Düsseldorfer EG

Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for most of the team's history. The team now plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, abbreviated DEL); the home venue is the ISS Dome.

Düsseldorfer EG
City	Düsseldorf, Germany
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded	1935
Home arena	ISS Dome (capacity: 13,400)
Colors
Owner(s)	Harald Wirtz
Head coach	Thomas Dolak
Captain	Philip Gogulla
Website	deg-eishockey.de
Franchise history
1935–2002	Düsseldorfer EG
2002–2012	DEG Metro Stars
2012–	Düsseldorfer EG
Current season

The club was founded on 8 November 1935 as Düsseldorfer Eislauf Gemeinschaft (DEG) and was renamed DEG Metro Stars on 1 March 2002. It was renamed again as Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft (DEG) in 2012.

Honors

• German champions 1967, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
• German runner-up, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2009
• DEB-Pokal winners 2006
• DEB-Pokal runner-up, 2005
• NRW state champion 1946
• Champion in the 2. Bundesliga 2000 (the DEG was two years in the 2nd division due to financial problems)
• 2nd place in Eurocup 1991
• 3rd place in Eurocup 1997
• Beat the NHL BLUE ALL-STARS team 3–1 in the first cross-league game in the team's history.

Players

• See also: Category:Düsseldorfer EG players

Current roster

Updated 6 April 2024.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18		Kenny Agostino	LW	L	32	2023	Morristown, New Jersey, United States
7		Sinan Akdag	D	L	34	2023	Rosenheim, Germany
88		Torsten Ankert	D	R	36	2023	Essen, Germany
24		Alexander Blank	F	L	22	2022	Berlin, Germany
92		Jakub Borzecki	RW	R	22	2022	Syracuse, New York, United States
11		Kevin Clark	RW	R	36	2023	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
16		Kyle Cumiskey	D	L	37	2020	Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
67		Bernhard Ebner	D	L	34	2012	Schongau, Germany
28		Alexander Ehl	RW	R	24	2019	Landshut, Germany
5		Nicolas Geitner	D	L	25	2019	Düsseldorf, Germany
87		Philip Gogulla (C)	LW	L	37	2022	Düsseldorf, Germany
51		Luke Green	D	R	26	2023	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
32		Hendrik Hane	G	L	24	2019	Düsseldorf, Germany
40		Henrik Haukeland	G	L	29	2022	Fredrikstad, Norway
97		Edmund Junemann	F	L	20	2022	Duisburg, Germany
22		Oliver Mebus	D	L	31	2023	Dormagen, Germany
3		Alec McCrea	D	R	29	2022	San Diego, California, United States
21		Brendan O'Donnell	LW	L	32	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
71		Kohen Olischefski	RW	R	26	2023	Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
9		Adam Payerl	C	R	33	2024	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
72		Bennet Roßmy	LW	L	21	2023	Zittau, Germany
42		Luis Üffing	F	L	24	2023	Peißenberg, Germany
26		Phil Varone	C	L	33	2023	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
55		Moritz Wirth	D	L	25	2023	Frankfurt, Germany

Honored members

• 10 Chris Valentine
• 12 Peter-John Lee
• 13 Walter Köberle
• 23 Daniel Kreutzer

Coaches

• 1930s – Bobby Bell
• 1952–53 – Rainer Hillmann
• 1950s – Clare (Jimmy) Drake
• 1950s – Gerald Strong
• 1956–58 – Frank Trottier
• 1958–62 – Vlastimil Suchoparek
• 1962–65 – Engelbert Holderied
• 1965–69 – Hans Rampf
• 1969–70 – Dr. Ladislav Horsky
• 1970–72 – Xaver Unsinn
• 1972–73 – Jiri Pokorny
• 1973–76 – Chuck Holdaway
• 1976–77 – Hans Rampf
• 1977 – George Agar
• 1977–78 – Rudi Hejtmanek
• 1978–79 – Otto Schneitberger
• 1979–82 – Gerhard Kießling
• 1982–83 – Jaromir Frycer
• 1983–84 – Heinz Weisenbach
• 1984–87 – Otto Schneitberger
• 1987–88 – Brian Lefley
• 1988–89 – Peter Johannson
• 1989–90 – Peter Hejma
• 1990–95 – Hans Zach
• 1995–97 – Hardy Nilsson
• 1997 – Hans Zach
• 1997–98 – Chris Valentine
• 1998–99 – Czeslaw Panek
• 1999–01 – Gerhard Brunner
• 2001–04 – Michael Komma
• 2004 – Walter Köberle
• 2004–05 – Butch Goring
• 2005–07 – Don Jackson
• 2007 – Slavomir Lener
• 2007–08 – Lance Nethery
• 2008–10 – Harold Kreis
• 2010–12 – Jeff Tomlinson
• 2012–14 – Christian Brittig
• 2014–17 – Christoph Kreutzer
• 2017–18 – Mike Pellegrims
• 2018 – Tobias Abstreiter
• 2018–22 – Harold Kreis
• 2022–23 – Roger Hansson
• 2023–present – Thomas Dolak

External links

• Official website (in German)