Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Full name Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg
Founded 1980
Based in Nuremberg
Arena Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
(capacity: 8,400)
League Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Team colors               
Owner(s) Thomas Sabo
GM Canada Martin Jiranek
Head coach United Kingdom Rob Wilson
Captain Germany Patrick Reimer
Website www.icetigers.de

The Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg are a professional ice hockey club located in Nuremberg, Germany. They play in the country's premier league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

History

EHC 80 Nürnberg
(1980–1995)

The roots of the team can be traced back to the "SG Nürnberg", a club that played since 1958/59 in 2nd Bundesliga, that folded in spring of 1980 after years of financial trouble. Today's team was founded in 1980 as EHC Nürnberg 1980 e.V., as a non-profit organization. Play started in 1980–81 in the Bavarian state ice-hockey league (German: Eishockey-Bayernliga). After a single season, the team moved up to the Southern Regional league (German: Regionalliga Süd), and was promoted again after just one season in 1983 to the 3rd tier German Ice Hockey league (German: Oberliga Süd).

Nürnberg Ice Tigers
(1995–2006)

By 1987, EHC Nürnberg 1980 moved up to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the early 90's, financial uncertainty around German professional ice-hockey lead to the foundation of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga – DEL. The DEL was modeled after the NHL, with hopes of providing financial stability through licensing and franchising of teams.

EHC Nürnberg 1980 was admitted to the DEL as a founding member on June 13, 1994, one of 6 teams from the 2nd Bundesliga. As the DEL replaced the 1st Bundesliga and now represents the highest level of German professional ice-hockey, this in effect resulted in a promotion. In the first DEL season, the EHC 80 Nürnberg finished the regular season on the 12th place, only to be eliminated in the first playoff round.

For the next season, the professional team was broken out of the non-profit organization and incorporated as the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, with the youth and amateurs keeping the old name.[1] The 1998–99 DEL season has brought the greatest success so for the Tigers; 1st place in the regular season, only to lose in the playoff finals to the Adler Mannheim, who dominated German Ice Hockey in the late 1990s.

Sinupret Ice Tigers
(2006–2009)

In 2006, the Ice Tigers and Bionorica AG, signed a three-year agreement giving Bionorica the naming rights to the team. Starting with the 2006–07 DEL season, the team was renamed to Sinupret Ice Tigers, after a Bionorica product.

During the 2008–09 season it became obvious that the Ice Tigers were in a dire financial situation. On November 25, 2008, preliminary insolvency was filed and on December 30, 2008, declared. This led to the corporate sponsor Bionorica pulling their support in March 2009. An investor group led by local jeweler Thomas Sabo intervened on April 3, 2009, pre-empting bankruptcy proceedings and ensuring participation in the 2009–10 season. The team is now known as the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers.

Current roster

Updated January 16, 2015.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
21 Germany Buzas, PatrickPatrick Buzas C L 28 2012 Augsburg, Germany
42 Germany Ehliz, YasinYasin Ehliz RW L 23 2010 Bad Tölz, Germany
91 Germany El-Sayed, MarcMarc El-Sayed C L 25 2014 Wetzlar, Germany
6 Canada Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster D L 34 2015 Carp, Ontario, Canada
52 Germany Goll, JakobJakob Goll G L 23 2013 Weilheim, Germany
20 Canada James, ConnorConnor James C R 33 2012 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
15 Canada Heatley, DanyDany Heatley LW R 35 2015 Freiburg, Germany
19 Canada Jaspers, JasonJason Jaspers (A) C L 34 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
29 Germany Jenike, AndreasAndreas Jenike G L 27 2010 Hamburg, Germany
22 Canada Joslin, DerekDerek Joslin D L 28 2014 Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
9 Germany Kaufmann, EvanEvan Kaufmann C/LW R 31 2012 Tonka Bay, Minnesota, USA
49 United States Klubertanz, KyleKyle Klubertanz D R 30 2014 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
84 Canada Locke, CoreyCorey Locke C L 31 2014 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
77 Germany Möchel, MariusMarius Möchel C L 24 2014 Nuremberg, Germany
8 Germany Nowak, MarcoMarco Nowak D R 25 2012 Dresden, Germany
14 Germany Oblinger, AlexanderAlexander Oblinger C/RW R 27 2014 Augsburg, Germany
93 Germany Pföderl, LeoLeo Pföderl RW R 22 2012 Bad Tölz, Germany
55 Sweden Printz, DavidDavid Printz D L 35 2013 Stockholm, Sweden
32 Germany Reimer, JochenJochen Reimer  G L 30 2014 Mindelheim, Germany
17 Germany Reimer, PatrickPatrick Reimer (C) RW R 33 2012 Mindelheim, Germany
28 Canada Reinprecht, StevenSteven Reinprecht C L 39 2012 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
27 Germany Schüle, TimTim Schüle D L 25 2010 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
24 Germany Weber, MarcusMarcus Weber  D L 23 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Former coaches

All-time records

References

  1. Auf den Spuren des EHC Nürnberg 1980 e.V., ehc80.eu
  2. "Spieler der Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers 2014/2015" (in German). www.icetigers.de. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

External links

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