Dornbirner EC
The Dornbirner Hockey Club the ' Bulldogs ' is an Austrian ice hockey club based in Dornbirn (Vorarlberg), which plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League since 2012. Previously, the Vorarlberg had been active in the National League from 2001, and had there to celebrate two titles.
- 2.1 Master Teams
- 2.2 Major former players
- 3.1 National League
- 3.2 EBEL
- 5.1 attendances
History
The EC Dornbirn was founded in 1992 as the successor organization of the EHC Dornbirn and established itself at the beginning primarily as a training club whose various youth teams could soon celebrate successes. 1998 was the Super Mini boys Mini 2001 boys and 2002 students win the championship of their respective age group. In addition, the club's management tried to find through cooperative projects with several established teams, connection to the level of professionals. In 2001, these efforts bore fruit, as the club was able for the National League, Austria's second highest league, qualify for the first time.
National League
The first major success of the club's history represented the runner-up title in 2004, where you could win the regular season, but then lost the final to the Red Bulls Salzburg 0-3. In the 2007 /08 season Dornbirner stood again in the finals and brought to the farm team of the Salzburg 's first national league title in club history. After a runner-up title in the 2008/09 season, in which one with 1:3 in the series the EHC Lustenau lost the final, the Bulldogs in the following season 2009/10 were able to win the title in the National League again.
As a runner-up in the regular season Dornbirner were already fixed in the semi-finals and were the farm team of the Salzburg Red Bulls defeat 3-0. In the final, was the opponent HC Innsbruck, which was relegated from the Bundesliga before the season. Before the playoffs had strengthened the team with the former KAC- keeper Hannes Enzenhofer and retired from the Vienna Capitals defender Anton Tino Teppert. The series against Innsbruck was eventually won 3-1. As in the previous two seasons, the Dornbirner had in the finals but must dodge the Rhine Hall, venue of the EHC Lustenau.
National league
In the spring of 2012, the EC Dornbirn applied after long planning phase to the inclusion in the highest Austrian league. The application was granted, so a team of Vorarlberg in the Bundesliga since the departure of the VEU Feldkirch in 2004 for the first time actively.
Name sponsors
The EC Dornbirn had several sponsors, whose name he bore in the team name in the course of its history. For a long time was the full name of the team TRENDamin EC Dornbirn Bulldogs. This was shortened in the season in 2005 to EC- TREND Dornbirn, which remained the official name until 2008. Since the 2009/10 season the team is called by its full name hagn_leone EC Dornbirn. However, your actual nickname Bulldogs kept the team always.
Team
Champion teams
Goalkeepers: Christian Fend, Christof Schwendinger
Defender: Jürgen Fussenegger, Michael Kutzer, Alexander Mellitzer, Patric Scheffknecht, Stefan clamping ring, Markus Stengele, Florian Stern, Thomas Urban
Attacker: Thomas Auer, Manuel Ganahl, Julian Grafschafter, Raphael Herburger, Fabio Hofer, Pascal Kainz, Markus Kosnjak, Michael Lissek, Christian Messner, Paul Alexander, Sascha Rauter, Luke Schwitzer, United States Daniel Smith, Adrian Ströhle, Finland Juha -Matti Vanhanen, Marcel Wolf, Canada Matt Zultek
Head Coach: Kjell G.Lindqvist
Goalkeepers: Bernhard Bock, Hannes Enzenhofer, René Burtscher
Defender: Alexander Mellitzer, Tobias Holzer, Stefan clamping ring, Igor Ivanov, Michael Kutzer, Sebastian mirror, Patric Scheffknecht, Jürgen Fussenegger, Tino Anton Teppert, Bernhard Fechtig
Attacker: Luke Schwitzer, Julian Grafschafter, Fabian Glanznig, Fabio Hofer, Martin Pewal, Finland Jussi Tarvainen, Adrian Ströhle, United States Ryan Murphy, Steven Burger, novelist, Benni Achenbach, Russia Dmitri Nabokov, Patrick clamping ring, Christian Messner, Thomas Auer, Marcel Wolf
Head Coach: Peter Johansson
Significant former players
( Team membership and position in brackets)
- United States Aaron Fox (2010-2011, Striker )
- Finland Juha -Matti Vanhanen (2003-2006, 2007-2008, Striker )
- Austria Raphael Herburger (2005-2008, Striker )
Club statistics
National League
The following table lists the rankings of the club back through all the seasons.
Until the 2008/09 season was in the National League, the two - point rule (2 points for a win in regulation time or overtime / shootout ), with the beginning of season 2009/10 the three - point rule was introduced so that a victory was evaluated in the regular season with 3 points. Furthermore, between 2002 and 2010, the points were halved after the half of the passage. The column " PKT / PT " are the points actually achieved again based on the number of victories and defeats.
EBEL
Key to the season statistics: ( GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L or N = Losses, T or D = Draw, OL or ON = Overtime defeat; SOL or SON shootout defeat, P = points; Pct % = wins % GF or T = gates; GA or GT = goals against)
Coach history
Venue
Since the mid- 2000s, there is a lively discussion about the Fair Dornbirn Stadium, the home ground of Dornbirn Hockey Club. This stadium was designed by the city of Dornbirn as a multi -purpose hall, this will not only played hockey in the hall. So it was on 24 and 25 September 2006, the case that David Copperfield hosted its magic show in the exhibition hall. This allowed the hall of the Dornbirnern hockey players not be used with the on-ice training was begun on October 5.
This situation affects not only the first team, but also the youth teams, because they thus have to resort to other halls in Vorarlberg, which results in additional costs. In the playoffs, in 2004 the EC Dornbirn had to resort to the Lustenauer ice rink because of Dornbirn Spring Fair. In the seasons 2007/ 08 and 2009/10 Rheinhalle had to serve as the home stadium for the 2008 /09 season the club played in the Vorarlberghalle in Feldkirch.