Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne
Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne |
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history | Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne (since 1974) |
Location | Neuilly-sur-Marne , France |
Club colors | blue red |
league | Division 1 |
Venue | Patinoire municipale de Neuilly-sur-Marne |
capacity | 500 seats |
executive Director | Ibrahim Soubra |
Head coach | Frank Spinozzi |
Season 2017/18 | 6th place (preliminary round), playoff semifinals |
The Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne (official name: Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne ) are a French ice hockey team from Neuilly-sur-Marne , which was founded in 1974 and plays in Division 1 , the second highest French ice hockey league.
The club plays its home games in the Patinoire municipale de Neuilly-sur-Marne with a capacity of 500 .
history
HC Neuilly-sur-Marne was founded in 1974 by Patrick Demarcy after a new ice rink had opened in the city a year earlier. Until 2000, the club played mainly in division 2 and 3, the third and fourth ice hockey league in the country. In the 2000/01 season, the club managed to return to Division 2. Only one year later, the club even managed to march through to the second-rate Division 1.
After being in fourth to sixth place in Division 1 between 2003 and 2007, they were promoted to Ligue Magnus , the highest French ice hockey league , as champions of Division 1 in the 2007/08 season . This was the third promotion since 2000 for Neuilly-sur-Marne and the march from fourth to first division.
successes
- 2000/01 promotion to Division 2
- 2001/02 promotion to Division 1
- 2007/08 promotion to Ligue Magnus
Women's ice hockey
Since the 2004/05 season, the first women's team of the bisons has played in the Championnat de France de hockey sur glace féminin , the highest French ice hockey league in the women's field. In the 2007/08 season, the team reached the runner-up behind record champions Cergy.