The Frankfurt Lions were a German professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.
| Frankfurt Lions | |
|---|---|
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| City | Frankfurt |
| League | DEL (1994–2010) |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Folded | 2010 |
| Home arena | Eissporthalle Frankfurt (capacity: 6,946) |
| Colours | |
| Franchise history | |
| Frankfurt Lions | |
History
editThe hockey team was founded as a section of the renowned sports club Eintracht Frankfurt in 1959. After the section split from the club on March 5, 1991, the hockey team was renamed the Frankfurter ESC "Die Löwen" (meaning The Lions). When the DEL formed in 1994, the team became known as the Frankfurt Lions. It experienced its greatest success in 2004 when it won the DEL, but folded in 2010 after having had their licence revoked and was replaced by a phoenix club, the Löwen Frankfurt.[1]
Retired numbers
edit- Trevor Erhardt (#27)[2]
Achievements
edit- The Lions won the DEL championship in 2004.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Goaltenders: | Ian Gordon, Marc Dillmann |
| Defensemen: | Peter Ratchuk, Paul Stanton, François Bouchard, Jonas Stöpfgeshoff, Mikael Magnusson, Sebastian Klenner, Markus Jocher, Daniel Peters, Michael Bresagk |
| Forwards: | Pat Lebeau, Jesse Belanger, Jason Young, Dwayne Norris, David Gosselin, Martin Reichel, Jamie Sargent, Mike Harder, Michael Hackert, [Jeff Simison], David Sulkovsky, Christian Kohmann, Mark Etz, Robert Francz, Jan Hemmes |
References
edit- ^ "Löwen Frankfurt". www.del-2-eventgame.org (in German). Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "404". Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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