Frankfurt Lions

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The Frankfurt Lions are an ice hockey team hailing from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Currently, the team plays at Eissporthalle Frankfurt.

1 History
2 Successes
- 2.1 Team roster by year
3 Current roster (2006/2007)
4 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded as a section of the famous sports club Eintracht Frankfurt in 1959. After the section splitted from the club, the reformation as Frankfurter ESC "Die Löwen" took place on March 5, 1991. When the DEL formed in 1994 the club was renamed as Frankfurt Lions.

[edit] Successes

The Frankfurt Lions were champions of the German Bundesliga in 2004.

[edit] Team roster by year

2003/04: Ian Gordon, Marc Dillmann; Peter Ratchuk, Paul Stanton, Francois Bouchard, Jonas Stöpfgeshoff, Mikael Magnusson, Dan Peters, Sebastian Klenner, Michael Bresagk; Patrick Lebeau, Jesse Belanger, Dwayne Norris, Jason Young, Martin Reichel, Michael Hackert, David Sulkovsky, Mike Harder, David Gosselin, Christian Kohmann, Mark Etz, Markus Jocher ; Rich Chernomaz (coach).

[edit] Current roster (2006/2007)

Number	Name	Position	Date of birth	Notes
1	Boris Ackers	Goalkeeper	October 28, 1982	Promotional license player Contract until 2007
34	Ian Gordon	Goalkeeper	May 15, 1975	Contract until 2007
85	Dennis Endras	Goalkeeper	July 14, 1985	Promotional license player Contract until 2007
2	Michael Bresagk	Defense	February 24, 1970	Contract until 2007
6	Peter Smrek	Defense	February 16, 1979	Contract until 2008
8	Sebastian Osterloh	Defense	February 20,1983	Contract until 2008
24	Peter Baumgartner	Defense	July 22, 1986
32	Chris Armstrong	Defense	June 26, 1975	Contract until 2007
37	Peter Podhradský	Defense	December 10, 1979	Contract until 2007
73	Shane Peacock	Defense	July 7, 1973	Contract until 2007
82	Petr Macholda	Defense	January 25, 1982	Contract until 2008
10	Axel Hackert	Forward	December 14, 1984	Contract until 2008
11	Patrick Lebeau	Forward	March 17, 1970	Contract until 2008
12	Chris Taylor	Forward	March 6, 1972	Contract until 2007
14	Dwayne Norris	Forward	January 8, 1970	Contract until 2007
16	Tobias Wörle	Forward	August 1, 1984	Contract until 2008
17	Thomas Oppenheimer	Forward	December 16, 1988	Contract until 2008
18	Simon Danner	Forward	December 25, 1986	Contract until 2009
19	Steve Kelly	Forward	October 26, 1976
21	Chad Bassen	Forward	April 25, 1983	Contract until 2007
22	Martin Reichel	Forward	November 7, 1973	Contract until 2007
28	Jason Young	Forward	December 16, 1972	Contract until 2007
33	Michael Hackert	Forward	June 21, 1981	Contract until 2007
44	Jeff Ulmer	Forward	April 27, 1977	Contract until 2008
87	Simon Maier	Forward	January 1, 1987
91	Radek Krestan	Forward	December 2, 1981	Contract until 2008
	Rich Chernomaz	Coach	September 1, 1963	Contract until 2007