Tornado Luxembourg
City	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
League	Luxembourg Championship FFHG Division 3
Founded	1987[1]
Home arena	Kockelscheur Arena
Colours	blue, white, red
General manager	Monique Scheier-Schneider
Head coach	Joakim Eriksson

Tornado Luxembourg is an ice hockey team in Luxembourg City. The team plays in FFHG Division 3. However, they are not eligible for the championship because they are a foreign team.

Tornado has also participated in the Luxembourg Championship, and the Luxembourg Cup.

History

Tornado Luxembourg debuted in the 1987-88 season, and played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga, a German regional league, which they won. They then finished second in the qualification round for the Regionalliga Mitte Group, and thus qualified for the 1988-89 season. They only played in the Regionalliga for the 1988-89 season, as they finished in eighth place in their group, and failed to qualify for the following season.

Prior to 2005, the Tornado played in the Rheinland-Palatinat Liga. Monique Scheier-Schneider negotiated with the French Ice Hockey Federation to get permission to play in the French Division 3. As part of the agreement, the team is eligible for promotion to the top Ligue Magnus tier, but are ineligible to become the French champion and represent France at international competitions for club teams. Schneider commented on the agreement by saying, "I think it's fair since we are already Luxembourg's champion by regularly beating our only competitor, the Beaufort club". Schneider has operated the Tornado as an amateur team which does not play its players, and covers its costs by a sponsorship from Škoda Auto.^[2]

In Luxembourg, the club won the Luxembourg Championship seven times between 1994 and 2003, and the Luxembourg Cup eight times; in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2012.

During the 2012-2013 forward Colm Cannon became the all-time leading goal scorer of the Tornados.

With there being so few ice hockey players in Luxembourg, there are generally a number of players from Tornado on the national team. Eight players from Tornado Luxembourg played for the national team in 2009.

Roster

Forwards

Number	Name	Nationality	Height/Weight
15	Colm Cannon	Luxembourg	186 cm/86 kg
10	Benny Welter	Luxembourg	180 cm/80 kg
11	Robert Beran	Luxembourg	180 cm/80 kg
77	Eric Wambach	Luxembourg	185 cm/82 kg
18	Jean-Marie Funk	Luxembourg	172 cm/86 kg
83	Thierry Holtzem	Luxembourg	187 cm/80 kg
42	Steven Minden	Luxembourg	175 cm/70 kg
22	David Donzel	France	179 cm/75 kg
64	Pierre Huther	France	178 cm/84 kg
15	Patrick Schon	Luxembourg	191 cm/83 kg
25	Daniel Androne	Belgium	? cm/? kg
5	Georges Scheier	Luxembourg	180 cm/70 kg
27	Sampsa Jarvenpaa	Finland	187 cm/82 kg
23	Frank Schram	Luxembourg	185 cm/92 kg
9	Jeff Meyer	Luxembourg	182 cm/92 kg
28	Fredrik Olsen	Denmark	? cm/? kg
16	Markus Eriksson	Sweden	? cm/? kg
28	Jani Rautjarvi	Finland	? cm/? kg
4	Agi Ichinorov	Mongolia	169 cm/62 kg
69	Teemu Hinkula	Finland	184 cm/80 kg
20	Michal Loksa	Czech Republic	? cm/? kg

Defence

Number	Name	Nationality	Height/Weight
14	Ronny Scheier	Luxembourg	180 cm/80 kg
3	Serge Milano	Luxembourg	172 cm/80 kg
12	François Schons	Luxembourg	180 cm/70 kg
7	Rafael Springer	Luxembourg	190 cm/83 kg
17	Kai Linster	Luxembourg	186 cm/82 kg
21	Christophe Hernandez	Luxembourg	178 cm/87 kg
19	Yves Barthels	Luxembourg	190 cm/86 kg
33	Thierry Magalhaes	Luxembourg	184 cm/71 kg
6	Julius Faenoe	Denmark	? cm/? kg
2	Jason Maclean	Canada	190 cm/85 kg
6	Gilles Biever	Luxembourg	? cm/? kg
27	Christopher Maratea (Captain)	United States	191 cm/88 kg

Goaltenders

Number	Name	Nationality	Height/Weight
30	Gilles Mangen	Luxembourg	176 cm/70 kg
21	Julien Dequidt	France	? cm/? kg
1	Yann Livolant	Luxembourg	175 cm/100 kg

Results

References

External links

• Official site