Tornado Luxembourg is a professional ice hockey team in Luxembourg City. The team sometimes plays in FFHG Division 3. However, they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team.
Tornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987-88 season, and played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga, a German regional league, which they won. They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group, and thus qualified for the 1988-89 season. They only played in the Regionalliga for the 1988-89 season, as they finished in eighth place in their group, and failed to qualify for the following season.
Prior to 2005, the Tornado played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga. Monique Scheier-Schneider negotiated with the French Ice Hockey Federation to get permission to play in the French Division 3. As part of the agreement, the team is eligible for promotion to the top Ligue Magnus tier, but are ineligible to become the French champion and represent France at international competitions for club teams. Schneider commented on the agreement by saying, "I think it's fair since we are already Luxembourg's champion by regularly beating our only competitor, the Beaufort club". Schneider has operated the Tornado as an amateur team which does not play its players, and covers its costs by a sponsorship from Škoda Auto.[2]
In Luxembourg, the club won the Luxembourg Championship seven times between 1994 and 2003, and the Luxembourg Cup eight times; in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2012.
During the 2012-2013 forward Colm Cannon became the all-time leading goal scorer of the Tornados.
With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg, there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team. Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009.
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Official site
January 01, 1970
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Tornado Luxembourgis a professional ice hockey team in Luxembourg City The team sometimes plays in FFHG Division 3 However they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team Tornado LuxembourgCityLuxembourg City LuxembourgLeagueLuxembourg Championship FFHG Division 3Founded1987 1 Home arenaKockelscheur ArenaColoursblue white red General managerMonique Scheier SchneiderHead coachJoakim ErikssonWebsitehttps www tornadoluxembourg com Tornado also participates in the Luxembourg Championship and the Luxembourg Cup Contents 1 History 2 Roster 2 1 Forwards 2 2 Defence 2 3 Goaltenders 3 Results 3 1 Germany 3 2 France 3 3 Luxembourg 4 References 5 External linksHistory editTornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987 88 season and played in the Rheinland Palatinat Liga a German regional league which they won They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group and thus qualified for the 1988 89 season They only played in the Regionalliga for the 1988 89 season as they finished in eighth place in their group and failed to qualify for the following season Prior to 2005 the Tornado played in the Rheinland Palatinat Liga Monique Scheier Schneider negotiated with the French Ice Hockey Federation to get permission to play in the French Division 3 As part of the agreement the team is eligible for promotion to the top Ligue Magnus tier but are ineligible to become the French champion and represent France at international competitions for club teams Schneider commented on the agreement by saying I think it s fair since we are already Luxembourg s champion by regularly beating our only competitor the Beaufort club Schneider has operated the Tornado as an amateur team which does not play its players and covers its costs by a sponsorship from Skoda Auto 2 In Luxembourg the club won the Luxembourg Championship seven times between 1994 and 2003 and the Luxembourg Cup eight times in 1994 1996 1997 1999 2003 2007 2011 and 2012 During the 2012 2013 forward Colm Cannon became the all time leading goal scorer of the Tornados With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009 Roster editForwards edit Number Name Nationality Height Weight 15 Colm Cannon nbsp Luxembourg 186 cm 86 kg 10 Benny Welter nbsp Luxembourg 180 cm 80 kg 11 Robert Beran nbsp Luxembourg 180 cm 80 kg 77 Eric Wambach nbsp Luxembourg 185 cm 82 kg 18 Jean Marie Funk nbsp Luxembourg 172 cm 86 kg 83 Thierry Holtzem nbsp Luxembourg 187 cm 80 kg 42 Steven Minden nbsp Luxembourg 175 cm 70 kg 22 David Donzel nbsp France 179 cm 75 kg 64 Pierre Huther nbsp France 178 cm 84 kg 15 Patrick Schon nbsp Luxembourg 191 cm 83 kg 25 Daniel Androne nbsp Belgium cm kg 5 Georges Scheier nbsp Luxembourg 180 cm 70 kg 27 Sampsa Jarvenpaa nbsp Finland 187 cm 82 kg 23 Frank Schram nbsp Luxembourg 185 cm 92 kg 9 Jeff Meyer nbsp Luxembourg 182 cm 92 kg 28 Fredrik Olsen nbsp Denmark cm kg 16 Markus Eriksson nbsp Sweden cm kg 28 Jani Rautjarvi nbsp Finland cm kg 4 Agi Ichinorov nbsp Mongolia 169 cm 62 kg 69 Teemu Hinkula nbsp Finland 184 cm 80 kg 20 Michal Loksa nbsp Czech Republic cm kg Defence edit Number Name Nationality Height Weight 14 Ronny Scheier nbsp Luxembourg 180 cm 80 kg 3 Serge Milano nbsp Luxembourg 172 cm 80 kg 12 Francois Schons nbsp Luxembourg 180 cm 70 kg 7 Rafael Springer nbsp Luxembourg 190 cm 83 kg 17 Kai Linster nbsp Luxembourg 186 cm 82 kg 21 Christophe Hernandez nbsp Luxembourg 178 cm 87 kg 19 Yves Barthels nbsp Luxembourg 190 cm 86 kg 33 Thierry Magalhaes nbsp Luxembourg 184 cm 71 kg 6 Julius Faenoe nbsp Denmark cm kg 2 Jason Maclean nbsp Canada 190 cm 85 kg 6 Gilles Biever nbsp Luxembourg cm kg 27 Christopher Maratea Captain nbsp United States 191 cm 88 kg Goaltenders edit Number Name Nationality Height Weight 30 Gilles Mangen nbsp Luxembourg 176 cm 70 kg 21 Julien Dequidt nbsp France cm kg 1 Yann Livolant nbsp Luxembourg 175 cm 100 kgResults editGermany edit Rheinland Palatinat Liga 1986 87 1st place 1987 88 1st place 1989 1990 second place 1990 1991 fourth place 1991 1992 fourth place 1992 1993 second place 1997 1998 second place 1998 1999 second place 2001 2002 second place France edit FFHG Division 3 2007 2008 third place 2008 2009 third place in Group H 2009 2010 Carry off play down tournament faced with Asnieres 2 2010 2011 seventh place in Group C Luxembourg edit Luxembourg Championship winners 2002 03 2001 02 2000 01 1999 00 1998 99 1997 98 1996 97 1993 94 Luxembourg Cup winners 2012 13 2011 12 2006 07 2002 03 1998 99 1996 97 1995 95 1993 94References edit Team profile La Ligne Bleue N 35 Federation Francaise de Hockey sur Glace in French 2018 11 30 Retrieved 2019 05 17 External links editOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tornado Luxembourg amp oldid 1211352590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
