The Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors most notably sporting events and Beauty pageants Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Deutsche Eishockey Liga ( German Ice Hockey League, shortname DEL is a German high-calibre Ice hockey league and has the highest number of American The team was one of the founding members of the DEL.

The team colours are red and white.

The Kölner Haie play their home games in the DEL (German Ice Hockey League) and DEB-Pokal (German Ice Hockey Federation Cup) at the Lanxess Arena(also home to the German national hockey team), which opened in 1998, located in Cologne-Deutz. With room for 18,500 spectators, the Lanxess Arena is amongst the biggest multi-functional arenas in Europe, and the Haie have the second highest average attendance in European ice hockey behind Swiss team SC Bern. The Lanxess Arena (formerly known as Kölnarena, German for Cologne Arena) is an Indoor arena in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia History The ice hockey section of the Bern Sports Club which was established on November 3, 1930, officially began playing on January 1, 1931 Previously, the Haie played their home games at the Eisstadion an der Lentstrasse. A strong local rivalry exists between the Kölner Haie and the DEG Metro Stars, of neighboring Düsseldorf. The DEG Metro Stars is the Ice hockey team of the German city of Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Games between the two teams often attract sell-out crowds.

Championship teams

Since 1998 home ice: The Lanxess Arena. The Lanxess Arena (formerly known as Kölnarena, German for Cologne Arena) is an Indoor arena in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

• 1976/77: Erich Kühnhackl, Craig Sarner, Marcus Kuhl, Detlef Langemann, Henryk Jaworowski, Peter Schiller, Udo Kießling, Franz Hofherr, Kjell-Rune Milton, Carl-Gustaf Richter, Hans Rothkirch, Matthias Maurer, Wim Hospelt, Michael Muus, Harald Krüll, Dieter Langemann, Youkko Oestyllae, Bernd Beyerbach, Axel Richter, Wolf Herbst

• 1978/79: Erich Kühnhackl, Hardy Nilsson, Marcus Kuhl, Dick Decloe, Udo Kießling, Harald Krüll, Walter Stadler, Franz Hofherr, Henryk Jaworowski, Peter Schiller, D. Erich Kühnhackl (born October 17, 1950 in Citice, Czechoslovakia) is a German retired Ice hockey player Langemann, Vic Stanfield, Hans Rothkirch, Georg Kink, Miroslav Sikora, Christian Nikola, Siegfried Hardt, Claus Verleih, Rainer Makkatsch

• 1983/84: Gerd Truntschka, Miroslav Sikora, Holger Meitinger, Marcus Kuhl, Ulli Hiemer, Peter Schiller, Toni Forster, Udo Kießling, Rainer Phillip, Drew Callander, Rob Tudor, Christoph Augsten, Peter Gailer, Werner Kühn, Uwe Krupp, Guido Lenzen, Jörg Parschill, Rene Ledock, Richard Trojan, Jörg Lautwein, Georg Giovannakis, Helmut de Raaf, Peter Zankl

• 1985/86: Miroslav Sikora, Gerd Truntschka, Helmut Steiger, Doug Berry, Peter Schiller, Udo Kießling, Boguslav Maj, Brian Young, Uwe Krupp, Christoph Augsten, Steve McNeil, Gordon Blumenschein, Holger Meitinger, Werner Kühn, Justyn Denisiuk, Rene Ledock, Marc Otten, Bodo Kummer, Richard Trojan, Helmut de Raaf, Alexander Lange, Thomas Bornträger

• 1986/87: Miroslav Sikora, Gerd Truntschka, Helmut Steiger, Doug Berry, Holger Meitinger, Udo Kießling, Boguslav Maj, Udo Schmid, Dieter Hegen, Christoph Augsten, Tom Thornbury, Brian Young, Andreas Pokorny, Werner Kühn, Rene Ledock, Thomas Gröger, Justyn Denisiuk, Marc Otten, Helmut de Raaf, Alexander Lange, Thomas Bornträger

• 1987/88: Miroslav Sikora, Gerd Truntschka, Helmut Steiger, Doug Berry, Holger Meitinger,Udo Kießling, Roger Nicholas, Udo Schmid, Dieter Hegen, Robert Sterflinger, Tom Thornbury, Thomas Brandl, Andreas Pokorny, Werner Kühn, Peter Romberg, Thomas Gröger, Ernst Köpf, Helmut de Raaf, Marcus Beeck, Jörg Jung, Dirk Voss

• 1994/95: Sergei Berezin, Peter Draisaitl, Luciano Borsato, Thomas Brandl, Jörg Mayr, Leo Stefan, Andreas Lupzig, Jayson Meyer, Herbert Hohenberger, Michael Rumrich, Mirko Lüdemann, Tobias Abstreiter, Ralf Reisinger, Stefan Mann, Rainer Zerwesz, Andreas Pokorny, Franz Demmel, Patrick Carnbäck, Karsten Mende, Alexander Genze, Martin Ondrejka, Nikolai Borschevsky, Christian von Trzcinski, Josef Heiß, Olaf Grundmann

• 2001/02: Markus Jocher, Petri Liimatainen, Toni Porkka, Andreas Renz, Brad Schlegel, John Stewart Miner, Jörg Mayr, Mirko Lüdemann, Alex Hicks, Collin Danielsmeier, Eric Bertrand, Thomas Schinko, Björn Barta, Benjamin Hinterstocker, Alexander Kuzminski, Christoph Ullmann, Vitali Stähle, Niklas Sundblad, Tino Boos, Dave McLlwain, Andre Faust, Jason Young, Dwayne Norris, Corey Millen, Chris Rogles, Dimitri Pätzold, Michael Hirt

Current roster (2007/2008)

No. Gerd Truntschka (born September 10, 1958 in Landshut, West Germany) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played in the Uwe Krupp OO-vah KROOP (born June 24 1965 in Cologne, West Germany) is a retired German hockey defenceman Uwe Krupp OO-vah KROOP (born June 24 1965 in Cologne, West Germany) is a retired German hockey defenceman Dieter Hegen (born April 29, 1962 in Kaufbeuren, Germany) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played in the Deutsche Dieter Hegen (born April 29, 1962 in Kaufbeuren, Germany) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played in the Deutsche Sergei Yevgenyevich Berezin (Сергей Евгеньевич Берёзин born November 5, 1971 in Voskresensk, Luciano Borsato (born January 7, 1966 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional hockey centre Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970 in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany) is a German professional Ice hockey Nikolai Borschevsky (born January 12, 1965 in Tomsk Russia) is a retired professional Ice hockey player from Russia. Joseph "Peppi" Heiß (* 13 June 1963 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a retired German ice hockey goaltender Brad Wilfred Schlegel (born July 22 1968 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian Ice hockey defenceman. Alex W Hicks (born September 24 1969 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former Ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey Tino Boos (born April 10, 1975 in Düsseldorf) is a German Ice hockey player David McLlwain (b January 9 1967, Seaforth Ontario) is a former NHL forward who is best known for playing for a record four Andre Faust (born October 7, 1969 in Joliette, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey left winger. Dwayne Norris (born January 8, 1970 in St John's, Newfoundland) is an Ice hockey player Corey Millen (born April 29, 1964 in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States) is a retired American Ice hockey forward	Name	Position	Nat.	Date of birth	Birthplace	Contract
36	Stefan Horneber	Goalie	/	6. January 1986	Nuremberg	2008
80	Robert Müller	Goalie		25. Robert Müller (born June 25 1980 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, West Germany) is a German professional Ice hockey Goaltender. June 1980	Rosenheim	2010
12	Mirko Lüdemann	Defender		15. Rosenheim is a town in Bavaria ( Germany) at the confluence of the rivers Inn and Mangfall December 1973	Weißwasser	2011
22	Stéphane Julien	Defender		7. Weißwasser ( Sorbian: Běła Woda) is a Town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. April 1974	Shawinigan, PQ	2008
23	Mats Trygg	Defender		1. Mats Trygg (born June 1 1976 in Norway) is a Norwegian Ice hockey defenseman June 1976	Oslo	2008
26	Sören Sturm	Defender		15. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. December 1989	Cologne	2008
32	John Slaney	Defender		7. John Slaney (born February 7, 1972 in St John's, Newfoundland) is a Canada professional Ice hockey player February 1972	St. John's, NFLD	2008
35	Andreas Renz	Defender		12. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip June 1977	Schwenningen	2010
81	Torsten Ankert	Defender		22. June 1988	Essen	2008
91	Moritz Müller	Defender/Forward		19. Essen (ˈɛsən is a City in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. November 1986	Frankfurt am Main	2010
9	Marcel Müller	Forward		10. July 1988	Berlin	2009
10	Alexej Dmitriev	Forward		24. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Alexey Dmitriev (born December 24, 1985 in Minsk, USSR) is a Belarusian -born German professional Ice hockey December 1984	Minsk	2009
14	Daniel Rudslätt	Forward		8. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers September 1974	Huddinge	2009
15	Todd Warriner	Forward		3. Huddinge Municipality ( Huddinge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Todd Warriner (born January 3, 1974 in Blenheim Ontario) is a Canadian Ice hockey forward. January 1974	Blenheim, ON	2008
17	Sebastian Furchner	Forward		3. Blenheim is a community located in south-central Chatham-Kent, in Ontario, Canada, with a population of May 1982	Kaufbeuren	2008
18	Kai Hospelt	Forward		23. Kaufbeuren (kaʊfˈbɔʏʁən is an Independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. August 1985	Cologne	2008
19	Bryan Adams	Forward		20. Bryan Adams (born March 20, 1977, in Fort St James, British Columbia) is a Canadian Ice hockey player currently playing March 1977	Fort St. James, BC	2009
20	Alexander Oblinger	Forward		17. Fort St James is a town and former fur Trading post in north-central British Columbia, Canada. January 1989	Augsburg	2009
21	Mats Schöbel	Forward		5. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. April 1986	Düsseldorf	2008
27	Ivan Ciernik	Forward		30. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Ivan Čiernik (born October 30, 1977 in Levice, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional Ice hockey player October 1977	Levice, Slovakia	2011
37	Kamil Piroš	Forward		20. Levice ( /lɛvit​͡sɛ/ Léva Lewenz is a town in western Slovakia. Kamil Piroš (born November 20, 1978, in Most, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech Ice hockey November 1978	Most, Czech Republic	2009
71	Dave McLlwain	Forward		9. Most (ˈmost Brüx is a City in the northwest of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. David McLlwain (b January 9 1967, Seaforth Ontario) is a former NHL forward who is best known for playing for a record four June 1967	Seaforth, ON	2008
87	Philip Gogulla	Forward		31. Seaforth ( 2001 population 2300 is a community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. Philip Gogulla (born July 31, 1987, in Düsseldorf, West Germany) is a German Ice hockey player of Polish decent July 1987	Düsseldorf	2009
90	Jerome Flaake	Forward		2. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. March 1990	Guben	2010
--	Marc Wittfoth	Forward		10. Guben is a Town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. April 1989	Cologne
--	Philipp Büermann	Forward		17. March 1989	Bergisch Gladbach
	Doug Mason	Head Coach		20. is a city and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. August 1955	Sudbury, ON	2009
	Clayton Beddoes	Assistant Coach		10. Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Clayton Beddoes (born November 10, 1970 in Bentley, Alberta, Canada) is a former Professional Ice hockey centre November 1970	Bentley, Alberta	2008
	Rupert Meister	Goaltender Coach		11. Bentley (originally called Oxford is a Town located 28 km (17 mi north-west of Red Deer, in the province of March 1965	Landshut	2010

Standings

The Sharks celebrate a victory over the Augsburger Panther (season 2005-06). Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany both belonging to Eastern and Southern Bavaria Current roster As of August 24, 2008. Season Records Famous Players Xaver Unsinn - 8x Bundesliga

Pregame festivities at Game 4 of the 2007/08 German Championship final between the Haie and Eisbären Berlin. Club history 1954-1994 GDR and 1 Bundesliga years The club was founded in 1954 within the existing SC Dynamo Berlin, the sports association

Team records

Mirko Lüdemann.

Career Games

• Mirko Lüdemann (800 Games)
• Josef Heiß (690 Games)
• Miroslav Sikora (644 Games)

Career Goals

• Miroslav Sikora (442 Goals)
• Gerd Truntschka (270 Goals)
• Marcus Kuhl (250 Goals)

Career Points

• Miroslav Sikora (838 Points)
• Gerd Truntschka (825 Points)
• Helmut Steiger (500 Points)

Career Penalty Minutes

• Andreas Lupzig (811 Minutes)
• Udo Kießling (791 Minutes)
• Peter Schiller (789 Minutes)

Longest Game

• 168:16 minutes (22. Joseph "Peppi" Heiß (* 13 June 1963 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a retired German ice hockey goaltender Gerd Truntschka (born September 10, 1958 in Landshut, West Germany) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played in the Udo Kiessling (born May 21, 1955 in Crimmitschau, Germany) is a retired Ice hockey player March 2008 - 23. March 2008, Semifinal versus Adler Mannheim, scorer of the game-winning-goal was Philip Gogulla, longest Game in German ice hockey history and 2nd longest ice hockey game of all-time)

External links

• Official team page