Schwenninger Wild Wings

Schwenninger Wild Wings
City	Villingen-Schwenningen
League	DEL
Founded	1904
Home arena	Helios Arena (6,193)
Colors	Dark Blue, White
Owner(s)	Thomas Burger, Michael Werner
General manager	Jürgen Rumrich
Captain	Sascha Goc
Website	Wildwings.de
Franchise history
1904–1950	SEC Schwenningen
1950–1994	Schwenninger ERC
1994–	SERC Wild Wings

The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 31 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the association was to reach the play-off semi-finals of the first Bundesliga in 1990. In 1994 the Wild Wings were a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

The Wild Wings play their home games in Helios Arena, a 6,193-seater stadium, and the club's colors are blue and white. The home club of the team is the Schwenningen ice and roller sports club 04 eV (german: Schwenninger Eis- und Rollsportclub 04 eV), which also competes in a junior and senior division and owns a figure skating and inline hockey department. Among the most famous players to have played at Schweninngen include the current captain of the German national ice hockey team Marcel Goc, the Seidenberg brothers, Dennis and Yannic, and former DEL record player Andreas Renz.

History

Schwenningen originally competed in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) from 1994–95 until the 2002–03 season when they lost their license due to insolvency proceedings. From 2003 until 2013, they competed in the 2nd Bundesliga, where they were runner-up in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

After 10 seasons in absentia from the DEL, the Wild Wings were returned to Germany's top league when they purchased the DEL license of the financially stricken Hannover Scorpions on June 14, 2013.^[1] They will begin to compete from the 2013–14 season.

Season records

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
1994–95	44	18	19	7	-	-	45	174	148	9	Lost in Quarterfinals
1995–96	50	30	14	6	-	-	68	214	150	5	Lost in Preliminary Round
1996–97	48	23	19	1	5	-	52	200	191	10	No Playoffs
1997–98	44	19	17	5	3	-	46	157	148	9	Lost in Preliminary Round
1998–99	52	23	22	-	3	4	72	195	217	10	No Playoffs
1999–00	56	23	24	-	0	9	73	160	185	11	No Playoffs
2000–01	60	24	28	-	0	8	76	174	207	12	No Playoffs
2001–02	60	20	30	-	0	10	68	134	183	16	No Playoffs
2002–03	52	10	31	-	0	11	35	99	184	14	No Playoffs
2013–14	52	12	30	-	2	3	51	136	190	14	No Playoffs
2014–15	52	15	36	-	0	1	43	106	179	14	No Playoffs
2015–16	52	15	31	-	1	1	55	143	179	14	No Playoffs

Current roster

Updated September 20, 2015.^[2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
55		Bender, TimTim Bender	D	L	21	2015	Mannheim, Germany
40		Billich, StevenSteven Billich	F	L	22	2015	Freiburg, Germany
4		Brown, RobRob Brown	D	R	34	2014	Brookville, Ontario, Canada
6		Brückner, BenediktBenedikt Brückner	D	L	26	2015	Marktoberdorf, Germany
14		Danner, SimonSimon Danner (A)	RW	R	29	2014	Freiburg, Germany
9		Fleury, DamienDamien Fleury	W	L	30	2015	Caen, France
7		Goc, SaschaSascha Goc (C)	D	R	36	2013	Calw, Germany
12		Hult, AndreéAndreé Hult	C	L	28	2015	Borlänge, Sweden
84		Hunkes, JiriJiri Hunkes	D	R	31	2015	Brno, Czechoslovakia
71		Hynes, JonahJonah Hynes	F	L	20	2014	Rottweil, Germany
10		Kurth, MarcelMarcel Kurth	F	L	22	2015	Donaueschingen, Germany
51		Linsenmaier, NikolasNikolas Linsenmaier	C	L	22	2014	Freiburg, Germany
35		MacDonald, JoeyJoey MacDonald	G	L	36	2015	Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
32		Pätzold, DimitriDimitri Pätzold	G	L	33	2013	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazahkstan
23		Pelech, MattMatt Pelech (A)	D/RW	R	28	2015	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
48		Pikkarainen, HannuHannu Pikkarainen	D	L	32	2015	Helsinki, Finland
26		Pohl, PatrickPatrick Pohl	C	L	26	2015	Berlin, Germany
15		Ritter, ToniToni Ritter	LW	L	26	2015	Bad Muskau, Germany
44		Rome, AshtonAshton Rome	RW	R	30	2014	Nesbitt, Manitoba, Canada
62		Schlager, PhilippPhilipp Schlager	LW	L	29	2010	München, Germany
92		Schmölz, DanielDaniel Schmölz	LW	L	24	2015	Füssen, Germany
29		Stastny, YanYan Stastny (A)	C	L	33	2015	Quebec, Quebec, Canada
5		Trivellato, AlexAlex Trivellato	D	L	23	2015	Bolzano, Italy
39		Voutilainen, JukkaJukka Voutilainen	C	R	35	2015	Kuopio, Finland

References

1. "License granted!" (in German). Schwenningen Wild Wings. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
2. "Schwenninger Wild Wings roster 2015-16" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

External links

• Schwenninger Wild Wings Official Website