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 h ...

team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. 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 Deutsch ...

. 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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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 – 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 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 1970 to 1976 he ...

– 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 – 11x Bundesliga champion * Udo Kießling – 6x Bundesliga champion and member of the IIHF-Hockey Hall of Fame * Xaver Unsinn – 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