Schwenninger Wild Wings | |
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City | Villingen-Schwenningen |
League | DEL |
Founded | 1904 |
Home arena | Helios Arena (capacity: 6,193) |
Colors | Dark blue, white |
Owner(s) | Thomas Burger, Michael Werner |
General manager | Stefan Wagner |
Head coach | Steve Walker |
Captain | Thomas Larkin |
Website | schwenninger-wildwings.de |
Franchise history | |
1904–1950 | SEC Schwenningen |
1950–1994 | Schwenninger ERC |
1994–2013 | SERC Wild Wings |
2013— | Schwenninger Wild Wings |
Current season |
The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 20 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the association was to reach the play-off semi-finals of the first Bundesliga in 1990. In 1994 the Wild Wings were a founding member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
The Wild Wings play their home games in Helios Arena, a 6,193-seater stadium, and the club's colors are blue and white. The home club of the team is the Schwenningen ice and roller sports club 04 eV (german: Schwenninger Eis- und Rollsportclub 04 eV), which also competes in a junior and senior division and owns a figure skating and inline hockey department. Among the most famous players to have played at Schweninngen include the former captain of the German national ice hockey team Marcel Goc, the Seidenberg brothers, Dennis and Yannic, and former DEL record player Andreas Renz.