EV Zug

EV Zug

Full name	EV Zug
Nickname(s)	EVZ
Founded	1967
Based in	Zug, Switzerland
Arena	Bossard Arena (capacity: 7,015)
League	National League A
Team colors	Blue and white
GM	Patrick Lengwiler
Head coach	Harold Kreis
Captain	Fabian Schnyder
Website	www.evz.ch

EV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of National League A and plays its home games at Bossard Arena.

History

EV Zug won its lone championship in the 1997–98 season.

On October 3, 2011, the club defeated the New York Rangers of the NHL by the wild score of 8-4 in an exhibition game.^[1][2] Former NHLer Josh Holden, who at the time was suspended from the NLA, was permitted to play and scored twice. He and Fabian Schnyder each had three points and Esa Pirnes also had two goals. Former Ranger goaltender Jussi Markkanen had the win in net in front of a sellout crowd at Bossard Arena.

Honors

Champions

• NDA Championship (1): 1998

Runners-up

• NDA Championship (2): 1995, 1997

Current roster

Updated July 6, 2015.^[3][4][5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22		Alatalo, SanteriSanteri Alatalo	D	L	25	2013	Tampere, Finland
90		Bader, NoëlNoël Bader	G	L	19	2013	Zurich, Switzerland
70		Blaser, YannickYannick Blaser	D	L	26	2009	Langnau i.E., Switzerland
87		Bürgler, DarioDario Bürgler	RW	R	28	2014	Illgau, Switzerland
96		Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard	W	L	31	2014	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
3		Diem, NolanNolan Diem	C	L	22	2011	Lausanne, Switzerland
72		Erni, SamuelSamuel Erni	D	L	24	2008	Frauenfeld, Switzerland
77		Grossmann, RobinRobin Grossmann	D	L	28	2014	Dintikon, Switzerland
27		Holden, JoshJosh Holden	C	L	37	2008	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
62		Immonen, JarkkoJarkko Immonen	C	R	33	2015	Rantasalmi, Finland
10		Lammer, DominicDominic Lammer	RW	L	23	2011	Altstätten, Switzerland
8		Lüthi, SimonSimon Lüthi	D	R	29	2013	Langnau i.E., Switzerland
81		Marchon, MarcMarc Marchon	C	L	20	2013	Vuisternens-en-Ogoz, Switzerland
46		Martschini, LinoLino Martschini	RW	R	22	2012	Lucerne, Switzerland
74		Morant, JohannJohann Morant	D	L	29	2014	Belfort, France
17		Peter, EmanuelEmanuel Peter	C	L	31	2015	Uzwil, Switzerland
6		Ramholt, TimTim Ramholt (A)	D	L	31	2013	Zurich, Switzerland
18		Schlumpf, DominikDominik Schlumpf	D	R	24	2014	Mönchaltorf, Switzerland
57		Schnyder, FabianFabian Schnyder (C)	LW	L	30	2003	Lucerne, Switzerland
50		Sondell, DanielDaniel Sondell	D	L	31	2014	Umeå, Sweden
36		Stadler, LivioLivio Stadler	D	L	17	2014	Steinhausen, Switzerland
51		Stephan, TobiasTobias Stephan	G	L	31	2014	Zurich, Switzerland
26		Suri, RetoReto Suri	LW	L	26	2012	Zurich, Switzerland
14		Thibaudeau, NicolasNicolas Thibaudeau	C	L	25	2015	Bois-des-Fillion, Quebec, Canada
94		Zangger, SandroSandro Zangger	W	R	21	2014	Jona, Switzerland

NHL alumni

• Ivan Hlinka  1983–85
• Don "Red" Laurence  1989–91
• Ken Yaremchuk  1990–96
• Patrick Fischer  1992–97, 2003–06, 2007–09
• Bill McDougall  1995–98
• John Miner  1995–98
• Wes Walz  1996–99
• Chris Tancill  1999–2004
• Paul DiPietro  1999–2004, 2005–11
• Todd Elik  2000–02
• Václav Zuna  2001–2002
• James Black  2002–03
• Claude Lemieux  2003–04
• Raphael Diaz  2003-11
• Mike Fisher  2004–05
• Niko Kapanen  2004–05
• Oleg Petrov  2004–08
• Dale McTavish  2007–10
• Micki DuPont  2008–10
• Andrei Bashkirov  2009–10
• Josh Holden  2008–current
• Jussi Markkanen  2009–2013
• Glen Metropolit  2010–12
• Damien Brunner  2008–13

References

1. Rosen, Dan (2011-10-03). "Rangers fall to Swiss squad, 8-4". NHL.com. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
2. "EV Zug wins against the New York Rangers!" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
3. "1.Mannschaft EV Zug" (in German). www.evz.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
4. "EV Zug team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
5. "EV Zug équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

External links

• (German) EV Zug official website