Tornado Luxembourg

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Founded1987[1]
Home arenaKockelscheur Arena
Tornado Luxembourg
CityLuxembourg City, Luxembourg
LeagueLuxembourg Championship
FFHG Division 2
Founded1987[1]
Home arenaKockelscheur Arena
Coloursblue, red, white and gray
       
General managerMonique Scheier-Schneider
Head coachJoakim Eriksson
Websitehttps://www.tornadoluxembourg.com/

Tornado Luxembourg is a professional ice hockey team in Luxembourg City. The team sometimes plays in FFHG Division 2. However, they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team.

Tornado also participates in the Luxembourg Championship and the Luxembourg Cup.

Tornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987-88 season, and played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga, a German regional league, which they won. They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group, and thus qualified for the 1988-89 season. They only played in the Regionalliga for the 1988-89 season, as they finished in eighth place in their group, and failed to qualify for the following season.

Prior to 2005, the Tornado played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga. Monique Scheier-Schneider negotiated permission to play in the French Division 3. As part of the agreement, the team is eligible for promotion to the top Ligue Magnus tier, but are ineligible to become the French champion and represent France at international competitions for club teams.[2] Schneider commented on the agreement by saying, "I think it's fair since we are already Luxembourg's champion by regularly beating our only competitor, the Beaufort club". Schneider has operated the Tornado as an amateur team which does not play its players, and covers its costs by a sponsorship from Škoda Auto.[3]

In Luxembourg, the club won the Luxembourg Championship seven times between 1994 and 2003, and the Luxembourg Cup eight times; in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2012.

During the 2012-2013 forward Colm Cannon became the all-time leading goal scorer of the Tornados.

With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg, there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team. Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009.

Roster

Forwards

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
10Benny WelterLuxembourg Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
11Robert BeranLuxembourg Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
77Eric WambachLuxembourg Luxembourg185 cm/82 kg
18Jean-Marie FunkLuxembourg Luxembourg172 cm/86 kg
83Thierry HoltzemLuxembourg Luxembourg187 cm/80 kg
42Steven MindenLuxembourg Luxembourg175 cm/70 kg
22David DonzelFrance France179 cm/75 kg
64Pierre HutherFrance France178 cm/84 kg
15Patrick SchonLuxembourg Luxembourg191 cm/83 kg
25Daniel AndroneBelgium Belgium? cm/? kg
5Georges ScheierLuxembourg Luxembourg180 cm/70 kg
27Sampsa JarvenpaaFinland Finland187 cm/82 kg
23Frank SchramLuxembourg Luxembourg185 cm/92 kg
9Jeff MeyerLuxembourg Luxembourg182 cm/92 kg
28Fredrik OlsenDenmark Denmark? cm/? kg
16Markus ErikssonSweden Sweden? cm/? kg
28Jani RautjarviFinland Finland? cm/? kg
4Agi IchinorovMongolia Mongolia169 cm/62 kg
69Teemu HinkulaFinland Finland184 cm/80 kg
20Michal LoksaCzech Republic Czech Republic? cm/? kg

Defence

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
14Ronny ScheierLuxembourg Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
3Serge MilanoLuxembourg Luxembourg172 cm/80 kg
12François SchonsLuxembourg Luxembourg180 cm/70 kg
7Rafael SpringerLuxembourg Luxembourg190 cm/83 kg
17Kai LinsterLuxembourg Luxembourg186 cm/82 kg
21Christophe HernandezLuxembourg Luxembourg178 cm/87 kg
19Yves BarthelsLuxembourg Luxembourg190 cm/86 kg
33Thierry MagalhaesLuxembourg Luxembourg184 cm/71 kg
6Gilles BieverLuxembourg

Luxembourg||? cm/? kg

Goaltenders

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
30Gilles MangenLuxembourg Luxembourg176 cm/70 kg
1Yann LivolantLuxembourg Luxembourg175 cm/100 kg

Results

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