Revierlöwen Oberhausen

• Play-off quarter-finals in 2001
• Master of Regional 2004

The Revierlöwen Oberhausen is a former professional ice hockey team that was based in the city of Oberhausen. The club was in the tradition of the Ratingen Lions and was renamed only in the course of the relocation in the summer of 1997 in EC Revierlöwen Oberhausen Hockey GmbH. Their home games carried the Revierlöwen first in the Arena Oberhausen, before the club after the bankruptcy had to move to the location in Gelsenkirchen Emscher- Lippe-Halle.

• 2.1 Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany
• 2.2 Other important former players
• 2.3 Participation of players on ESBG All-Star Game
• 2.4 Participation of players on the DEL All- Star Game

• 4.1 König-Pilsener- Arena
• 4.2 Gartendom
• 4.3 Emscher- Lippe-Halle

History

Moving from Ratingen to Oberhausen (1997)

The DEL - team of the EC Ratingen formed the basis for the 1997 after moving to the new Oberhausen Arena (then modern hall in Germany ) resulting EC Revierlöwen Oberhausen Hockey GmbH.

The club was originally supposed to continue to carry out the next generation gaming operations in Ratingen, while the professional team their DEL championship games completed in the Arena Oberhausen, but this was complicated by the formation of Ratingen Ice Aliens in the summer of 1997, and prevents later. In the 1997/98 season a Regional amateur team and seven youth teams still playing under the name of EC Ratingen " The Lion". The amateur team managed to qualify for the promotion round of the season, but was there last.

The move to Oberhausen should serve to rescue the then financially troubled lions. In addition to the arena, infrastructure and the relatively populous environment was a professional basis guaranteed. The Revierlöwen were the first German ice hockey team, which - as has happened previously only in the National Hockey League - moved to another city. Later, the Munich Barons followed suit and moved their location to Hamburg.

The time in the DEL and the license withdrawal (1997-2002)

The Revierlöwen Oberhausen played in the 1997/98 season for the first time in the German Ice Hockey League. The team reached the thirteenth place and was able to secure the league only in the subsequent qualifying round. A year later, the club started with a fall of around 750,000 euros in the season and remained in spite of a last place after the main round in the league, as there was no descent control. This was only reintroduced for 1999/ 00.

↓ relegation round

In this, the Revierlöwen placed again in the bottom half of the table. In the subsequent relegation round the team finished sixth and was thus able to stay another year in the league. At this time the average attendance, as in previous years, the expectations remained. With only 3095 spectators per game, remained half empty 10,500 capacity arena Oberhausen. Often, the team played in front of less than 2,000 fans and turned so frequently DEL - negative records.

The average attendance increased until the following season, when the Revierlöwen were after the main round in sixth place and could only move into their history in the play-offs. There Oberhausen eliminated in the first round of the play-off quarter-finals to eventual runner- Munich Barons 0-3 games. With an average of 4,300 spectators per game League of attendances increased compared to the previous season to 1300. In a game against the Cologne Sharks in December 2000, 9,000 people visited the arena. This was the largest ever value in the club's history.

At the end of the 2001/02 season saw the first organizational, and financial problems. Only a few years after moving to the management of Revierlöwen quarreled with the hall owners. Points of contention were the " high hall to rent ," no involvement in other income, limited advertising opportunities and adverse uses, as the hall of the classic game days (Friday or Sunday) was mostly occupied by other events. So the home games had to be played on a Tuesday or, in exceptional cases, in another city often. Finally, the negotiation of a new lease failed.

In the following years the leaders of the Revierlöwen worked on the plans for a new home stadium. Finally, there were plans for the rebuilding of the in Oberhausen " Gartendom ". This should be converted to a DEL suitable ice rink. This project was estimated to cost about 12 million euros. The plans failed in the end. Since the Revierlöwen Oberhausen gaming license under edition of the detection of a suitable venue was granted its license would have been inevitable. However, both the gaming license, as well as the shareholders shares of DEL mbH were sold to Ingolstadt before the deadline. From the sale proceeds ( in the high six figures ) but flowed each 1/3tel to the insolvent mosquitoes from food and the capital of Berlin. Due to the setting of the gaming operation, reduced inflow of the sale proceeds, plus a legal dispute with the tax authorities, an application was subsequently placed on insolvency and the Revierlöwen GmbH deleted after processing in the commercial register.

Start-up and resolution (2002 to 2007)

↑ ↓ in the up- or relegation round

The Revierlöwen Oberhausen eV were founded from the remnants of Revierlöwen Oberhausen GmbH Hockey in the summer of 2002, and took from the season 2003/ 04 part in the game operation of the Regionalliga NRW. Already in the first season, which qualified the club for the 2004/ 05 Serie A season. After fulfillment of the requirements for the licensing of the Revierlöwen were divided on the ESBG Assembly in the group North East.

Since then, the home games in the Emscher- Lippe-Halle were held in Gelsenkirchen since no own venue in Oberhausen was available. Under the name Revierlöwen Oberhausen since the summer of 2003 was also attended by the teams of EHC Gelsenkirchen on game mode. 2005, a cooperation with the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga has been agreed. The Revierlöwen thus were henceforth some players in the mining license Roosters available.

Once after the first round of the season 2005/06 relegation only on the relegation round was possible, and this was not achieved, the Revierlöwen would really sporty relegated to the Regionalliga NRW. But it proved the non- feasibility of policy decisions for classification leagues which have been taken by the competent bodies within the ESBG so that the GmbH was able to participate in the 2006/07 season again. However, the GmbH was due to financial debts not able to get the required documentation for the license renewal and therefore presented on 15 May 2006 the bankruptcy.

The association Revierlöwen Oberhausen originally intended the game operating in the Regionalliga NRW in the season 2006/ 07 continue if the ice rink in Oberhausen- Vonderort would rebuilt for hockey. After the club did not get the contract with his concept for the hall in Oberhausen- Vonderort, one year break, was for the 2006/07 season announced and negotiations with the new owner of the hall with the aim of resuming the game operation in the 2007/ 08 season started in the remodeled hall.

On 15 April 2007, the board of the association announced that for the 2007 /08 season, no team is reported for the operation of gambling again. The reason was that a remodeling of the hall in Vonderort was not feasible due to time -increasing costs of meeting the requirements for the Hockey operation.

As a result, the non-inclusion of gaming operations of the board of the association because of the resultant lack of revenue and at the same time existing financial burdens in six figures was forced to make an application for commencement of insolvency proceedings, by the competent court in Duisburg, however on 24 July 2007 for lack of assets was rejected. The association Revierlöwen Oberhausen was dissolved on 14 December 2007 by resolution of the General Assembly.

Player

Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany

In the "Hall of Fame" of the German Ice Hockey Museum personalities are included who have rendered outstanding services to the sport of ice hockey in Germany. From the recorded actors acted in Oberhausen:

( Team membership and activity / position in parentheses )

• Peter Draisaitl (2000-2001, 2001-2002, Striker, trainer)

Other important former players

( Team membership and position in brackets)

• Robert Hock (1999 - 2002, storm)

• Aleksandr Makritsky (1999 - 2002, defense)

• Carsten Gosdeck (1997 - 1999, 2000 - 2002, storm)

• Ladislav Karabín (1999 - 2002, storm)

• Jacek Płachta (1998 - 2000, storm)

• Daniel Kreutzer (1997 - 1998, storm)

Participation of players on ESBG All-Star Game

The ESBG All-Star Game takes place every year since 2006 and brings together the best players in the second federal and Oberliga.

Participation of players on the DEL All- Star Game

Some players of Revierlöwen Oberhausen were nominated for the DEL All- Star game, a friendly match, which takes place every year since 1998 and compete in the most outstanding player of the German Ice Hockey League against each other.

Coach

Venues

König-Pilsener- Arena

Opened in 1996, multi-purpose arena between 1997 and 2002, the home ground of Revierlöwen Oberhausen. It is located on a former industrial site and is part of the " Neue Mitte Oberhausen ". On Home Games of Revierlöwen the Hall summed up to 10,000 spectators. At the end of the season 2001/ 02, there was a dispute between the leaders of the Oberhausen Hockey Association and the hall owner. It was mainly about the hall rental and use options. From the management perspective of Revierlöwen the hall rent was not appropriate and too high. In addition, the arena was often blocked by events, so that the home games had to be moved to or held in a different city. Ultimately, both parties could not agree on a new lease. The Revierlöwen was denied then in the summer 2002, the license for the season 2002 /03 for the German Hockey League.

Gartendom

Shortly after the Revierlöwen could not negotiate a new lease for the König-Pilsener- Arena, there were plans for a new home ground in Oberhausen. The " Gartendom " should be rebuilt with the help of some investors to an ice rink to DEL standard. To a realization of the project, however, did not come.

Emscher- Lippe-Halle

For the season 2003/ 04 the Revierlöwen Oberhausen moved into the Emscher- Lippe-Halle in Gelsenkirchen. As in Oberhausen was no suitable ice rink longer available, this step was necessary to maintain the schedule of the association. The Emscher- Lippe-Halle is located in the district of Gelsenkirchen alder and is a multi-purpose hall with 2,500 seats or - depending on demand - 5,000 standing places. It is part of the " sports paradise ", consisting of a swimming pool, a bowling alley and multi-purpose hall. The Revierlöwen who cooperated in the sequence with the resident Hockey Club EHC Gelsenkirchen, wore their home games until the end of the league season 2005/ 06 in the Emscher- Lippe- Halle.