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Frankfurt Lions

Founded	1959 as section of Eintracht Frankfurt 1991 as ESC Frankfurt "Die Löwen" 1994 as Frankfurt Lions
Home ice	Eissporthalle Frankfurt
Based in	Frankfurt, Germany
Colours	Grey,black,white
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Head coach	Rich Chernomaz
Managing Director	Bernd Kress

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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).

[edit] Current Roster (2009-2010)

Number	Name	Position	Date of birth	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	Februar 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

[edit] External links

(German) Frankfurt Lions' official website

(German) DEL Homepage

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Successes

[edit] Current Roster (2009-2010)

[edit] External links