Kassel Huskies
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The Kassel Huskies were a professional ice hockey
team based in Kassel
, Hesse
, Germany
. They played the majority of their seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
The club was founded as ESG Kassel in 1977 and was renamed into EC Kassel in 1987. Since 1994, the professional crew of the club had been outsourced into a company with limited liability
and belonged as Kassel Huskies to the founding members of the DEL.
It was announced August 27, 2010 that the club had folded from the DEL due to bankruptcy.
(C) = Captain
, (A) = Alternate captains
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. They played the majority of their seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
The club was founded as ESG Kassel in 1977 and was renamed into EC Kassel in 1987. Since 1994, the professional crew of the club had been outsourced into a company with limited liability
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is a type of legal entityvery common in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other Central European countries...
and belonged as Kassel Huskies to the founding members of the DEL.
It was announced August 27, 2010 that the club had folded from the DEL due to bankruptcy.
Championship roster of 2007/08
| Position | Player (Squad number) |
| Goal: | Boris Rousson (1), Sebastian Elwing Sebastian Elwing Sebastian Elwing is a German professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:... (25), Adam Ondraschek (29), Marek Mastič (53) |
| Defense: | Vince Macri (2), Mike Pellegrims (6), Drew Bannister Drew Bannister Drew Bannister is a professional ice hockey defenceman, and current player/head coach for the Braehead Clan of the British Elite Ice Hockey League... (A) (7), René Kramer Rene Kramer Rene Kramer is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for DEG Metro Stars in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:... (8), Guy Lehoux (11), Brad Burym (22), Daniel Rau (39), Semjon Glusanok (65) |
| Forward: | Manuel Klinge Manuel Klinge Manuel Klinge is a German professional ice hockey right wing currently playing for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga... (9), Hugo Boisvert (C) (12), Mark Kosick Mark Kosick Mark Kosick is a professional ice hockey centre. He is currently playing in Germany in the Oberliga Nord for the Herner EV.-Playing career:... (14), Dylan Gyori (15), Ryan Kraft Ryan Kraft Ryan Kraft is a professional ice hockey player who is currently with the Kassel Huskies in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-ECHL:... (17), Thorben Saggau (19), Jacek Plachta (A) (20), Shawn McNeil Shawn McNeil Shawn McNeil is a professional ice hockey centre currently playing for EV Duisburg Die Füchse of the 2nd Bundesliga in Germany.-Playing career:... (21), Steve Palmer (26), Dominik Walsh (28), Daniel Del Monte (34), Christian Kohmann (37), Thomas Pielmeier (51), Sven Gerbig (81), Michael Christ (89) |
| Coach: | Stéphane Richer (Head Coach), Fabian Dahlem |
(C) = Captain
Captain (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...
, (A) = Alternate captains
Runner-up roster of 1996/97
| Position | Player (Squad number) |
| Goal: | Josef Kontny (1), Pavel Cagaš (29), Jonas Eriksson (70) |
| Defense: | Venci Sebek (4), Alexander Engel (6), Greg Johnston (7), Alexander Wedl (8), Dave Morrison Dave Morrison (ice hockey) David Stuart Morrison is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent parts of four seasons in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks before embarking on a long playing career in various European leagues... (10), Milan Mokroš (39), Jouni Vento (66), Roger Öhman (67) |
| Forward: | Bruce Eakin Bruce Eakin Bruce Glen Eakin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Eakin was drafted 204th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, where he played nine games. He later moved to the Detroit Red Wings where he played four games. He spent much of his time in the AHL and the CHL... (12), Mike Millar Mike Millar Michael Millar is a retired Canadian ice hockey right wingerMillar was selected 110th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft... (13), Roger Hansson Roger Hansson Roger Hansson is an Swedish ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics and became runner-up in the German championships with the Kassel Huskies in 1997.-External links:*... (14), Peter Kwasigroch (19), Branjo Heisig (20), Jukka-Pekka Seppo (21), Greg Evtushevski Greg Evtushevski Greg Evtushevski is a retired ice hockey winger. He played junior hockey with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils... (22), Frank Ozellis (26), Daniel Larin (27), Tino Boos Tino Boos Tino Boos is a German professional ice hockey player who is currently a Free Agent. He most recently played with the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:... (37), Anton Krinner (46) |
| Coach: | Gerhard Brunner (Chief-Coach) |
Coaches
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Ross Yates Ross Richard Yates is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and a former American Hockey League head coach. He played seven National Hockey League games with the Hartford Whalers during the season.-External links:... |