Dornbirn Bulldogs

Dornbirn Bulldogs
City	Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria
League	Austrian National League 2001–2012 ICE Hockey League 2012–2022
Founded	1992 (1992)
Home arena	Messestadion (Capacity: 4,270)
Colors
Owner(s)	Joe Hagn
General manager	Alexander Kutzer
Head coach	Kai Suikkanen
Website	Dorbirn Bulldogs
Franchise history
1992–2002	EC Dornbirn
2002–2005	EC TRENDamin Dornbirn
2005–2008	EC-TREND Dornbirn
2008–2017	Dornbirner EC
2017–	Dornbirn Bulldogs

Dornbirn Bulldogs is a professional ice hockey team in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria, who formerly played in the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL), the first level of ice hockey in Austria, since 2012. until 2022. The club was founded in 1992 and in 2001, began play in the Austrian National League. In their 11 years in the National League, Austria's second-tier league, Dornbirn celebrated two titles in 2008 and 2010.

History

Dornbirner EC was founded in 1992 as the successor of the club EHC Dornbirn and established itself at the beginning primarily as a training club whose various youth teams had regular successes. With the goal of playing professionally at the highest level, the club's management found through affiliated projects with various established teams professional players to help achieve the level of hockey required. In 2001, these efforts bore fruit, as the Club qualified for the first time in the second highest professional level, the Austrian National League.

The first major success of the club's history was the runner-up title in 2004, after winning the regular season, but then falling in the final to EC Salzburg 0: 3. In the 2007–08 season, Dornbirn stood again in the finals and claimed their first national league title in club history against EC Salzburg II. After a runner-up title in the season 2008–09, the Bulldogs were in the following 2009–10 season final to win the title in the National League again.

In the spring of 2012, the Dornbirner EC applied after a long planning phase and secure finances for inclusion in the Erste Bank Hockey League. The application was granted, which marked to first change in the EBEL since 2004 with the departure of the VEU Feldkirch Vorarlberg.

After season 2021–22 end, Dornbirn Bulldogs withdraw due economic context.

Name sponsors

Dornbirner EC have had several sponsors, whose name has bore into the team's name in the course of its history. For a long time was the full name of the team TRENDamin EC Dornbirn Bulldogs. In 2005 this was shortened to EC-TREND Dornbirn, which remained the official name until 2008. In the 2009–10 season the team was called by its full name hagn_leone EC Dornbirn before reverting to Dornbirner EC. Dornbirn has always had an identifiable nickname in the Bulldogs, which has been used predominantly.

Players

Current roster

Updated 1 September 2020.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
88		Sam Antonitsch	LW	L	28	2019	Wien, Austria
59		Maximilian Egger	D	L	27	2018	Salzburg, Austria
15		Jannik Fröwis	C	L	24	2019	Dornbirn, Austria
92		Stefan Häussle (A)	F	L	32	2010	Dornbirn, Austria
–		Nikita Jevpalovs	LW	R	30	2020	Riga, Latvia
–		Jesper Kokkila	D	L	26	2020	Espoo, Finland
10		Jonas Kutzer	D	R	23	2019	Dornbirn, Austria
71		Kevin Macierzynski	RW	L	32	2015	Feldkirch, Austria
5		Olivier Magnan (C)	D	L	38	2012	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
13		Philipp Pöschmann	C	R	27	2016	Wien, Austria
16		Simeon Schwinger	F	L	27	2017	Dornbirn, Austria
–		Anton Stråka	C	L	26	2020	Nykarleby, Finland
51		Daniel Woger	LW	R	36	2020	Bregenz, Austria

Team captains

Alternate Logo of the Dornbirn Bulldogs.

• Danny Bois, 2012–13
• Patrick Jarrett, 2013–14
• Nikolas Petrik, 2014–17
• Jamie Arniel, 2017–18
• Olivier Magnan, 2018–present

External links

• Official site