Frankfurt Lions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Frankfurter Löwen.
 |
|
| Full name | Frankfurt Lions |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Based In | Frankfurt |
| Arena | Eissporthalle Frankfurt (Capacity: 6,946) |
| League | DEL (1994-2010) |
| Team Colors | |
| Website | frankfurt-lions.de |
The Frankfurt Lions were a 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.
[edit] History
The 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.
[edit] Successes
The Lions won their lone 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, Mike Harder, Michael Hackert, David Sulkovsky, Christian Kohmann, Mark Etz, Robert Francz, Jan Hemmes |
[edit] External links
- (German) Frankfurt Lions' official website
