Schwenninger Wild Wings

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Schwenninger Wild Wings
Schwenninger Wildwings.svg
City Villingen-Schwenningen
League DEL
Founded1904
Home arena Helios Arena
(capacity: 5,135)
ColorsDark blue, white
  
Owner(s)Thomas Burger, Michael Werner
General managerStefan Wagner
Head coach Steve Walker
Captain Thomas Larkin
Website schwenninger-wildwings.de
Franchise history
1904–1950SEC Schwenningen
1950–1994Schwenninger ERC
1994–2013SERC Wild Wings
2013—Schwenninger Wild Wings
Hockey current event.svg Current season

The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 20 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.

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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 former 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 14 June 2013. [1] They began competing from the 2013–14 season.

Season records

SeasonGamesWonLostTieOTLSOLPointsGoals
for
Goals
against
RankPlayoffs
1994–95 4418197451741489Lost in quarterfinals
1995–96 5030146682141505Lost in preliminary round
1996–97 482319155220019110No playoffs
1997–98 44191753461571489Lost in preliminary round
1998–99 522322347219521710No playoffs
1999–00 562324097316018511No playoffs
2000–01 602428087617420712No playoffs
2001–02 6020300106813418316No playoffs
2002–03 521031011359918414No playoffs
2013–14 521230235113619014No playoffs
2014–15 521536014310617914No playoffs
2015–16 521531115514317914No playoffs
2016–17 522127225512215612No playoffs
2017–18 522623217412313010Lost in preliminary round
2018–19 521831124911116914No playoffs
2019–20 521432334511917314Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
2020–21 381917205411110910No playoffs
2021–22 552127346413616514No playoffs
2022–23 562424447514415112No playoffs
2023–24 52242012851591456Lost in quarterfinals
2024–25 52152124711601559

Players

Current roster

Updated 27 September 2024.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplace
64 Flag of Germany.svg Boaz Bassen RW L25 2018 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
1 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Bitzer G L31 2024 Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daryl Boyle  ( A ) D R38 2023 Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada
11 Flag of Germany.svg Viktor Buchner LW L21 2023 Heidelberg, Germany
16 Flag of Poland.svg Arkadiusz Dziambor D L23 2023 Pyskowice, Poland
60 Flag of Sweden.svg Joacim Eriksson G R34 2020 Hedesunda, Sweden
9 Flag of Germany.svg Philip Feist LW L21 2021 Duisburg, Germany
94 Flag of Germany.svg Phil Hungerecker RW L30 2022 Lüneburg, Germany
10 Flag of Germany.svg Mirko Höfflin C L32 2024 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
47 Flag of Belarus.svg Alexander Karachun LW L30 2021 Gdańsk, Poland
37 Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Larkin  ( C ) D R34 2023 London, England
29 Flag of Germany.svg Steve Majher G L19 2022 Lörrach, Germany
44 Flag of Germany.svg Louis Majher RW L19 2024 Lörrach, Germany
54 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Marshall D L32 2023 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Murray D L32 2024 Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada
18 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Neumann LW L23 2022 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
40 Flag of Norway.svg Ken André Olimb  ( A ) C L36 2021 Oslo, Norway
88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Platzer C R30 2023 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
73 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Puempel LW L32 2024 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
72 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon McMillan C L34 2024 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
8 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Schwaiger D L23 2024 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
89 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zach Senyshyn RW R27 2023 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
90 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tylor Spink C R32 2020 Williamstown, Ontario, Canada
96 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyson Spink LW L32 2020 Williamstown, Ontario, Canada
53 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Trivellato D L32 2022 Bolzano, Italy
93 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Uvira LW L32 2022 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
78 Flag of the United States.svg Will Weber  ( A ) D L36 2020 Gaylord, Michigan, United States
23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Ritchie RW R31 2024 Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

References

  1. "License granted!" (in German). Schwenningen Wild Wings. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. "Deutsche Eishockey Liga beendet Saison vorzeitig". del.org (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2020.