Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim

• German Vice Champion 1948
• Master the league (2nd League ) 1959
• Master of the Oberliga Nord (3rd League ) 1984
• Master the league (3rd League ) in 2013

The Red Devils of the EC Bad Nauheim ( Hockey Cracks Bad Nauheim ) are an ice hockey team from Bad Nauheim. Take as the successor of VfL Bad Nauheim ice, which was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1982, and the previously newly established EC Bad Nauheim, the game operation of DEL2 part. In 2013 the club reached the Championship in ice hockey league and thus the greatest success in recent club history.

Their home games discharged from the teams of the club in the 4500 -seat Colonel -Knight -Stadion.

• 2.1 cadres of the 2013/14 season
• 2.2 Major former teams 2.2.1 1st runner- League 1997/98
• 2.2.2 Bundesliga runner-up 1998/99
• 2.2.3 league champions 2012/13

History

VfL Bad Nauheim ( 1946-1982 )

After the end of World War II was built in Bad Nauheim in 1945 on the instructions of the local commander of the Allied Forces, U.S. Colonel Paul Rutherford Knight, on the edge of the pond in the park an art ice rink. The construction of this stadium aroused at that time not only in Germany quite a stir. So took prior to the opening on January 22, 1946 escaped from East Prussia ice hockey players of the former club VfL Rastenburg contact to Bad Nauheim. They sought and met, and founded in 1946 a new ice sports club, VfL Bad Nauheim. The quick with the leg imitate " Red Devils " equipped team took in 1947 at the German Ice Hockey Cup 1947 part. Here, the VfL ​​Bad Nauheim occupied after the victory of the Hessian Championships 1st place in the table of the West finals, but was disqualified because of the use of unauthorized players.

In the final round of the German Ice Hockey Cup 1948 VfL Bad Nauheim reached the 2nd place behind the SC Riessersee and was runner-up.

As late as 1948 was one of the founding members of the VfL ​​hockey league as the highest German Hockey League. In the season 1957/58 VfL Bad Nauheim failed to qualify for the newly created Bundesliga. The rise of the league was not until the following year.

In the season 1973 /74 VfL Bad Nauheim reached the third place his best finishing position in the Bundesliga. For the 1979/80 season the Hockey department was spun off as VfL Bad Nauheim Hockey from the main club in order to maintain the operation of gambling can. The remaining departments established under the name VfL ​​Bad Nauheim in 1978 a new club, which is still active today. The club name was changed after the bankruptcy of VfL Hockey again in VfL Bad Nauheim. Today the sports aikido, fencing, hockey, judo and breakdance offered. CEO judoka Kurt Walter Wagner, who is a member of VfL since 1951 and a founding father of the Hockey Department, and the last team manager of Bundesliga hockey team 1980/81 season was. VfL celebrated in 1996 its 50th club anniversary with the hockey match between Germany and England on the artificial turf in the forest stadium of Bad Nauheim and an international female youth tournament of the German Judo Association with eight nations in the multi-purpose hall in Ndr Moerlen. In January 2006, the club had 350 members.

On March 9, 1981, came in the Bundesliga game against Cologne EC into a mass brawl. The referee imposed including Match, Game Misconduct and Disciplinary total of 166 penalty minutes.

In the season 1981/82 VfL only reached into the relegation zone, although they made the top scorer in the Bundesliga with Bill Lochead. Instead of the descent of the bankruptcy and the end of VfL Bad Nauheim Hockey followed. In the concluded in 1994 with the foundation of eternal DEL Table Bundesliga VfL Bad Nauheim has the 12th Place. With Werner Kadow, Helmut Keller, Rolf Knihs, Paul Langer, Rainer Makatsch, Dieter Niess ( captain ), Peter Obresa and Rainer Philipp were convened over the years repeatedly VfL player for the German national team. Even today, Rainer Philipp with 90 international goals in third place the DEB Eternally list with 199 international appearances in ninth place. At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976, he won the bronze medal with the German national team.

EC Bad Nauheim ( 1981-2001 )

As already looming financial problems of VfL which was established in 1981 EC Bad Nauheim took in the fourth division Regionalliga South - West of the match operation. After his second season of the EC Bad Nauheim celebrated promotion to the third-rate Oberliga Nord. In the final of the Regional Championship, however he lost the Bad Reichenhall EC.

The following season the club won the championship of the Oberliga Nord and rose to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord. Except for the two seasons 1990/91 and 1993/ 94 of the EC 's second highest league belonged to 2004 continuously. Even after the introduction of the German Ice Hockey League, the EC continued to participate in the sub-prime 1st League North. His biggest success of the club in the years 1998 and 1999, with the two runner-up and just narrowly missed promotion to the DEL.

During the seasons seasons 1990/91 and 1991/92 and the beginning of the 1992/93 season the club played under insolvency administration, but could be saved each financially. In the season 2000/ 01 the club had to re- file for insolvency. In order to continue the game operation for the teams of the EC Bad Nauheim, the playing in the 2nd Bundesliga first team in the summer of 2001 in the EC Bad Nauheim gaming operations GmbH, the youth and amateur game business was spun off Red Devils Bad Nauheim in the club newly formed.

EC Bad Nauheim gaming operations GmbH (2001 to 2004)

As of 2001, the professional team leagues play operation continued under the leadership of the sole member and patron Hans -Bernd Koal. However, miss or early exit in the playoffs the 2nd Bundesliga prevented doing the desires of the sole shareholder rise in the German Hockey League, whereupon Koal retired after the end of the season 2003/ 04 and the GmbH thus forced to set the gaming operation.

Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim (2004-2006)

After setting the game operation by the GmbH, the aim of the first team of the parent association, which now as the Red Devils in the game operation and the associated re-emergence of the Hessian skating association in the hockey league. Was This was the club, whose first team was spun off after the successful licensing by the Hockey operating company for the Oberliga in the Red Devils Bad Nauheim gaming operations GmbH. The amateur and youth teams remained under the umbrella of the parent association.

On 7 February 2006, which is still during the preliminary round of the 2005/06 season had to be made a renewed application by the management of the LLC for the opening of insolvency proceedings. Athletic took the team after the conclusion of the preliminary round to the relegation round part where the athletic league was missed with the last place. On 20 March 2006, insolvency proceedings were opened against the limited liability company then. While the Red Devils would be allowed to participate because of the non- feasibility of the policy decisions of the ESBG about the division leagues despite the sporty descent to the league season 2006/ 07, but this was prevented by the current method.

Also, the original club had in the summer of 2006, significant financial problems that endangered its survival.

EC Red Devils Bad Nauheim (2006-2013)

In the season 2006/ 07 took the first seniors team that was outsourced internally which was founded in the summer of 2006 Hockey Club Red Devils Bad Nauheim game Unternehmungs GmbH, again at the fourth division Regionalliga Hesse in part, while the second team played in the fünftklassigen division Hesse. The first seniors team reached the runner-up title in the joint promotion round of the national associations of Baden- Württemberg, Hesse and North Rhine -Westphalia, which one could simultaneously earn the right ascension for the Oberliga in the Regional League season 2006/ 07.

In the 2007 /08 league season, the Red Devils took under the name Hockey Club Red Devils Bad Nauheim game Unternehmungs GmbH in the game operation of the northern group of the Oberliga part. After the devil reached the 7th place in this group with a total of nine teams, they had to compete for the league against the Polar Bears Juniors Berlin in a play -down round. By a 2-1 success after extra time in the sixth game of the best- of-seven series, the Red Devils secured the league in the big leagues.

In contrast, the Red Devils reached in the following season, the play-off final of the Oberliga Nord, but they clearly lost to the Hannover Indians with three defeats.

The premier league season 2009/ 10 was again played out in a single-track league. With the fourth place in the table in the main round the play-offs were achieved, but left the Red Devils in the quarter- finals in seven games to the eventual champion Bulls Rosenheim Star.

Even after the restructuring of the league into four regional groups (North / West / East / South ) and the start of the West Season continuously managed the EC Bad Nauheim of making the play -offs. In the season 2010/11, Bad Nauheim reached the 3rd place in the group stage. In the one with the best teams in the North and East group subsequently discharged finals, the Red Devils reached the 1st place in the Cup round Group B and qualified again for the play-offs. After winning the play-off quarter-final against the EC Peiting they lost to eventual champion again, this time in the semi-final against SC Riessersee.

The climb to the 2nd Bundesliga season was the declared goal in the season 2011 /2012. After 2nd place in the preliminary round and first place in the qualifying round of the Oberliga West, the Red Devils qualified in the finals of the Oberliga Nord groups by the second place in Group A back for the play-offs. However, as in previous years, retired from the Red Devils against the eventual champion, this time in the quarter-final against Tolz Lions.

Also in the 2012/13 season, the Red Devils reached the play-offs. After winning rounds against EHC Klostersee ( quarterfinals ) and the VER Selb ( semi-final ) they met in the finals of the Hessian competitors Kassel Huskies. After four obtained from the respective home team finals, the Bad Nauheim finally won the fifth and deciding game in Kassel in overtime 3-2. Thus, the Red Devils were after 1984 again Oberliga champion and had athletic qualified for promotion to the second Hockey League.

Hockey Cracks Bad Nauheim (since 2013)

To provide the gaming operations GmbH, which organizes the professional game operating on a broad base, was 1 May 2013 the Hockey Cracks Bad Nauheim GmbH i.Gr. ( EC Bad Nauheim ) was founded as the successor to the EC RT Bad Nauheim GmbH. The game operation since 2007 directing GmbH was replaced by a company in which two sponsors, the conveyor vicious circle and the original club Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim young ice hockey players eV are involved.

With the 2013/2014 season takes the newly founded DEL2 as successors of the second ice hockey league as the second- highest league in the German ice hockey with the EC Bad Nauheim as promoted their first game time on. Short term, the rise was the umbrella organization of the league and the ESBG as host of the 2nd Bundesliga to the validity of cooperation agreements still uncertain due to a dispute between the DEB. The team secured in the play- downs 2013/14 in the league.

Placements

Player

Squad of the 2013/14 season

Booth: 2013 Legend: C = center, D = Defender, F = Forward, G = Goalkeeper, LW = Left Winger, RW = Right Winger, W = winger

Significant former teams

1st runner- League 1997/98

Bundesliga runner-up 1998/99

League champions 2012/13

Well-known former players

VfL Bad Nauheim

• Ernst Eichler
• Aribert Heim
• Rainer Philipp
• Helmut Keller
• Rainer Makatsch
• Bill Lochead
• Dieter Jehner

EC Bad Nauheim

• Greg Evtushevski
• Ralph Pöpel
• Rolf " Pilo " Knihs
• Thomas Barczikowski
• Gordon Blumenschein

More Teams

Under the umbrella of the Association Red Devils Bad Nauheim

• Takes in the amateur field a team at the - fünftklassigen - Hessen League in part and
• Promoting the next generation youth, the youth and the youth team in the top division - the Bundesliga - part. Other teams in the age groups from the youngest to the students take part in North Rhine -Westphalia, Hesse and Baden- Württemberg in the game mode.

Venue

→ Main article: Colonel -Knight -Stadion

Play their home games of the EC Bad Nauheim in 4,500 -seat Colonel -Knight -Stadion from the edge of the spa. The arena was built in 1946 on the instructions of the U.S. Colonel Paul Rutherford Knight as an outdoor venue under the name 100-day stadium to establish hockey as a national sport in Bad Nauheim. After the canopy in 1969, the stadium was named art ice rink Bad Nauheim, before it was renamed in 1996 in honor of its builder in Colonel -Knight -Stadion.