Hamburg Freezers

Hamburg Freezers

Full name	Hamburg Freezers
Founded	1999 as Munich Barons
Based In	Hamburg
Arena	O2 World Hamburg (Capacity: 12,947)
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Team Colors
Owner(s)	Philip Anschutz
GM	Michael Pfad
Head Coach	Benoît Laporte
Captain	Christoph Schubert
Website	hamburg-freezers.de

The Hamburg Freezers are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) that play their games in Hamburg, Germany. Originally known as the Munich Barons from 1999 until 2002, team owner Philip Anschutz relocated the franchise to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002, and renamed the team the Freezers.

Goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère suited up for the Freezers during the 2004–05 NHL lockout season. Giguère played six games for Hamburg and posted a .925 save percentage, with a goals against average of 2.39.

Season records

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
2002–03	52	27	19	6	0	-	77	154	152	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
2003–04	52	32	17	0	3	-	95	151	115	3	Lost in Semifinals
2004–05	52	26	24	0	2	-	76	133	148	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
2005–06	52	29	17	-	0	6	85	144	145	6	Lost in Quarterfinals
2006–07	52	32	19	-	1	2	83	169	153	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
2007–08	56	28	20	-	1	7	87	194	171	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
2008–09	52	27	19	-	2	4	82	158	147	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
2009–10	56	20	31	-	4	1	61	162	200	14	No Playoffs
2010–11	52	23	21	-	3	5	69	135	161	11	No Playoffs

Current Roster

Updated January 11, 2012.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10	Canada !	Aubin, SergeSerge Aubin	4.0 !C	L	36	2011	Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
47	Canada !	Brooks, BrendanBrendan Brooks	7.0 !RW	R	33	2011	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
19	Canada !	Collins, RobRob Collins	4.0 !C	R	33	2011	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
7	United States !	Cook, CharlieCharlie Cook	2.0 !D	R	29	2011	Port Huron, Michigan, USA
36	United States !	Curry, JohnJohn Curry	1.0 !G	L	27	2011	Shorewood, Minnesota, USA
9	Germany !	Dolak, ThomasThomas Dolak	7.2 !RW/C	L	32	2011	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
8	United States !	Engelhardt, BrettBrett Engelhardt	7.0 !RW	R	31	2010	Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
14	Germany !	Festerling, GarrettGarrett Festerling	4.0 !C	R	25	2010	Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
90	Germany !	Flaake, JeromeJerome Flaake	7.0 !RW	L	21	2010	Guben, Germany
40	Denmark !	Jensen, JesperJesper Jensen	4.0 !C	L	24	2011	Nybro, Sweden
55	Germany !	Köppchen, PatrickPatrick Köppchen (A)	2.0 !D	R	31	2011	Berlin, Germany
43	Germany !	Köttstorfer, RainerRainer Köttstorfer	2.0 !D	L	30	2010	Rosenheim, Germany
77	Germany !	Möchel, MariusMarius Möchel	4.0 !C	L	20	2011	Nuremberg, Germany
11	Canada !	Murphy, ColinColin Murphy	7.0 !RW	L	31	2010	Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
18	Denmark !	Nielsen, DanielDaniel Nielsen	2.0 !D	R	31	2011	Herning, Denmark
17	Germany !	Oppenheimer, ThomasThomas Oppenheimer	4.0 !C	R	23	2010	Peissenberg, Germany
16	Germany !	Polaczek, AleksanderAleksander Polaczek	6.0 !LW	L	31	2010	Opole, Poland
32	Germany !	Schmidt, KevinKevin Schmidt	2.0 !D	L	25	2011	Markham, Ontario, Canada
13	Germany !	Schubert, ChristophChristoph Schubert (C)	2.0 !D	L	29	2010	Münich, Germany
85	Canada !	Stone, RyanRyan Stone	4.0 !C	L	26	2011	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3	Canada !	Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse (A)	2.0 !D	L	37	2010	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
31	Germany !	Treutle, NiklasNiklas Treutle	1.0 !G	L	20	2010	Nuremberg, Germany
89	Germany !	Wolf, DavidDavid Wolf	6.0 !LW	L	22	2011	Düsseldorf, Germany

External links

• (German) Hamburg Freezers Official website