Graz 99ers

EC Moser Medical Graz 99ers
City Graz, Styria, Austria
League Austrian National League
1999–2000
Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
2000–
Founded 1999
Home arena Eisstadion Graz Liebenau
(Capacity: 4,050)
Colors Black, Orange
         
Owner(s) Jochen Pildner-Steinburg
General manager Bernd Vollman
Head coach Todd Bjorkstrand
Website 99ers.at
Franchise history
1999– EC Graz 99ers

The Moser Medical Graz 99ers are an Austrian ice hockey team from Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the 1998–99 season due to financial difficulties. The Graz 99ers started in the 1999–00 season in the Austrian National League, Austria's second division, where they were crowned instant champions. Since the 2000–01 season they have been playing in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga .

History

Hockey was played at Premier League level in Graz mainly from two predecessor clubs. The Hockey department of the ATSE Graz (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association Eggenberg) was founded in 1947 and won to date the only Graz Hockey club title at the top Austrian League level in the 1974-75 and 1977-78 season. The club was merged early nineties with the UEC Graz, shortly after the EC Graz emerged. In 2008, the Hockey section of was ATSE Graz reactivated on league level.

The EC Graz (also called "the elephant") experienced under President Hannes Kartnig its heyday, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 despite running at a high financial cost. After the departure of Hannes Kartnig, the football club SK Sturm Graz changed, they tried to rescue the EC Graz. When this plan failed in 1998 was the EHC Graz established with Helmut Botchkay as president.[1]

Establishment and promotion to the Bundesliga

In 1999 Jochen Pildner-Steinburg founded the Graz 99ers as the successor club of the EC Graz to offer Hockey League back in the Styrian capital. The team premiered in the second division, the Austrian National League, finishing after 28 rounds played, in first place in the table. In the semifinals, the team continued after opening game defeat to persevere to a 3: 1 series win against the EHC Lustenau to met EK Zell am See in the final. The series was decided in four games with Graz taking advantage of the opportunity for promotion to the Austrian Hockey League.

Current roster

Updated September 10, 2015.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Sweden Almtorp, JonasJonas Almtorp C L 32 2015 Uppsala, Sweden
31 Denmark Dahm, SebastianSebastian Dahm G L 28 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark
71 United States DeSimone, PhilPhil DeSimone C L 28 2015 East Amherst, New York, United States
58 Austria Feichtner, AlexanderAlexander Feichtner C L 26 2015 Salzburg, Austria
39 Canada Fornataro, MattMatt Fornataro C R 30 2015 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
33 Austria Höneckl, ThomasThomas Höneckl G L 26 2015 Schwarzach, Austria
98 Austria Konecny, LeonLeon Konecny F R 22 2011 Graz, Austria
7 Austria Konradsheim, CorinCorin Konradsheim D L 22 2015 Salzburg, Austria
United States Little, MikeMike Little D R 28 2015 Enfield, Connecticut, United States
16 United States MacArthur, PetePete MacArthur C L 30 2015 Clifton Park, New York, United States
22 United States Marcou, MikeMike Marcou D R 26 2015 Kings Park, New York, United States
2 United States Mitchell, KevinKevin Mitchell D L 35 2015 Bronx, New York, United States
94 Austria Natter, DanielDaniel Natter RW R 21 2013 Graz, Austria
55 United States New, DanielDaniel New D L 26 2015 White Plains, New York, United States
24 Czech Republic Novotny, StepanStepan Novotny C R 25 2015 Prague, Czechoslovakia
17 Sweden Panelin-Borg, VictorVictor Panelin-Borg D L 25 2015 Ängelholm, Sweden
59 Austria Petrovitz, MarioMario Petrovitz D L 21 2014 Graz, Austria
78 Austria Pinter, PhilippPhilipp Pinter C R 31 2014 Villach, Austria
38 Denmark Poulsen, MortenMorten Poulsen W L 27 2015 Herning, Denmark
30 Austria Strohmeier, RupertRupert Strohmeier RW L 24 2012 Wien, Austria
92 Austria Unterwerger, ClemensClemens Unterwerger D L 23 2012 Lienz, Austria
27 United States Werner, StephenStephen Werner RW R 31 2014 Washington, D.C., United States
26 United States White, PatrickPatrick White C R 27 2015 Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
51 Austria Woger, DanielDaniel Woger LW R 27 2013 Bregenz, Austria
10 Latvia Nauris Zusevics, ZintisZintis Nauris Zusevics LW R 21 2011 Riga, Latvia
Staff
Title STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach Todd Bjorkstrand
Asst. Coach Kenny Fargnoli
Asst. Coach Ivo Jan

Former players

References

  1. ↑ "EC Graz 99ers details". Eurohockey.com. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Graz 99ers- Team -Roster" (in German). Graz 99ers. 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-10.

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