ZSC Lions

ZSC Lions
Greatest successes
Swiss champions 1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018 Swiss Cup winner in 1960, 1961 and 2016 Spengler Cup winner in 1944 and 1945 IIHF Continental Cup winner 2001 and 2002 Champions Hockey League winner 2009 Victoria Cup winner 2009 Swiss women's champions 1989, 1990, 1991, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
Club information
history	Zürcher SC (1930–1997) ZSC Lions (since 1997)
Nickname	Z, Zätt, Zürcher SC
Club colors	  
league	National League
Venue	Hallenstadion
capacity	11,200 seats (of which 11,200 seats)
executive Director	Peter Zahner
Head coach	Rikard Groenborg
captain	Patrick Geering
Season 2018/19	9th place (qual.), 10th place (rd.)

The ZSC Lions ( ZSC , colloquially also «Zätt» , former name: Zürcher Schlittschuhclub ) are a Swiss ice hockey club from Zurich .

history

The club was founded on October 15, 1930 in Zurich and became Swiss champions in 1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2018 . In addition, the club won the Spengler Cup in 1944/45 and 1945/46 , the IIHF Continental Cup in 2000/01 and 2001/02 , the Champions Hockey League in 2008/09 and the Victoria Cup in 2009.

Formerly known as Zürcher SC or ZSC for short, the club has been officially called ZSC Lions since the merger with the ice hockey department of Grasshoppers Zurich in 1997 (now GCK Lions ) .

1980s

In 1981 the Zurich team rose to the National League A , but at the end of the 1981/82 season they had to return to the NLB as bottom of the table. In 1983 the ZSC returned to the top division - again only for one season. So it went on: NLA promotion in 1985, relegation to the NLB in 1986. Then it took until 1989 before the ZSC rose again.

1990s

In November 1991 Arno Del Curto became the new head coach. He led the ZSC in the spring of 1992 in the playoff semifinals. Del Curto, who later became an institution at HC Davos , stayed in Zurich until October 1993.

In April 1997 the merger of the Zürcher SC with the ice hockey section of the Grasshopper Club Zurich was announced. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote about it in an article in March 2016: "The ZSC brought the hall, the audience and the place in the top league with it, the Grasshoppers had hardly any fans and no suitable stadium, but the money and a youth department." The new team name was originally supposed to be Zurich Lions , but the fans protested against the disappearance of the traditional acronym ZSC, so that the name ZSC Lions was ultimately chosen.

The sudden death of Chad Silver at the age of 29 caused horror at the ZSC and in the ice hockey world in early December 1998 . The native Canadian was found lifeless in his apartment in Oerlikon , and an autopsy of the body revealed that he died of heart failure.

2000s

After the ZSC had won championship honors in 1936, 1949 and 1961, it took until 2000 before the title was won again. In the playoff final of the spring of 2000, the Zurich team, headed by head coach Kent Ruhnke , defeated HC Lugano, who were considered favorites, with 4-2 victories. That put an end to the wait to win the championship after 39 years. Ruhnke was about to be fired during the season, before the playoffs the club decided not to extend the coach's contract at the end of the season.

In the following season 2000/01 - in the meantime supported by Ruhnke's successor Larry Huras in his second term in Zurich - the ZSC followed suit and successfully defended his title. Again the final opponent was called Lugano. The series was won 4-3, the decision was made in the extension of the seventh game. Huras, who was unpopular in parts of the team, had to leave despite the triumph.

For the 2005/06 season the Lions played in the converted indoor stadium for the first time, which was a new situation for the team as well as for the fan base. After the poor performance in this season, in which they could barely secure relegation in the relegation round, the Lions started a "reparation tour" in the following season , which the media announced in advance as "The Lions' Revenge" has been. With a practically unchanged squad and unchanged situation in the stadium, the play-offs were reached thanks to a playful high from mid-October to December.

The ZSC Lions are funded today by Walter Frey and Peter Spuhler . Since December 2007 Peter Zahner , former association director of the Swiss Ice Hockey Association , has been CEO of ZSC Lions (ZLE Betriebs AG) and since 2010 Chairman of the Board of GCK / ZSC Lions Nachwuchs AG.

The ZSC Lions won their sixth championship title on April 10, 2008 in the Hallenstadion under the leadership of the German-Canadian trainer Harold Kreis . In the playoff final against HC Servette Genève , the Zurich team caught up 2-0 deficit in the best-of-seven series and won their sixth game 2-1 after a penalty shootout . Coach Kreis, who was criticized during the course of the season, had already announced his departure after the end of the season for Germany ( Düsseldorfer EG ) in February 2008 .

In January 2009, the former ZSC defender Edgar Salis was hired as a new head of sport.

As the first team to win the ZSC Lions on January 28, 2009, the newly founded Champions Hockey League . After a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Russia , the ZSC beat HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5-0 in the Diners-Club Arena in Rapperswil . For the victory in the Champions Hockey League, the ZSC was awarded the Zurich-Leu Gold Prize by the then Mayor Elmar Ledergerber .

On September 29, 2009, the ZSC Lions won the Champions Hockey League against the NHL stars of the Chicago Blackhawks in the Zurich Hallenstadion in the Victoria Cup game 2-1.

2010s

With two playoff series wins, both after four games, the 'Zätt' qualified for the final for the Swiss championship in the 2011/12 season , in which they played against SC Bern . After SC Bern took a 3-1 lead in this series, the ZSC made up a 1: 3 deficit in the best-of-seven series and won the seventh game away on April 17, 2012 after the decisive goal of Steve McCarthy 2-1 with 2.5 seconds before the end. Master coach Bob Hartley left the ZSC after winning the title and moved to the NHL club Calgary Flames .

Game action in October 2014

The 2013/14 NLA season was clearly dominated by the ZSC Lions. After completing the qualification, they had 20 points more than the second-placed Friborg. In the quarter-finals, the ZSC met HC Lausanne, which was able to qualify for the play-offs for the first time in its first NLA season after promotion. In an exciting series, the Lions won 4: 3 and thus qualified for the semi-finals. The HC Genève-Servette was waiting there and this series was also highly competitive. Only in the seventh game did the ZSC prevail 4-0 and qualified for the play-off final. The final opponent of the ZSC Lions was the canton rival for the first time with the EHC Kloten . In the derby final, the ZSC remained undefeated and won the eighth championship title in the club's history with the Swiss championship 2013/14.

After the 2015/16 season, in which they were cup winners, the four-year term of the coaching team Marc Crawford / Rob Cookson ended , instead the Swede Hans Wallson was signed as the new head coach, who brought his compatriot Lars Johansson with him as an assistant. Both had previously worked successfully at Skellefteå AIK . Wallson led the ZSC to second place in the qualification in its first season 2016/17, in the playoff quarter-finals the ZSC was eliminated against Lugano (2: 4 wins).

In April 2017, Edgar Salis switched from the position of sports director to the newly created post of head of player screening, with Sven Leuenberger becoming the new sports director . At the end of December 2017, the Lions made a change of coach: Wallson and his "co" Johansson were fired because "the sporting success failed to materialize and the team's development stagnated," as the club stated in the founding statement. At the time of separation from the Swedish coaching team, the team was in seventh place in the table. At the same time, it was announced that Serge Aubin would be head coach from the 2018/19 game year. Until the end of the 2017/18 season and thus until Aubin took office, Hans Kossmann was employed as a temporary coach . Kossmann solved the task brilliantly and led the ZSC to win the championship title. In the final series they prevailed with 4: 3 wins against Lugano.

On January 14, 2019, the ZSC separated from Aubin, under whose leadership the team made "no sustainable progress" according to those responsible. His successor was Arno del Curto, who only left HC Davos in November 2018 after a 22-year tenure and who had coached the ZSC between 1991 and 1993. Del Curto missed the championship round with the team, which had not happened in the previous 13 years. Del Curto's contract was not renewed after the end of the 2018/19 season. The new head coach was introduced in May 2019 by the Swedish-American dual citizen Rikard Grönborg , who had previously worked for the Swedish association for a long time and, among other things, was responsible for the national youth team.

Home ground

The ZSC played on the Dolder ice rink from 1930 to 1950 and in the Zurich Hallenstadion since 1950 . In the 2004/05 season, however, this was rebuilt, so all home games of the ZSC during this period took place in the neighboring Stadiönli (artificial ice rink Oerlikon, KEBO for short). The renovation work had a financial volume of over 140 million francs and lasted until July 2005.

→ Main article : Swiss Life Arena

In September 2016, the Zurich voters voted with 56.6 percent for the construction of a new ice hockey stadium with a seating capacity of 11,600 in the Altstetten district . In addition to the arena, the complex is to contain a hall for training operations, restaurants and office space. The work is expected to be completed in 2022.

Fans

In the Hallenstadion, 3rd place in sectors X2-Q2 belongs to the «Z» fans. The atmosphere in the Hallenstadion lives from this rank. Since the 2015/2016 season there has been a standing area for ZSC fans in sector Q2, which should improve the mood. In addition to the ice, the “3. Rang Züri »launched. The project organizes car rides at discounted prices for away games of the ZSC.

Audience average

season qualification Play-off Play-out Attendance record Sold out 2018/19 9,694 - 8,398 11'200 2017/18 8,863 11,014 - 11'200 2016/17 9'214 10,348 - 11'200 1 × 2015/16 9,818 10,633 - 11'200 3 × 2014/15 9,331 10'447 - 11'200 8 × 2013/14 9,048 10'082 - 11'200 4 × 2012/13 8,745 10,541 - 11'200 2 × 2011/12 7,625 10,843 - 11'200 4 × 2010/11 7,640 10'050 - 10,700 2009/10 7,749 8,948 - 9,963 2008/09 7,720 8,698 - 9,668 2007/08 6,314 10,385 - 10,700 4 × 2006/07 6,287 10,182 - 10,660 1 × 2005/06 8'540 - 6,625 10'046 2004/05 3,038 3,300 - 3,840 3 × 2003/04 7,615 10'421 - 11,500 2 × 2002/03 8,837 9,485 - 11,500 3 × 2001/02 8,507 11'229 - 11,500 8 × 2000/01 8,124 10,854 - 11,500 6 ×

Squad for the 2019/20 season

Status: February 12, 2020

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
30th		Lukas Flüeler	G	October 22, 1988	2007	Kloten , Switzerland
24		Phil Baltisberger	D.	November 13, 1995	2015	Zofingen , Switzerland
96		Tim Berni	D.	February 11, 2000	2017	Männedorf , Switzerland
5		Severin Blindenbacher -  A	D.	March 15, 1983	2011	Zurich , Switzerland
4th		Patrick Geering -  C.	D.	February 12, 1990	2008	Zurich , Switzerland
3		Topi Jaakola	D.	November 15, 1983	2020	Oulu , Finland
54		Christian Marti	D.	March 29, 1993	2016	Bülach , Switzerland
56		Maxim Noreau	D.	May 24, 1987	2018	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
22nd		Dave Sutter	D.	February 21, 1992	2017	Monthey , Switzerland
86		Dario Trutmann	D.	17th September 1992	2019	Zug , Switzerland
		Sven Andrighetto	RW	March 21, 1993	2020	Zurich , Switzerland
14th		Chris Baltisberger	RW	October 31, 1991	2012	Zofingen , Switzerland
26th		Simon Bodenmann	W.	0March 2nd, 1988	2018	Urnaesch , Switzerland
89		Dominik Diem	C.	January 25, 1997	2019	Zurich , Switzerland
91		Denis Hollenstein	LW	October 15, 1989	2018	Mosnang , Switzerland
16		Marcus Kruger	C.	May 27, 1990	2019	Stockholm , Sweden
87		Marco Pedretti	RW	September 30, 1991	2019	Switzerland
71		Fredrik Pettersson	RW	June 10, 1987	2017	Gothenburg , Sweden
18th		Raphael Prassl	RW	November 23, 1997	2017	Zurich , Switzerland
11		Garrett Roe	C.	February 22, 1988	2019	Vienna (Virginia) , USA
19th		Reto Schäppi	LW	January 27, 1991	2010	Zurich , Switzerland
13		Justin Sigrist	C.	April 20, 1999	2018	Hombrechtikon , Switzerland
28		Axel Simic	C.	January 27, 1999	2019	Gumefens , Switzerland
27		Roman Wick	RW	December 30, 1985	2012	Kloten , Switzerland

Coaching staff

Item	Nat.	Surname	Date of birth	In the team since	place of birth
Head coach		Rikard Groenborg	June 8, 1968	2019	Huddinge , Sweden
Assistant coach		Frederik Stillman	22nd August 1966	2019	Jonkoping , Sweden
Assistant coach		Johan Andersson	May 18, 1984	2019	Motala , Sweden

Placements championship

season league rank 1930/31 Semi-final 1931/32 Semi-final 1932/33 2nd place 1933/34 2nd place 1934/35 2nd place 1935/36 1st place ( 1st championship title ) 1936/37 2nd place 1937/38 NLA 2nd place 1938/39 NLA 2nd place 1940/41 NLA 2nd place 1941/42 NLA 2nd place 1942/43 NLA 2nd place 1943/44 NLA 2nd place 1944/45 NLA 2nd place 1945/46 NLA 4th Place 1946/47 NLA 2nd place 1947/48 NLA 4th Place 1948/49 NLA 1st place ( 2nd championship title ) 1949/50 NLA 3rd place

season league rank 1950/51 NLA 3rd place 1951/52 NLA 3rd place 1952/53 NLA 4th Place 1953/54 NLA 5th place 1954/55 NLA 5th place 1955/56 NLA 4th Place 1956/57 NLA 5th place 1957/58 NLA 3rd place 1958/59 NLA 3rd place 1959/60 NLA 2nd place 1960/61 NLA 1st place ( 3rd championship title ) 1961/62 NLA 3rd place 1962/63 NLA 6th place 1963/64 NLA 5th place 1964/65 NLA 9th place 1965/66 NLA 4th Place 1966/67 NLA 6th place 1967/68 NLA 7th place

season league qualification Finals rank 1968/69 NLA 8th place Relegation round 1st place 1969/70 NLA 7th place Relegation round 1st place 1970/71 NLA 7th place Relegation round 3rd place (1st descent) 1971/72 NLB 1st place Promotion lap 2nd place 1972/73 NLB 1st place Promotion lap 1st place (1st ascent) 1973/74 NLA - - 8th place (2nd relegation) 1974/75 NLB 2nd place Promotion lap 3rd place 1975/76 NLB 3rd place Promotion lap 3rd place 1976/77 NLB 3rd place Promotion lap 7th place 1977/78 NLB - - 3rd place 1978/79 NLB - - 3rd place 1979/80 NLB 2nd place Promotion lap 2nd place 1980/81 NLB 1st place Promotion / Relegation Round 2nd place (2nd ascent) 1981/82 NLA 8th place Promotion / Relegation Round 5th place (3rd relegation) 1982/83 NLB 1st place Promotion / Relegation Round 2nd place (3rd ascent) 1983/84 NLA - - 8th place (4th relegation) 1984/85 NLB 3rd place Promotion / Relegation Round 1st place (4th ascent) 1985/86 NLA - - 10th place (5th relegation) 1986/87 NLB 2nd place Playoff semi-final - 1987/88 NLB 1st place Playoff semi-final - 1988/89 NLB 2nd place Promotion / Relegation Round 1st place (5th ascent) 1989/90 NLA 9th place Promotion / Relegation Round 2nd place

season	league	qualification	Quarter finals	Semi-final	Final
1990/91	NLA	6th place	Kloten - ZSC 3: 1	-	-
1991/92	NLA	7th place	Lugano - ZSC 1: 3	Bern - ZSC 3: 0	-
1992/93	NLA	7th place	Friborg - ZSC 4: 0	-	-
1993/94	NLA	8th place	Friborg - ZSC 3: 0	-	-
1994/95	NLA	8th place	Train - ZSC 3: 2	-	-
1995/96	NLA	8th place	Bern - ZSC 3: 1	-	-
1996/97	NLA	8th place	Bern - ZSC 3: 2	-	-
1997/98	NLA	10th place	-	-	-
1998/99	NLA	2nd place	ZSC L. - Kloten 3: 4	-	-
1999/00	NLA	2nd place	ZSC L. - Davos 4: 1	ZSC L. - move 4: 0	Lugano - ZSC L. 2: 4 ( 4th championship title )
2000/01	NLA	2nd place	ZSC L. - SCRJ 4: 0	ZSC L. - Kloten 4: 1	Lugano - ZSC L. 3: 4 ( 5th championship title )
2001/02	NLA	5th place	Ambri - ZSC L. 2: 4	Lugano - ZSC L. 3: 4	Davos - ZSC L. 4: 0
2002/03	NLA	1st place	ZSC L. - SCRJ 4: 3	ZSC L. - Lugano 1: 4	-
2003/04	NLA	5th place	Davos - ZSC L. 2: 4	Lugano - ZSC L. 4: 3	-
2004/05	NLA	3rd place	ZSC L. - Ambri 4: 1	ZSC L. - move 4: 1	Davos - ZSC L. 4: 1
2005/06	NLA	10th place	-	-	-
2006/07	NLA	8th place	Davos - ZSC L. 4: 3	-	-
2007/08	NLA	6th place	Kloten - ZSC L. 1: 4	Davos - ZSC L. 2: 4	Geneva - ZSC L. 2: 4 ( 6th championship title )
2008/09	NLA	2nd place	ZSC L. - Friborg 0: 4	-	-
2009/10	NLA	6th place	Train - ZSC L. 4: 3	-	-
2010/11	NLA	7th place	Kloten - ZSC L. 4: 1	-	-
2011/12	NLA	7th place	Davos - ZSC L. 0: 4	Train - ZSC L. 0: 4	Bern - ZSC L. 3: 4 ( 7th championship title )
2012/13	NLA	4th Place	ZSC L. - Davos 4: 3	Friborg - ZSC L. 4: 1	-
2013/14	NLA	1st place	ZSC L. - Lausanne 4: 3	ZSC L. - Geneva 4: 3	ZSC L. - Kloten 4: 0 ( 8th championship title )
2014/15	NLA	1st place	ZSC L. - Biel 4: 3	ZSC L. - Geneva 4: 2	ZSC L. - Davos 1: 4
2015/16	NLA	1st place	ZSC L. - Bern 0: 4	-	-
2016/17	NLA	2nd place	ZSC L. - Lugano 2: 4	-	-
2017/18	NLA	7th place	EVZ - ZSC L. 1: 4	SCB - ZSC L. 1: 4	Lugano - ZSC L. 3: 4 ( 9th championship title )
2018/19	NLA	9th place

successes

• International Series B Champion 1932
• Swiss ice hockey champions 1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018

• Winner of the Spengler Cup 1944, 1945
• Swiss Cup winner 1960, 1961, 2016
• Swiss ice hockey champions National League B 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989
• Winner of the IIHF Continental Cup 2000/01 , 2002
• Swiss ice hockey runner-up in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1960, 2002, 2005, 2015
• Champions Hockey League winner 2008/09
• Victoria Cup winner 2009

Trainer

• Andy Lindquist (1949/50) *
• Maki Slama (1950/51) *
• Bud McEachern (1951/52) *
• Stan Obodiac (1952/53) *
• Dave Maguire (1953–1955) *
• Les Strongman (1955/56) *
• Bill Abbot (1956/57) *
• Garnett Vasey (1957/58) *
• George Beach (1958/59) *
• Otto Schläpfer (1959–1962) *
• Rudolf Vaterlaus (1962/63)
• Bruno Müller (1962/63) *
• Silvio Rossi (1962–1964)
• Herbert Ulrich (1963/64)
• Dave Maguire (1964–1968)
• Vladimír Kobranov (1968–1970)
• Kurt Peter (1969/70)
• Otto Schubiger (1970/71)
• Georg Riesch (1970/71)
• Stu Robertson (1971-1975)
• Peter Lüthi (1975/76)
• Fran Huck (1976/77) *
• Bob Lindberg (1976/77) *
• Lasse Lilja (1977 − Dec. 1978)
• Kent Sundquist (Dec. 1978–1980) *
• Kurt Loher (1980)
• Kent Ruhnke (1980 − Oct. 1982) *
• Jim Webster (1982)
• George Bastl (1982 − Nov. 1983)
• Brian Lefley (Nov. 1983-1984)
• Andy Murray (1984 − January 1986)
• Dan Hober (1986)
• Alpo Suhonen (1986-88)
• Timo Lahtinen (1988)
• Neil Nicholson (Jan. 1989–1990)
• Heinz Zehnder (1990)
• Pavel Wohl (1990 − Nov. 1991)
• Arno Del Curto (Nov. 1991 − Oct. 1993)
• Ueli Hofmann (October 1993–1994)
• Lars-Erik Lundström (1994)
• Larry Huras (1994-1996)
• Alpo Suhonen (1996/97)
• Hans Zach (1997/98)
• Kent Ruhnke (1998-2000)
• Larry Huras (2000/01)
• Pekka Rautakallio (Nov. 2001 − March 2003)
• Christian Weber (2003 − Nov. 2005)
• Henryk Gruth (Nov. 2005)
• Juhani Tamminen (Dec. 2005-2006)
• Beat Lautenschlager (2006)
• Harold Kreis (2006-2008)
• Sean Simpson (2008-2010)
• Colin Muller (2010)
• Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (2010/11)
• Bob Hartley (2011/12)
• Marc Crawford (2012-2016)
• Hans Wallson (2016–12 / 2017)
• Hans Kossmann ( 12/2017 - end of season 2017/18)
• Serge Aubin (2018–01 / 2019)
• Arno Del Curto (01/2019 - end of season 2018/19)
• Rikard Grönborg (since May 2019)

* Player-coach

Significant former players

Mark Streit played for the Lions until 2005

Mathias Seger played for the ZSC Lions for 19 years

• Jan Alston , 2001-2010
• Mattia Baldi , 1999-2003
• Hans Bänninger , 1943–1954
• Leopold Berchtold , 1958–1969
• Marc-André Bergeron , 2013–2016
• Willi Bertschinger , 1974–1980, 1982–1989
• Hanggi Boller , 1940-1949
• Leo Cadisch , 1987-1992
• Patric Della Rossa , 1997-2004
• Bruno Eberhard , 1985–1990
• Erich Ehrensperger , 1955–1972
• Mario Eichholzer , 1973–1982
• Jiri Faic , 1984-1995
• Kevin Fiala , 2010–2012
• Ryan Gardner , 2007-2010
• Roger Geiger , 1981–1990
• Patrick Hager , 1990-1993, 1994-1997
• Dan Hodgson , 1998-2003
• Phil Housley , 1994-1995
• Thomas Hurcik , 1977–1985
• Vjeran Ivanković , 1993–1997, 2000, 2002
• Peter Jaks , 1998-2003
• Hans Keller , 1968–1975
• Martin Kout , 1995-2007
• Alexei Krutow , 2007–2011
• Vladimir Krutov , 1990-1992
• Dean Kukan , until 2011
• Miguel Leemann , 1978-1984
• Heini Lohrer , 1934–1953
• Denis Malgin , 2010–2016
• Peter Meier , 1959–1970
• Roger Meier , 1987-1992
• Auston Matthews , 2015-2016
• Claudio Micheli , 1993-2005, 2010
• Thibaut Monnet , 2007-2013
• Patrizio Morger , 1992-1997
• Peter Mühlebach , 1959–1972
• Milan Nový , 1983–1985
• Michael Nylander , 2011
• Pio Parolini , 1960-1969
• Kurt Peter , 1951–1964
• Domenico Pittis , 2008–2012
• Adrien Plavsic , 1998-2002
• Sergei Prjachin , 1991–1994
• Didier Princi , 1994-1997
• Mike Richard , 1990/91, 2003-2006
• Georg Riesch , 1952–1964, 1965/66
• Reijo Ruotsalainen , 1995-1996
• Edgar Salis , 1993-1997, 1999-2005
• Roland Scheibli , 1975–1980, 1982–1990
• Otto Schläpfer , 1953–1962
• Hansi Schmid , 1977-1986
• Lorenzo Schmid , 1976-1984
• Peter Schmid , 1970–1978
• Rolf Schrepfer , 1997–2001
• Otto Schubiger , 1952–1960
• Rolf Simmen , 1990-1994
• Mathias Seger , 1999–2018
• Jonas Siegenthaler , until 2011, 2014–2017
• Wayne Small , 1971-1976
• Bruno Steck , 1994-1997, 2000-2002
• Mark Streit , 2000-2005
• Reto Stirnimann , 1999-2007
• Andri Stoffel , 2003–2015
• Reto Sturzenegger , 1984–1988
• Radoslav Suchý , 2006–2010
• Ari Sulander , 1998–2012
• Andy Trümpler , 1978-1983, 1984-1986
• Bruno Vollmer , 1987–1990, 1991–1997
• Ludwig Waidacher junior , 1981–1986
• Christian Weber , 1985-88, 1989-94, 1997-2001
• Christian Wehrli , 1972–1980
• Peter Wespi , 1960–1971, 1972–1974
• Andreas Zehnder , 1989–1997
• Michel Zeiter , 1992-2007

Blocked jersey numbers

• # 15 Mathias Seger
• # 21 Reto Sturzenegger
• # 23 Chad Silver
• # 31 Ari Sulander

Web links

Commons : ZSC Lions  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• ZSC Lions Women's Team website
• All previous Swiss champions and the history of ZSC & GCK Lions women's ice hockey ( memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet archive ) at lions-frauen.ch
• Portrait on the National League website
• Official website of the youth department

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Urs Leuthardt: Close by for three decades. In: Overtime # 15, December 2008. ZSC Lions, accessed April 15, 2017 . 
2. ^ Arno Del Curto: trainer, conductor, composer and rock star . In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed April 15, 2017]).
3. ^ Ulrich Pickel: The ZSC Lions project: Privileged Zürcher . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 2, 2016, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed April 15, 2017]).
4. ↑ martin merk and samuel hufschmid // switzerland: Chad Silver (ZSC) died of heart failure! Retrieved April 15, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Chad Silver: Heart Failure at 29: - WORLD. Retrieved April 15, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} 1930 to today. Years of mastery after the merger. Retrieved March 18, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Peter Blunschi: The club of the "dead" coach. In: 20 minutes . April 11, 2008, accessed March 18, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Circle Leaves Lions. In: look. February 8, 2008, accessed March 18, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Ulrich Pickel: After finishing his career, Edgar Salis became Lions sports director by chance: A black splitter from Chur. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. April 5, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Second Zürileu for the ZSC. (No longer available online.) In: Tages-Anzeiger . February 5, 2009, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; Retrieved November 13, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Ulrich Pickel: ZSC Lions lose coach Bob Hartley: A bolt out of the blue. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. June 1, 2012, accessed March 18, 2017 . 
12. ^ Wallson / Johansson: Swedish trainers for the ZSC Lions. April 27, 2016, accessed April 27, 2016 . 
13. ↑ HC Lugano - ZSC Lions, 16.03.2017 20:15. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017 . 
14. ↑ New sporting structure and personnel ... | ZSC Lions. Retrieved April 8, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Sven Leuenberger new head of sport | ZSC Lions. Retrieved May 2, 2017 . 
16. ↑ https://www.zsclions.ch/news/detail/trainerwechsel-bei-den-zsc-lions/
17. ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/sport/eishockey/wallson-muss-zsc-lions-verlassen-kossmann-uebernnahm-bis-ende-saison-ld.1343469
18. ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/sport/play-off-final-die-finalissima-in-lugano-ld.1381457?reduced=true
19. ↑ https://www.zsclions.ch/news/detail/trainerwechsel-arno-del-curto-uebernehmen-ab-sofort/
20. ↑ Ulrich Pickel: National League: The ZSC Lions are facing a change . March 21, 2019, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed March 24, 2019]).
21. ↑ https://www.zsclions.ch/news/detail/keine-vertragsverlaengerung-mit-arno-del-curto/
22. ↑ https://www.zsclions.ch/news/detail/rikard-groenborg-neuer-headcoach-der-zsc-lions/
23. ↑ Hallenstadion. Retrieved April 15, 2017 . 
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27. ^ ZSC Lions statistics. In: hockeyfans.ch. Retrieved April 2, 2017 .