Hannover Indians

EC Hannover (Indians)
City	Hannover
League	2nd Bundesliga
Founded	1948 (1948)
Home arena	Eisstadion am Pferdeturm
Colours	Red, Blue, White
Head coach	Christian Künast
Affiliate(s)	Hannover Braves
Franchise history
1948-1956	ESG Hannover
1956-1963	RESG Hannover
1963-1984	EC Hannover
1984-1998	EC in Hannover
1998-2004	Kleefelder EV Hannover
2004-Present	EC Hannover Indians

The Hannover Indians are a professional German ice hockey team and public limited company from Hanover in Lower Saxony which was renamed in 2006 from the Kleefelder Eissportverein (KEV) to the EC Hannover Indians. Since 2002 the team had played in the Oberliga and was promoted in the 2008 2009 season to the 2nd Division.

Season records

Season	Games	Won	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
Oberliga Nord 2007-08	52	28	6	—	6	—	12	102	219	160	3	Lost in Quarterfinals
Oberliga Nord 2008-09	54	34	7	—	4	—	9	120	251	149	1	Promoted
2nd Bundesliga 2009-10	52	11	2	3	2	4	30	49	134	199	13	No Playoffs/ Relegation
Abstiegsrunde 2009–10 Relegation Round	Defeated EHC Freiburg 4 games to 1											Saved
2nd Bundesliga 2010–11	48	14	6	0	3	4	21	61	133	148	9	Lost in Pre-Playoffs
2nd Bundesliga 2011–12	48	17	3	4	0	5	19	70	134	147	8	Lost in Quarterfinals

Tournament Results

Year	1st round	2nd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Eishockeypokal 2006–07	L, 3–5, Fischtown Pinguins	—	—	—	—
DEB-Pokal 2009–10	—	L, 1-6, Fischtown Pinguins	—	—	—
DEB-Pokal 2010–11	W, 3-0, Saale Bulls Halle	W, 4-3, SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	L, 3-4, Starbulls Rosenheim	—	—
DEB-Pokal 2011–12	W, 4-1, Deggendorf Fire	W, 2-0, Heilbronner Falken	W, 3-2, Frankfurt Lions	L, 0-3, SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	—

Players 2012/13

(Stand: 20. April 2012)

Goal
Nr.		Name		Date of birth	Place of birth	acquired	previous team
1		Peter Holmgren		14. May 1987	Gothenborg, Schweden	2010	EV Landsberg
??		Jonas Langmann		22. December 1991	Bad Kissingen, Germany	2012	Hannover Scorpions
Defense
Nr.		Name		Date of birth	Place of birth	acquired	previous team
8		Danny Pyka		17. May 1984	Berlin, GDR	2010	Dresdner Eislöwen
21		Jan Hemmes		19. October 1982	Hannover, Germany	2008	EV Regensburg
27		Daniel Hilpert – C		27. July 1981	Aschaffenburg, Germany	2011	EHC München
36		Tobias Stolikowski		17. January 1983	Düsseldorf, Germany	2007	Dresdner Eislöwen
73		Maik Blankart U23/FL (Braves)		4. August 1992	Troisdorf, Germany	2011	Kölner EC
Offense
Nr.		Name	Pos	Date of birth	Place of birth	acquired	previous team
16		Marius Garten U23/FL (Braves)	RW	8. February 1988	Berlin, Germany	2011	Fischtown Pinguins
20		Ryan Olidis AL		11. April 1986	Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada	2011	EC Hannover Braves
41		Ryan McDonough AL	C	2. January 1988	Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada	2011	HC Valpellice
81		Sven Gerbig – A	RW	6. May 1981	Lich, Germany	2010	EHC München
88		Jamie ChamberlainAL	RW	2. August 1981	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada	2006	Reading Royals

Officials
		Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	acquired	previous team
head coach		Christian Künast	7. March 1971	Landshut, Germany	2011	Hannover Scorpions
assistant coach		Peter Willmann	14. October 1967	Germany	2010	ESC Wedemark
team manager		Benjamin Ropers		Germany
advisor		Hanno Foth		Germany
advisor		Oliver Hoppe		Germany
advisor		Dieter "Rocky" Neubert		Germany

References

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