The DEG Metro Stars are the current version of a traditional ice hockey team, the Düsseldorfer Eislaufgemeinschaft (DEG), that was established long ago, through an initiative launched by steel industrialist Ernst Poensgen in 1935 at the topping-out ceremony of the ice stadium on Brehmstraße, where the DEG played until 2006.
Today, the Metro Stars challenge their opponents in the ISS Dome. However, the three letters DEG were, and still are, at the heart of everything the Metro Stars do.
They were German champions in 1967, 72, 75 and 90, 91, 92, 93, 96 and they won the Deutsche Pokal in 2006. It’s easy to understand that the 1990s were the golden years. The series of titles began when Hans Zach, called the Alpenvulkan, took over as trainer. Out of 22 games, the team won 20 and scooped all nine play-offs. Last season, the team came in at third place and participated in the play-off finale.
