Düsseldorfer EG

Düsseldorfer EG (short 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 Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, abbreviated DEL); the home venue is the ISS Dome.

Düsseldorfer EG
CityDüsseldorf, Germany
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded1935
Home arenaISS Dome
(capacity: 13,400)
Colors   
General managerNiki Mondt
Head coachRoger Hansson
CaptainAlexander Barta
Websitedeg-eishockey.de
Franchise history
1935–2002Düsseldorfer EG
2002–2012DEG Metro Stars
2012–Düsseldorfer EG

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 of the team's history.

Players

Current roster

Updated 15 January 2023.[1]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
29 Germany Alexander Barta (C) C R 40 2016 Berlin, Germany
57 United States Paul Bittner LW L 26 2022 Crookston, Minnesota, United States
24 Germany Alexander Blank F L 21 2022 Berlin, Germany
92 Germany Jakub Borzecki RW R 21 2022 Syracuse, New York, United States
6 Germany Justus Böttner D L 20 2022 Arnstadt, Germany
16 Canada Kyle Cumiskey D L 36 2020 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
67 Germany Bernhard Ebner D L 32 2012 Schongau, Germany
20 Germany Tobias Eder C R 25 2019 Tegernsee, Germany
44 Germany Josef Eham F L 20 2022 Hausham, Germany
28 Germany Alexander Ehl RW R 23 2019 Landshut, Germany
71 Germany Daniel Fischbuch RW R 29 2020 Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
5 Germany Nicolas Geitner D L 24 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany
87 Germany Philip Gogulla LW L 35 2022 Düsseldorf, Germany
32 Germany Hendrik Hane G L 22 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany
15 Canada Stephen Harper LW L 28 2022 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
40 Norway Henrik Haukeland G L 28 2022 Fredrikstad, Norway
88 Germany Niklas Heinzinger D L 23 2021 Bad Tölz, Germany
36 Finland Joonas Järvinen D L 34 2021 Turku, Finland
8 Finland Mikko Kousa D R 35 2022 Lahti, Finland
81 Canada Stephen MacAulay (A) LW L 31 2021 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
3 United States Alec McCrea D R 28 2022 San Diego, California, United States
21 Canada Brendan O'Donnell LW L 30 2021 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
22 Germany Cedric Schiemenz C L 24 2021 Berlin, Germany
39 Sweden Victor Svensson C L 33 2019 Karlskrona, Sweden
43 Germany Luca Zitterbart D L 24 2021 München, Germany

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 – present – Roger Hansson

References
  1. "Düsseldorfer EG – Mannschaft" (in German). deg-eishockey.de. Retrieved 15 January 2023.


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