Hannover Scorpions

Hannover Scorpions
Full name Wedemark Scorpions
Founded 1975
Based In Hanover
Arena TUI Arena
(Capacity: 10,767)
League Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Team Colors               
Owner(s) Günter Papenburg
Head Coach Hans Zach
Website Hannover Scorpions.de

The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza. They play in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Despite playing in the region's top venue, as well as enjoying sizeable corporate and political support, the team has struggled to generate sustained interest in Hannover.

Before relocating there in the mid nineties, the Scorpions played their games in Mellendorf, a small town located 20 km north in Wedemark township. They were actually considered rivals of Hannover. Thus, many local fans resent their longtime foe taking over the Hannover market at the expense of the city's historic hockey team, the much lower ranked Indians, and still refuse to support the Scorpions.

Contents

Franchise successes

Season records

Season Games Won Lost Tie OTL SOL Points Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Rank Playoffs
1997–98 44 22 14 6 2 - 52 160 142 7 Lost in Quarterfinals
1998–99 52 18 25 3 6 - 66 175 195 11 No Playoffs
1999–00 56 27 26 0 3 - 78 188 195 9 No Playoffs
2000–01 60 32 22 0 6 - 99 203 182 7 Lost in Semifinals
2001–02 60 25 28 0 7 - 78 180 201 10 No Playoffs
2002–03 52 23 24 5 0 - 69 142 150 10 No Playoffs
2003–04 52 15 32 0 5 - 48 127 175 13 No Playoffs
2004–05 52 21 28 0 3 - 60 133 175 12 No Playoffs
2005–06 52 28 17 - 0 7 84 158 150 7 Lost in Semifinals
2006–07 52 26 17 - 4 5 84 162 157 6 Lost in Quarterfinals
2007–08 56 27 17 - 3 9 86 171 171 8 Lost in Preliminary Finals
2008–09 52 33 14 - 3 2 101 173 151 2 Lost in Semifinals
2009–10 56 28 14 - 4 10 94 169 177 4 Champions
2010–11 52 26 21 - 4 1 81 154 160 5 Lost in Quarterfinals

Current roster

Updated December 11, 2011.[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
52 Blank, SacharSachar Blank LW L 26 2007 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
21 Buzas, PatrickPatrick Buzas C L 24 2011 Augsburg, Germany
3 Daschner, StephanStephan Daschner D R 23 2011 Ingolstadt, Germany
13 Fauser, GerritGerrit Fauser C L 22 2011 Nuremberg, Germany
7 Goc, SaschaSascha Goc (C) D R 32 2005 Calw, Germany
40 Hannus, TommiTommi Hannus RW R 31 2011 Vantaa, Finland
12 Herperger, ChrisChris Herperger (A) C L 38 2011 Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Hlinka, MartinMartin Hlinka LW L 35 2006 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
8 Hoggan, JeffJeff Hoggan LW L 34 2011 Hope, British Columbia, Canada
11 King, ScottScott King C R 35 2011 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
26 Krüger, MarvinMarvin Krüger LW R 22 2011 Berlin, Germany
4 Lampman, BryceBryce Lampman D L 29 2011 Rochester, Minnesota, USA
33 Langmann, JonasJonas Langmann G L 20 2011 Bad Kissingen, Germany
44 Maki, RyanRyan Maki RW R 26 2010 Medford, New Jersey, USA
23 Manning, PaulPaul Manning D L 32 2011 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
17 Mondt, NikolausNikolaus Mondt (A) C L 33 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany
75 Morczinietz, AndreasAndreas Morczinietz RW L 33 2011 Wolfratshausen, Germany
32 Pätzold, DimitriDimitri Pätzold G L 29 2011 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
22 Regan, EricEric Regan D R 23 2011 Whitby, Ontario, Canada
96 Reiss, AndyAndy Reiss D R 25 2002 Hannover, Germany
71 Sulkovsky, DavidDavid Sulkovsky LW L 33 2011 Freiburg, Germany
15 Wilhelm, StephanStephan Wilhelm D L 28 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Staff

Head Coach: Hans Zach

Retired numbers

References

  1. ^ "Hannover Scorpions - Team" (in German). www.hannoverscorpions.de. http://www.hannoverscorpions.de/scorpions_team.php. Retrieved 2011-11-13. 

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