selber Wolves had to admit defeat 1: 3 games against EHC Dortmund .

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season, the VER Selb secured the services of the Finnish goalkeeper Marko Suvelo . In the main round, the wolves took second place. In the league-internal play-offs, VER Selb prevailed against EV Füssen in the "best of seven" series with 4: 1. The Wolves then won the quarter-finals against EV Duisburg in the "best of five" series with 3: 2. In the semifinals, the VER Selb lost against EC Bad Nauheim in the series "best of five" with 2: 3 games.

After the bankruptcy of Autowelt König, the arena was renamed “Netzsch-Arena” in July 2013.

successes

Promotion to the 1st ice hockey league in 1994 Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1980 , 1984 German Oberliga runner-up in 1980 , 1984 South German champion 1980 , 1984 , 2014 Vice champion Oberliga Süd 2013 , 2016 , 2017 Promotion to the league in 1973 , 1992 , 2010 German regional league champion (3rd league) 1973 Champion Regionalliga Süd (3rd division) 1972 Vice-champion Regionalliga Süd (3rd division) 1970 , 1973 , Promotion to the regional league (3rd division) in 1967 German regional league champion in 1994 Vice-champion Regionalliga Süd 1992 Promotion to the regional league (3rd division) in 1971

Promotion to the Regionalliga in 1989 , 2007 Bavarian runner-up (4th division) 1965, 1967 , 2010 North Bavarian champions (4th division) 1967 Promotion to the Bayern League in 1988 Bayernkrug cup winner 2007 Bavarian regional league champion 1971, 1988 Champion Bavarian State League North 1967, 1971, 1988, 2007 Promotion to the Bavarian State League (4th division) in 1962 Bavarian regional league champion 1962 Promotion to the Bavarian District League (4th division) in 1958 Champion district class Bavaria (4th division) 1958 Bavarian district league champion 2005

Game class affiliation

season	league	Division	Club name	space	Audience Ø	comment
1955/56	District class	I V.	VER	3.		Entry into gaming operations
1956/57	District class	I V.	VER
1957/58	District class	I V.	VER	1.		Promotion to the district league
1958/59	District League	I V.	VER	4th
1959/60	District League	I V.	VER
1960/61	District League	I V.	VER
1961/62	District League	V.	VER	1.		Promotion to the regional league
1962/63	National league	I V.	VER	4th
1963/64	National league	I V.	VER	3.
1964/65	National league	I V.	VER	2.
1965/66	National league	I V.	VER	4th
1966/67	National league	I V.	VER	1.		Bavarian runner-up, promotion to the regional league
1967/68	Regional league	II I.	VER	6th
1968/69	Regional league	II I.	VER	6th
1969/70	Regional league	II I.	VER	2.		Relegation to the regional league
1970/71	National league	V.	VER	1.		As a Bavarian LL master, skips the BYL and goes straight to the third-class regional league.
1971/72	Regional league	II I.	VER	1.		Champion Regionalliga / Süd waiver of promotion to the upper league
1972/73	Regional league	II I.	VER	1.		Master + promotion to the top division
1973/74	Oberliga	II I.	VER	7th
1974/75	Oberliga	II I.	VER	5.
1975/76	Oberliga	II I.	VER	12.		sporting relegation, relegation through the merger of Münchner EV and EHC 70 Munich
1976/77	Oberliga	II I.	VER	11.		athletic descent, relegation due to the relegation of SC Reichersbeuern
1977/78	Oberliga	II I.	VER	6th
1978/79	Oberliga	II I.	VER	7th
1979/80	Oberliga	II I.	VER	1.		Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga
1980/81	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VER	6th
1981/82	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VER	4th		Bankruptcy of the VER Selb, continued participation in gaming operations by the newly founded VERE Selb
1982/83	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VERE	10.		Founding of the VERE Selb on December 20, 1983 , relegation to the top division
1983/84	Oberliga	II I.	VERE	1.		Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga
1984/85	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VERE	6th
1985/86	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VERE	7th
1986/87	2nd Bundesliga	I I.	VERE	6th		Bankruptcy of the VERE Selb
1987/88	National league	V I.	ERC	1.		Foundation of ERC Selb on May 24, 1987, promotion to the Bayern League
1988/89	Bayern League	V.	ERC	4th		Promotion to the regional league
1989/90	Regional league	I V.	ERC	4th
1990/91	Regional league	I V.	ERC	6th
1991/92	Regional league	I V.	ERC	2.		Promotion to the league
1992/93	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	16.		Relegation to the regional league
1993/94	Regional league	I V.	ERC	1.		Promotion to the newly introduced second-class 1st League South
1994/95	1st League South	I I.	ERC	13.
1995/96	Hacker Pschorr League	I I.	ERC	4th
1996/97	Hacker Pschorr League	I I.	ERC	6th	1,812
1997/98	Hacker Pschorr League	I I.	ERC	5.	1,597
1998/99	1st League South	II I.	ERC	5.	1,832	1. League South becomes third-rate with the introduction of the second-rate Bundesliga
1999/00	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	10.	1,507	The re-introduced Oberliga replaces the 1st League South as a third-class league.
2000/01	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	4th	1,906
2001/02	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	6th	1,333
2002/03	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	10th place	1,238
2003/04	Oberliga	II I.	ERC	8th.	1,321	Insolvency of the ERC Selb
2004/05	District League	V I.	VER	1.	1,271	Founding of the VER Selb on May 17, 2004, promotion to the regional league
2005/06	National league	V.	VER	3.	1,259
2006/07	National league	V.	VER	1.	1,429	Promotion to the Bayern League
2007/08	Bayern League	I V.	VER	13.	1,187
2008/09	Bayern League	I V.	VER	7th	1,335
2009/10	Bayern League	I V.	VER	2.	1,854	Bavarian runner-up, promotion to the Oberliga Süd
2010/11	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	9.	1,419	Playdowns against EV Landsberg (VER wins series 3: 1)
2011/12	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	4th	1,556	Playoff quarter-finals against EHC Dortmund (VER loses series 1: 3)
2012/13	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	2.	1,622	Playoff semi-final against EC Bad Nauheim (VER loses series 2: 3)
2013/14	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	1.	2,043	Play-off semi-final against the Erding Gladiators (VER wins series 4: 0), Play-off final against EHC Bayreuth (VER wins series 3: 0), 6th and last place in the qualifying round for DEL 2
2014/15	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	2.	1,813	Elimination playoffs of the Oberliga-Süd against EHC Klostersee (VER wins series with 4: 1), play-off quarter-finals against EV Regensburg (VER loses series with 2: 3)
2015/16	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	5.	1,799	Eliminated in the 1st playoff round against EV Landshut with 0: 3 (4: 1, 3: 1 and 7: 3)
2016/17	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	2.	1,839	Eliminated in the promotion playoff with 1: 3 against Tilburg Trappers in the quarterfinals
2017/18	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	3.	1,782	Eliminated in the semifinals against Deggendorf
2018/19	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	6th	1,521	Eliminated 3-0 in the quarter-finals against Tilburg Trappers
2019/20	Oberliga Süd	II I.	VER	8th.	1,552	The playoffs did not take place due to the coronavirus epidemic .

Famous players

Players from Selb

• Peter Schiller (born June 29, 1957; † May 22, 2020), national player (40 international matches)
  1975–1986 Cologne EC (1st Bundesliga), 1986–1991 Mannheim ERC (1st Bundesliga), 1992/93 BSC Preussen Berlin ( 1st National League)
• Manfred Ahne (born June 2, 1961), former national player (82 international matches, 39 of which at world championships)
  1982–1991 SB Rosenheim (1st Bundesliga), 1994/95 Kassel Huskies (DEL), 1995–2000 ERC Selb (Hacker-Pschorr -Liga, Oberliga), 2000/01 ESV Bayreuth (Oberliga)
• Jörg Hanft (born February 24, 1964), former national player (34 international matches)
  1986–1994 Mannheimer ERC (1st Bundesliga), 1994–1996 Adler Mannheim , since 1997 Selb
• Udo Döhler (born January 4, 1968), former national player (4 international matches)
  1990–1991 Eintracht Frankfurt (1st Bundesliga), 1994–1995 Frankfurt Lions (DEL), 1996–1997 Berlin Capitals and Düsseldorfer EG (DEL), 1997– 2001 Berlin Capitals (DEL), 2001–2004 ESV Bayreuth (Oberliga), 2006 EHC Bayreuth (District League)

Young talents from Selb

• Frank Hördler (born January 26, 1985), member of the national team , champion with the Berlin polar bears in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011
• Florian Ondruschka (born June 24, 1987), member of the national team, "Player of the Year" in the 2004/05 season at 1. EV Weiden (2. Bundesliga), 2006/07 Sinupret Ice Tigers Nuremberg (runner-up) and 2007 season / 08-09 / 10, then with the Straubing Tigers - returned to the VER Selb in the 2016/17 season
• Denis Reul (born June 29, 1989), DNL champion with the young eagles Mannheim 2005 and 2006, German champion with the eagles Mannheim 2015

Foreign players

Surname	Life dates	nationality	season	comment
Buturac "Tony" Antonio			1985/86
Josef Augusta	* November 24, 1946		1981/82	National player for Czechoslovakia
Elvis Bešlagič	* July 4, 1973		2001/02–2002/03	Slovenian international
Morris Crozier			1977 / 78-1988 / 79
Paul Dixon	* June 9, 1951		1979 / 80-1980 / 81
Jaroslav Hauer	* May 5, 1962 † December 27, 1998		1995/96 1997 / 98-1998 / 99	The same crowd favorite died in Straubing during an ice hockey game. He suffered from an oversized athlete's heart.
Jochen Hoerdler			1995/96 2002/03	National player GDR
William "Bill" Horton	* September 14, 1955		1978 / 79–1980 / 81
Marian Hurtík	* February 23, 1951		1980 / 81-1981 / 82
Miroslav Ihnačák	* February 19, 1962		1995 / 96-1997 / 98	55 NHL games for Toronto Maple Leafs 1 NHL game for Detroit Red Wings
Jiři Jonak	* August 20, 1963		1999 / 2000–2002 / 03	National player for Czechoslovakia
Jiří Lála	* August 21, 1959		1997 / 98-1999 / 2000	National player for Czechoslovakia
Fred Ledlin	* April 27, 1963		2000/01
James "Jim" MacRae	* April 19, 1958
Jani Niininen	* June 26, 1974		1996 / 97-1999 / 2000
Juris Opulskis			1999/2000
Nelson Pyatt	* September 9, 1953		1980 / 81-1981 / 82	14 NHL games for Detroit Red Wings 93 NHL games for Washington Capitals 189 NHL games for Colorado Rockies
Tapio Rautalammi	* May 12, 1944		1978/79
Milan Razym	* October 12, 1961
Arthur "Art" Rutland	* May 13, 1960
Corey Spring	* May 31, 1971		2003/04	16 NHL games for Tampa Bay Lightning
Pete Vandemark	* February 8, 1956		1983/84
Sergei Yashin	* March 6, 1962			National player Soviet Union

More teams

Under the umbrella of the VER

• the second team - VER Selb 1b - takes part in the - fifth class - Bavarian State League and
• In the youth field, teams of all age groups take part in games in Bavaria.

literature

• Boxing club and tennis club - VER and ECE. A self ice hockey story (Alfred Sommerer)
  Part 1: From the beginnings to the start of construction of the ice rink in 1976
  Obtainable through the second self ice hockey club EC Erkersreuth
• Boxing club and tennis club - VER and ECE. A self ice hockey story (Alfred Sommerer)
  Part 2: From the start of construction of the ice rink to the turn of the millennium
  Obtainable through the second self ice hockey club EC Erkersreuth
• From the club for ice and roller sports to the Selber wolves. A chronicle that was long due (Uwe Dutkiewicz, Kurt Münster, Herbert Seidl)
  may be obtained from the VER Selb association

Web links

• Wolves yourself (official site)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Editor: The ice rink itself will be called Netzsch Arena in future. In: eishockey-magazin.de. July 2013, accessed April 12, 2017 .