Munich Barons
Munich Barons | |
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City | Munich |
League | German Ice Hockey League |
Founded | 1999 |
Folded | 2002 |
Home arena | Olympia-Eisstadion |
Owner(s) | Anschutz Entertainment Group |
Franchise history | |
2002–2016 | Hamburg Freezers |
The Munich Barons were a professional
After long negotiations among the Anschutz Group, the ice hockey teams Landshut Cannibals, ESC Munich and the Olympiapark Munich GmbH, the creation of the Munich Ice Hockey Club GmbH was announced on the 1 June 1999. The license for the
Despite a poor start, the Munich Barons team – whose players were brought together from several other teams – was able to come together and finished in second place in their first season in the DEL. In the
Although by this time the number of spectators had begun to increase slightly, the Anschutz Group decided to move the team to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002.[3][4] From then, the Barons played as the Hamburg Freezers in Hamburg in the DEL until 2016, when the Anschutz Group ceased operations due to financial reasons.
Standings
Season | Plays | Gates | Points | Place on the table | Play-Offs |
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DEL 1999/2000 | 56 | 208:155 | 109 | 2. | German champion
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DEL 2000/01 | 60 | 175:150 | 104 | 3. | Finale |
DEL 2001/02 | 60 | 182:138 | 121 | 1. | Semi-final |
References
- ^ "Munich Barons hockey team statistics and history at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "München Barons" treten in der DEL an [“Munich Barons” compete in the DEL], Der Spiegel, 21 June 1999 (in German)
- ^ Umzug nach Hamburg: Barons bald keine Bayern mehr [Moving to Hamburg: Barons will soon no longer be Bavarians], Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 June 2002 (in German)
- ^ München Barons ziehen bald nach Hamburg um [Munich Barons will soon be moving to Hamburg], New Business magazine, 5 June 2002 (in German)