HC Morzine-Avoriaz
| Pingouins de Morzine Hockey Club Morzine-Avoriaz |
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| history | Hockey Club Morzine-Avoriaz (since 1963) |
| Location | Morzine , France |
| Club colors | Red Yellow |
| league | Division 3 |
| Venue | Patinoire de Morzine |
| capacity | 1,280 seats |
| executive Director | François Garnaud |
| Head coach | Santeri Immonen |
| 2014/15 | 10th place, playoff round of 16 |
The Pingouins de Morzine (official name: Hockey Club Morzine-Avoriaz , German: Morzine Pinguine ) are a French ice hockey team from Morzine , which was founded in 1963. The team has been playing in the fourth-class Division 3 since the 2017/18 season .
The club plays its home games in the Patinoire de Morzine with a capacity of 1,280 .
history
Since the ice hockey tradition in the Haute-Savoie department goes back to the 1930s, it was decided in 1963 to found a new club in Morzine. Initially, the team consisted largely of Swiss players, which was mainly due to the fact that the team's first coach, Willy Trolliet , signed a number of players from his home country for HC Morzine-Avoriaz. After the club had taken first place in the third-class national 3 for the third time in a row in 1986 , they rose to the national 2 . Four years later, the team made it into the top French league for the first time, at that time the Nationale 1 . After one season, the penguins were relegated to the second division. After several promotions and relegations, the team has been back in the top French league since the 2003/04 season. In 2007 the penguins reached the play-off finals of the Ligue Magnus for the first time and lost with 1-3 wins against the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble .
1979 took part for the first and so far only time a women's team of the club in the French championship .