EV Zug | |
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City | Zug, Switzerland |
League | National League |
Founded | 1967 |
Home arena | Bossard Arena |
Colors | |
General manager | Reto Kläy |
Head coach | Dan Tangnes |
Captain | Jan Kovar |
Affiliate | EVZ Academy |
Website | Official website |
Franchise history | |
1967–present | EV Zug |
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EV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of the National League and plays its home games at the Bossard Arena.
EV Zug won its first championship in the 1997–98 season, and the second one in the 2020-21 season.
On October 3, 2011, the club defeated the New York Rangers of the NHL by the score of 8-4 in an exhibition game. [1] [2] Former NHLer Josh Holden, who at the time was suspended from the NLA, was permitted to play and scored twice. He and Fabian Schnyder each had three points and Esa Pirnes also had two goals. Former Ranger goaltender Jussi Markkanen had the win in net in front of a sellout crowd at Bossard Arena.
Updated 30 September 2024. [3]
EV Zug Women is a semi-professional women's ice hockey team that competes, as of the 2023-2024 season, in the SWHL-B: the second division of the Switzerland women's ice hockey league. [4] [5]