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34-648: The Freezers were originally known as the Munich Barons from 1999 until 3 June 2002, when team owner Philip Anschutz relocated to Hamburg for financial reasons. The club was renamed the Hamburg Freezers . Their German nickname was Eisschränke ( iceboxes ). The team's official colours were crystal blue and white and they played their home games in the Barclaycard Arena Hamburg . Goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère suited up for

68-521: A contingent of Adler fans traveled to Buffalo and Toronto to witness games hosted by the Sabres and Maple Leafs. During the 2012 NHL lockout , the Adler Mannheim became a popular team for the lockout-players again. The former Mannheim-players Dennis Seidenberg ( Boston Bruins ) and Marcel Goc ( Florida Panthers ) joined the team once more. They were followed by Jason Pominville , captain of

102-615: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Adler Mannheim The Adler Mannheim (English: Mannheim Eagles , formerly Mannheimer ERC ) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga , the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany . The team is based in Mannheim , a city in the northern part of Baden-Württemberg . Currently, the team plays at SAP Arena , where they moved to at

136-542: The 2020 NHL Draft . On 14 July 2019, Seider was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings. On 27 December 2020, Stützle signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators. After a poor start to the 2023/24 season, general manager Jan-Axel Alavaara and head coach Johan Lundskog were dismissed mid-season and American former NHL head coach Dallas Eakins

170-555: The Adler Mannheim . Despite the continued good showing of the team, the number of spectators remained low. Because of the expensive player contracts and the lack of sponsors, the Barons accumulated substantial debts. In the 2001–2002 season, the Barons placed first in the regular season, in spite of injuries plaguing the team. In the play-off semifinal, the Barons lost to the eventual champions, Kölner Haie . Although by this time

204-688: The Buffalo Sabres and again Jochen Hecht who was a free agent since his injury in early 2012. Hecht signed a contract (with an NHL-Out paragraph) until 2014, but after the lockout came to an end, he was offered a new, one-year contract by the Buffalo Sabres. After the Sabres contract expired, Hecht announced his intention to return to Mannheim to finish his professional career. On 19 June 2014, Mannheim hired Boston Bruins assistant coach Geoff Ward as their new head coach. After winning

238-629: The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) which had regulated ice hockey in Germany for many decades. The first incarnation of the Adler Mannheim was the 'Mannheim Ice and Roller Sport Club' ( Mannheimer Eis- und Rollsport-Club or MERC ) , founded on 19 May 1938. On 19 February 1939, they had their introductory match in the brand new Friedrichspark Stadium. The match against the winner of the German Championship

272-797: The German Ice Hockey League ( German : Deutsche Eishockey Liga - DEL ). The best year the team had was in 2000 when they won the German championship . After long negotiations among the Anschutz Group, the ice hockey teams Landshut Cannibals, ESC Munich and the Olympiapark Munich GmbH, the creation of the Munich Ice Hockey Club GmbH was announced on the 1 June 1999. The license for the DEL

306-423: The Munich Barons franchise was moved to Hamburg in northern Germany due to low turnouts and resulting financial problems. The Barons had an average turnout of under 3,000 spectators in Germany's second largest city despite being crowned league champions in 2000 while Hamburg had no representation in the country's top league and was therefore chosen as the next destination for the franchise. In their first season,

340-401: The play-offs , the team surprised all doubters and eventually became German champions. In spite of that success, the number of spectators at game was lower than expected (regular season: 2,800; playoffs: 4,900). In the 2000–2001 season, the Barons finished in third place in the regular season. In the playoffs, they reached the finals, but lost a hard-fought battle against the eventual champions,

374-591: The 2–1 lead in the final series, the Adler turned the series and won all subsequent games. With 4–2 victories, the Adler Mannheim were able to win their sixth DEL championship. After the 2014–15 season, Ward returned to the NHL and was replaced by Greg Ireland . Ireland was sacked in February 2016, and Craig Woodcroft , who had joined the Adler coaching staff in 2014, was promoted to head coach. Woodcroft failed to guide

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408-554: The Adler during the 2004–05 NHL lockout . The team made it to the finals, but were defeated by the Eisbären Berlin . The following season was disastrous. In their new home, the SAP Arena , the team was placed tenth at the end of the regular season. It was the first time in 26 years that the Adler Mannheim had not qualified for the playoffs. Making several changes ito the team roster, the team celebrated its resurrection in

442-487: The Adler squad to the playoffs and left after the 2015–16 season. In May 2016, Sean Simpson was named new head coach. On 4 December 2017, GM Teal Fowler , head coach Simpson and assistant coach Colin Muller were sacked due to unsatisfactory results. Bill Stewart, who had guided the club to the 2001 DEL title, took over the head coaching job. During the 2017–2018 season, the Adler Mannheim announced Jan-Axel Alavaara as

476-608: The Eishockey Bundesliga. Additionally, Mannheim acquired the national goalkeeper Erich Weishaupt from the Berliner Schlittschuhclub (Berliner SC). After a sixth place in their debut season, Mannheim strengthened their squad with Ron Andruff and Holger Meitinger and the national players Mannheimer Marcus Kuhl (Cologne) and Peter Obresa (Bad Nauheim). In a complicated tournament mode, from preliminary round, second round and championship round,

510-473: The Freezers during the 2004–05 NHL lockout season. Giguère played six games for Hamburg and posted a .925 save percentage , with a goals against average of 2.39. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout , Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn lined up for the Freezers in 19 games, amassing 7 goals and 13 assists, earning him a player of the month award for November. The Hamburg Freezers were founded in 2002, when

544-473: The MERC achieved promotion to the first division of Eishockey Bundesliga . In order to be able to set up a team with the limited budget, the MERC and coach Heinz Weisenbach had to get innovative. Weisenbach traveled to North America to search specifically for players with German roots. With Harold Kreis , Manfred "Mannix" Wolf , Roy Roedger and Peter Ascherl , the first "German-Canadians" were transferred into

578-631: The MERC would finally win the German championship for the first time. The title win was solidified with a victory in Berlin, and the Mannheim players warmed-up in tailcoats and top hats before their final, inconsequential home game against Cologne EC. In 1994, the Mannheimer ERC was a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). While the organization of the MERC continues to exist to

612-514: The average attendance exceeded 5,000. The team finished in 8th place, making it through to the quarter finals of the playoffs. In the next 10 years, attendance grew until the average attendance in 2011–12 was over 9,200. In its final season, 2015–16, the attendance was fourth highest in Germany and tenth-best in Europe. The club was a perennial playoff team although it never won a DEL championship. In May 2016, team owner Philip Anschutz announced that

646-438: The beginning of the 2005–06 season after having played at Eisstadion am Friedrichspark for nearly seven decades from 1938 through 2005. They have won the German Championship a total of eight times, seven of those coming after 1994 in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . German ice hockey changed significantly with the formation of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 1994. Its growing influence also brought growing independence from

680-582: The equalizer at minute 57. In the shoot-out, it was Dan Boyle who scored with the decisive penalty shot for the Sharks. In July 2011, Mannheim entered a developmental partnership with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL . The Adler participated in the 2011 NHL Premiere series, losing to the Buffalo Sabres 8–3. The Sabres (who counted among its players Mannheim native Jochen Hecht ) were very well received in Mannheim, and later that season,

714-674: The following 2006–07 season. After winning the German Cup , they finished in first place in the regular season and then won their fifth DEL Championship. On 6 July 2010, the Adler Mannheim competed against the San Jose Sharks in the 2011 NHL Premiere Challenge 2010 . German national player Manuel Klinge scored for Mannheim in the 5th minute, San Jose equalized with a goal by Jamie McGinn (54th minute). After Devin Setoguchi scored for San Jose, Mannheim's Jame Pollock scored

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748-470: The following season marked the first full success of the DEL era: the Adler Mannheim swept through the playoffs. With the minimum number of nine games, they won the championship in 1997. After also winning the championships in 1998 and 1999, head coach Lance Nethery and several players left the team. After a disastrous start to the regular 1999–2000 season, the Adler reached the playoffs again, but were beaten in

782-577: The new GM and Pavel Gross as their new head coach assisted by Mike Pellegrims and Pertti Hasanen . The Adler finished their regular season 2018–19 at the top of the standings table with a new point average record of 2,23 points per game and won the DEL title 2018–19 defeating EHC Red Bull München 4–1 in the playoff finals. During the summer break, the Adler Mannheim released their long-time team captain Marcus Kink – his successor being NHL veteran and German national player Marcel Goc . Also during

816-514: The number of spectators had begun to increase slightly, the Anschutz Group decided to move the team to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002. From then, the Barons played as the Hamburg Freezers in Hamburg in the DEL until 2016, when the Anschutz Group ceased operations due to financial reasons. This European ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about sports in Germany

850-443: The present day, the professional hockey team changed its name to Adler Mannheim and was transformed into an independent legal entity called "Die Adler Mannheim Eishockey Spielbetriebs GmbH + Co. KG". The old organization MERC still performs in the amateur and junior sectors, including the successful junior team Jungadler Mannheim ('Mannheim Young Eagles') ( DNL ). The first two seasons in the DEL ended in playoff quarter finals, but

884-498: The quarter-finals again. After that season, head coach Chris Valentine was released and was succeeded by Bill Stewart . In 2000–01, the Adler returned to winning ways with the fourth DEL championship in five years. In their final season at Friedrichspark, Mannheim native Jochen Hecht ( Buffalo Sabres ), Cristobal Huet ( Montreal Canadiens ), Yannick Tremblay ( Atlanta Thrashers ) and Sven Butenschön ( New York Islanders ) joined

918-488: The regular season with nine points ahead of the second-placed EHC Red Bull München, the Adler won the quarter-final series against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers 4–1. In the semi-finals, the Adler swept Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg with 4–0 victories – even after being down 0–3 goals in three of the games. In the final, Mannheim finally met ERC Ingolstadt. After a devastating 1–6 loss in the third game with Ingolstadt taking

952-530: The summer break of 2019, Adler Mannheim's rookie defenseman Moritz Seider was drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, sixth overall, by the Detroit Red Wings. Seider was the first German defenseman to be selected in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft, and the fourth-highest German-born player to be selected until Tim Stützle was selected third overall by the Ottawa Senators in

986-505: The team would no longer be sponsored by his company, Anschutz Entertainment Group. The Freezers were given a deadline of 24 May 2016 to find a buyer and new sponsorship, which was unable to be met, ceasing the operations of the club. Most of the DEL teams are based in the south and south west of the country, meaning there were very few local rivals for Hamburg. However, the Freezers did enjoy 'northern derbies' against two other franchises; Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg and Hannover Scorpions , while

1020-610: The team's main rivals were Eisbären Berlin , who are also owned by Philip Anschultz. The Hamburg Freezers mascot was Stanley the Lion, 'cousin' of Bailey the Lion of the Los Angeles Kings , another club owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group . Munich Barons The Munich Barons were a professional ice hockey team between 1999 and 2002 run by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) in

1054-591: Was announced as new head coach and general manager on 27 November 2023. Updated 28 September 2024. The following list shows all head coaches of Adler Mannheim during the DEL era. The youth performance center of the Adler Mannheim is called "Jungadler Mannheim" (youth eagles). Their under 20 junior team is 16-times national youth champion and record holder. Famous former Jungadler players are e.g. Dominik Kahun (Chicago Blackhawks), Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), and Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators). The female contingent of

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1088-591: Was carried over from the debt-ridden Landshut Cannibals . The team played its home games in the Olympia-Eisstadion . The name and logo of the Barons were unveiled in the middle of June of that year. Despite a poor start, the Munich Barons team – whose players were brought together from several other teams – was able to come together and finished in second place in their first season in the DEL. In

1122-536: Was destroyed by an air attack on Mannheim. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, it took another four years before the hockey club began playing once again. In the 1951/52 season, Mannheim again had a team to play in a regular team, but it was not very successful. The most successful game in this time was a 10–2 victory against a team of American soldiers based in the Mannheim-area. In 1978,

1156-483: Was lost 0–11, but the following seasons were more and more successful. However, due to the ongoing Second World War, it was difficult to play a regular season without some limitations. In 1942, after the Mannheim was qualified for the finals, the proclamation of the total war led to the cancellation of the finals, less than 24 hours before their scheduled beginning. On 5 June 1943, the Eisstadion am Friedrichspark

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