Düsseldorfer EG

Düsseldorfer EG
City Düsseldorf, Germany
League Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded 1935
Home arena ISS Dome
(capacity: 13,400)
Colors    
Owner(s) Harald Wirtz
Head coach Thomas Dolak
Captain Philip Gogulla
Website deg-eishockey.de
Franchise history
1935–2002 Düsseldorfer EG
2002–2012 DEG Metro Stars
2012– Düsseldorfer EG
Current season

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.

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

Updated 25 September 2023.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
18 Kenny Agostino LW L 31 2023 Morristown, New Jersey, United States
7 Sinan Akdag D L 34 2023 Rosenheim, Germany
88 Torsten Ankert D R 35 2023 Essen, Germany
24 Alexander Blank F L 21 2022 Berlin, Germany
92 Jakub Borzecki RW R 21 2022 Syracuse, New York, United States
11 Kevin Clark RW R 36 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
16 Kyle Cumiskey D L 37 2020 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
67 Bernhard Ebner D L 33 2012 Schongau, Germany
44 Josef Eham F L 21 2022 Hausham, Germany
28 Alexander Ehl RW R 24 2019 Landshut, Germany
5 Nicolas Geitner D L 25 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany
87 Philip Gogulla (C) LW L 36 2022 Düsseldorf, Germany
32 Hendrik Hane G L 23 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany
40 Henrik Haukeland G L 29 2022 Fredrikstad, Norway
97 Edmund Junemann F L 19 2022 Duisburg, Germany
81 Stephen MacAulay LW L 31 2021 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
22 Oliver Mebus D L 30 2023 Dormagen, Germany
3 Alec McCrea D R 28 2022 San Diego, California, United States
21 Brendan O'Donnell LW L 31 2021 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
71 Kohen Olischefski RW R 25 2023 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
72 Bennet Roßmy LW L 20 2023 Zittau, Germany
39 Victor Svensson C L 34 2019 Karlskrona, Sweden
42 Luis Üffing F L 23 2023 Peißenberg, Germany
26 Phil Varone C L 33 2023 Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
55 Moritz Wirth D L 24 2023 Frankfurt, Germany


Honored members

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
  • 2022–23 – Roger Hansson
  • 2023–present – Thomas Dolak