Lyon Hockey Club
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history | Lyon Hockey Club (since 1997) |
Location | Lyon , France |
Club colors | blue White Red |
league | Ligue Magnus |
Venue | Patinoire Charlemagne |
capacity | 3,300 seats |
2014/15 | 13th place (main round), winning the relegation against relegation |
The Lyon Hockey Club is a French ice hockey club from Lyon , which was founded in 1997 and has played in the Ligue Magnus , the highest French league, since 2014 . The home games are played in the Patinoire Charlemagne with 3300 seats .
history
The Lyon Hockey Club was founded in 1997 as the successor club of the Club des patineurs lyonnais and was included in the top division, today's Ligue Magnus , for the 1997/98 season . After three seasons in which the league was won in the highest league by sporting means, the relegation to the fourth division, Division 3 , followed in September 2000 due to financial difficulties . After one season, the team was promoted to Division 2 . After two more years, he joined Division 1 . After losing the Barrage games in the 2005/06 season against Bordeaux Gironde Hockey 2000 , the team rose again to the third highest division. In the following years, the team regularly occupied top places in Division 2. After being promoted to Division 1 in 2011 , they were promoted to Ligue Magnus in 2014, where the team has played since then.
Furthermore, the club took in 1998 and 1999 to the sweeps of the IIHF Continental Cup in part. The team had a record of two wins and one draw in their first participation, but missed the second round due to the worse goal difference compared to the Norwegian representative Frisk Tigers .
In the following year, the team prevailed in a group with three wins against HK Keramin Minsk , CG Puigcerdà and Boretti Tigers Amsterdam . In the second round, the team was eliminated from the competition after three defeats.
successes
- Promotion to Division 2 : 2001
- Promotion to Division 1 : 2003, 2011
- Promotion to Ligue Magnus : 2014
Former players
Web links
- Official website of the association (French)