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{{Pro hockey team
| text_color = navy
| bg_color = #63D0FF
| team = Hamburg Freezers
| logo = Hamburg-freezers-logo.png
| logosize = 220px
| city = [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]
| league = [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]]
| conference =
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| founded = 1999 as [[Munich Barons]]
| arena = [[Barclaycard Arena]]
| colors = Light Blue, Navy, White, Gray<br>{{color box|#63D0FF}} {{color box|navy}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|gray}}
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| name1 = Munich Barons
| dates1 = 1999–2002
| name2 = Hamburg Freezers
| dates2 = 2002–2016
| website = [http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/ hamburg-freezers.de]

|reg_season_titles =
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The '''Hamburg Freezers''' were a [[Germany|German]] professional men's [[ice hockey]] club from [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]], [[Germany]] that played in the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]]. The club announced it's withdrawal from the DEL and ceased operations on May 24, 2016 when Anschutz Entertainment Group, who owned both the Freezers and [[Eisbären Berlin]], felt it was no longer financially viable to own two teams within the same hockey league.<ref>{{cite web | ref=fold1 | url=http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/html/News_d60195c1-94e5-4cc1-89a0-a11ec20b3d25.html | title=Hamburg Freezers werden keine DEL-Lizenz für die saison 2016/17 beantragen | publisher=hamburg-freezers.de | language=German | date=2016-05-18 | accessdate=2016-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | ref=fold2 | url=http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/html/News_8bfa3900-6cd7-4284-8da9-a8c9be7a5e80.html | title=Hamburg Freezers beantragen keine DEL-Lizenz für die Saison 2016/17 | publisher=hamburg-freezers.de | language=German | date=2016-05-24 | accessdate=2016-05-24}}</ref>

The Freezers were originally known as the [[Munich Barons]] from 1999 until 2002, before team owner Philip Anschutz relocated the franchise to Hamburg for financial reasons on June 3, 2002. The club was renamed as the ''Hamburg Freezers''. Their German nickname was ''Eisschränke'' (''iceboxes'').

The team's official colours were crystal blue and white and they played their home games in the [[Barclaycard Arena|Barclaycard Arena Hamburg]].

==History==
The '''Hamburg Freezers''' were founded in 2002, when the [[Munich Barons]] franchise was moved to [[Hamburg]] in northern Germany. The reason for the move was due to low turnouts and financial issues; Munich Barons had an average turnout of under 3,000 spectators, even though the team were crowned league champions in 2000. Despite being the second biggest city in [[Germany]], [[Hamburg]] had no representation in the country's top league and was chosen as the next destination for the franchise. The decision seemed to pay off; in their first season, the attendance average was over 5,000, and the team finished in 8th place, making it through to the play-off quarter finals.

In the next 10 years, attendance figures have grown and the average attendance in 2011/12 was over 9,200. Only twice in the team's history have the Freezers failed to make the play-offs, although they have yet to secure a league title.

===Rivals===
Most of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] teams are based in the south and south west of the country, meaning there are very few local rivals for Hamburg. Being the northernmost franchise in the league, the team have adopted the motto 'Der Norden Sind Wir' (We are the North). However, the Freezers do enjoy 'northern derbies' against two other franchises; [[Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg]] and [[Hannover Scorpions]].

The teams main rivals are, unsurprisingly, the team from Germany's biggest city; [[Eisbaren Berlin]]. These games often have an extra edge to them, as fans are eager for their side to claim bragging rights.

==Season records==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Season!! Games !!Won!!Lost!!Tie!!OTL!!SOL!!Points!! Goals<br />for !! Goals<br />against !!Rank !! Playoffs
|-
|[[2002–03 DEL season|2002–03]]||52||27||19|| 6|| 0|| -||77||154||152||8||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2003–04 DEL season|2003–04]]||52||32||17|| 0|| 3|| -||95||151||115||3||Lost in Semifinals
|-
|[[2004–05 DEL season|2004–05]]||52||26||24|| 0|| 2|| -||76||133||148||8||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2005–06 DEL season|2005–06]]||52||29||17|| -|| 0|| 6||85||144||145||6||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2006–07 DEL season|2006–07]]||52||32||19|| -|| 1|| 2||83||169||153||7||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2007–08 DEL season|2007–08]]||56||28||20|| -|| 1|| 7||87||194||171||7||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2008–09 DEL season|2008–09]]||52||27||19|| -|| 2|| 4||82||158||147||8||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2009–10 DEL season|2009–10]]||56||20||31|| -|| 4|| 1||61||162||200||14||No Playoffs
|-
|[[2010–11 DEL season|2010–11]]||52||23||21|| -|| 3|| 5||69||135||161||11||No Playoffs
|-
|[[2011–12 DEL season|2011–12]]||52||28||24|| -|| 3|| 2||83||149||149||5||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2012–13 DEL season|2012–13]]||52||24||18|| -|| 3|| 4||85||158||130||5||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2013–14 DEL season|2013–14]]||52||30||13|| -|| 5|| 1||102||162||116||1||Lost in Semifinals
|-
|[[2014–15 DEL season|2014–15]]||52||28||17|| -|| 3|| 4||90||161||154||4||Lost in Quarterfinals
|-
|[[2015–16 DEL season|2015–16]]||52||18||22|| -|| 3|| 3||72||142||166||11||Did Not Qualify
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/ Official website]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Germany]]

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