Frankfurt Lions
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| Founded | 1959 as section of Eintracht Frankfurt 1991 as ESC Frankfurt "Die Löwen" 1994 as Frankfurt Lions |
| Home ice | Eissporthalle Frankfurt |
| Based in | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Colours | Grey,black,white |
| League | Deutsche Eishockey-Liga |
| Head coach | Rich Chernomaz |
| Owner | Gerd Schröder |
The Frankfurt Lions are a professional men's ice hockey team hailing from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Currently, the team plays at Eissporthalle Frankfurt.
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[edit] History
The club was founded as a section of the famous sports club Eintracht Frankfurt in 1959. After the section split from the club, the reformation as Frankfurter ESC "Die Löwen" (meaning the the Lions) took place on March 5, 1991. When the DEL formed in 1994, the club was renamed the Frankfurt Lions.
[edit] Successes
The Frankfurt Lions were champions of the DEL in 2004.
[edit] Team roster by year
- 2003/04: Ian Gordon, Marc Dillmann; Peter Ratchuk, Paul Stanton, François 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 (2007/2008)
| Number | Name | Position | Date of birth | Nationality | Notes |
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| 1 | Boris Ackers | Goalkeeper | October 28, 1982 |  |
Promotional license player
Contract until 2008 |
| 34 | Ian Gordon | Goalkeeper | May 15, 1975 |  |
Contract until 2009 |
| 85 | Christian Wendler | Goalkeeper | November 20, 1989 | |
Promotional license player |
| 2 | Michael Bresagk | Defense | February 24, 1970 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 6 | Peter Smrek | Defense | February 16, 1979 |  |
Contract until 2008 |
| 7 | Jason Marshall | Defense | February 22, 1971 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 8 | Sebastian Osterloh | Defense | February 20,1983 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 9 | Lasse Kopitz | Defense | May 21, 1980 | |
Contract until 2009 |
| 32 | Chris Armstrong | Defense | June 26, 1975 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 49 | Richie Regehr | Defense | January 17, 1983 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 82 | Petr Macholda | Defense | January 25, 1982 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 10 | Jeff Heerema | Forward | January 17, 1980 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 12 | Chris Taylor | Forward | March 6, 1972 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 15 | Layne Ulmer | Forward | September 14, 1980 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 16 | Tobias Wörle | Forward | August 1, 1984 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 17 | Thomas Oppenheimer | Forward | December 16, 1988 | |
Contract until 2009 |
| 18 | Simon Danner | Forward | December 25, 1986 | |
Contract until 2009 |
| 21 | Gregg Johnson | Forward | June 18, 1982 |  |
Contract until 2008 |
| 22 | Martin Reichel | Forward | November 7, 1973 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 28 | Jason Young - C | Forward | December 16, 1972 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 29 | Ilya Vorobyev | Forward | March 16, 1975 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 30 | Jay Henderson | Forward | September 17, 1978 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 39 | Derek Hahn | Forward | December 27, 1977 | |
Contract until 2009 |
| 44 | Jeff Ulmer | Forward | April 27, 1977 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| 91 | Radek Krestan | Forward | December 2, 1981 | |
Contract until 2008 |
| Rich Chernomaz | Coach | September 1, 1963 | |
Contract until 2008 |
[edit] External links
- (German) Frankfurt Lions' official website
- (German) DEL Homepage
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