SC Bietigheim Steelers

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.

SC Bietigheim Steelers
City	Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
League	DEL2
Founded	1981
Home arena	EgeTrans Arena (capacity: 4,517)
Colours	Green, white
General manager	Volker Schoch
Head coach	Pekka Kangasalusta
Captain	Constantin Braun
Website	steelers.de
Franchise history
1981—1988	SC Kornwestheim e.V
1988—1991	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen-Kornwestheim e.V
1991—2006	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2006—present	SC Bietigheim Steelers

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]

Honours and achievements

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

Season by season records

Tier	Season	Games	Won	OTW	SOW	Tie	OTL	SOL	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 1999–00	50	25	—	—	—	5	—	20	76	190	183	8	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2000–01	44	24	—	—	—	7	—	13	76	173	146	4	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2001–02	52	31	—	—	—	7	—	14	94	207	178	3	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2002–03	56	36	—	—	—	8	—	12	107	219	182	1	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2003–04	48	25	2	—	—	2	—	19	81	197	152	6	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2004–05	52	23	5	—	—	4	—	20	83	183	171	8	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2005–06	52	26	8	—	—	6	—	12	100	180	137	3	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2006–07	52	21	5	—	—	8	—	18	81	156	149	9	No playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 2007–08	52	22	1	1	—	3	4	21	77	130	129	7	Lost in quarterfinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2008–09	48	32	1	3	—	1	1	10	106	177	97	1	Champions
2	2. Bundesliga 2009–10	52	24	2	5	—	3	3	15	92	150	120	4	Lost in semifinals
2	2. Bundesliga 2010–11	48	14	6	0	—	3	4	21	61	129	159	10	Lost in Pre-Playoffs
2	2. Bundesliga 2011–12	48	15	0	2	—	4	4	23	57	165	177	11	No playoffs/ Relegation
—	Abstiegsrunde 2011–12 Relegation Round	8	4	1	—	—	0	—	3	14	25	17	2	Saved
2	2. Bundesliga 2012–13	48	29	1	1	-	2	4	11	97	181	135	1	Champions

Players

• See also: Category:SC Bietigheim Steelers players

Current roster

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

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74		Sami Aittokallio	G	L	33	2021	Tampere, Finland
59		Josh Atkinson	D	L	32	2022	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
4		Arvin Atwal	D	R	29	2023	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
90		Constantin Braun (C)	D	L	37	2021	Lampertheim, Germany
51		Cody Brenner	G	L	28	2019	Bogen, Germany
70		Leon Doubrawa	G	L	24	2020	Ebersberg, Germany
58		Lucas Flade	D	R	24	2022	Schkeuditz, Germany
26		Evan Jasper	F	L	33	2020	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
71		Michael Keranen	LW	L	35	2022	Stockholm, Sweden
15		Robert Kneisler	F	L	24	2018	Herrenberg, Germany
42		Fabjon Kuqi	F	L	24	2018	München, Germany
75		Teemu Lepaus	LW	L	32	2022	Tampere, Finland
34		Elias Lindner	F	L	24	2022	Mainburg, Germany
18		Mathew Maione (A)	D	L	34	2022	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23		Jimmy Martinovic	D	L	23	2021	Füssen, Germany
8		Guillaume Naud	D	R	32	2021	Augsburg, Germany
29		Alexander Preibisch (A)	RW	R	34	2017	Köln, Germany
3		Max Prommersberger	D	L	37	2014	Bad Tölz, Germany
12		C. J. Stretch	C	R	36	2020	Irvine, California, United States
84		Chris Wilkie	RW	R	29	2022	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
14		Benjamin Zientek	LW	L	31	2016	Augsburg, Germany

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