Hannover Scorpions

Hannover Scorpions
City	Hanover, Germany
League	Oberliga
Founded	1975
Home arena	Eishalle Langenhagen
Colors	Red, White, Black
Owner(s)	Günter Papenburg
Head coach	Leonard Soccio
Website	HannoverScorpions.de
Franchise history
1975–1996	ESC Wedemark
1996–1997	Wedemark Scorpions
1997–present	Hannover Scorpions

The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team, which plays in the Oberliga, Germany's third tier ice hockey league. They previously played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1996 to 2013.

History

Founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark, the team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in their first DEL season in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. The next season, the Scorpions relocated to Hannover and began playing their home games at the TUI Arena in 2000.

Despite playing in the region's top venue, as well as enjoying sizeable corporate and political support, the team has struggled to generate sustained interest in Hannover.

Before relocating there in 1997, the Scorpions played their home games in Mellendorf, a small town located 20 km north in Wedemark township. They were actually considered rivals of Hannover. Thus, many local fans resent their longtime foe taking over the Hannover market at the expense of the city's historic hockey team, the less-favored Indians, and still refuse to support the Scorpions.

With the club stricken by financial problems at the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, the Scorpions were forced to sell their DEL license to 2nd Bundesliga club the Schwenningen Wild Wings on June 14, 2013. The Scorpions were then placed in the Oberliga, Germany's third tier league, due to the hiatus of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 2013–14 season.

Honors

Champions

• DEL Championship (1): 2010
• Champion 1.League (1): 1996
• Oberliga Nord Champion (1): 1994
• Regionalliga Nord Champion (2): 1977, 1991

Players

Current roster

Updated May 21, 2013.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
3		Stephan Daschner	D	R	35	2011	Ingolstadt, Germany
45		Max Englbrecht	G	L	33	2012	Landshut, Germany
14		Martin Hlinka	LW	L	47	2006	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
25		Alexander Janzen	LW	L	38	2012	Yarovoye, Russian SFSR
18		Sergej Janzen	RW	L	37	2012	Yarovoye, Russian SFSR
17		Maris Jass	D	L	39	2012	Daugavpils, Latvian SSR
11		Scott King	C	R	47	2011	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
26		Marvin Krüger	LW	R	34	2011	Berlin, Germany
75		Andreas Morczinietz	RW	L	46	2011	Wolfratshausen, Germany
32		Dimitri Pätzold	G	L	41	2011	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
22		Eric Regan	D	R	36	2011	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
24		Tim Richter	RW	L	35	2012	Hamburg, Germany
71		David Sulkovsky	LW	L	46	2011	Freiburg, Germany
74		Artem Ternavski	D	L	41	2012	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
16		Robin Thomson	D	L	34	2010	Hannover, Germany
28		Will Cochrane	RW	L	23	2015	Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Honored members

• 10 Joe West
• 20 Len Soccio

Season records

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
1996–97	48	12	35	1	3	-	28	150	231	14	Saved in Relegation
1997–98	44	22	14	6	2	-	52	160	142	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
1998–99	52	18	25	3	6	-	66	175	195	11	No Playoffs
1999–00	56	27	26	0	3	-	78	188	195	9	Saved in Relegation
2000–01	60	32	22	0	6	-	99	203	182	7	Lost in Semifinals
2001–02	60	25	28	0	7	-	78	180	201	10	No Playoffs
2002–03	52	23	24	5	0	-	69	142	150	10	No Playoffs
2003–04	52	15	32	0	5	-	48	127	175	13	Saved in Relegation
2004–05	52	21	28	0	3	-	60	133	175	12	No Playoffs
2005–06	52	28	17	-	0	7	84	158	150	7	Lost in Semifinals
2006–07	52	26	17	-	4	5	84	162	157	6	Lost in Quarterfinals
2007–08	56	27	17	-	3	9	86	171	171	8	Lost in Preliminary Finals
2008–09	52	33	14	-	3	2	101	173	151	2	Lost in Semifinals
2009–10	56	28	14	-	4	10	94	169	177	4	Champions
2010–11	52	26	21	-	4	1	81	154	160	5	Lost in Quarterfinals
2011–12	52	18	31	-	2	1	51	119	161	14	No Playoffs
2012–13	52	24	25	-	2	1	72	124	148	11	No Playoffs

External links

• Official Team Website (German)