Löwen Frankfurt

The Löwen Frankfurt (English: Frankfurt Lions) are an amateur ice hockey team based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. They currently play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

For other uses, see Frankfurter Löwen and Frankfurt Lions.
Löwen Frankfurt
CityFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
Founded2010 (2010)
Home arenaEissporthalle Frankfurt
(cap: 6,990)
ColoursBlack, White, Orange, Silver
       
Owner(s)Stefan Krämer
General managerFranz-David Fritzmeier
Head coachMatti Tiilikainen
CaptainReid McNeill
Websiteloewen-frankfurt.de
Current season

The club is the successor of the Frankfurt Lions, formed in 1991, which experienced its greatest success in 2004 when it won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. When the Lions folded in 2010 after having had their licence revoked by the DEL a new club was formed, the Löwen Frankfurt, which began play in the lower divisions of German ice hockey. The new club won promotion to the second-tier DEL2 in 2014,[1] and to the DEL itself in 2022.

The Löwen play in the ice rink on Ratsweg. This was opened in 1981 and was long considered one of the most modern halls of its kind in Germany. It consists of 7,000 spectator spots, of which approximately 3,500 are seated and 3,500 standing. Löwen Frankfurt have 36 registered fan clubs.[2]

Home arena
Eissporthalle am Ratsweg in Frankfurt, Germany
Main article: Eissporthalle Frankfurt

The team's home arena is called Eissporthalle Frankfurt (Eissporthalle am Ratsweg), which holds 6,946 spectators. The arena has been home to Löwen Frankfurt (and earlier to the Frankfurt Lions) since 1991.

Honours

Players

Current roster

Updated 23 September, 2023.[3]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
21 Germany Eugen Alanov LW L 28 2023 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
83 Germany Kevin Bicker F L 18 2023 Schwabach, Germany
24 United States Ben Blood D L 34 2023 Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
78 Germany Dominik Bokk LW R 23 2022 Schweinfurt, Germany
86 Canada Cameron Brace RW R 30 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 Germany Brett Breitkreuz LW L 34 2022 Springside, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 Canada Nathan Burns LW/C L 30 2021 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
35 United States Joe Cannata G L 33 2023 Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
19 Canada Joseph Cramarossa C L 30 2023 Markham, Ontario, Canada
39 Germany Marvin Cüpper G L 29 2023 Köln, Germany
1 Germany Jonas Gähr G L 22 2020 Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
10 Germany Simon Gnyp D L 22 2023 Burghausen, Germany
20 Canada Cody Kunyk C L 33 2023 Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
47 Finland Ville Lajunen D R 35 2023 Helsinki, Finland
52 Sweden Maksim Matushkin D L 33 2023 Minsk, Belarus
4 Canada Reid McNeill (C) D L 31 2022 London, Ontario, Canada
16 Canada Chad Nehring C R 36 2022 Springside, Saskatchewan, Canada
77 Germany Lua Niehus D L 18 2023 Uttendorf, Switzerland
17 Canada Carter Rowney RW R 34 2022 Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada
95 Germany Mike Schmitz D R 28 2023 Tönisvorst, Germany
13 Germany Rylan Schwartz C L 33 2021 Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada
64 Germany Markus Schweiger F L 21 2023 Peißenberg, Germany
26 Germany Constantin Vogt LW R 22 2020 Leverkusen, Germany
14 Germany Yannick Wenzel F R 25 2021 Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
76 Germany Daniel Wirt D R 23 2019 Dortmund, Germany

Retired numbers
Legends Game in 2014.
Löwen Frankfurt retired numbers
No. Player Position Career in Frankfurt No. retirement
2Michael BresagkD1997–2010February 15, 2014
11Pat LebeauLW2002–2007February 15, 2014
27Trevor ErhardtF1983–1988, 1991–1993February 15, 2014
28Jason YoungC2003–2010February 15, 2014
34Ian GordonG2003–2010February 15, 2014
Notes
  • Retired jerseys include players who played for Eintracht Frankfurt, ESC Frankfurt and Frankfurt Lions
  • Trevor Erhardt’s jersey has already been unofficially retired prior to 2014

Head coaches

The following list shows all head coaches of Löwen Frankfurt.

  • Andrej Jaufmann, 2010–2011
  • Clayton Beddoes, 2011–2012
  • Frank Gentges, 2012–2013
  • Tim Kehler, 2013–2015
  • Rich Chernomaz, 2015–2016
  • István Antal, 2016
  • Paul Gardner, 2016–2018
  • Matti Tiilikainen, 2018–2020
  • Olli Salo, 2020
  • Franz-David Fritzmeier, 2020
  • Bohuslav Šubr, 2021–2022
  • Gerry Fleming, 2022–2023
  • Matti Tiilikainen, 2023–

References
  1. "Löwen Frankfurt". www.del-2-eventgame.org (in German). Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. "Fan-Klubs". www.loewen-frankfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. "Löwen Frankfurt Team" (in German). Löwen Frankfurt. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
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