Frankfurt Lions

Frankfurt Lions

Full name	Frankfurt Lions
Founded	1959
Based In	Frankfurt
Arena	Eissporthalle Frankfurt (Capacity: 6,946)
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Team Colors
GM	Dr. Stephan Werner
Head Coach	Rich Chernomaz
Website	http://www.frankfurt-lions.de/

The Frankfurt Lions are a professional men's ice hockey team from Frankfurt, Germany, in the German Elite League Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Currently, the team plays at Eissporthalle Frankfurt.

History

The hockey team was founded as a section of the famous 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 the Lions). When the DEL formed in 1994, the team became known as the Frankfurt Lions.

Successes

Although the Frankfurt Lions traditionally have competitive teams each season, the Lions won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship in 2004.

The 2003-2004 Team Roster Included: Ian Gordon, Marc Dillmann; Peter Ratchuk, Paul Stanton, François Bouchard, Jonas Stöpfgeshoff, Mikael Magnusson, Dan Peters, Sebastian Klenner, Michael Bresagk; Patrick Lebeau, Jesse Belanger, Dwayne Norris, Jason Young, Martin Reichel, Michael Hackert, David Sulkovsky, Mike Harder, David Gosselin, Christian Kohmann, Mark Etz, Markus Jocher ; Rich Chernomaz (coach).

Current Roster (2009-2010)

Number	Name	Position	Date of birth	Nationality	Arrival
34	Ian Gordon	Goalkeeper	May 15, 1975		2003
43	Thomas Ower	Goalkeeper	December 27, 1985		2008
2	Michael Bresagk	Defense	February 24, 1970		1997
6	Michel Periard	Defense	November 10, 1979		2009
7	Nicholas Angell	Defense	October 31, 1979		2009
8	Sebastian Osterloh	Defense	February 20, 1983		2006
9	Lasse Kopitz	Defense	May 21, 1980		2007
26	John Slaney	Defense	February 7, 1972		2008
51	Daniel Kunce	Defense	July 17, 1971		2008
72	Sean Blanchard	Defense	March 29, 1978		2009
11	Eric Schneider - C	Forward	September 15, 1977		2009
12	Ilya Vorobyev	Forward	March 16, 1975		2007
14	Simon Danner	Forward	December 25, 1986		2005
15	Aleksander Polaczek	Forward	August 9, 1980		2009
16	Tobias Wörle	Forward	August 1, 1984		2006
17	Thomas Oppenheimer	Forward	December 16, 1988		2006
19	Christoph Gawlik	Forward	August 10, 1987		2008
21	Josh Langfeld	Forward	July 17, 1977		2008
24	Jamie Wright	Forward	May 13, 1976		2008
28	Jason Young	Forward	December 16, 1972		2003
39	Derek Hahn	Forward	December 27, 1977		2007
41	Joey Tenute	Forward	April 2, 1982		2009
44	Jeff Ulmer	Forward	April 27, 1977		2009
	Rich Chernomaz	Coach	September 1, 1963		2003

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