SC Bietigheim Steelers

SC Bietigheim Steelers

City	Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
League	DEL2
Founded	1981
Home arena	EgeTrans Arena (capacity: 4,517)
Colours	Green, white
General manager	Volker Schoch
Head coach	Pekka Kangasalusta
Captain	Constantin Braun
Website	steelers.de
Franchise history
1981—1988	SC Kornwestheim e.V
1988—1991	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen-Kornwestheim e.V
1991—2006	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2006—present	SC Bietigheim Steelers

SC Bietigheim-Bissingen, also known as the Bietigheim Steelers, is a professional ice hockey team based in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. They currently play in DEL2, the second highest-level league in Germany.

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History

The club was created as SC Bietigheim-Bissingen-Kornwestheim e.V. in 1988. In 1991, they were renamed SC Bietigheim-Bissingen. In 2000, the club was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. They played the next 20 seasons in Germany's second-tiered ice hockey league, the DEL2, before they were promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2021–22 season.

The Steelers enjoyed a two-year tenure in the top flight DEL before finishing last in the 2022–23 season which sealed relegation to return to the DEL2 for the 2023–24 season on 1 March 2023.^[1]

Honours & Achievements

DEB-Pokal champion: 2012, 2013
2nd Bundesliga champion: 2009, 2013, 2021
2. Liga Süd champion: 1997

Season by season records

Tier	Season	Games	Won	OTW	SOW	Tie	OTL	SOL	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 1999–00	50	25	—	—	—	5	—	20	76	190	183	8	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2000–01	44	24	—	—	—	7	—	13	76	173	146	4	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2001–02	52	31	—	—	—	7	—	14	94	207	178	3	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2002–03	56	36	—	—	—	8	—	12	107	219	182	1	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2003–04	48	25	2	—	—	2	—	19	81	197	152	6	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2004–05	52	23	5	—	—	4	—	20	83	183	171	8	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2005–06	52	26	8	—	—	6	—	12	100	180	137	3	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2006–07	52	21	5	—	—	8	—	18	81	156	149	9	No playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 2007–08	52	22	1	1	—	3	4	21	77	130	129	7	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2008–09	48	32	1	3	—	1	1	10	106	177	97	1	Champions
2	2. Bundesliga 2009–10	52	24	2	5	—	3	3	15	92	150	120	4	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2010–11	48	14	6	0	—	3	4	21	61	129	159	10	Lost in Pre-Playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 2011–12	48	15	0	2	—	4	4	23	57	165	177	11	No playoffs/ Relegation
—	Abstiegsrunde 2011–12 Relegation Round	8	4	1	—	—	0	—	3	14	25	17	2	Saved
2	2. Bundesliga 2012–13	48	29	1	1	-	2	4	11	97	181	135	1	Champions

Players

See also: Category:SC Bietigheim Steelers players

Current roster

Updated 21 March, 2023.^[2]^[3]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74	Sami Aittokallio	G	L	31	2021	Tampere, Finland
59	Josh Atkinson	D	L	31	2022	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
4	Arvin Atwal	D	R	28	2023	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
90	Constantin Braun (C)	D	L	36	2021	Lampertheim, Germany
51	Cody Brenner	G	L	27	2019	Bogen, Germany
70	Leon Doubrawa	G	L	22	2020	Ebersberg, Germany
58	Lucas Flade	D	R	23	2022	Schkeuditz, Germany
26	Evan Jasper	F	L	32	2020	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
71	Michael Keranen	LW	L	34	2022	Stockholm, Sweden
15	Robert Kneisler	F	L	22	2018	Herrenberg, Germany
42	Fabjon Kuqi	F	L	23	2018	München, Germany
75	Teemu Lepaus	LW	L	31	2022	Tampere, Finland
34	Elias Lindner	F	L	23	2022	Mainburg, Germany
18	Mathew Maione (A)	D	L	33	2022	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23	Jimmy Martinovic	D	L	22	2021	Füssen, Germany
8	Guillaume Naud	D	R	31	2021	Augsburg, Germany
29	Alexander Preibisch (A)	RW	R	32	2017	Köln, Germany
3	Max Prommersberger	D	L	36	2014	Bad Tölz, Germany
12	C. J. Stretch	C	R	34	2020	Irvine, California, United States
84	Chris Wilkie	RW	R	27	2022	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
14	Benjamin Zientek	LW	L	30	2016	Augsburg, Germany

Coaching history

Richard Piasecki, 1989–1990
Danilo Valenti, 1990–1991
Richard Piasecki, 1991–1992
Jan Mancar, 1992–1993
Petteri Lehmussaari, 1993–1995
Wolfgang Rosenberg, 1995–1996
Petteri Lehmussaari, 1996–1997
Doug Kacharvich, 1997–1998
Tom Pokel, 1998–2001
Gary Prior, 2001–2002
Daniel Naud, 2002–2004
Uli Liebsch, 2004–2006
Michael Komma, 2006–2007
Christian Brittig, 2007–2010
Danny Held, 2010–2011
Kevin Gaudet, 2011–2018
Daniel Naud, 2018–2022
Pekka Kangasalusta, 2022–Present

References

^ "Defeat in Ingolstadt seals Steelers relegation to DEL2" (in German). SC Bietigheim Steelers. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Bietigheim Steelers Team roster" (in German). Bietigheim Steelers. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Bietigheim Steelers current roster". eliteprospects.com. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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