Krefeld Pinguine

Krefeld Pinguine
Krefeld Pinguine
City	Krefeld, Germany
League	DEL2
Founded	1936
Home arena	König Palast
Colors	Yellow, Black;

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The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the König Palast. Founded first in 1936 by Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In their history they have won the German championship in 1952 and 2003.

Münstermann created two teams simultaneously - a professional team stacked with Canadian expats, known as the "German Canadians", and an amateur team (Krefelder EV). On November 7, 1936, 8,000 spectators packed the Hindenberg Stadion to watch the Canadians tie Berliner Schlittschuhclub 0-0. A few days later, the Canadians defeated the famous Berlin club 2-1.

The Canadians toured around Germany playing friendly matches. Their games were often sold out. A notable result was a 2-2 tie against the future world champions, the Kimberley Dynamiters, on January 1, 1937.

The amateur Krefelder EV squad continued to improve, tying Düsseldorfer EG 3-3 in November 1937. The team was often strengthened with players from the German Canadians.

World War II took its toll on hockey in Krefeld, and Münstermann helped revive the sport by organizing a "Bizone" Championship in 1946, which KEV won.

A new team for former German Canadian players was created by Frank Schwinghammer in 1947 - KTSV Preussen 1855 Krefeld. Both Krefeld teams enjoyed success, with Preussen winning the national title in 1951 and KEV claiming the 1952 championship.

In more recent times, the Krefeld Pinguine won the 2003 Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship. After a sixth-place regular season finish, they marched through the playoffs, defeating the DEG Metro Stars, Eisbären Berlin, and Kölner Haie en route to their first title in 51 years.

Team names

1936 as "Krefelder Eislauf-Verein 1936 e.V." (KEV)
1978 as "EHC Krefeld"
1981 as "Krefelder Eislauf-Verein 1981 e.V."
1995 as "KEV Pinguine Eishockey GmbH"

Season-by-season records

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tie	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Rank	Playoffs
1994–95	44	29	12	3	-	-	63	203	127	4	Lost in Semifinals
1995–96	50	26	19	5	-	-	58	169	154	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
1996–97	48	28	15	2	3	-	61	198	166	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
1997–98	44	18	19	6	1	-	43	126	141	11	Lost in Quarterfinals
1998–99	52	23	18	7	4	-	87	183	159	7	Lost in Quarterfinals
1999–00	56	34	17	0	5	-	101	213	171	3	Lost in Quarterfinals
2000–01	60	27	22	0	11	-	88	182	177	9	No Playoffs
2001–02	60	40	16	0	4	-	118	210	162	3	Lost in Quarterfinals
2002–03	52	28	22	2	0	-	78	147	133	6	Champions
2003–04	52	22	26	0	4	-	64	127	149	10	No Playoffs
2004–05	52	26	23	0	3	-	73	145	159	9	No Playoffs
2005–06	52	28	20	-	0	4	79	173	169	8	Lost in Quarterfinals
2006–07	52	24	23	-	2	3	71	170	173	10	Lost in Preliminary Round
2007–08	56	25	23	-	3	5	80	191	193	11	No Playoffs
2008–09	52	28	20	-	3	1	84	167	140	6	Lost in Quarterfinals
2009–10	56	24	28	-	0	4	72	167	173	12	No Playoffs
2010–11	52	27	16	-	3	6	86	143	130	4	Lost in Semifinals
2011–12	52	18	23	-	2	5	69	126	153	12	No Playoffs
2012–13	52	20	15	-	1	5	88	166	145	3	Lost in Semifinals
2013–14	52	29	18	-	2	0	95	169	136	2	Lost in Quarterfinals
2014–15	52	20	23	-	1	1	76	156	168	10	Lost in Preliminary Round
2015–16	52	15	26	-	4	2	61	136	164	13	No Playoffs
2016–17	52	17	29	-	5	1	51	120	173	14	No playoffs
2017–18	52	17	25	-	7	3	55	141	177	14	No playoffs
2018–19	52	23	26	-	2	1	61	141	170	11	No playoffs
2019–20	52	15	29	-	4	4	52	134	170	12	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	38	5	29	-	2	2	18	74	167	14	No playoffs
2021–22	56	22	29	-	4	1	59	144	203	15	No playoffs; Relegated