The German Ice Hockey Federation (), commonly abbreviated as DEB, is the governing federation of German ice hockey associations. It was established on 16 June 1963 in Krefeld. Until 1990 it served only the old Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. Until the establishment of the DEB, ice hockey was one of many different ice and winter sports overseen by the Deutschen Eissport-Verband. The German Ice Hockey Federation took over the responsibility for the supra-regional leagues (especially the Bundesliga) and for the national team. It became the additional West German representative in the International Ice Hockey Federation. Presidents 1963/64 Ludwig Zametzer (Füssen)/ Dr. Günther Sabetzki (Düsseldorf) were co-Presidents 1964–1992 Otto Wanner (Füssen) 1992–1995 Ulf Jäkel (Kaufbeuren) 1995–2002 Rainer Gossmann (Düsseldorf) 2002–2008 Hans-Ulrich Esken (Schwerte) 2008–2010 interim: Uwe Harnos (Kaufbeuren) 2010–2014 Uwe Harnos (Kaufbeuren) 2014– Franz Reindl (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Vice presidents 1963/64 position vacant 1964–1984 Dr. Günther Sabetzki (Düsseldorf) 1984–1988 Dr. Ernst Eichler (Mannheim) 1988–1991 Rudolf Gandorfer (Landshut) 1991–1993 Heinz Landen (Köln) 1993–1995 Dr. Wolfgang Bonenkamp (Düsseld.) 1995–2002 Rudolf Schnabel (Nürnberg) 2002–2008 Uwe Harnos (Kaufbeuren) 2002–2010 Bodo Lauterjung (Ingolstadt) 2002–2002 Jochen Haselbacher (Hannover) 2004–2008 Wolfgang Brück (Iserlohn) 2008–2014 Erich Kühnhackl (Landshut) 2010–2014 Manuel Hüttl (Thaining) 2010–2014 Ramund Schneeweis (Hamm) 2014– Daniel Hopp (Heidelberg) 2014– Berthold Wipfler (Walldorf) 2014– Marc Hindelang (Lindau) Directors 1970–86 Roman Neumayer (Olching) 1986–92 Helmut Bauer (Garmisch-P.) 1992–2011 Franz Reindl (Garmisch-P.) 2012–2013 Pat Cortina 2013–2017 Ernst Höfner 2017– Stefan Schaidnagel Team officials General Manager Toni Söderholm Trainer Toni Söderholm (Trainer) Tobias Abstreiter (Co-Trainer) Christian Künast (Co-Trainer) Geoff Ward (Co-Trainer) Patrick Dallaire (Goalie-Trainer) References External links Ice hockey in Germany International Ice Hockey Federation members Ice hockey governing bodies in Europe Sports organizations established in 1963