Krefeld Pinguine

The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the Yayla Arena. Founded in 1936 by entrepreneur Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In their history, they have won the German championship three times: 1951, 1952, and 2003. They won promotion to the DEL on two occasions in 1991 and in 2026 after beating Dynamo Weiswasser and Kassel Huskies respectively in promotion playoffs.

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Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
1994–95	44	29	12	3	-	-	63	203	127	4	Lost in semi-finals
1995–96	50	26	19	5	-	-	58	169	154	7	Lost in quarterfinals
1996–97	48	28	15	2	3	-	61	198	166	8	Lost in quarterfinals
1997–98	44	18	19	6	1	-	43	126	141	11	Lost in quarterfinals
1998–99	52	23	18	7	4	-	87	183	159	7	Lost in quarterfinals
1999–00	56	34	17	0	5	-	101	213	171	3	Lost in quarterfinals
2000–01	60	27	22	0	11	-	88	182	177	9	No playoffs
2001–02	60	40	16	0	4	-	118	210	162	3	Lost in quarterfinals
2002–03	52	28	22	2	0	-	78	147	133	6	Champions
2003–04	52	22	26	0	4	-	64	127	149	10	No playoffs
2004–05	52	26	23	0	3	-	73	145	159	9	No playoffs
2005–06	52	28	20	-	0	4	79	173	169	8	Lost in quarterfinals
2006–07	52	24	23	-	2	3	71	170	173	10	Lost in preliminary round
2007–08	56	25	23	-	3	5	80	191	193	11	No playoffs
2008–09	52	28	20	-	3	1	84	167	140	6	Lost in quarterfinals
2009–10	56	24	28	-	0	4	72	167	173	12	No playoffs
2010–11	52	27	16	-	3	6	86	143	130	4	Lost in semi-finals
2011–12	52	18	23	-	2	5	69	126	153	12	No playoffs
2012–13	52	20	15	-	1	5	88	166	145	3	Lost in semi-finals
2013–14	52	29	18	-	2	0	95	169	136	2	Lost in quarterfinals
2014–15	52	20	23	-	1	1	76	156	168	10	Lost in preliminary round
2015–16	52	15	26	-	4	2	61	136	164	13	No playoffs
2016–17	52	17	29	-	5	1	51	120	173	14	No playoffs
2017–18	52	17	25	-	7	3	55	141	177	14	No playoffs
2018–19	52	23	26	-	2	1	61	141	170	11	No playoffs
2019–20	52	15	29	-	4	4	52	134	170	12	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]
2020–21	38	5	29	-	2	2	18	74	167	14	No playoffs
2021–22	56	22	29	-	4	1	59	144	203	15	No playoffs; Relegated

Updated 17 July 2022.^[2]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
77	Tom-Eric Bappert	D	L	27	2019	Menden, Germany
72	Sergey Belov	G	L	33	2020	Moscow, Russia
52	Denis Miller	F	R	26	2022	Tübingen, Germany
–	Ben Johnson	C	L	32	2023	Calumet, Michigan, United States
9	Marcel Müller	LW	L	38	2022	Berlin, Germany
17	Leon Niederberger	RW	L	30	2020	Düsseldorf, Germany
25	Nikita Shatsky	RW	L	31	2020	Podolsk, Russia
16	Pascal Zerressen	D	L	33	2022	Tönisvorst, Germany

René Bielke (1993–1995)
Karl Bierschel (1948–1963)
Christoph Brandner (2000–2003)
Dick Decloe (1974–1978)
Christian Ehrhoff (1999–2003, 2012)
Uwe Fabig (1981–1983/1984–1992)
Bruno Guttowski (1951–1958)
Peter Ihnacak (1992–1997)
Ulli Jansen † (1947–1972)
Günter Jochems (1949–1965)
Josef Kompalla (1958–1971)
Erich Konecki † (1948–1952)
Lothar Kremershof † (1969–1978/1981–1985)
Karel Lang (1990–2001)
Petri Liimatainen (1995–1999)
Chris Lindberg (1994–1998)
Jan Marek (1974–1978)
Robert Müller † (2002–2006)
Alexander Selivanov (2003–2008)
Hans Georg Pescher (1948–1956)
Brad Purdie (2000–2003)
James Sargent (1994–1995)
Herbert Schibukat (1949–1954)
Tim Stützle (2014–2017)
Vic Stanfield (1976–1978, 1980–1988)
Herberts Vasiļjevs (2005–2017)
Heinz Wackers (1936–1955)
Remy Wellen (1955–1972)

↑ "Deutsche Eishockey Liga beendet Saison vorzeitig". del.org (in German). Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
↑ "Krefeld Pinguine Team roster" (in German). Krefeld Pinguine. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

Deutsche Eishockey Liga
2026–27 teams	Augsburger Panther Eisbären Berlin Fischtown Pinguins Löwen Frankfurt ERC Ingolstadt Iserlohn Roosters Kölner Haie Krefeld Pinguine Adler Mannheim EHC Red Bull München Nürnberg Ice Tigers Schwenninger Wild Wings Straubing Tigers Grizzlys Wolfsburg
Former teams	Bietigheim Steelers Berlin Capitals Dresdner Eislöwen Düsseldorfer EG Essen Mosquitoes Frankfurt Lions Füchse Duisburg Hamburg Freezers Hannover Indians Hannover Scorpions Kassel Huskies ESV Kaufbeuren EV Landshut Munich Barons Maddogs München Ratinger Löwen Revierlöwen Oberhausen SC Riessersee Starbulls Rosenheim Füchse Sachsen Weißwasser Wölfe Freiburg
Seasons	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27

DEL2
Current teams	Bietigheim Steelers Blue Devils Weiden Düsseldorfer EG EC Bad Nauheim EC Kassel Huskies EHC Freiburg Eisbären Regensburg Eispiraten Crimmitschau ESV Kaufbeuren EV Landshut Krefeld Pinguine Lausitzer Füchse Ravensburg Towerstars Starbulls Rosenheim
Former teams	Bayreuth Tigers Deggendorfer SC Dresdner Eislöwen Fischtown Pinguins Heilbronner Falken Löwen Frankfurt SC Riessersee Selber Wölfe Tölzer Löwen
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
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