EHC Freiburg, is 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 based in
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
,
Germany
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. They play in the
DEL 2, the second-highest level of ice hockey in Germany.
History
The club was created as EHC Freiburg in 1984. In 2003, they became champion of the
2nd Bundesliga and earned the right to play 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 ...
in
2003–04 season. The organization was spun off to ''Die wölfe Eishockeyveranstaltungs
GmbH'' and was renamed Wölfe Freiburg, while the other teams of the club remained at EHC Freiburg
e.V. Wölfe Freiburg finished in last place in its only DEL season and was relegated back to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Wölfe Freiburg then bounced between the 2nd Bundesliga and the
Oberliga for several seasons. In 2006, ''Die wölfe Eishockeyveranstaltungs GmbH'' declared bankruptcy and ''Wölfe Freiburg GmbH'' was established the following year.
The team was relegated down to the
Regionalliga
The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...
, the fourth tier of ice hockey in Germany, after ''Wölfe Freiburg GmbH'' went bankrupt in the spring of 2011. For 2011–12, the team was once again dubbed as EHC Freiburg (while keeping the Wölfe emblem) and won all 21 of its regular season games, en route to the Regionalliga championship and a promotion once again to the Oberliga. In the Season 2014–2015 the team became champion of the Oberliga and played the following season in the
DEL 2.
In May 2019, it was announced that
Peter Russell had left the Glasgow Clan, and would be joining EHC Freiburg in the
DEL2
DEL2 (also known as DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany, below the '' Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (DEL) and ahead of the '' Oberliga''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct '' 2nd Bundesliga'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, u ...
, taking over from
Jan Melichar.
References
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Ice hockey teams in Germany
Ice hockey teams in Baden-Württemberg
Ice hockey clubs established in 1984
Sport in Freiburg im Breisgau
1984 establishments in West Germany
Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams
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