Tornado Luxembourg Explained

Team:Tornado Luxembourg
Colour:blue
Colour Text:white
City:Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
League:Luxembourg Championship
FFHG Division 3
Founded:1987[1]
Arena:Kockelscheur Arena
Colours:blue, white, red
Coach:Joakim Eriksson
Gm:Monique Scheier-Schneider
Website:https://www.tornadoluxembourg.com/

Tornado Luxembourg is a professional ice hockey team in Luxembourg City. The team sometimes plays in FFHG Division 3. However, they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team.

Tornado also participates in the Luxembourg Championship and the Luxembourg Cup.

History

Tornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987-88 season, and played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga, a German regional league, which they won. They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group, and thus qualified for the 1988-89 season. They only played in the Regionalliga for the 1988-89 season, as they finished in eighth place in their group, and failed to qualify for the following season.

Prior to 2005, the Tornado played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga. Monique Scheier-Schneider negotiated with the French Ice Hockey Federation to get permission to play in the French Division 3. As part of the agreement, the team is eligible for promotion to the top Ligue Magnus tier, but are ineligible to become the French champion and represent France at international competitions for club teams. Schneider commented on the agreement by saying, "I think it's fair since we are already Luxembourg's champion by regularly beating our only competitor, the Beaufort club". Schneider has operated the Tornado as an amateur team which does not play its players, and covers its costs by a sponsorship from Škoda Auto.[2]

In Luxembourg, the club won the Luxembourg Championship seven times between 1994 and 2003, and the Luxembourg Cup eight times; in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2012.

During the 2012-2013 forward Colm Cannon became the all-time leading goal scorer of the Tornados.

With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg, there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team. Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009.

Roster

Forwards

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
15Colm Cannon Luxembourg186 cm/86 kg
10Benny Welter Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
11Robert Beran Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
77Eric Wambach Luxembourg185 cm/82 kg
18Jean-Marie Funk Luxembourg172 cm/86 kg
83Thierry Holtzem Luxembourg187 cm/80 kg
42Steven Minden Luxembourg175 cm/70 kg
22David Donzel France179 cm/75 kg
64Pierre Huther France178 cm/84 kg
15Patrick Schon Luxembourg191 cm/83 kg
25Daniel Androne Belgium? cm/? kg
5Georges Scheier Luxembourg180 cm/70 kg
27Sampsa Jarvenpaa Finland187 cm/82 kg
23Frank Schram Luxembourg185 cm/92 kg
9Jeff Meyer Luxembourg182 cm/92 kg
28Fredrik Olsen Denmark? cm/? kg
16Markus Eriksson Sweden? cm/? kg
28Jani Rautjarvi Finland? cm/? kg
4Agi Ichinorov Mongolia169 cm/62 kg
69Teemu Hinkula Finland184 cm/80 kg
20Michal Loksa Czech Republic? cm/? kg

Defence

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
14Ronny Scheier Luxembourg180 cm/80 kg
3Serge Milano Luxembourg172 cm/80 kg
12François Schons Luxembourg180 cm/70 kg
7Rafael Springer Luxembourg190 cm/83 kg
17Kai Linster Luxembourg186 cm/82 kg
21Christophe Hernandez Luxembourg178 cm/87 kg
19Yves Barthels Luxembourg190 cm/86 kg
33Thierry Magalhaes Luxembourg184 cm/71 kg
6Julius Faenoe Denmark? cm/? kg
2Jason Maclean Canada190 cm/85 kg
6Gilles BieverLuxembourg? cm/? kg
27Christopher Maratea (Captain)United States191 cm/88 kg

Goaltenders

NumberNameNationalityHeight/Weight
30Gilles Mangen Luxembourg176 cm/70 kg
21Julien Dequidt France? cm/? kg
1Yann Livolant Luxembourg175 cm/100 kg

Results

Germany

Rheinland-Palatinat Liga

France

FFHG Division 3

Luxembourg

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hockeyhebdo.com/resultats-club-luxembourg-tornado,177.html Team profile
  2. Web site: La Ligne Bleue N°35. 2018-11-30. Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace. French. 2019-05-17.