Ravensburg Towerstars
- Master of the 2nd Bundesliga 2011
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2007
The EV Ravensburg ( officially: ice sports club Ravensburg eV ) is an ice hockey club based in Ravensburg, whose beginnings go back to the year 1881. Since the 2007/ 08 season, the first team, the Ravensburg Tower Stars Since 2013 plays in the second league in which DEL2 newly established. Their home games wearing the teams of the EVR from the 3,300 -seat ice rink Ravensburg.
- 3.1 Participation of players on ESBG All-Star Game
- 3.2 Known (former) players
History
On November 23, 1881 Eislaufverein Ravensburg was founded. Initially, a pond served on the grounds of the Maschinenfabrik Escher- Wyss, ice rink, from 1925 a space on Wernerhofweiher. In the early 1930s, the Club moved to the tennis courts at the Veitsburg where Spritzeis with a natural ice surface was generated. A first Ravensburger hockey team was assembled Already on December 2, 1932 there. But the organizational effort and external problems such as weather conditions did not make it possible to perform an even vaguely regulated match and training operation. Finally, the club has been banned by the association due to lack of payments.
In 1948 the club began operating again on the natural ice rink on the Veitsburg before 1954, the construction of a natural ice rink on the nearby St. Christina slope was started. This stadium was rebuilt in 1958 for the first synthetic ice rink in Württemberg. It was opened on 18 October 1958, the match Germany against Switzerland in front of 7,000 spectators. In the wake of the ice and roller skating club (ERV ) was able to win several Württemberg Championships and the Regional Championship in 1967. From the premier league season 1968, the club ice Club Ravensburg was called (EV).
In the 1989/90 season the club was again league champions. The home games were regular before 5,000 to 7,000 spectators. In the following years the club played in the league and went into the season 1972/73 in the second highest German league, the 2nd Bundesliga. The EV Ravensburg There could not secure the league and went for a last place after the main round again to the Oberliga from.
Despite the popularity, the senior management had to contend with the ever increasing cost of maintenance of the hitherto club's stadium. Finally, the stadium was converted after lengthy negotiations, the city of Ravensburg. With the rise in the 2nd Bundesliga in the summer of 1973 the club was promised that the stadium at St. Christina slope roof or a new ice rink could be built. After long discussions of local politics and lengthy solution of financing the ice rink Ravensburg was finally completed 30 years later with a capacity of 3,300 seats. It was opened on 21 December 2003 with a game against the EA Kempten.
At the end of the season 2006/07 EV Ravensburg was able to return to the 2nd Bundesliga after eleven years old abstinence. After the team placed after the main round to fourth place and the play-off semi-final 4-1 games against Hannover Indians was victorious, the club finally won the final 4-0 games against SC Riessersee. Following the sporting promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga decided on 25 April 2007 an extraordinary general meeting of the association the spin-off of the first team in a match operations GmbH, to be played under the name EVR Tower Stars. The ESBG partner Shares have not been outsourced from the association. In the first season in the 2nd Bundesliga, the club's management calculated with a season budget of 1.8 million euros, were thus the Ravensburger just above the league average. In the end, secured the club avoid relegation in the play- downs. There the Tower Stars were able to prevail 4-0 games against the team of EV Landsberg 2000.
2011 celebrated the biggest success in club history, the Tower Stars when they moved into the final of the DEB - Cup (the game against the Bulls Rosenheim Star went with 2:3 lost ) and Master of the 2nd Bundesliga were. The DEL leaned desired by the club participation of the Tower Stars of the game operation 2011/2012 on financial reasons and because of an inadequate stadium.
Team
Squad of the 2013/14 season
(April 2012)
C = Center, RW = Right Winger, LW = Left winger
Player
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.
Known (former) players
- Germany Leonardo Conti (2007-2008, Tor)
- Petri Kujala (2006-2008, storm)
- Canada Ron Newhook (2005-2008, storm)
- Steve Pépin (1990-1992, storm)
- Poland Jan Piecko (1986-1998, storm)
Coach
- Petri Kujala Germany (since 2012)
- Germany Uli Liebsch (2011-2012)
- Peter Draisaitl (2008-2011)
- Germany Georg Holzmann (2006-2008)
- Germany Gerhard Brunner (2005-2006)
- Czech Republic Jiří Neubauer (2003-2005)
- Poland Jan Piecko (2002-2003)
- Canada Fiesel James (2000-2002)
- Canada Fiesel James (1998-1999)
- Canada James Fiesel ( player-coach ) ( 1994-1995)
- Tibor Vozar Czechoslovakia (1990-1992)
The original club
The amateur team takes in the season 2008 /09 in part as the second male seniors team in the fourth division Baden-Württemberg- League at the Round of not interested in obtaining a promotion to the premier league teams. Also play about six different youth teams for the club. The women's team takes 2008/ 09 at the National League of Baden-Württemberg in part.
These exist under the umbrella of the EV Ravensburg senior team Oldstars that exist for 36 years. 25 times was " International - Oldstar Cup" discharged. Last winner was Burgdorf.
Venue
The crews of the EV Ravensburg play in the newly opened ice rink in 2003 Ravensburg. The hall can accommodate 3,300 spectators (1,070 seats). As a technique for cooling a new method is used: instead of the current through the ammonia ice is cooled by CO2 gas, which flows through a 22 -kilometer pipe system under the ice. The ice rink is operated by the Technical Schussental works for the city of Ravensburg, in addition to its use as a hockey site also home ground of Figure Skating Association ESC Ravensburg.