Genève-Servette HC
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Genève-Servette HC, is a professional ice hockey
team based in Geneva
, Switzerland
and compete in National League A.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Geneva
Geneva
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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and compete in National League A.
History
- 1905 : Foundation of Servette FCServette FCServette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...
'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 LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
or au Pont. The first match on the new artificial ice sees Servette play Urania Genève SportUrania Genève SportUrania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896.The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève.Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against Young Boys...
(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 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.
- 1964 : Genève-Servette is champion of the Swiss National League B (second division), after beating the EHC BielEHC BielThe EHC Biel or HC Bienne is a professional ice hockey Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A....
in the final, and is promoted to the top league in Switzerland, the National League A.
- 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 ChurEHC ChurEishockey Club Chur is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-Not to be Forgotten:* Ken Baumgartner* Renato Tosio* Fausto Mazzoleni* Dino Kessler* Thomas Vrabec* Harijs Vitolinsh-External links:*...
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 ZugEV ZugEV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. They are a current member of National League A and play their home games at Bossard Arena.-History:EV Zug won its lone championship in the 1997–98 season....
in semi-finals. Against SC BernSC BernSchlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....
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.
Champions
- NLB Championship (1): 2001
- Swiss Cup (2): 1959, 1972
Runners-up
- NLA Championship (2): 2008, 2010
- NDA Championship (7): 1917, 1920, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971