Düsseldorfer EG

Ice hockey team in Düsseldorf, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft or Düsseldorfer EG (DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for most of the team's history. The team now plays in the DEL2.(Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2); the home venue is the PSD Bank Dome.

LeagueDEL2
Founded1935
Home arenaISS Dome
(capacity: 13,400)
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Düsseldorfer EG
CityDüsseldorf, Germany
LeagueDEL2
Founded1935
Home arenaISS Dome
(capacity: 13,400)
Colors   
OwnerHarald Wirtz
Head coachSteven Reinprecht
CaptainPhilip Gogulla
Websitedeg-eishockey.de
Franchise history
1935–2002Düsseldorfer EG
2002–2012DEG Metro Stars
2012–Düsseldorfer EG
Current season
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The club was founded on 8 November 1935 as Düsseldorfer Eislauf Gemeinschaft (DEG) and was renamed DEG Metro Stars on 1 March 2002. It was renamed again as Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft (DEG) in 2012.

Honors

  • German champions 1967, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
  • German runner-up, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2009
  • DEB-Pokal winners 2006
  • DEB-Pokal runner-up, 2005
  • NRW state champion 1946
  • Champion in the 2. Bundesliga 2000 (the DEG was two years in the 2nd division due to financial problems)
  • 2nd place in Eurocup 1991
  • 3rd place in Eurocup 1997
  • Beat the NHL BLUE ALL-STARS team 3–1 in the first cross-league game in the team's history.

Players

Current roster

Updated 11 April 2025.

Honored members

Coaches

  • 1930s – Bobby Bell
  • 1952–53 – Rainer Hillmann
  • 1950s – Clare (Jimmy) Drake
  • 1950s – Gerald Strong
  • 1956–58 – Frank Trottier
  • 1958–62 – Vlastimil Suchoparek
  • 1962–65 – Engelbert Holderied
  • 1965–69 – Hans Rampf
  • 1969–70 – Dr. Ladislav Horsky
  • 1970–72 – Xaver Unsinn
  • 1972–73 – Jiri Pokorny
  • 1973–76 – Chuck Holdaway
  • 1976–77 – Hans Rampf
  • 1977 – George Agar
  • 1977–78 – Rudi Hejtmanek
  • 1978–79 – Otto Schneitberger
  • 1979–82 – Gerhard Kießling
  • 1982–83 – Jaromir Frycer
  • 1983–84 – Heinz Weisenbach
  • 1984–87 – Otto Schneitberger
  • 1987–88 – Brian Lefley
  • 1988–89 – Peter Johannson
  • 1989–90 – Peter Hejma
  • 1990–95 – Hans Zach
  • 1995–97 – Hardy Nilsson
  • 1997 – Hans Zach
  • 1997–98 – Chris Valentine
  • 1998–99 – Czeslaw Panek
  • 1999–01 – Gerhard Brunner
  • 2001–04 – Michael Komma
  • 2004 – Walter Köberle
  • 2004–05 – Butch Goring
  • 2005–07 – Don Jackson
  • 2007 – Slavomir Lener
  • 2007–08 – Lance Nethery
  • 2008–10 – Harold Kreis
  • 2010–12 – Jeff Tomlinson
  • 2012–14 – Christian Brittig
  • 2014–17 – Christoph Kreutzer
  • 2017–18 – Mike Pellegrims
  • 2018 – Tobias Abstreiter
  • 2018–22 – Harold Kreis
  • 2022–23 – Roger Hansson
  • 2023–presentThomas Dolak

References

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