EV Füssen , previously also called the Füssen Leopards , is an ice hockey team from Germany . They play their home games at the Bundesleistungszentrum für Eishockey (BLZ-Arena), located in Füssen , Allgäu . They currently play in the third level of German ice hockey, the Oberliga.
16-529: The club is one of the most successful in Germany, having won sixteen national titles, its last championship coming in 1973. The club was formed on 11 December 1922 as an ice skating club. The club's ice hockey department was formed two years later and began playing competitive games the following year when it took on the reserves of SC Riessersee . In 1935 the club reached the final of the German championship for
32-499: A free agent on a three-year deal through the end of the 2023/24 season. On 22 August 2022, SC Bern and Kahun agreed to another three year extension that runs through the end of the 2026/27 season. Kahun made his senior international debut by representing Germany at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2016 and later featured in the, 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 events. Kahun represented Germany at
48-906: The 1957–58 season , and was later inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as a player. At the beginning of October 2012 during the 2012–13 NHL lockout in the National Hockey League , forward Matt D'Agostini of the St. Louis Blues and Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders played at the SC Riessersee. In November 2012, Ottawa Senators forward, Erik Condra , also joined the team. Current Chicago Blackhawks forward and olympic silver medallist Dominik Kahun played for SC Riessersee in September and October 2014 in
64-897: The Kobelhang Stadium which held almost 15,000 in the early days but was later reduced to 7,000. In the late 1970s, the club took up the Bundesleistungszentrum as its home ground. After an insolvency in 2015 the club had to drop to the lowest tier of ice hockey in Bavaria, the Bezirksliga, winning its division in 2015–16. SC Riessersee SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Oberbayern , Germany . They currently play in The Oberliga ,
80-758: The National Hockey League (NHL). Kahun made his NHL debut on 3 October and recorded his first two NHL points, both assists, in a 7–6 overtime loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on 8 October. He recorded his first career NHL goal on 11 October in a 4–3 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild . He appeared in all 82 games with the Blackhawks in the 2018–19 season, providing scoring depth to Chicago, finishing tied 7th among all rookies in NHL scoring with 13 goals and 37 points. On 15 June 2019, Kahun
96-748: The National League (NL). He previously has played for the Chicago Blackhawks , Pittsburgh Penguins , Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in the Czech Republic , Kahun moved to Germany with his family as a child. Kahun played junior hockey with the Jungadler Mannheim U18 team, where he was the league's leading scorer for the 2011–12 season. He then moved to Canada where he played two seasons of major junior hockey with
112-670: The Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). On 4 April 2014, it was confirmed that Kahun had signed with EHC Red Bull München to begin his professional career with the 2014–15 season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In 2016, he won the DEL title with München. On 21 May 2018, Kahun as an undrafted free agent signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks of
128-613: 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. 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 coached SC Riessersee during
144-402: The beginning of his career. This article about sports in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
160-536: The club became one of the eight founding members of the new Ice hockey Bundesliga and its first champion, now under coach Markus Egen . Füssen was to become the league's most successful club, winning nine titles in the 36 seasons the Bundesliga existed until 1994. The club won its last German championship in 1973 but then had to clear the field for the more prosperous clubs from the larger cities, finding itself unable to compete financially. Eventually, in 1983, EVF
176-590: The first time but lost to SC Riessersee. When the club restarted its ice hockey department in 1945, after the Second World War , it found that of the twelve players it had before the war ten had either been killed in action or were still kept as prisoners of war. The club quickly recovered from this however and, by 1949, won its first of sixteen national titles. The club's fortunes greatly improved from 1952 when it hired Canadian coach Frank Trottier , winning seven consecutive championships from then on. In 1958
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#1732783697132192-664: 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
208-492: Was relegated from the Bundesliga, permanently leaving top level ice hockey in Germany behind. Since then, the club has been fluctuating between Oberliga and 2nd Bundesliga, occasionally brushing with financial collapse like in 1983, when it became insolvent. The club, like other small town Bavarian clubs, has an excellent youth program but finds itself unable to retain its best players who, in most cases, move to financially more potent clubs. The club used to play its home games at
224-545: Was signed to a one-year, $ 975,000 contract by the Edmonton Oilers , joining countryman and league MVP Leon Draisaitl . With the 2020–21 NHL season set to be delayed due to the pandemic, Kahun was loaned by the Oilers to return to his German club, EHC München of the DEL, on 6 November 2020, until the commencement of Edmonton's training camp. On 6 September 2021, Kahun joined SC Bern of the National League (NL) as
240-799: Was traded by the Blackhawks to the Pittsburgh Penguins along with a 2019 fifth-round pick for Olli Maatta . Kahun scored his first goal with the Penguins on 26 October 2019 against the Dallas Stars . Kahun was injured on 19 January 2020, suffering a concussion during a game against the Boston Bruins . He returned to the line-up on 18 February after missing 8 games. In 50 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kahun added 10 goals and 17 assists. On 24 February 2020, he
256-599: Was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues . Kahun made six appearances with the Sabres, collecting two goals and 4 points before the regular season was initially paused then concluded due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Due to salary cap considerations, Kahun was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Sabres during the offseason, making him a free agent . On 1 November 2020, Kahun
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