The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional

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team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level

league in

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. The team is based in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

, a city in the northern part of

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. Currently, the team plays at

SAP Arena SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena h ...

, where they moved to at the beginning of the 2005–06 season after having played at Eisstadion am Friedrichspark for nearly seven decades from 1938 through 2005. They have won the German Championship a total of eight times, seven of those coming after 1994 in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

History

German ice hockey changed significantly with the formation of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 1994. Its growing influence also brought growing independence from the

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(DEB) which had regulated ice hockey in Germany for many decades.

Pre-DEL era

The first incarnation of the Adler Mannheim was the 'Mannheim Ice and Roller Sport Club' ''(Mannheimer Eis- und Rollsport-Club'' or ''MERC)'', founded on 19 May 1938. On 19 February 1939, they had their introductory match in the brand new Friedrichspark Stadium. The match against the winner of the German Championship was lost 0–11, but the following seasons were more and more successful. However, due to the ongoing Second World War, it was difficult to play a regular season without some limitations. In 1942, after the Mannheim was qualified for the finals, the proclamation of the ''

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'' led to the cancellation of the finals, less than 24 hours before their scheduled beginning. On 5 June 1943, the Eisstadion am Friedrichspark was destroyed by an air attack on Mannheim. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, it took another four years before the hockey club began playing once again. In the 1951/52 season, Mannheim again had a team to play in a regular team, but it was not very successful. The most successful game in this time was a 10–2 victory against a team of American soldiers based in the Mannheim-area.

Promotion to first division and first German championship

In 1978, the MERC achieved promotion to the first division of Eishockey Bundesliga. In order to be able to set up a team with the limited budget, the MERC and coach Heinz Weisenbach had to get innovative. Weisenbach traveled to North America to search specifically for players with German roots. With Harold Kreis, Manfred "Mannix" Wolf, Roy Roedger and Peter Ascherl, the first "German-Canadians" were transferred into the Eishockey Bundesliga. Additionally, Mannheim acquired the national goalkeeper Erich Weishaupt from the Berliner Schlittschuhclub (Berliner SC). After a sixth place in their debut season, Mannheim strengthened their squad with

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and

Holger Meitinger Holger Meitinger (born 28 March 1957) is a German ice hockey player. He competed in the Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics, men's tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics. References

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and the national players Mannheimer Marcus Kuhl (Cologne) and Peter Obresa (Bad Nauheim). In a complicated tournament mode, from preliminary round, second round and championship round, the MERC would finally win the German championship for the first time. The title win was solidified with a victory in Berlin, and the Mannheim players warmed-up in

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s and

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s before their final, inconsequential home game against Cologne EC.

DEL era

Four DEL championships in 5 years

In 1994, the Mannheimer ERC was a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). While the organization of the MERC continues to exist to the present day, the professional hockey team changed its name to Adler Mannheim and was transformed into an independent legal entity called "Die Adler Mannheim Eishockey Spielbetriebs GmbH + Co. KG". The old organization MERC still performs in the amateur and junior sectors, including the successful junior team Jungadler Mannheim ('Mannheim Young Eagles') ( DNL). The first two seasons in the DEL ended in playoff quarter finals, but the following season marked the first full success of the DEL era: the Adler Mannheim swept through the playoffs. With the minimum number of nine games, they won the championship in 1997. After also winning the championships in 1998 and 1999, head coach

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and several players left the team. After a disastrous start to the regular 1999–2000 season, the Adler reached the playoffs again, but were beaten in the quarter finals again. After that season, head coach Chris Valentine was released and was succeeded by Bill Stewart. In 2000–01, the Adler returned to winning ways with the fourth DEL championship in five years. In their final season at Friedrichspark, Mannheim native

Jochen Hecht Jochen Thomas Hecht (born 21 June 1977) is a German ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as assistant coach for Adler Mannheim since March 2022. Hecht played 833 games in the National Hockey League (N ...

(

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Cristobal Huet Cristobal Huet (; born September 3, 1975) is a French- Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a goalie coach for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron and ...

(

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), Yannick Tremblay ( Atlanta Thrashers) and Sven Butenschön ( New York Islanders) joined the Adler during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. The team made it to the finals, but were defeated by the

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Move to SAP Arena and 5th DEL championship

The following season was disastrous. In their new home, the

, the team was placed tenth at the end of the regular season. It was the first time in 26 years that the Adler Mannheim had not qualified for the playoffs. Making several changes ito the team roster, the team celebrated its resurrection in the following 2006–07 season. After winning the

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, they finished in first place in the regular season and then won their fifth DEL Championship.

Adler Mannheim and the NHL

On 6 July 2010, the Adler Mannheim competed against the San Jose Sharks in the 2011 NHL Premiere Challenge 2010. German national player Manuel Klinge scored for Mannheim in the 5th minute, San Jose equalized with a goal by Jamie McGinn (54th minute). After Devin Setoguchi scored for San Jose, Mannheim's Jame Pollock scored the equalizer at minute 57. In the shoot-out, it was Dan Boyle who scored with the decisive penalty shot for the Sharks. In July 2011, Mannheim entered a developmental partnership with the

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of the

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. The Adler participated in the

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series, losing to the

8–3. The Sabres (who counted among its players Mannheim native

) were very well received in Mannheim, and later that season, a contingent of Adler fans traveled to Buffalo and Toronto to witness games hosted by the Sabres and Maple Leafs. During the

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, the Adler Mannheim became a popular team for the lockout-players again. The former Mannheim-players Dennis Seidenberg (

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) and

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( Florida Panthers) joined the team once more. They were followed by

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, captain of the

and again

who was a free agent since his injury in early 2012. Hecht signed a contract (with a NHL-Out paragraph) until 2014, but after the lockout came to an end, he was offered a new, one-year contract by the Buffalo Sabres. After the Sabres contract expired, Hecht announced his intention to return to Mannheim to finish his professional career.

6th DEL championship and turbulent times

On 19 June 2014, Mannheim hired Boston Bruins assistant coach Geoff Ward as their new head coach. After winning the regular season with nine points ahead of the second-placed EHC Red Bull München, the Adler won the quarter-final series against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers 4–1. In the semi-finals, the Adler swept Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg with 4–0 victories – even after being down 0–3 goals in three of the games. In the final, Mannheim finally met ERC Ingolstadt. After a devastating 1–6 loss in the third game with Ingolstadt taking the 2–1 lead in the final series, the Adler turned the series and won all subsequent games. With 4–2 victories, the Adler Mannheim were able to win their sixth DEL championship. After the 2014–15 season, Ward returned to the

and was replaced by Greg Ireland. Ireland was sacked in February 2016, and Craig Woodcroft, who had joined the Adler coaching staff in 2014, was promoted to head coach. Woodcroft failed to guide the Adler squad to the playoffs and left after the 2015–16 season. In May 2016,

Sean Simpson Sean Simpson (born May 4, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He last served as head coach of Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany. As a player, Simpson played two AHL seas ...

was named new head coach.

Successful transition and 7th DEL championship

On 4 December 2017, GM Teal Fowler, head coach Simpson and assistant coach Colin Muller were sacked due to unsatisfactory results. Bill Stewart, who had guided the club to the 2001 DEL title, took over the head coaching job. During the 2017–2018 season, the Adler Mannheim announced

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as the new GM and Pavel Gross as their new head coach assisted by Mike Pellegrims and Pertti Hasanen. The Adler finished their regular season 2018–19 at the top of the standings table with a new point average record of 2,23 points per game and won the DEL title 2018–19 defeating EHC Red Bull München 4–1 in the playoff finals. During the summer break, the Adler Mannheim released their long-time team captain Marcus Kink – his successor being NHL veteran and German national player

. Also during the summer break of2019, Adler Mannheim's rookie defenseman

Moritz Seider Moritz Seider (; born 6 April 2001) is a German professional ice hockey defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected sixth overall by the Red Wings in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career A top pr ...

was drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, sixth overall, by the Detroit Red Wings. Seider was the first German defenseman to be selected in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft, and the fourth-highest German-born player to be selected until Tim Stützle was selected third overall by the

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in the 2020 NHL Draft. On 14 July 2019, Seider was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings. On 27 December 2020, Stützle signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators.

Honours

* Deutsche Eishockey Liga ** Winners: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2015,

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** Runners-up: 2002, 2005,

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* Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal ** Winners: 2003, 2007 ** Runners-up: 2006 * Eishockey-Bundesliga ** Winners: 1980 ** Runners-up: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 * Lehner Cup : Runners-up 2017, 2018 *

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: 1958, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015

Players

Current roster

Honorable players

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, , , 2000–2006, , 50, , 24, , 29, , 53 , - style="text-align:center;" , , Dave Tomlinson, , , 1996–2002, , 60, , 20, , 29, , 49

Retired numbers

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, , D , , 1956–1964 , , 23 November 2012 , - , 3 , , Harold Kreis , , D , , 1978–1997 , , 7 February 1998 , - , 10 , , Kurt Sepp , , F , , 1956–1967 , , 23 November 2012 , - , 12 , ,

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, , D , , 1955–1964 , , 23 November 2012 , - , 15 , , Marcus Kuhl , , F , , 1979–1982 , , , - , 20 , ,

, , L , , 2001–2009 , , 4 October 2011 , - , 25 , , Stéphane Richer , , D , , 1995–2002 , , 2. September 2005 , - , 55 , ,

, , F , , 1994–1998, 2004–2005, 2012–2013, 2013–2016 , , 23 February 2018 , - , 57 , , Ronny Arendt , , F , , 2005–2017 , , 23 February 2018 , - , 80 , , Robert Müller¹ , , G , , 2000–2002, 2006–2007 , , 22 May 2009 *¹After his death, the Adler Mannheim, the

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and the

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retired his #80. At the beginning of the season 2008–09, his number was retired league-wide by the DEL.

Championship teams

* 1979/80: Erich Weishaupt, Joachim Casper, Harold Kreis, Werner Jahn, Brent Meeke, Bogoslaw Malinowski, Norbert Mundo, Marcus Kuhl, Ron Andruff, Holger Meitinger, Peter Obresa, Manfred Wolf, Dany Djakalovic, Peter Ascherl, Elias Vorlicek, Klaus Mangold, Jürgen Adams, Jörg Etz and Roy Roedger; Heinz Weisenbach (coach). * 1996/97: Joachim Appel,

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, Harold Kreis, Paul Stanton, Christian Lukes, Robert Nardella, Alexander Erdmann, Stéphane Richer, Martin Ulrich, Mike Pellegrims; Steve Thornton, Mario Gehrig, Pavel Gross, Dave Tomlinson, Daniel Körber, Rob Cimetta,

François Guay François Guay (born June 8, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Guay was born in Gatineau, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Brossard ...

, Florian Keller, Till Feser, Philippe Bozon, Tommie Hartogs, Alexander Serikow, Christian Pouget, Dieter Kalt and Paul Beraldo;

(coach). * 1997/98: Klaus Merk,

, Christian Künast, Darren Rumble, Gordon Hynes, Paul Stanton, Christian Lukes, Mike Posma, Christopher Felix, Stéphane Richer, Martin Ulrich, Mike Pellegrims, Alexander Erdmann, Mario Gehrig, Pavel Gross, Dave Tomlinson, Philippe Bozon, Rob Cimetta,

Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm (born 4 March 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a former professional Norwegian ice hockey player. Playing career Dahlstrøm broke onto the Norwegian hockey scene 1987/88 playing for Furuset. The following season, still as a junio ...

, Mike Hudson, Alexander Serikow, Christian Pouget,

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, Ron Pasco,

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, Philipp Schumacher and Dieter Kalt;

(coach). * 1998/99: Sven Rampf, Pavel Cagas, Danny Lorenz, Helmut de Raaf, Gordon Hynes, Paul Stanton, Reid Simonton, Christian Lukes, Denis Perez, Stéphane Richer, Mike Pellegrims, Michael de Angelis, Brian Tutt, Mark Etz, Pavel Gross, Dave Tomlinson, Philippe Bozon, Kevin Miehm, Jason Young, Ron Pasco, Mike Hudson, Alexander Serikow, Christian Pouget, Mike Stevens, Philip Schumacher, Jan Alston and Jackson Penney;

(coach). * 2000/01:

, Robert Müller, Helmut de Raaf, Bradley Bergen, Andy Roach, Christian Lukes, Francois Groleau, Stéphane Richer,

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, Dennis Seidenberg, Michael Bakos; Gordon Hynes, Mark Etz, Dave Tomlinson, Steve Junker, Wayne Hynes,

, Ron Pasco, Marc Pederson, Georg Hessel, Todd Hlushko, Mike Stevens, Jan Alston, Jean-Francois Jomphe, Daniel Hilpert, Christopher Straube and Jackson Penney; Bill Stewart (coach). *2006/07 Jean-Marc Pelletier, Ilpo Kauhanen,

Danny aus den Birken Danny aus den Birken (born 15 February 1985) is a German former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most notably played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career He previously played with Kölner Haie for parts of five seasons be ...

, Robert Müller, Blake Sloan, Sven Butenschön, Pascal Trepanier, François Bouchard, Martin Ancicka, Felix Petermann, Stephan Retzer, Nathan Robinson, Eduard Lewandowski, Jason Jaspers, Tomas Martinec, Christoph Ullmann,

, Colin Forbes,

Rico Fata Rico Fata (born February 12, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Calgary Flames, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playin ...

, Jeff Shantz, François Méthot, Ronny Arendt,

Marcus Kink Marcus Kink (born 13 January 1985) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing as the Captain for Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has represented the German national team in numerous IIHF World C ...

and Rick Girard;

Greg Poss Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League. Playing career Poss began his career with the D ...

/ Teal Fowler (coaches) *2014/15

Dennis Endras Dennis Endras (born 14 July 1985) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Playing career Endras began playing for EHC Bayreuth in the Oberliga, the third-tier o ...

, Youri Ziffzer, Sinan Akdağ, Dominik Bittner, Christopher Fischer,

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Nikolai Goc Nikolai Goc (born June 17, 1986) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with the Bietigheim Steelers in the DEL2. He previously played with Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He participated at th ...

, Bobby Raymond,

Denis Reul Denis Reul (born 29 June 1989) is a German professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career Reul was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 5th round (130th overall) of ...

, Danny Richmond, Steve Wagner, Ronny Arendt,

Martin Buchwieser Martin Buchwieser (born May 28, 1989) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is signed with Löwen Frankfurt, a member of the DEL2. Playing career Buchwieser came through the youth ranks of SC Riessersee, before joining EHC München i ...

Mirko Höfflin Mirko Höfflin (born June 18, 1992) is a German professional ice hockey forward currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the sixth round (151st overall) of the 2010 N ...

, Kai Hospelt, Andrew Joudrey,

(C), Frank Mauer, Glen Metropolit,

Matthias Plachta Matthias Plachta (born 16 May 1991) is a German professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who is currently playing for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is the son of Jacek Płachta, a former player and coach of ...

, Jon Rheault, Jamie Tardif, Christoph Ullmann and

Brandon Yip Brandon Michael Harry Yip (; born April 25, 1985) is a Chinese-Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who is currently playing with HC Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played in the National Hockey L ...

– Geoff Ward, Jay Leach and Craig Woodcroft (coaches) *2018/19

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, Sinan Akdağ,

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Cody Lampl Cody Lampl (born June 19, 1986) is an American and German professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the Straubing Tigers. He holds a German passport, his grandparents emigrated from Germany to ...

, Joonas Lehtivuori, Thomas Larkin, Brendan Mikkelson, Janik Möser,

Luke Adam Luke Adam (born June 18, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing with the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabre ...

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, Markus Eisenschmid, Garret Festerling,

, Tommi Huhtala, Phil Hungerecker,

(C), Chad Kolarik, Nicolas Krämmer, Alex Lambacher,

Brent Raedeke Brent Raedeke (born May 29, 1990) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played center for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career He p ...

, Ben Smith and David Wolf – Pavel Gross, Mike Pellegrims and Pertti Hasanen (coaches)

Head coaches

The following list shows all head coaches of Adler Mannheim during the DEL era. *

, 1994–99 * Chris Valentine, 1999–00 * Bill Stewart, 2000–04 * Helmut de Raaf, 2004 * Stéphane Richer, 2004–05 *

, 2005–07 * Dave King, 2007–09 * Teal Fowler (Interim), 2009 * Doug Mason, 2009–10 * Teal Fowler, 2010 * Harold Kreis, 2010–13 *

Hans Zach Hans Zach (born 30 March 1949) is a German ice hockey player and coach. During his playing career he played for five different clubs in the Eishockey-Bundesliga, EC Bad Tölz, SC Riessersee, Berliner SC, EV Landshut and SB Rosenheim. He also repr ...

, 2014 * Geoff Ward, 2014–15 * Greg Ireland, 2015–16 * Craig Woodcroft, 2016 *

, 2016–17 *Bill Stewart, 2017–18 * Pavel Gross, 2018–''present''

DEL Season records

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for ! width= 40px style="background: #e3000f; color: #ffffff" , Goals
against ! width= 40px style="background: #e3000f; color: #ffffff" , Rank ! width= 200px style="background: #e3000f; color: #ffffff" , Playoffs , - , 1994–95, , 44, , 29, , -, , 9, , 6, , 0, , 64, , 164, , 108, , 3, , Quarter-final loss , - , 1995–96, , 50, , 29, , -, , 12, , 7, , 2, , 67, , 195, , 163, , 7, , Quarter-final loss , - , 1996–97, , 50, , 35 , , -, , 10, , 5, , 1, , 76, , 212, , 123, , 1, , Champion , - , 1997–98, , 48, , 26, , -, , 16, , 3, , 3, , 58, , 170, , 145, , 4, , Champion , - , 1998–99, , 52, , 24, , -, , 16, , 5, , 7, , 89, , 208, , 182, , 3, , Champion , - , 1999-00, , 56, , 27, , -, , 19, , 6, , 4, , 97, , 199, , 181, , 5, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2000–01, , 60, , 31, , -, , 16, , 9, , 4, , 115, , 205, , 144, , 1, , Champion , - , 2001–02, , 60, , 34, , -, , 14, , 6, , 6, , 120, , 186, , 135, , 2, , Final loss , - , 2002–03, , 52, , 25, , -, , 16, , 8, , 3, , 94, , 152, , 129, , 4, , Semi-final loss , - , 2003–04, , 52, , 26, , -, , 16, , 4, , 6, , 92, , 151, , 124, , 6, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2004–05, , 52, , 23, , -, , 21, , 3, , 5, , 80, , 151, , 150, , 6, , Final loss , - , 2005–06, , 52, , 19, , -, , 26, , 4, , 3, , 68, , 148, , 155, , 10, , Did not make playoffs , - , 2006–07, , 52, , 29, , -, , 9, , 6, , 8, , 107, , 184, , 147, , 1, , Champion , - , 2007–08, , 56, , 24, , -, , 20, , 8, , 4, , 92, , 180, , 174, , 6, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2008–09, , 52, , 22, , -, , 18, , 7, , 5, , 85, , 144, , 131, , 4, , Semi-final loss , - , 2009–10, , 56, , 23, , -, , 22, , 4, , 7, , 84, , 177, , 177, , 9, , Playoffs Qualifier loss , - ,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, , 52, , 20, , -, , 20, , 7, , 5, , 79, , 131, , 137, , 7, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2011–12, , 52, , 23, , -, , 15, , 7, , 7, , 90, , 171, , 148, , 4, , Final loss , - ,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, , 52, , 30, , -, , 16, , 3, , 3, , 99, , 164, , 125, , 1, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2013–14, , 52, , 26, , -, , 18, , 4, , 4, , 90, , 148, , 123, , 4, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2014–15, , 52, , 33, , -, , 14, , 3, , 2, , 107, , 173, , 123, , 1, , Champion , - , 2015–16, , 52, , 20, , -, , 24, , 5, , 3, , 73, , 138, , 146, , 4, , Playoffs Qualifier loss , - , 2016–17, , 52, , 30, , -, , 12, , 6, , 4, , 106, , 183, , 135, , 2, , Quarter-final loss , - , 2017–18, , 52, , 21, , -, , 22, , 6, , 3, , 78, , 151, , 149, , 5, , Semi-final loss , - , 2018–19, , 52, , 35, , -, , 8, , 2, , 7, , 116, , 194, , 117, , 1, , Champion , - , 2019–20, , 52, , 28, , -, , 12, , 6, , 6, , 180, , 132, , 102, , 2, , Cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

. , - , 2020–21, , 38, , 23, , -, , 5, , 8, , 2, , 87, , 116, , 71, , 1, , Semi-final loss , - , 2021–22, , 54, , 24, , -, , 19, , 10, , 1, , 93, , 165, , 129, , 5, , Semi-final loss

Affiliated teams

Jungadler Mannheim

The youth performance center of the Adler Mannheim is called "Jungadler Mannheim" (youth eagles). Their under 20 junior team is 16-times national youth champion and record holder. Famous former Jungadler players are e.g. Dominik Kahun (Chicago Blackhawks),

Leon Draisaitl Leon Tim Draisaitl (; born 27 October 1995) is a German professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Draisaitl grew up playing hockey in Germany until he was selected second ove ...

(Edmonton Oilers),

(Detroit Red Wings), and Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators).

ERC Mannheimer WildCats

The female contingent of the Mannheimer ERC carries the name "Wild Cats." The most successful period in the WildCats' career was between 1988 and 1994 during which they won three German championships and vice-championships. The Wildcats did not play during the 2005–06 season after four players terminated their contracts. Therefore, they were forced to temporarily withdraw from the league.

References

External links

* {{DEL 1938 establishments in Germany Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams Ice hockey teams in Germany Ice hockey teams in Baden-Württemberg Sport in Mannheim Ice hockey clubs established in 1938