Nürnberg Ice Tigers

New leadership at the Ice Tigers

Nurnberg Ice Tigers will have a new management duo in the upcoming DEL season. Martin Jiranek is new sports director, while Christoph Sandner will assume the position of CEO.

As a Ice Tigers player, Jiranek still have the record of most games(493), goals (178) and assists (252) of the club where he played from 1996 to 2004 and in the 2006/07 season. Jiranek number 12 shirt was retired by Ice Tigers.

Christoph Sandner recently worked as Communication Manager for sports sponsoring company Thomas Sabo

(11 Apr 2013)

Nürnberg almost qualified for playoffs

Nürnberg Ice Tigers made a jump to the 7th spot in the DEL table with a surprising 5-2 away win against current champions Eisbären Berlin. They now have six points more than the non-playoff spots with two games left to play. In the other match of the day Krefeld Pinguine beat Hamburg Freezers 3-2 SO on the road to become 3rd.

(06 Mar 2013)

Nürnberg wins record-breaking DEL outdoor game

Home side Nürnberg Ice Tigers defeated DEL record champions Eisbären Berlin in front of 50,000 spectators in the sold-out football stadium of the city, which is otherwise used by Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg, with the score of 4-3 (0-0, 1-1, 3-2). The number of spectators set several new records in European ice hockey. It was not only the outdoor game with most fans in Europe - until now it was the match between HIFK and Jokerit on 5 February 2011 with 36,444 spectators - but also a new DEL record - before it was the game between Cologne and Mannheim on 19 April 2002 with 18,700 - but also the league game in Europe with most spectators in a hockey game.

(06 Jan 2013)

Nürnberg without two for the rest of the regular season

DEL team Nürnberg Ice Tigers has to wait at least until the end of the regular season before forwards Patrick Buzas (surgery of his left shoulder) and Evan Kaufmann (wrist surgery) can start again with training on the ice.

(03 Dec 2012)

Nürnberg without Aab for a long time

DEL team Nürnberg Ice Tigers cannot count with their forward Vitalij Aab during at least the next ten weeks as a result of an acromioclavicular joint separation he suffered during the season opener against Hamburg Freezers on Sunday. The 32 year old has to undergo surgery tomorrow.

(19 Sep 2012)

First Winter Game already gets new DEL attendance record

DEL today announced that the first ever outdoor event in the league's history, which is going to be a match between home side Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Eisbären Berlin on 5 January 2013, already set a new attendance record. With 20,000 tickets sold in the first two weaks of advanced sales the old record of 18,700 spectators in the match Kölner Haie vs Adler Mannheim on 19 April 2002 has been surpassed with almost 4 months left till the match is scheduled.

(12 Sep 2012)

DEL Winter Game

DEL announces today that Eisbären Berlin v. Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers will be played outdoors in easyCredit-Stadion on 5.Janurary,2013. The 50,000 seat stadium is home to 1. FC Nürnberg in Bundesliga.

(26 Apr 2012)

Ice Tigers fire coach

Andreas Brockmann was fired as head coach of Nürnberg Ice Tigers today. Ice Tigers has lost the first three DEL league games.

Until the club finds a new coach it will be lead by former assistant coach Derek Mayer.

(24 Sep 2011)

Benda back in Germany

The 39-year-old center Jan Benda with 175 games for Team Germany returns to German club hockey. It was 16 years since he last played for a German club.

Benda signed a try-out contract with Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the DEL.

(04 Aug 2011)

Collins to Nürnberg

The Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the German DEL filled its last forward spot with Chris Collins from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. The 27-year-old American has earlier played two seasons for Augsburger Panther.

(27 Jun 2011)