Frankfurt Lions

The Frankfurt Lions are a professional men's ice hockey team from Frankfurt, Germany, in the German Elite League Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Currently, the team plays at Eissporthalle Frankfurt. 
==History==
The hockey team was founded as a section of the famous sports club Eintracht Frankfurt in 1959. After the section split from the club on March 5, 1991, the hockey team was renamed the Frankfurter ESC "Die Löwen" (meaning the the Lions). When the DEL formed in 1994, the team became known as the Frankfurt Lions.
==Successes==
Although the Frankfurt Lions traditionally have competitive teams each season, the Lions won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship in 2004.
The 2003-2004 Team Roster Included:
Ian Gordon, Marc Dillmann; Peter Ratchuk, Paul Stanton, François Bouchard, Jonas Stöpfgeshoff, Mikael Magnusson, Dan Peters, Sebastian Klenner, Michael Bresagk; Patrick Lebeau, Jesse Belanger, Dwayne Norris, Jason Young, Martin Reichel, Michael Hackert, David Sulkovsky, Mike Harder, David Gosselin, Christian Kohmann, Mark Etz, Markus Jocher ; Rich Chernomaz (coach).
== Current Roster (2009-2010)==
Number	Name 	Position 	Date of birth 	Nationality	Arrival
34 	Ian Gordon 	Goalkeeper	May 15, 1975 	 	2003
43 	Thomas Ower 	Goalkeeper	December 27, 1985 	 	2008
2 	Michael Bresagk 	Defense 	February 24, 1970 	 	1997
6 	Michel Periard 	Defense 	November 10, 1979 	 	2009
7 	Nicholas Angell 	Defense 	October 31, 1979 	 	2009
8 	Sebastian Osterloh 	Defense 	February 20, 1983 	 	2006
9 	Lasse Kopitz 	Defense 	May 21, 1980 	 	2007
26 	John Slaney 	Defense 	February 7, 1972 	 	2008
51 	Daniel Kunce 	Defense 	July 17, 1971 	 	2008
72 	Sean Blanchard 	Defense 	March 29, 1978 	 	2009
11 	Eric Schneider - C 	Forward 	September 15, 1977	 	2009
12 	Ilya Vorobyev 	Forward 	March 16, 1975 	 	2007
14 	Simon Danner 	Forward 	December 25, 1986 	 	2005
15 	Aleksander Polaczek	Forward 	August 9, 1980 	 	2009
16 	Tobias Wörle 	Forward 	August 1, 1984 	 	2006
17 	Thomas Oppenheimer 	Forward 	December 16, 1988 	 	2006
19 	Christoph Gawlik 	Forward 	August 10, 1987 	 	2008
21 	Josh Langfeld 	Forward 	July 17, 1977 	 	2008
24 	Jamie Wright 	Forward 	May 13, 1976 	 	2008
28 	Jason Young 	Forward 	December 16, 1972 	 	2003
39 	Derek Hahn 	Forward 	December 27, 1977 	 	2007
41 	Joey Tenute 	Forward 	April 2, 1982 	 	2009
44 	Jeff Ulmer 	Forward 	April 27, 1977 	 	2009
 	Rich Chernomaz 	Coach 	September 1, 1963 	 	2003
Category:German ice hockey teams
Category:Deutsche Eishockey Liga team
Category:Established in 1959