SC Riessersee is a professional

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team based in

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. They currently play in The Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played in the 2nd Bundesliga. They play their home games at the ''Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum''. The club is the most historic club in the German professional league being the club with most German championships. Famous players who played in the club are the current President of the German Icehockey Federation Franz Reindl and Ignaz Berndaner, both local players and national players and Olympic medallists in the 1976 Olympic games at Innsbruck. The SC Riessersee has played in its history 26 championship finals, being considered today a cult club in German sports.

Achievements

* German championship: **Winners (10): 1927, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1978, 1981 **Finalist (16): 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1979 *German Oberliga Champion: **Winners (1): 2011 *

Basler Cup Basler Cup (french: "Coupe de Bale") was an international ice hockey tournament for professional men's teams, which was played in Basel, Switzerland between 1950 and 1965. It was originally played in November. The tournament was traditionally at ...

champion (3): 1954, 1955, 1956

Famous players and coaches

In the Hall of Fame of the German Ice Hockey Museum are persons who have made a special contribution to the ice hockey sport in Germany. So far 19 players and coaches from the club have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Bibi Torriani Richard "Bibi" "Riccardo" Torriani (1 October 1911 – 3 September 1988) was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete. He played for HC Davos from 1929 to 1950, and served as captain of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey tea ...

coached SC Riessersee during the 1957–58 season, and was later inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as a player.

NHL Players at the SC Riessersee

At the beginning of October 2012 during the

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in the

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, forward

Matt D'Agostini Matthew Vincent D'Agostini (born October 23, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for HC Ambrì-Piotta of the National League (NL). He was drafted in the sixth round, 190th overall, by the Montreal Cana ...

of the St. Louis Blues and Rick DiPietro of the

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played at the SC Riessersee. In November 2012,

Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a membe ...

forward,

Erik Condra Erik Paul Condra (born August 6, 1986) is an Americans, American former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who played in 372 National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Dallas Stars. He ...

, also joined the team. Current

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forward and olympic silver medallist

Dominik Kahun Dominik Kahun (born 2 July 1995) is a Czech-born German professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with SC Bern of the National League (NL). He previously has played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres ...

played for SC Riessersee in September and October 2014 in the beginning of his career.

References

External links

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SCRiessersee.de – official website
* Ice hockey teams in Germany Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams Ice hockey teams in Bavaria 1923 establishments in Germany Ice hockey clubs established in 1923 {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub