Düsseldorfer EG

Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for most of the team's history. The team now plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, abbreviated DEL); the home venue is the ISS Dome.

Düsseldorfer EG
City	Düsseldorf, Germany
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded	1935
Home arena	ISS Dome (capacity: 13,400)
Colors
General manager	Niki Mondt
Head coach	Roger Hansson
Captain	Alexander Barta
Website	deg-eishockey.de
Franchise history
1935–2002	Düsseldorfer EG
2002–2012	DEG Metro Stars
2012–	Düsseldorfer EG

The club was founded on 8 November 1935 as Düsseldorfer Eislauf Gemeinschaft (DEG) and was renamed DEG Metro Stars on 1 March 2002. It was renamed again as Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft (DEG) in 2012.

Honors

• German champions 1967, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
• German Runner-up, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2009
• DEB-Pokal winners 2006
• DEB-Pokal Runner-up, 2005
• NRW state champion 1946
• Champion in the 2. Bundesliga 2000 (the DEG was two years in the 2nd division due to financial problems)
• 2nd place in Eurocup 1991
• 3rd place in Eurocup 1997
• Beat the NHL BLUE ALL-STARS team 3–1 in the first cross-league game of the team's history.

Players

Current roster

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Updated 15 January 2023.^[1]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
29		Alexander Barta (C)	C	R	40	2016	Berlin, Germany
57		Paul Bittner	LW	L	26	2022	Crookston, Minnesota, United States
24		Alexander Blank	F	L	21	2022	Berlin, Germany
92		Jakub Borzecki	RW	R	21	2022	Syracuse, New York, United States
6		Justus Böttner	D	L	20	2022	Arnstadt, Germany
16		Kyle Cumiskey	D	L	36	2020	Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
67		Bernhard Ebner	D	L	32	2012	Schongau, Germany
20		Tobias Eder	C	R	25	2019	Tegernsee, Germany
44		Josef Eham	F	L	20	2022	Hausham, Germany
28		Alexander Ehl	RW	R	23	2019	Landshut, Germany
71		Daniel Fischbuch	RW	R	29	2020	Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
5		Nicolas Geitner	D	L	24	2019	Düsseldorf, Germany
87		Philip Gogulla	LW	L	35	2022	Düsseldorf, Germany
32		Hendrik Hane	G	L	22	2019	Düsseldorf, Germany
15		Stephen Harper	LW	L	28	2022	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
40		Henrik Haukeland	G	L	28	2022	Fredrikstad, Norway
88		Niklas Heinzinger	D	L	23	2021	Bad Tölz, Germany
36		Joonas Järvinen	D	L	34	2021	Turku, Finland
8		Mikko Kousa	D	R	35	2022	Lahti, Finland
81		Stephen MacAulay (A)	LW	L	31	2021	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
3		Alec McCrea	D	R	28	2022	San Diego, California, United States
21		Brendan O'Donnell	LW	L	30	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
22		Cedric Schiemenz	C	L	24	2021	Berlin, Germany
39		Victor Svensson	C	L	33	2019	Karlskrona, Sweden
43		Luca Zitterbart	D	L	24	2021	München, Germany

Honored members

• 10 Chris Valentine
• 12 Peter-John Lee
• 13 Walter Köberle
• 23 Daniel Kreutzer

Coaches

• 1930s – Bobby Bell
• 1952–53 – Rainer Hillmann
• 1950s – Clare (Jimmy) Drake
• 1950s – Gerald Strong
• 1956–58 – Frank Trottier
• 1958–62 – Vlastimil Suchoparek
• 1962–65 – Engelbert Holderied
• 1965–69 – Hans Rampf
• 1969–70 – Dr. Ladislav Horsky
• 1970–72 – Xaver Unsinn
• 1972–73 – Jiri Pokorny
• 1973–76 – Chuck Holdaway
• 1976–77 – Hans Rampf
• 1977 – George Agar
• 1977–78 – Rudi Hejtmanek
• 1978–79 – Otto Schneitberger
• 1979–82 – Gerhard Kießling
• 1982–83 – Jaromir Frycer
• 1983–84 – Heinz Weisenbach
• 1984–87 – Otto Schneitberger
• 1987–88 – Brian Lefley
• 1988–89 – Peter Johannson
• 1989–90 – Peter Hejma
• 1990–95 – Hans Zach
• 1995–97 – Hardy Nilsson
• 1997 – Hans Zach
• 1997–98 – Chris Valentine
• 1998–99 – Czeslaw Panek
• 1999–01 – Gerhard Brunner
• 2001–04 – Michael Komma
• 2004 – Walter Köberle
• 2004–05 – Butch Goring
• 2005–07 – Don Jackson
• 2007 – Slavomir Lener
• 2007–08 – Lance Nethery
• 2008–10 – Harold Kreis
• 2010–12 – Jeff Tomlinson
• 2012–14 – Christian Brittig
• 2014–17 – Christoph Kreutzer
• 2017–18 – Mike Pellegrims
• 2018 – Tobias Abstreiter
• 2018–22 – Harold Kreis
• 2022 – present – Roger Hansson

References

1. "Düsseldorfer EG – Mannschaft" (in German). deg-eishockey.de. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

External links

• Official website   (in German)