Schwenninger Wild Wings

Schwenninger Wild Wings
City Villingen-Schwenningen
League DEL
Founded 1904
Home arena Helios Arena
(6,193)
Colors

Dark Blue, White

         
General manager Thomas Burger, Michael Werner
Head coach Stefan Mair
Captain Sascha Goc
Website Wildwings.de
Franchise history
1904–1950 SEC Schwenningen
1950–1994 Schwenninger ERC
1994– SERC Wild Wings

The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 31 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the association was to reach the play-off semi-finals of the first Bundesliga in 1990. In 1994 the Wild Wings were a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

The Wild Wings play their home games in Helios Arena, a 6,193-seater stadium, and the club's colors are blue and white. The home club of the team is the Schwenningen ice and roller sports club 04 eV (german: Schwenninger Eis- und Rollsportclub 04 eV), which also competes in a junior and senior division and owns a figure skating and inline hockey department. Among the most famous players to have played at Schweninngen include the current captain of the German national ice hockey team Marcel Goc, the Seidenberg brothers, Dennis and Yannic, and former DEL record player Andreas Renz.

History

Schwenningen originally competed in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) from 1994–95 until the 2002–03 season when they lost their license due to insolvency proceedings. From 2003 until 2013, they competed in the 2nd Bundesliga, where they were runner-up in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

After 10 seasons in absentia from the DEL, the Wild Wings were returned to Germany's top league when they purchased the DEL license of the financially stricken Hannover Scorpions on June 14, 2013.[1] They will begin to compete from the 2013–14 season.

Season records

Season Games WonLostTieOTLSOLPoints Goals
for 		Goals
against 		Rank Playoffs
1994–95441819 7 - -451741489 Lost in Quarterfinals
1995–96503014 6 - -682141505 Lost in Preliminary Round
1996–97482319 1 5 -5220019110 No Playoffs
1997–98441917 5 3 -461571489 Lost in Preliminary Round
1998–99522322 - 3 47219521710 No Playoffs
1999–00562324 - 0 97316018511 No Playoffs
2000–01602428 - 0 87617420712 No Playoffs
2001–02602030 - 0 106813418316 No Playoffs
2002–03521031 - 0 11359918414 No Playoffs
2013–14521230 - 2 35113619014 No Playoffs
2014–15521536 - 0 14310617914 No Playoffs

Current roster

Updated January 18, 2015.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
11 Germany Brown, RobRob Brown D R 33 2014 Brookville, Ontario, Canada
5 Canada Caldwell, RyanRyan Caldwell (A) D L 33 2014 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
14 Germany Danner, SimonSimon Danner RW R 28 2014 Freiburg, Germany
47 Germany Dinger, DerekDerek Dinger D L 27 2014 Kassel, Germany
52 Germany Dück, AlexanderAlexander Dück D L 34 2012 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
7 Germany Goc, SaschaSascha Goc (C) D R 35 2013 Calw, Germany
4 Sweden Granath, EliasElias Granath D L 29 2013 Falun, Sweden
13 Denmark Green, MortenMorten Green (A) C L 33 2013 Hørsholm, Denmark
40 Canada Greentree, KyleKyle Greentree LW L 31 2014 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
20 United States Hacker, DanDan Hacker C L 33 2009 El Centro, California, USA
60 Germany Janka, MarkusMarkus Janka G L 34 2014 Wolfratshausen, Germany
18 Germany Keil, BernhardBernhard Keil  RW R 23 2014 Amberg, Germany
10 Canada Matsumoto, JonJon Matsumoto C L 28 2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
37 Germany O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor RW R 33 2013 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
49 United States Palmieri, NickNick Palmieri RW R 25 2014 Utica, New York, USA
32 Germany Pätzold, DimitriDimitri Pätzold G L 32 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazahkstan
51 Germany Pielmeier, ThomasThomas Pielmeier RW R 27 2013 Deggendorf, Germany
44 Canada Rome, AshtonAshton Rome LW R 29 2014 Nesbitt, Manitoba, Canada
12 Germany Sacher, MirkoMirko Sacher D R 23 2011 Freiburg, Germany
62 Germany Schlager, PhilippPhilipp Schlager LW L 28 2010 München, Germany
16 Canada Sharp, MacGregorMacGregor Sharp C L 29 2014 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
15 Germany Wilhelm, StephanStephan Wilhelm D L 31 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

References

  1. ↑ "License granted!" (in German). Schwenningen Wild Wings. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Die Wild Wings 2014/2015" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

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