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).