Düsseldorfer EG explained
| Current: | 2023–24 DEL season |
| Team: | Düsseldorfer EG |
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| City: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| League: | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Founded: | 1935 |
| Arena: | ISS Dome |
| Capacity: | 13,400 |
| Owner: | Harald Wirtz |
| Coach: | Thomas Dolak |
| Captain: | Philip Gogulla |
| Name1: | Düsseldorfer EG |
| Dates1: | 1935–2002 |
| Name2: | DEG Metro Stars |
| Dates2: | 2002–2012 |
| Name3: | Düsseldorfer EG |
| Dates3: | 2012– |
| Website: | deg-eishockey.de |
Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for most of the team's history. The team now plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, abbreviated DEL); the home venue is the ISS Dome.
The club was founded on 8 November 1935 as Düsseldorfer Eislauf Gemeinschaft (DEG) and was renamed DEG Metro Stars on 1 March 2002. It was renamed again as Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft (DEG) in 2012.
Honors
- German champions 1967, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
- German runner-up, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2009
- DEB-Pokal winners 2006
- DEB-Pokal runner-up, 2005
- NRW state champion 1946
- Champion in the 2. Bundesliga 2000 (the DEG was two years in the 2nd division due to financial problems)
- 2nd place in Eurocup 1991
- 3rd place in Eurocup 1997
- Beat the NHL BLUE ALL-STARS team 3–1 in the first cross-league game in the team's history.
Players
Honored members
Coaches
- 1930s – Bobby Bell
- 1952–53 – Rainer Hillmann
- 1950s – Clare (Jimmy) Drake
- 1950s – Gerald Strong
- 1956–58 – Frank Trottier
- 1958–62 – Vlastimil Suchoparek
- 1962–65 – Engelbert Holderied
- 1965–69 – Hans Rampf
- 1969–70 – Dr. Ladislav Horsky
- 1970–72 – Xaver Unsinn
- 1972–73 – Jiri Pokorny
- 1973–76 – Chuck Holdaway
- 1976–77 – Hans Rampf
- 1977 – George Agar
- 1977–78 – Rudi Hejtmanek
- 1978–79 – Otto Schneitberger
- 1979–82 – Gerhard Kießling
- 1982–83 – Jaromir Frycer
- 1983–84 – Heinz Weisenbach
- 1984–87 – Otto Schneitberger
- 1987–88 – Brian Lefley
- 1988–89 – Peter Johannson
- 1989–90 – Peter Hejma
- 1990–95 – Hans Zach
- 1995–97 – Hardy Nilsson
- 1997 – Hans Zach
- 1997–98 – Chris Valentine
- 1998–99 – Czeslaw Panek
- 1999–01 – Gerhard Brunner
- 2001–04 – Michael Komma
- 2005–07 – Don Jackson
- 2007 – Slavomir Lener
- 2007–08 – Lance Nethery
- 2008–10 – Harold Kreis
- 2010–12 – Jeff Tomlinson
- 2012–14 – Christian Brittig
- 2014–17 – Christoph Kreutzer
- 2017–18 – Mike Pellegrims
- 2018 – Tobias Abstreiter
- 2018–22 – Harold Kreis
- 2022–23 – Roger Hansson
- 2023–present – Thomas Dolak
