SC Bietigheim Steelers

Ice hockey team in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

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.

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]

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

Season by season records

Players

Current roster

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

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

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

External links

• Official website (in German)
• SC Bietigheim-Bissingen on Eurohockey
• SC Bietigheim-Bissingen on HockeyDB