Schwenninger Wild Wings
CityVillingen-Schwenningen
LeagueDEL
Founded1904
Home arenaHelios Arena
(capacity: 6,193)
ColorsDark blue, white
   
Owner(s)Thomas Burger, Michael Werner
General managerChristof Kreutzer
Head coachHarold Kreis
Websiteschwenninger-wildwings.de
Franchise history
1904–1950SEC Schwenningen
1950–1994Schwenninger ERC
1994–2013SERC Wild Wings
2013—Schwenninger Wild Wings

The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 31 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the association was to reach the play-off semi-finals of the first Bundesliga in 1990. In 1994 the Wild Wings were a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

The Wild Wings play their home games in Helios Arena, a 6,193-seater stadium, and the club's colors are blue and white. The home club of the team is the Schwenningen ice and roller sports club 04 eV (german: Schwenninger Eis- und Rollsportclub 04 eV), which also competes in a junior and senior division and owns a figure skating and inline hockey department. Among the most famous players to have played at Schweninngen include the former captain of the German national ice hockey team Marcel Goc, the Seidenberg brothers, Dennis and Yannic, and former DEL record player Andreas Renz.

History

Schwenningen originally competed in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) from 1994–95 until the 2002–03 season when they lost their license due to insolvency proceedings. From 2003 until 2013, they competed in the 2nd Bundesliga, where they were runner-up in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

After 10 seasons in absentia from the DEL, the Wild Wings were returned to Germany's top league when they purchased the DEL license of the financially stricken Hannover Scorpions on 14 June 2013.[1] They began competing from the 2013–14 season.

Season records

Season Games Won Lost Tie OTL SOL Points Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Rank Playoffs
1994–95 44 18 19 7 – – 45 174 148 9 Lost in quarterfinals
1995–96 50 30 14 6 – – 68 214 150 5 Lost in preliminary round
1996–97 48 23 19 1 5 – 52 200 191 10 No playoffs
1997–98 44 19 17 5 3 – 46 157 148 9 Lost in preliminary round
1998–99 52 23 22 – 3 4 72 195 217 10 No playoffs
1999–00 56 23 24 – 0 9 73 160 185 11 No playoffs
2000–01 60 24 28 – 0 8 76 174 207 12 No playoffs
2001–02 60 20 30 – 0 10 68 134 183 16 No playoffs
2002–03 52 10 31 – 0 11 35 99 184 14 No playoffs
2013–14 52 12 30 – 2 3 51 136 190 14 No playoffs
2014–15 52 15 36 – 0 1 43 106 179 14 No playoffs
2015–16 52 15 31 – 1 1 55 143 179 14 No playoffs
2016–17 52 21 27 – 2 2 55 122 156 12 No playoffs
2017–18 52 26 23 – 2 1 74 123 130 10 Lost in preliminary round
2018–19 52 18 31 – 1 2 49 111 169 14 No playoffs
2019–20 52 14 32 – 3 3 45 119 173 14 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
2020–21 38 19 17 – 2 0 54 111 109 10 No playoffs
2021–22 55 21 27 – 3 4 64 136 165 14 No playoffs
2022–23 56 24 24 – 4 4 75 144 151 12 No playoffs
2023–24 52 24 20 – 1 2 85 159 145 6

Players

Current roster

Updated 9 March 2023.[3]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
51 Germany Cody Brenner G L 27 2023 Bogen, Germany, Germany
6 Canada Daryl Boyle (A) D R 37 2023 Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada
37 Italy Thomas Larkin (C) D R 33 2023 London, United Kingdom
54 United States Ben Marshall D L 31 2023 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
64 Germany Boaz Bassen RW L 24 2018 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
15 Czech Republic Filip Reisnecker LW L 22 2023 Prague, Czech Republic
23 Sweden Max Görtz RW R 31 2023 Höör, Sweden
11 Germany Viktor Buchner LW L 20 2023 Heidelberg, Germany
60 Sweden Joacim Eriksson G R 33 2020 Hedesunda, Sweden
88 Canada Kyle Platzer C R 29 2023 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
9 Germany Philip Feist LW L 20 2021 Duisburg, Germany
94 Germany Phil Hungerecker RW L 29 2022 Lüneburg, Germany
89 Canada Zach Senyshyn RW R 26 2023 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
52 Germany Johannes Huss D L 25 2020 Bad Tölz, Germany
47 Belarus Alexander Karachun LW L 29 2021 Gdansk, Poland
18 Germany Daniel Neumann LW L 22 2022 Freiburg, Germany
40 Norway Ken André Olimb (A) C L 35 2021 Oslo, Norway
77 Germany Daniel Pfaffengut (A) C R 27 2019 Kaufbeuren, Germany
50 Italy Peter Spornberger D L 25 2021 Bolzano, Italy
90 Canada Tylor Spink C R 31 2020 Williamstown, Ontario, Canada
96 Canada Tyson Spink LW L 31 2020 Williamstown, Ontario, Canada
53 Italy Alex Trivellato D L 31 2022 Bolzano, Italy
93 Germany Sebastian Uvira RW L 31 2022 Freiburg, Germany
78 United States Will Weber (A) D L 35 2020 Gaylord, Michigan, United States
19 United States Chris Brown C R 33 2023 Flower Mound, Texas, United States
16 Poland Arkadiusz Dziambor D L 22 2023 Pyskowice, Poland
7 Germany Kai Zernikel D L 20 2020 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

References

  1. ^ "License granted!" (in German). Schwenningen Wild Wings. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Deutsche Eishockey Liga beendet Saison vorzeitig". del.org (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Schwenninger Wild Wings current roster" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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