SC Riessersee is a professional

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team based in

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. They currently play in the Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played in the 2nd Bundesliga. They play their home games at the ''Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum''. The club is the most historic club in the German professional league, with the most German championships. Famous players who played in the club are the current president of the German Icehockey Federation Franz Reindl and Ignaz Berndaner, both local players and national players and Olympic medallists in the 1976 Olympic games at Innsbruck. The SC Riessersee has played in its history 26 championship finals, being considered today a cult club in German sports.

Achievements

* German championship: **Winners (10): 1927, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1978, 1981 **Finalist (16): 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1979 *German Oberliga Champion: **Winners (1): 2011 *

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champion (3): 1954, 1955, 1956

Famous players and coaches

* In the Hall of Fame of the German Ice Hockey Museum are persons who have made a special contribution to the ice hockey sport in Germany. So far 19 players and coaches from the club have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Bibi Torriani Richard "Bibi" Torriani (1 October 1911 – 3 September 1988) was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete, also known as Riccardo Torriani. He played for HC Davos from 1929 to 1950, and served as Captain (ice hockey), captain of ...

coached SC Riessersee during the 1957–58 season, and was later inducted into the

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as a player.

NHL Players at the SC Riessersee

At the beginning of October 2012 during the

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in the

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, forward

Matt D'Agostini Matthew Vincent D'Agostini (born October 23, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who is the development coach for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the sixth round, 190th over ...

of the

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and

Rick DiPietro Richard W. DiPietro Jr. (born September 19, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current co-host of ESPN 98.7 FM New York's "DiPietro and Rothenberg" with Dave Rothenberg. He is also an analyst on National Hockey ...

of the

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played at the SC Riessersee. In November 2012,

Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. The Senators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Di ...

forward,

Erik Condra Erik Paul Condra (born August 6, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played in 372 National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Dallas Stars. He is currently a player developm ...

, also joined the team. Current

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forward and olympic silver medallist

Dominik Kahun Dominik Kahun (born 2 July 1995) is a Czech-born German professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously has played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo S ...

played for SC Riessersee in September and October 2014 in the beginning of his career.

References

External links

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