Starbulls Rosenheim

The Starbulls Rosenheim are a professional ice hockey team based in Rosenheim, Germany. The team competes in the DEL2, the second highest level of play in professional German ice hockey. They play their home games at the ROFA-Stadion. ROFA AG is also one of the two main sponsors of the Starbulls. The contract with ROFA is currently dated until 2029.

Starbulls Rosenheim
City	Rosenheim, Oberbayern
League	DEL2
Founded	1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Home arena	ROFA-Stadion (capacity: 5,022)
Colours	Green, white, red, black
General manager	Christoph Sandner
Head coach	Jari Pasanen
Captain	C.J. Stretch
Website	www.starbulls.de
Franchise history
To 1978	EV Rosenheim
1979–1993	Sportbund DJK Rosenheim
1994–2000	Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH
2000–present	Starbulls Rosenheim e.V.

The team joined SB/DJK Rosenheim in 1979, after EV Rosenheim had folded, and in 1994 the team adopted their current name. The team played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) from 1995-2000. In 2000, the Star Bulls Rosenheim sold their DEL licence to the Iserlohn Roosters. The current team Starbulls Rosenheim e.V. was founded on May 23, 2000 and had to restart in the lowest league the Bezirksliga.

Achievements

• West German championship: 1982, 1985, 1989^[1]
• Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal (DEB-Pokal): 2011^[2]

Players

Roster season 2025/26

Updated March 28, 2025^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of birth
8		Lukas Laub	LW/RW	L	31	2022	Rosenheim, Germany
9		Simon Gnyp	D	L	23	2024	Burghausen, Germany
12		C.J. Stretch (C)	C	R	36	2023	Irvine, California
14		Dominik Tiffels	D	R	31	2024	Cologne, Germany
18		Sebastian Zwickl	F	L	18	Junior	Rosenheim, Germany
20		Manuel Strodel (A)	LW/RW	L	33	2022	Buchloe, Germany
21		Ville Järveläinen	RW	R	32	2024	Hämeenlinna, Finland
28		Dominik Kolb	D/F	L	28	2020	Munich, Germany
35		Oskar Autio	G	L	25	2024	Espoo, Finland
50		Tobias Beck	D	L	22	2024	Prien am Chiemsee, Germany
57		Charlie Sarault (A)	C	L	33	2024	Fournier, Ontario
60		Shane Hanna	D	L	31	2023	New Westminster, British Columbia
72		Pascal Seidel	G	L	22	Loan	Neuss, Germany
76		Kilian Kühnhauser	D	L	20	Junior	Rosenheim, Germany
89		Stefan Reiter	F	R	29	2022	Munich, Germany
98		Maximilian Vollmayer	D/F	R	29	2014	Ebersberg, Germany

Honored numbers

Above the media wall, under the stadium roof there are banners of the following players, honoring their contributions to the organization. However, their numbers aren't retired, as Mitch Stephens wore number 27 between 2009 and 2012.^[4] Denis Shevyrin wore number 15 in season 2023/24.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	Career
15		Horst-Peter Kretschmer	D	1981–1992
23		Ron Fischer	D	1986–1996
25		Raimund Hilger	F	1983–1985 1986–1992 1994–1997 1998–2000 2001–2011
27		Karl Friesen	G	1980–1985 1986–1992 1995–1996
29		Ernst Höfner	C/LW	1982–1992

Former players

• See also: Category:Starbulls Rosenheim players

before 2000 Jamie Masters Dale Derkatch Ron Fischer Karl Friesen Dieter Hegen Mike Heidt Ernst Höfner Jiří Holík Udo Kiessling Oldřich Machač Robert Müller Jeff Embersits

Jaroslav Pouzar Franz Reindl Dominic Roussel (two games) Joel Savage Gordon Sherven Doug Weight Joachim Reil Horst-Peter Kretschmer Franz Kummer Jim Hiller

since 2000 Raimund Hilger Claus Dalpiaz Martin Reichel Stephan Gottwald Norm Maracle Cory Quirk Stephen Werner Kim Staal Pasi Hakkinen Dominic Auger Shawn Weller Michael Rohner

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Shoot-out Wins, L = Losses, OTL – Overtime Losses, SOL = Shoot-out Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Point System: Win = 3 points; OT/SO Win = 2 points, OTL/SOL = 1point

Source: Elite Prospects^[5]

Season	League	GP	W	OTW	SOW	L	OTL	SOL	Points	Finish	GF	GA	Postseason
2022–23	Oberliga Süd	48	36	0	1	9	2	0	112	2nd	169	83	Won the final against Blue Devils Weiden 3:1 (best of five series)
2023–24	DEL2	52	17	5	3	20	5	1	73	11th	153	174	Saved in first round of relegation against Bietigheim Steelers 4:1 (best of seven series, two matches advantage)
2024–25	DEL2	52	23	4	3	15	5	2	90	5th	158	132	Quarter final loss against Dresdner Eislöwen 1:4 (best of seven series)
2025–26	DEL2

Former coaches

before 2000 Jano Starsi Pavel Wohl Xaver Unsinn Hans Rampf Jiri Capla Gerhard Kießling

since 2000 Gerhard Graf Franz Fritzmeier Ron Chyzowski Markus Berwanger Franz Steer (2008 - 2017) Manuel Kofler (2017 - 2019) John Sicinski (2019 - 2022)