Dornbirner EC

Dornbirner EC
City	Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria
League	Austrian National League 2001–2012 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga 2012–
Founded	1992
Home arena	Messestadion (Capacity: 4,270)
Colors	Black, White
Owner(s)	Joe Hagn
General manager	Alexander Kutzer
Head coach	Dave MacQueen
Website	EC Dorbirner Bulldogs
Franchise history
1992–2002	EC Dornbirn
2002–2005	EC TRENDamin Dornbirn
2005–2008	EC-TREND Dornbirn
2008–	Dornbirner EC

Dornbirner "Bulldogs" EC is an ice hockey team in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria, who have played in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL), the first level of ice hockey in Austria, since 2012.^[1] The club was founded in 1992 and in 2001, began play in the Austrian National League. In their 11 years in the National League, Austria's second tier league, Dornbirner celebrated two titles in 2008 and 2010.

History

Dornbirner EC was founded in 1992 as the successor of the club EHC Dornbirn and established itself at the beginning primarily as a training club whose various youth teams had regular successes. With the goal of playing professionally at the highest level, the club's management found through affiliated projects with various established teams professional players to help achieve the level of hockey required. In 2001, these efforts bore fruit, as the Club qualified for the first time in the second highest professional level, the Austrian National League.

The first major success of the club's history was the runner-up title in 2004, after winning the regular season, but then falling in the final to EC Salzburg 0: 3. In the 2007–08 season, Dornbirner stood again in the finals and claimed their first national league title in club history against EC Salzburg II. After a runner-up title in the season 2008-09, the Bulldogs were in the following 2009–10 season final to win the title in the National League again.

In the spring of 2012, the Dornbirner EC applied after a long planning phase and secure finances for inclusion in the Erste Bank Hockey League. The application was granted, which marked to first change in the EBEL since 2004 with the departure of the VEU Feldkirch Vorarlberg.^[2]

Name sponsors

Dornbirner EC have had several sponsors, whose name has bore into the team's name in the course of its history. For a long time was the full name of the team TRENDamin EC Dornbirn Bulldogs. In 2005 this was shortened to EC-TREND Dornbirn, which remained the official name until 2008. In the 2009–10 season the team was called by its full name hagn_leone EC Dornbirn before reverting to Dornbirner EC . Dornbirner has always had an identifiable nickname in the Bulldogs, which has been used predominately.

Current roster

Updated August 23, 2015.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
13		Achermann, OliverOliver Achermann	C	R	21	2014	Mauensee, Switzerland
9		Arniel, JamieJamie Arniel	RW	R	26	2013	Kingston, Ontario, Canada
24		Caruso, MichaelMichael Caruso	D	L	27	2015	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
4		Crawford, NickNick Crawford	D	L	25	2014	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
15		D'Alvise, ChrisChris D'Alvise	C	L	29	2013	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
6		D'Aversa, JonathanJonathan D'Aversa	D	R	29	2012	Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
52		Duller, ChristophChristoph Duller	D	R	21	2015	Klagenfurt, Austria
91		Grabher-Meier, MartinMartin Grabher-Meier	RW	L	32	2013	Lustenau, Austria
14		Greentree, KyleKyle Greentree	LW	L	32	2015	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
92		Häussle, StefanStefan Häussle	F	L	23	2010	Dornbirn, Austria
49		Hardy, FlorianFlorian Hardy	G	L	30	2015	Nantes, France
60		Jeitziner, AlexanderAlexander Jeitziner	D	L	22	2014	Herisau, Switzerland
17		Kreuzer, PhilippPhilipp Kreuzer	RW	R	20	2015	Villach, Austria
81		Lembacher, RobertRobert Lembacher	D	L	26	2013	Wien, Austria
26		Livingston, JamesJames Livingston	RW	R	25	2015	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
71		Macierzynski, KevinKevin Macierzynski	RW	L	23	2015	Feldkirch, Austria
3		MacKenzie, DrewDrew MacKenzie	D	L	27	2015	Stamford, Connecticut, United States
31		Madlener, DavidDavid Madlener	G	L	23	2013	Feldkirch, Austria
2		Magnan, OlivierOlivier Magnan	D	L	29	2012	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
12		Petrik, NikolasNikolas Petrik	LW	L	31	2012	Villach, Austria
89		Putnik, PhilipPhilip Putnik	RW	L	23	2012	Zell am See, Austria
39		Siddall, MattMatt Siddall	RW	R	31	2015	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19		Sylvester, DustinDustin Sylvester	C	L	26	2015	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
88		Waldhauser, GeorgGeorg Waldhauser	D	L	23	2015	Villach, Austria
8		Zagrapan, MarekMarek Zagrapan	C	L	29	2015	Presov, Czechoslovakia

Staff
Title	STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach	Dave MacQueen
Asst. Coach	Peter Sidorkiewicz
Team Doctor	Dr Thomas Marte

References

1. "Erste Bank Eishockey Liga reaches it's 10th season". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
2. "Dorbirn to play 1st season in EBEL". ohlalumnicentral.com. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
3. "Dornbirner EC - Team -Roster" (in German). Dornbirner EC. 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-10.

External links

• Official site