Landshut Cannibals
| EV Landshut EVL Landshut Eishockey |
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| City | Landshut, Bavaria, Germany |
| League | Oberliga |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Home arena |
Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg (capacity: 6,750) |
| Colours |
Red, White |
| General manager | Jürgen Rumrich |
| Head coach | Jiří Ehrenberger |
| Captain |
 Kamil Ťoupal |
| Website |
www www |
| Franchise history | |
| 1948–2002 | Eislaufverein Landshut |
| 2002–2013 | Landshut Cannibals |
| 2013–present | EVL Landshut Eishockey |
Red, White
EV Landshut, also known as EVL Landshut Eishockey and formerly known as the Landshut Cannibals, are a professional ice hockey team based in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. They currently play in Oberliga the third level of ice hockey in Germany. They previously played in the second-tier league, DEL2.
The team was founded in 1948 as Eislaufverein Landshut (EVL), but since 2002 the professional team is organised as “Landshut Cannibals”. The EVL is still responsible for non-professional areas, i.e. junior hockey. From 1963 to 1994 the Team was a participant in the Ice hockey Bundesliga and is a founder member of the DEL. The team won the West German National Championship in 1970 and 1983.
The home arena of the Landshut Cannibals is the Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg (hockey arena at the Gutenbergweg), where they have played since 1957, after leaving tentative other locations. The arena has since been renovated several times and currently holds 6,750 people.
Landshut’s player development program is counted among the best in Germany, producing numerous well-known hockey players such as “Germany’s hockey player of the century” Erich Kühnhackl, Gerd Truntschka (All Star at the 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships) and longtime NHL players Marco Sturm (Washington Capitals) and Christoph Schubert (Atlanta Thrashers).
It was not until 1934 when Landshut-born Heinz Wittmann organised an ice hockey equipment from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first games were played under the name of “Team Brauerei Wittmann” (named after Wittmann Brewery) against squads from Wartenberg, Bavaria and Donaustauf. On February 1, 1934 the team was incorporated into the Ski-Club Landshut (SCL). The same season they got champions of the Danube region. The 1935-36 season marked the first appearance in the Kreisliga (then second division), where the squad played the following three years. In 1937 the ice hockey section was transferred from the SCL to another club, the Turngemeinde Landshut (TGL). After the 1938-39 season a regular schedule of the league was not possible any more because of the outbreak of World War II. During the war there only took place a few friendly games, for example against Straubing on January 10, 1943. From the first post-war season 1945-46 to 1947-48 the team started in the newly formed Landesliga – again as section of the TGL. In 1948 contentions evolved concerning transferring of the earnings from the lucrative hockey games to the club's other sections.
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