EHC Red Bull München

Red Bull München
Nickname	Bulls
City	Munich, Bavaria
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded	1998 (1998)
Home arena	Olympia Eishalle (capacity: 6,256)
Colours	Navy, White, Red, Yellow
Owner(s)	Red Bull GmbH
General manager	Christian Winkler
Head coach	Don Jackson
Captain	Patrick Hager
Website	www.redbullmuenchen.de
Franchise history
1998–2003	HC München 98
2003–2004	EHC München
2004–2013	EHC München Spielbetriebs
2013–present	EHC Red Bull München
Championships
Playoff championships	3 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)

Eishockeyclub Red Bull München (or EHC Red Bull München; English: Munich Red Bulls Ice Hockey Club) is a professional ice hockey team based in Munich, Germany. The club is a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey.

The club has won 3 DEL titles in a row, as well as German Cup in 2010. The team plays its home games at Olympia Eishalle.

History

After the establishment of the club Eishockeyclub HC München 1998 on 19 January 1998, HC Munich began play in the Bezirksliga, where they won the district championship.

The club quickly moved up the ranks in German hockey in their first decade, winning league titles in both the Bayernliga. In 2003 the club changed its name to Eishockeyclub München. After getting promoted in 2003 from the Bavarian League to the Oberliga, the senior team was outsourced from the club to the EHC München Spielbetriebs GmbH in 2004. The club gained promotion to the 2.Bundesliga, whose championship they won in 2010.

By July 2010, EHC München had earned promotion into Germany's top league, the DEL. Furthermore, the club managed to reach the playoffs in its first season in the DEL. After financial problems the team got a new sponsor in 2012 and was renamed EHC Red Bull München. Since 1 May 2013, the company and the team have been owned by Red Bull GmbH and the company was renamed EHC Red Bull München GmbH.

Honours

• Deutsche Eishockey Liga
  • Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Runners-up: 2018–19
• Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal
  • Winners: 2010
• 2. Bundesliga
  • Winners: 2010
  • Runners-up: 2009
• Bayernliga
  • Winners: 2003
• Bezirksliga
  • Winners: 1999
• Landesliga
  • Runners-up: 2000
• Oberliga
  • Runners-up: 2005

Players

Current roster

Updated 19 August 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16		Konrad Abeltshauser	D	L	32	2016	Bad Tölz, Germany
3		Dominik Bittner	D	L	32	2023	Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany
24		Jonathon Blum	D	R	35	2021	Long Beach, California, United States
77		Adam Brooks	C	L	28	2024	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
70		Maximilian Daubner	D	L	27	2017	Deggendorf, Germany
82		Chris DeSousa	C	L	34	2022	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
20		Andreas Eder	RW	R	28	2024	Tegernsee, Germany
42		Yasin Ehliz	LW	L	31	2018	Bad Tölz, Germany
11		Markus Eisenschmid	RW	R	29	2023	Marktoberdorf, Germany
47		Sten Fischer	D	R	21	2024	Berlin, Germany
52		Patrick Hager (C)	C	L	36	2017	Stuttgart, Germany
15		Nikolaus Heigl	F	L	21	2023	Bad Tölz, Germany
57		Emil Johansson	D	L	28	2024	Växjö, Sweden
93		Maximilian Kastner	F	L	31	2015	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
67		Christopher Kolarz	G	L	23	2021	Bad Aibling, Germany
21		Nico Krämmer	W	L	32	2023	Landshut, Germany
74		Les Lancaster	D	R	29	2024	Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
35		Mathias Niederberger	G	L	31	2022	Düsseldorf, Germany
27		Veit Oswald	F	L	20	2022	Landshut, Germany
84		Trevor Parkes	RW	R	33	2018	Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
8		Tobias Rieder	RW	L	31	2024	Landshut, Germany
12		Ben Smith (A)	RW	R	36	2021	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
91		Filip Varejcka	F	L	23	2019	Munich, Germany
22		Jakob Weber	D	R	20	2023	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
25		Simon Wolf	G	L	20	2024	Schwabach, Germany

External links

• Official website (in German)