Eisbären Berlin
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| Founded | 1954 as SC Dynamo Berlin, 1990 as EHC Dynamo Berlin |
| Home ice | Wellblechpalast |
| Based in | Berlin, Germany |
| Colours | Red, white, blue. |
| League | Deutsche Eishockey-Liga |
| Head coach | Pierre Pagé |
| Owner | Philip F. Anschutz |
Eisbären Berlin (English: Berlin Polar Bears) is an ice hockey club in Berlin, Germany. The club won the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga Championship twice in 2005 and 2006 and won the East German Ice Hockey Championship 15 times before reunification. The team plays in the Berlin borough Lichtenberg at the "Wellblechpalast" stadium.
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[edit] Club history
The club was founded in 1954 as SC Dynamo Berlin. Until 1988, the club won 15 championships in the GDR. In 1990, the club started playing in the all-German Bundesliga, was renamed to EHC Dynamo Berlin, and started using the polar bear as symbol. In 1992 it was renamed again, this time to "EHC Eisbären Berlin".
In that first season in reunited Germany, the EHC Dynamo Berlin and the PEV Füchse Weißwasser were assigned to the 1st League (1. Bundesliga), but many of the players moved to West Germany. Weißwasser was relegated to the 2nd League in 1991, Berlin in 1992. The Eisbären were promoted back to the Bundesliga after the 1992-93 season.
The official Eisbären anthem "Hey, wir wollen die Eisbären seh'n" (approximately "Yeah, We Wanna See The Polar Bears") was recorded by the veteran East German band the Puhdys in 1997.
[edit] Championship teams
[edit] DEL 2004/05 - German Champion
- Goalie: Oliver Jonas, Olaf Kölzig, Daniar Dshunussow, Youri Ziffzer, Sebastian Stefaniszin (without playing)
- Defense: Ricard Persson, Rob Leask, Tobias Draxinger, Frank Hördler, Micki DuPont, Jens Baxmann, Derrick Walser, Shawn Heins, Derek Dinger, Hardy Gensel, Rene Kramer, Norman Martens, Nathan Dempsey
- Offense: Steve Walker, Kelly Fairchild, Rob Shearer, Sven Felski, Florian Keller, Mark Beaufait, Alexander Barta, Matthias Forster, Florian Busch, Martin Hoffmann, Denis Pederson, André Rankel, Patrick Flynn, Tom Fiedler, Stefan Ustorf, Christoph Gawlik, Kay Hurbanek, Thorben Saggau, Thomas Schenkel, Alexander Weiß, Marvin Tepper, Erik Cole, Marcus Sommerfeld, Richard Mueller
- Coach: Pierre Gilbert Pagé
- Co-Coach: Hartmut Nickel
| Season | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | Finish |
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| 2005-06 | DEL | 1 | won the final | German Champion  |
| 2004-05 | DEL | 2 | won the final | German Champion |
| 2003-04 | DEL | 1 | lost the final | 2nd |
| 2002-03 | DEL | 1 | lost the semi-final | 3rd |
| 2001-02 | DEL | 7 | lost the quarter-final | 7th |
| 2000-01 | DEL | 13 | out of playoffs | 13th |
| 1999-2000 | DEL | 13 | out of playoffs | 13th |
| 1998-99 | DEL | 2 | lost the semi-final | 3rd |
| 1997-98 | DEL | VR 6, MR 1 | lost the final | 2nd |
| 1996-97 | DEL | VR 4, MR 4 | lost the semi-final | 4th |
| 1995-96 | DEL | 17 | out of playoffs | 17th |
| 1994-95 | DEL | 17 | out of playoffs | 17th |
| 1993-94 | 1. Bundesliga | 11 | won the playdowns | 10th |
| 1992-93 | 1. Bundesliga | 11 | won the playdowns | 10th |
| 1991-92 | 2. Bundesliga Nord | VR 7 | 1st place in "Aufstiegsrunde" | 1st (promoted to 1st league) |
| 1990-91 | 1. Bundesliga | Platz 11 | 11th (relegated to 2nd league) |
