Rostock Piranhas

• Master Regionalliga Nord / Ost 2006
• Promotion to the Oberliga in 2007
• Oberliga Nord, 2011/2012

Rostock Rostock Piranhas or the EC ( registered as Rostock Hockey Club eV ) is an ice hockey club from Rostock who stands in the tradition of various Rostock hockey teams.

History

Beginnings and establishment as a power center

BSG Motor Rostock / SG Dynamo Rostock ( 1953-1962 )

The ice hockey section of the company sports club BSG Motor Rostock was founded on 24 April 1953. In December of the same year the team won the district title against the team of the BSG Motor Wismar. This Rostock were for the advancement Games for 1st League, the second division in the GDR Hockey, eligible where they prevailed against the BSG BSG unit Görlitz and the unit hall. Even before the start of the season in 1954/55 the Hockey Section was transferred on 1 May 1954 in the Sports Club Dynamo. After the now accumulating as SG Dynamo Rostock team had occupied at the end of season in second place, she succeeded in 1956, the promotion to the Oberliga. In their league debut Rostock dues had to be paid and went in ten encounters only once as the winner of the field. The threat of relegation, however, did, since the objectives set relegation matches against the league champion BSG structure Schonheide were canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. In its second year, the league - Baltic townspeople were unconvincing and once again formed the rear. Due to the upcoming league - topping by two teams of the last table space without consequences was also at this time. 1958/59 was the SG Dynamo on their own stay in the league and finished at the end of the third last place. In the following three years were the Rostock in the top flight, but without being able to intervene in the championship decisions. After the 1961/62 season, the hockey section was taken over by the SC Empor Rostock as part of a restructuring in the municipal sports.

SC Empor Rostock ( 1956-1970 )

On April 1, 1956 hockey section was lifted out of the baptism at SC Empor Rostock. After some friendly matches the team played in January 1957 match against motor Wismar to the district championship, which won the men from the district town. Due to his skill level, the sports club team for the 1958/59 season was classed in the first league without qualification. As a Second Season 2 Rostock missed the play-offs to the Oberliga - rise only due to goal difference. A year later, the rise of team managed a sovereign walkover and remained unbeaten league season and relegation matches. The cost in the upper house designed for the Norddeutsche difficult at the end of the season the league - newcomer was able to keep the class only on goal difference. 1961/62 remained Empor Rostock prove his league -Class continues guilty and remained the only team without a point profit.

In 1962, the Sports Club, the Hockey section of the adjacent SG Dynamo Rostock, whose first representative was present to date in five years in the big leagues. The simultaneous acquisition of the launch area of the SC Empor Rostock was top notch for the 1962/63 season and was able to secure with the reinforced squad in the league. After the Baltic townspeople year later escaped relegation only by a victorious relegation, they finally established themselves permanently in the upper house and used in a total of six seasons until 1970, only the fourth and fifth.

Continued existence as " after-work team "

VSG Rostock / BSG Chemie 70 Rostock ( 1971-1990 )

Due to the competitive sports decision of 1969, the Hockey got the status as " particularly worthy of promotion sport " withdrawn. As a result, all sections of the Hockey Sports Clubs were disbanded after the end of the season 1969/70 with the exception of Sport Association dynamo. The remaining players of the former Empor team formed up privately under the name "national sport community Rostock " (VSG Rostock) and newly announced 1971 as " Best Discovery," declared DDR - Amateur Championship. After the team had finished the tournament in third place, it took place in the " Sports Association chemistry 70 " sporting a new home. Apart from the 1978/79 season - was waived their participation - joined the BSG Chemie 70 Rostock 17 years in the best determination on. After the Baltic city dwellers in 1988 as the eighth and last place lost the subsequent relegation against the winner of the precipitates the district champion, BSG unit Crimmitschau II, was sealed their last participation at the best determination. Due to the social upheaval in the GDR scheduled for the 1989/90 season qualifying matches for the district champion was no longer discharged.

BSG shipping / port of Rostock (1985 to 1990)

The BSG shipping / port of Rostock established on 12 March 1985, a special section Hockey, whose team consisted partly of former squad players of SC Empor. As Rostock district champion of the year 1985, the team took part in the qualifying matches for a spot in the best investigation, but had been in the first round against the district champion Berlin, BSG Spartacus Berlin, throw in the towel. In the coming years, failed as the Rostock district champion already at the start of the elimination rounds, each time proved to be the representatives from Halle or Berlin as too strong.

Rostock EC

Fresh start in the all-German sports landscape

On 18 July 1990, the Hockey - sections of the BSG concluded Chemistry 70 Rostock and the BSG navigation / port Rostock Rostock EC together. With the help of veteran BSG players the first team managed within a few years the rise in the Federation League and then to the Regionalliga. In the season 1999/ 00 the Rostock took a master of the fourth division Regionalliga Nord / Ost for the first time participate in the promotion round to the Oberliga Nord. There, the team took second place behind the climber Herford EC. A year later, the REC reached again - this time as a second behind the EC Euro Regio Nordhorn - the promotion round to Serie A, where the team finished in third place behind the SC central Rhine - Neuwied and the Grefrather EC. In the 2003 / 04 season, a final round of the regional leagues was played in the north, for the Rostock EC could qualify as the third place of the Regional League East behind the ESC Halle 04 and the Blue Lions Leipzig, reaching the tenth place. On the offer to be able to move up in the league, but was waived on the part of the association.

Presence

2006, the team won the championship of the Regionalliga Nord / Ost but renounced the promotion to the next higher league the club again. After putting in the 2006/07 season the first team, which now carries the nickname " piranhas ", had qualified as runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord / Ost sporty for the league, the REC took part to the 2008/ 09 on the game operation of the third division. On 29 May 2009, however, gave the Board the withdrawal of the team in the Regionalliga Nord for the 2009/10 season known. There, the Piranhas finished the main round of the Regional at square one with which they were masters in the Northern Group. In the ensuing playoffs, they had to admit defeat, however, the EV Duisburg in the semifinals. The season 2010/11 ended the piranhas with the first place in the Oberliga Nord main round, but could not prevail against the stronger teams from the Oberliga West in the subsequent end or round of the cup and reached thus, in the last place horizontal, not the subsequent play-offs. The main round of the 2011/12 season ended the piranhas then again with the first place in the Oberliga Nord, but are then in the final round, as in the last season, lying in last place, resigned and could not even this season to the Play-offs participate. In the 2012/13 season it was for the piranhas as well as in previous years. The preliminary round of the Oberliga Nord completed the piranhas to square one lying in the subsequent Meisterrunde they had to accommodate 2 settle before going into the final round, again lying in last place, were eliminated and thus do not participate in the Ascension Play-offs could.

Squad of the 2013/14 season ( league team )

(Updated: January 23, 2014)

Men

In addition to the piranhas there under the umbrella of the Rostock EC following youth teams:

• The REC Juniors, which in the junior league play Niedersachsen ( Season 09 /10 no leagues operating )
• The REC students who compete in the student competition ( 09/10 season no leagues operating )
• The REC small pupils, they play in tournaments against their opponents, and
• The REC small pupils, they also play in tournaments against their peers.

In addition, the following amateur teams exist:

• The buccaneers who on the first two places in the national league Hamburg ( Hanseatic League now ) can be found for years,
• The Pictionary, who has assumed the head of the provincial league Mecklenburg -Vorpommern since the 2007 /08 season ( season 09 /10 no leagues operating )
• The Rostock Oldstars who entered to the 2006/07 season in the national league Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and were there among the best, but since then no longer play in league play, and
• Women 's ice hockey team, the Rostock arctic foxes, who took part in a lottery syndicate with the EHC Adendorfer Ladies from 2003 to 2006 at the third-rate 1 Ladies League North / East. (You have dissolved in April 2007. )

Venue

The crews of the Rostock EC play their home games from the 2,000 -seat ice rink Rostock, which is the largest ice rink in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and also regularly opened for the winter time to the public as an ice facility. The stadium is located in close proximity to the DKB- Arena. Predecessor of the hall was a 1958 built not covered speed skating short track with a length of 133 meters, the short course of Rostock. It was here especially youth competitions such as the GDR championships place in 1967. In 1970, the ice rink was built on the same site, which was finally opened in September 1971 and then mainly used by the BSG Chemie 70 Rostock.