Genève-Servette HC

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Genève-Servette HC
GSHC-logo.png
Full name Genève-Servette Hockey Club
Founded 1905
Based In Geneva, Switzerland
Arena Patinoire des Vernets
(Capacity: 7,382)
League

NLA 2001-present

  • NDA
    1964–1975
  • NDB
    1956–1964, 1975–1980, 1995–2001
  • 1. Liga
    1980–1995
Team Colors          
Owner(s) Hugh Quennec, Chris McSorley
President Hugh Quennec
Head Coach Canada Chris McSorley
Captain Switzerland Goran Bezina
Website www.gshc.ch

Genève-Servette HC, (also called "Servette" or "GSHC") is a professional ice hockey team based in Geneva, Switzerland and compete in National League A.


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[edit] History

  • 1905 : Foundation of Servette FC's ice hockey section.
  • 1954 : The club plays on artificial ice for the first time, in the "Pavillon des Sports". Until then, Servette had to host its opponents in Lausanne or au Pont. The first match on the new artificial ice sees Servette play Urania Genève Sport (UGS).
  • 1956 : First promotion in Swiss National League B.
  • 1958 : Inauguration of the new ice rink called "Les Vernets".
  • 1959 : Servette wins the "Swiss Cup" after beating Neuchâtel-Sports Young Sprinters HC 7-3 in the final, in front of 11,820 fans, it is a crowd record for a hockey game in Les Vernets.
  • 1963 : Creation of Genève-Servette HC after the fusion of the ice hockey sections of Servette & UGS.
  • 1975 : Relegated to the Swiss National League B.
  • 1980 : Relegated to 1. Liga (3rd division).
  • 1995 : Promoted to National League B again, after a victory over Luzern.
  • 2001 : Promoted to National League A, after a successful series (4-0) over Chur in the final.
  • 2008 : On March 24, the GSHC reaches the Swiss National League A final for the first time in its history, after a clear win over HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the semi-finals (4-1 in the series).
  • 2010 : After a good season (2nd place), the GSHC defeated HC Fribourg-Gottéron in quarter-finals after being led 3-1 and EV Zug in semi-finals. Against SC Bern in Finals, the GSHC came back from 3-1 to 3-3 before losing the seventh game in Bern.
  • 2011 : Were third-most attended team in Switzerland for the 2010-11 season with 6,971 spectators.[1]


[edit] Honors

[edit] Champions

[edit] Runners-up


[edit] Current roster

Updated January 22, 2012.[2][3][4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
— Switzerland Augsburger, GaëtanGaëtan Augsburger Injured Reserve C L 23 2005 St. Imier, Switzerland
47 Switzerland Antonietti, EliotEliot Antonietti D R 19 2007 Orbe, Switzerland
20 Switzerland Berthon, EliotEliot Berthon Injured Reserve C L 19 2007 Lyon, France
57 Switzerland Bezina, GoranGoran Bezina (C) D L 31 2004 Split, SR Croatia
23 Italy Fata, RicoRico Fata RW L 31 2011 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
24 Switzerland Friedli, SamuelSamuel Friedli W L 24 2011 Rapperswil, Switzerland
49 Switzerland Fritsche, DanDan Fritsche Injured Reserve C R 26 2010 Parma, Ohio, USA
19 Switzerland Fritsche, JohnJohn Fritsche RW R 20 2011 Parma, Ohio, USA
7 Switzerland Gautschi, MarcMarc Gautschi D L 29 2011 Faido, Switzerland
15 Switzerland Gerber, RolandRoland Gerber RW R 27 2011
11 France Hecquefeuille, KevinKevin Hecquefeuille Injured Reserve D R 27 2011 Amiens, France
42 Switzerland Leonelli, NicolasNicolas Leonelli RW R 18 2011 Geneva, Switzerland
22 Switzerland Mercier, JonathanJonathan Mercier D L 25 2003 Geneva, Switzerland
17 Switzerland Pivron, PierrickPierrick Pivron RW L 21 2008 Gap, France
2 United States Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier D R 34 2010 New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
14 Switzerland Randegger, FlurinFlurin Randegger C L 23 2009 Basel, Switzerland
3 Switzerland Randegger, Gian-AndreaGian-Andrea Randegger D L 25 2011 Basel, Switzerland
26 Switzerland Rivera, ChrisChris Rivera W L 25 2004
40 Switzerland Rubin, DanielDaniel Rubin C R 26 2008 Bern, Switzerland
8 Finland Salmelainen, TonyTony Salmelainen (A) RW R 30 2008 Espoo, Finland
30 Switzerland Savary, JeanJean Savary Injured Reserve LW L 19 2008
41 Switzerland Savary, PaulPaul Savary Injured Reserve C L 29 2000 Morges, Switzerland
32 Switzerland Schneeberger, NoahNoah Schneeberger Injured Reserve D R 23 2011 Langenthal, Switzerland
9 Switzerland Simek, JurajJuraj Simek (A) RW L 24 2011 Prešov, Czechoslovakia
45 Switzerland Stalder, RalphRalph Stalder D L 25 2012
51 Switzerland Stephan, TobiasTobias Stephan G L 28 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
29 Switzerland Tamo, FedericoFederico Tamo G R 27 2008 Ticino, Switzerland
39 Switzerland Trachsler, MorrisMorris Trachsler C L 27 2005 Zürich, Switzerland
44 Czech Republic Vampola, PetrPetr Vampola C L 30 2011 Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia
5 Switzerland Vermeille, MikeMike Vermeille D L 19 2008 Porrentruy, Switzerland
55 Switzerland Vukovic, DanielDaniel Vukovic Injured Reserve D R 25 2008 North York, Ontario, Canada
10 Switzerland Walsky, EricEric Walsky Injured Reserve RW R 27 2010 Anchorage, Alaska, USA



[edit] References

  1. ^ "Attendance (CH)". www.hockeyarenas.net. http://www.hockeyarenas.net/index.php3?size=0&page=0700&c=eu&ctID=ch&atType=0&show=25&tdSaison=2011. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  2. ^ "Genève-Servette Team Roster". www.geneva-hockey.ch. http://www.geneva-hockey.ch/Equipe/Equipe.php?saison_courante=8&buffer_saison=8&id_type=-1&menu=1. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  3. ^ "Genève-Servette team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/clubs/de/geneve_servette.php. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  4. ^ "Genève-Servette équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/clubs/fr/geneve_servette.php. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 


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