Nürnberg Ice Tigers

The roots of the team can be traced back to SG Nürnberg, an ice hockey club that played in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1958 until it was closed down in 1980 due to financial issues. Today's team was founded in 1980 as EHC Nürnberg 1980 e.V., as a non-profit organization. Play started in 1980–81 in the Bavarian state ice-hockey league (German: Eishockey-Bayernliga). After a single season, the team moved up to the Southern Regional League (German: Regionalliga Süd), and was promoted again after just one season in 1983 to the 3rd-tier German Ice Hockey League (German: Oberliga Süd).

By 1987, EHC Nürnberg 1980 moved up to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the early 1990s, financial uncertainties with German professional ice hockey led to the foundation of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga – DEL. The DEL was modeled after the NHL, with hopes of providing financial stability through licensing and franchising of teams.

EHC Nürnberg 1980 was admitted to the DEL as a founding member on 13 June 1994, one of 6 teams from the 2nd Bundesliga. As the DEL replaced the 1st Bundesliga and now represents the highest level of German professional ice hockey, this resulted in a promotion. In the first DEL season, the EHC Nürnberg 1980 finished the regular season in 12th place, only to be eliminated in the first playoff round.

For the following season, the professional team was separated from the non-profit organization and incorporated as the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, with the youth and amateurs keeping the old name.^[1] In the 1998–99 DEL season the Tigers finished the regular season in first place, but lost in the playoff finals to the Adler Mannheim, who dominated German Ice Hockey in the late 1990s.

In 2006, the Ice Tigers and Bionorica AG signed a three-year agreement, giving Bionorica the naming rights to the team. Starting with the 2006–07 DEL season, the team was renamed to Sinupret Ice Tigers, after a Bionorica product.

During the 2008–09 season it became obvious that the Ice Tigers were in a dire financial situation. On 25 November 2008 preliminary insolvency was filed and, on 30 December, officially declared. This led to the corporate sponsor Bionorica pulling their support in March 2009. An investor group led by local jeweler Thomas Sabo intervened on 3 April 2009, pre-empting bankruptcy proceedings and ensuring participation in the 2009–10 season. The team was known as the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers for eleven years until April 2020. After the sponsorship by Thomas Sabo ended, the team changed its name back to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers.

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  EHC 80 Nürnberg,
  1980–1995
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  Nürnberg Ice Tigers, since 2020

• See also: Category:Nürnberg Ice Tigers players

Updated 6 April 2024.^[2]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Evan Barratt	C	L	25	2023	Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
9		Justus Böttner	D	L	22	2023	Arnstadt, Germany
90		Constantin Braun	D	L	36	2023	Lampertheim, Germany
–		Josef Eham	F	L	21	2024	Hausham, Germany
95		Charlie Gerard	C	R	28	2023	Rocky River, Ohio, United States
72		Leon Hungerecker	G	L	26	2022	Lüneburg, Germany
6		Julius Karrer	D	L	24	2020	Berlin, Germany
73		Roman Kechter	F	R	20	2022	Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany
21		Max Kislinger	C	R	26	2018	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
26		Dennis Lobach	RW	R	24	2021	Schweinfurt, Germany
14		Cole Maier	C	R	28	2023	Pequannock, New Jersey, United States
23		Lukas Ribarik	F	L	23	2021	Nürnberg, Germany
82		Hayden Shaw	D	L	28	2022	Woodbury, Minnesota, United States
13		Ryan Stoa	LW	L	37	2021	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
31		Niklas Treutle	G	L	33	2017	Nürnberg, Germany
48		Jake Ustorf	F	L	26	2021	Waynesville, Ohio, United States
24		Marcus Weber (C)	D	L	31	2013	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

• Most DEL games for the club: 524 Patrick Reimer
• Most DEL goals for the club: 218 Patrick Reimer
• Most DEL penalty minutes for the club: 576 John Craighead

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