Fischtown Pinguins

Fischtown Pinguins
CityBremerhaven
LeagueDEL
Founded1974 (1974)
Home arenaEisarena Bremerhaven
(capacity: 4,674)
ColoursBlack, red, white
     
General managerHauke Hasselbring
Head coachThomas Popiesch
CaptainJan Urbas
Websitefischtown-pinguins.de
Franchise history
1974–1983RSC Bremerhaven
1983–1987EHC Bremerhaven
1983–2002REV Bremerhaven
2002–presentFischtown Pinguins
Current season

The Fischtown Pinguins, also known as REV Bremerhaven, are a professional ice hockey team based in Bremerhaven, Germany. From 2004 to 2016 the team played at the second tier of ice hockey in Germany, known as the 2nd Bundesliga until the 2012–13 season and, from the 2013–14 season onward, as the DEL2. On 1 July 2016 the team was granted a DEL licence for the 2016–17 season to replace the Hamburg Freezers which had withdrawn from the league.[1]

The team plays in the Eisarena Bremerhaven.

  1. ^ "Bremerhaven wird DEL-Standort" [Bremerhaven joins the DEL]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2016.