Augsburger Panther

Augsburger Panther
City Augsburg, Germany
League Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded 1878
Home arena Curt Frenzel Stadion
(capacity: 6,218)
Colors      
Owner(s) Lothar Sigl
General manager Duanne Moeser
Head coach Christof Kreutzer
Captain David Warsofsky
Website aev-panther.de
Franchise history
1878–1994 Augsburger EV
1994– Augsburger Panther
Current season

The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion.

Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburger EV (Augsburger Eislaufverein, i.e. "Augsburgian Skating Society") until 1994, when it was changed to Augsburger Panther.

Season records

Season Games Won Lost Tie OTL SOL Points Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Rank Playoffs
1994–95 44 12 25 7 - - 31 137 189 13 Lost in preliminary round
1995–96 50 17 27 6 - - 42 163 180 12 Lost in quarterfinals
1996–97 48 21 21 5 1 - 48 176 181 11 No playoffs
1997–98 44 16 24 2 2 - 36 122 160 13 Lost in preliminary round
1998–99 52 22 19 8 3 - 85 169 155 8 Lost in quarterfinals
1999–00 56 30 24 0 2 - 90 178 161 8 Lost in quarterfinals
2000–01 60 26 31 0 3 - 73 187 242 14 No playoffs
2001–02 60 31 23 0 6 - 91 185 189 8 Lost in quarterfinals
2002–03 52 22 24 6 0 - 66 127 146 11 No playoffs
2003–04 52 26 21 0 5 - 78 180 177 9 No playoffs
2004–05 52 24 22 0 6 - 76 150 154 7 Lost in quarterfinals
2005–06 52 20 26 - 0 6 61 139 184 12 No playoffs
2006–07 52 17 32 - 2 1 48 148 205 13 No playoffs
2007–08 56 23 28 - 3 2 67 158 187 12 No playoffs
2008–09 52 26 22 - 2 2 80 156 178 10 Lost in preliminary round
2009–10 56 31 24 - 1 0 87 201 188 8 Lost in finals
2010–11 52 20 25 - 3 4 63 162 175 14 No playoffs
2011–12 52 26 19 - 1 6 79 135 131 8 Lost in preliminary round
2012–13 52 26 23 - 1 2 77 137 155 8 Lost in preliminary round
2013–14 52 18 24 - 1 4 69 147 179 11 No playoffs
2014–15 52 17 30 - 3 2 53 139 185 12 No playoffs
2015–16 52 20 27 - 0 1 69 158 185 12 No playoffs
2016–17 52 30 18 - 1 3 87 155 152 6 Lost in quarterfinals
2017–18 52 17 25 - 1 5 65 151 158 12 No playoffs
2018–19 52 24 18 - 5 1 86 149 139 3 Lost in semi-finals
2019–20 52 22 22 - 5 3 72 142 152 10 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 38 17 20 - 1 0 46 107 134 11 No playoffs
2021–22 52 20 21 - 8 3 67 137 169 11 No playoffs
2022–23 56 16 32 - 6 2 51 138 193 14 No playoffs

Players

Current roster

Updated 20 September 2023.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
71 Niklas Andersen F L 26 2023 Esbjerg, Denmark
10 Chris Collins C L 31 2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
46 Moritz Elias F L 19 2023 Augsburg, Germany
44 Dennis Endras G L 38 2022 Immenstadt, Germany
91 Luke Esposito C L 30 2023 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
90 Jerome Flaake RW L 33 2023 Guben, Germany
94 Anrei Hakulinen (A) C/LW L 33 2023 Turku, Finland
25 Christian Hanke F R 20 2022 Forchheim, Germany
21 Jere Karjalainen RW R 31 2023 Helsinki, Finland
35 Markus Keller G L 34 2018 Augsburg, Germany
11 Mick Köhler D L 25 2023 Bonn, Germany
65 Niklas Länger D L 22 2019 Augsburg, Germany
18 Zack Mitchell C R 30 2023 Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
50 Alexander Oblinger RW R 34 2023 Augsburg, Germany
73 Matt Puempel LW L 30 2021 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
52 Otso Rantakari D R 30 2023 Helsinki, Finland
58 Maximilian Renner D R 31 2023 Rosenheim, Germany
12 Mirko Sacher D R 32 2022 Freiburg, Germany
40 Tim Schüle D L 33 2023 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
93 Simon Sezemsky D R 30 2023 München, Germany
26 Samuel Soramies (A) F L 25 2022 Heidelberg, Germany
4 Jordon Southorn D L 33 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
77 Luca Tosto F L 23 2023 Bad Tölz, Germany
24 T.J. Trevelyan LW L 39 2011 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
43 Leon van der Linde D L 20 2023 Lindau, Germany
9 Justin Volek F R 21 2022 Ravensburg, Germany
55 David Warsofsky (C) D L 33 2022 Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States

Notable alumni

  • Dennis Endras – First German Player who was voted for MVP at IIHF World Championships 2010
  • Duanne Moeser – The club's all-time scoring leader, he played 15 years in Augsburg and since 2005/2006 he has been working in the club's management
  • Ernst Höfner – 3x Bundesliga champion and currently assistant head coach of the German National Hockey Team
  • Glenn Anderson – Represented Canada at the 1980 Olympics, twice at the World Championships, the Canada Cup, and won six Stanley Cups
  • Paul Ambros – 11x Bundesliga champion
  • Udo Kießling – 6x Bundesliga champion and member of the IIHF-Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Xaver Unsinn – 8x Bundesliga champion and former head coach of the German National Hockey Team