The Augsburger Panther are a professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

team in the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...

. The team is based in

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, Germany. They play their home games at the

Curt Frenzel Stadion The Curt Frenzel Stadium (Curt-Frenzel-Stadion) is an arena in Augsburg, Germany. It is used for ice hockey in the German DEL as home arena for the Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche E ...

. Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburger EV (''Augsburger Eislaufverein'', i.e. "Augsburgian Skating Society") until 1994, when it was changed to Augsburger Panther.

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Current roster

Notable alumni

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 ...

– First German Player who was voted for MVP at IIHF World Championships 2010 *

Duanne Moeser Duanne Moeser (born April 3, 1963) is a Canadian-German former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the sports manager for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is a member of the German ice hockey hall of f ...

– The club's all-time scoring leader, he played 15 years in Augsburg and since 2005/2006 he has been working in the club's management *

Ernst Höfner Ernst Höfner (1 October 1929 – 24 November 2009) was Finance Minister of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic. Born in Berlin, Höfner graduated with a degree in business. In the 1960s, he was a secretary in the finance ministry. From 1 ...

– 3x Bundesliga champion and currently assistant head coach of the German National Hockey Team *

Glenn Anderson Glenn Chris Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Ander ...

– Represented Canada at the 1980 Olympics, twice at the World Championships, the Canada Cup, and won six Stanley Cups *

Paul Ambros Paul Ambros (23 June 1933 – 26 June 2015) was a German ice hockey player. He was part of the United Team of Germany, which represented the country at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics.

– 11x Bundesliga champion *

Udo Kießling Udo Kießling (born 21 May 1955) is a German retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Canada ...

– 6x Bundesliga champion and member of the IIHF-Hockey Hall of Fame *

Xaver Unsinn Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the Germany men's national ice hockey team, German national tea ...

– 8x Bundesliga champion and former head coach of the German National Hockey Team

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Augsburger Panther Sport in Augsburg Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams Ice hockey teams in Bavaria Ice hockey clubs established in 1878 1878 establishments in Germany