Krefeld Pinguine

Krefeld Pinguine
City	Krefeld, Germany
League	DEL2
Founded	1936
Home arena	Yayla-Arena (capacity: 8,029)
Colors
General manager	Sergey Saveljev
Head coach	Boris Blank
Captain	Martin Schymainski
Website	krefeld-pinguine.de

The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the König Palast. Founded first in 1936 by Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In their history they have won the German championship in 1951,1952, and 2003.

Team names

• 1936 as "Krefelder Eislauf-Verein 1936 e.V." (KEV)
• 1978 as "EHC Krefeld"
• 1981 asc"Krefelder Eislauf-Verein 1981 e.V."
• 1995 as "KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH"

Season records

Krefeld Pinguine team in 2004

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
1994–95	44	29	12	3	-	-	63	203	127	4	Lost in Semi-finals
1995–96	50	26	19	5	-	-	58	169	154	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
1996–97	48	28	15	2	3	-	61	198	166	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
1997–98	44	18	19	6	1	-	43	126	141	11	Lost in Quarterfinals
1998–99	52	23	18	7	4	-	87	183	159	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
1999–00	56	34	17	0	5	-	101	213	171	3	Lost in Quarterfinals
2000–01	60	27	22	0	11	-	88	182	177	9	No Playoffs
2001–02	60	40	16	0	4	-	118	210	162	3	Lost in Quarterfinals
2002–03	52	28	22	2	0	-	78	147	133	6	Champions
2003–04	52	22	26	0	4	-	64	127	149	10	No Playoffs
2004–05	52	26	23	0	3	-	73	145	159	9	No Playoffs
2005–06	52	28	20	-	0	4	79	173	169	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
2006–07	52	24	23	-	2	3	71	170	173	10	Lost in Preliminary Round
2007–08	56	25	23	-	3	5	80	191	193	11	No Playoffs
2008–09	52	28	20	-	3	1	84	167	140	6	Lost in Quarterfinals
2009–10	56	24	28	-	0	4	72	167	173	12	No Playoffs
2010–11	52	27	16	-	3	6	86	143	130	4	Lost in Semi-finals
2011–12	52	18	23	-	2	5	69	126	153	12	No Playoffs
2012–13	52	20	15	-	1	5	88	166	145	3	Lost in Semi-finals
2013–14	52	29	18	-	2	0	95	169	136	2	Lost in Quarterfinals
2014–15	52	20	23	-	1	1	76	156	168	10	Lost in Preliminary Round
2015–16	52	15	26	-	4	2	61	136	164	13	No Playoffs
2016–17	52	17	29	-	5	1	51	120	173	14	No Playoffs
2017–18	52	17	25	-	7	3	55	141	177	14	No Playoffs
2018–19	52	23	26	-	2	1	61	141	170	11	No Playoffs
2019–20	52	15	29	-	4	4	52	134	170	12	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	38	5	29	-	2	2	18	74	167	14	No Playoffs
2021–22	56	22	29	-	4	1	59	144	203	15	No Playoffs; Relegated

Players

Current roster

Updated 17 July 2022.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
77		Tom-Eric Bappert	D	L	25	2019	Menden, Germany
72		Sergey Belov	G	L	31	2020	Moscow, Russia
52		Denis Miller	F	R	25	2022	Tübingen, Germany
–		Ben Johnson	C	L	30	2023	Calumet, Michigan, United States
9		Marcel Müller	LW	L	36	2022	Berlin, Germany
17		Leon Niederberger	RW	L	28	2020	Düsseldorf, Germany
25		Nikita Shatsky	RW	L	29	2020	Podolsk, Russia
16		Pascal Zerressen	D	L	32	2022	Tönisvorst, Germany

Honored members

• 1 Karel Lang
• 2 Uwe Fabig
• 4 Vic Stanfield
• 7 Lothar Kremershof
• 80 Robert Müller

Notable alumni

• René Bielke (1993–1995)
• Karl Bierschel (1948–1963)
• Christoph Brandner (2000–2003)
• Dick Decloe (1974–1978)
• Christian Ehrhoff (1999–2003, 2012)
• Uwe Fabig (1981–1983/1984–1992)
• Bruno Guttowski (1951–1958)
• Peter Ihnacak (1992–1997)
• Ulli Jansen † (1947–1972)
• Günter Jochems (1949–1965)
• Josef Kompalla (1958–1971)
• Erich Konecki † (1948–1952)
• Lothar Kremershof † (1969–1978/1981–1985)
• Karel Lang (1990–2001)
• Petri Liimatainen (1995–1999)
• Chris Lindberg (1994–1998)
• Jan Marek (1974–1978)
• Robert Müller † (2002–2006)
• Alexander Selivanov (2003–2008)
• Hans Georg Pescher (1948–1956)
• Brad Purdie (2000–2003)
• James Sargent (1994–1995)
• Herbert Schibukat (1949–1954)
• Tim Stützle (2014–2017)
• Vic Stanfield (1976–1978, 1980–1988)
• Herberts Vasiļjevs (2005–2017)
• Heinz Wackers (1936–1955)
• Remy Wellen (1955–1972)

Notable coaches

• Jiří Ehrenberger
• Martin Jíranek
• Rick Adduono
• Butch Goring

External links

• Official website (in German)