LHC Les Lions

Lions de Lyon
Lions de Lyon
Nickname	Lions
City	Lyon
League	FFHG Division 3
Founded	1997
Folded	2019
Home arena	Patinoire Charlemagne ; (capacity: 4200)
Colours
President	Sébastien Berthet
Head coach	Mitja Šivic
Captain	Thomas Roussel
Affiliates	Télé Lyon Metropole; Tribune de Lyon; Virgin Radio
Website	Les Lions
Franchise history
	Lyon Hockey Club Club des Patineurs Lyonnais (1953–1997); Sporting Club de Lyon (1898–1953);

Last updated July 09, 2023

Lyon Hockey Club Les Lions (LHC The Lions) was the ice hockey team of Lyon, France. The team currently competes in The French Ligue Magnus on 13 January 2014 it was announced they will have a partnership with the Tampa Bay Lighting and Syracuse Crunch. In 2019, the professional team was dissolved after bankruptcy.

History

By 2000 LHC had been relegated to France's Division 3 championship but quickly began to rise through national ranks again. In the 2001 season Lyon reached and won the Division 2 championship and earned a place in Division 1 for season 2002. A poor season in 2002 saw the team return to the second division once again and, despite reaching the final in 2007, LHC remains a Division 2 team in 2008.

Team Colours and Jersey

Logo

The logo of the LHC features a red head of a lion in profile on a white background with the name of the team above (in white on red) and the team's nickname – 'Les Lions' – in white text on a blue background below.

Red, white and blue are both the colours of France and the colours of the city of Lyon.

Jersey

The LHC play in red, blue, black and white jerseys.

The jersey has changed in recent years from a predominantly white jersey in season 2006 to predominantly red in season 2007 and predominantly blue for season 2008.

The front of the jersey features a stylised image of a lion and bears the logo of the LHC's major sponsor, Flunch.

The jerseys are provided by equipment sponsor Nike Bauer.

Broadcasters

LHC media partners include Télé Lyon Métropole, the Tribune de Lyon and Virgin Radio.

Télé Lyon Métropole

LHC matches are a regular feature on Télé Lyon Métropole's Sunday sports review, Dimanche Sports. LHC players are also interviewed frequently for other TLM programs including Lundi Sport.

Tribune de Lyon

The Tribune de Lyon produces a pre-season guide to the LHC each year and reports on matches each week.

Virgin Radio

As well as reporting on LHC matches Virgin Radio provides the background music for matches. While the playlist varies by season current songs on the match-night programme include Sleeping Satellite (Junior Caldera) and No Stress (Laurent Wolf).

Home Ice

The LHC plays all its home matches at the Patinoire Charlemagne.

Commissioned in 1967 and opened in 1969, the Patinoire Charlemagne's distinctive architectural style incorporating concrete, glass and aluminum saw it placed on the Rhône-Alpes' List of 20th century Buildings of Architectural Interest.

Since May 2006 more than 3.7 million euros have been spent to refurbish the arena and stadium.

Patinoire Charlemagne offers many services apart from the ice hockey rink including medical facilities, a bar, a dance hall, meeting rooms and a press centre.

The Patinoire Charlemagne is also well known for hosting other ice sports, particularly figure skating. Each year the rink hosts the Pôle France de danse sur glace and world champion figure skaters Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat both train at Charlemagne.

The Patinoire Charlemagne was one of the host stadiums for the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships.

The ice is Olympic sized (60 metres long by 30 metres wide) and has a capacity of 4 400 spectators.

Roster

Updated 8 February 2019.[2]

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
70	Sidney David-Thivent	L	2014	Lyon, France
1	Olivier Richard	L	2017	Aix-en-Provence, France
39	Rok Stojanovic	L	2017	Kranj, Slovenia

Defencemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
14	Jules Breton	L	2012	Strasbourg, France
8	Cédric Custosse	L	2015	Asnières-sur-Seine, France
94	Lubomir Dinda	L	2018	Poprad, Slovakia
21	Tyler Ferry	L	2018	Richmond Hill, Canada
17	Vincent Llorca	R	2018	Clermont-Ferrand, France
66	Alexandre Pascal	R	2018	Grenoble, France
38	Thomas Roussel (C)	L	2016	Amiens, France

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
88	Tomas Andres	R	C	2018	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
26	Jaka Ankerst	L	LW/RW	2017	Kranj, Slovenia
19	Quentin Berthon (A)	L	LW	2016	Lyon, France
77	Julien Correia	L	LW	2014	Rouen, France
10	Sébastien Delemps	L	C	2016	Valence, France
27	Cédric Di Dio Balsamo	L	LW	2018	Briançon, France
9	Kyle Essery (A)	R	RW	2018	Mississauga, Canada
11	Hugo Faure	L	LW	2016	Oullins, France
93	Daniil Kulikov	L	LW/C	2018	Novosibirsk, Russia
73	Killian Lairet	R	RW	2017	Lyon, France
98	Martins Lavrovs	L	LW/RW	2018	Tukums, Latvia
31	Valentin Michel	R	RW	2016	Compiègne, France
91	Arturs Mickevics	R	RW/LW	2016	Talsi, Latvia
60	Pierre Robert	L	C	2018	Grenoble, France
16	Ryan Verbeek	L	C/LW	2018	Kingston, Canada

Past Players

While not considered a breeding ground for great players Lyon has been able to both develop young stars and attract former NHL stars to the Patinoire Charlemagne.

LHC alumni have played in the North American National Hockey League (NHL), the French Ligue Magnus and on French Olympic teams.

Among the most notable of LHC past-players are:

Baptiste Amar – 2002 French Olympic team
/ Roger Dubé – 1998 French Olympic team
/ Jean-Marc Gaulin – Right-wing for the NHL's Quebec Nordiques 1982–87
Laurent Meunier – Captain of France national team, 2002 French Olympic team, two-time Ligue Magnus MVP
/ André Svitac – 1992 French Olympic team

LHC Junior Squads

As well as the senior team the LHC competes in six levels of junior ice hockey.

LHC Moustiques

A team for players aged less than 9 years.

LHC Poussins

A team for players aged under 11 years. The team is coached by LHC player Geoffrey Paillet.

LHC Benjamins

A team for players aged under 13 years. The team is coached by LHC player Pascal Margerit.

LHC Minimes

Two teams – Minimes Excellence and Minime Elite – for players aged under 15 years.

LHC Cadets

A team for players aged under 18 years.

Mascot, Nickname and Supporters

The official mascot of the LHC is Pepito the Lion. Always in attendance at home games, Pepito wears a Lyon hockey jersey and a straw hat. The nickname of the LHC is 'The Lions' and relates to the symbol of city of Lyon.

The most vocal supporters of the LHC are the Lions Gones. This group of fans are similar to football ultras and share their name with the Bad Gones of the city's Olympique Lyonnais football team.

According to the Tribune de Lyon, despite being a Division 2 team the LHC attracts the highest crowds of any hockey team in France in any league, save for Ligue Magnus teams Grenoble and Rouen.

Notes

1. ^ Crunch, Senators to hold camp in Lyon

2. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

3. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

4. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

5. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

6. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

7. ^ Historique du Lyon Hockey Club.

8. ^ FFHG Division 2 2008–2009 Teams.

9. ^ Les Lions dans la douleur.

10. ^ Et de deux pour les Lions.

11. ^ A l'image d'un derby.

12. ^ Strict minimum pour les Lions.

13. ^ Première défaite des Lions.

14. ^ Avec la manière.

15. ^ FFHG Division 2.

16. ^ Lyon Hockey Club: Nos Partenaires.

17. ^ Lyon Hockey Club: Nos Partenaires.

18. ^ Patinoire Charlemagne.

19. ^ Moustiques.

20. ^ LHC Poussins.

21. ^ LHC Benjamins.

22. ^ LHC Minimes.

23. ^ LHC Cadets.

24. ^ LHC Espoirs.

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References

↑ info-stades.net
↑ "LHC Les Lions Roster". lhcleslions.com (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links

Lyon Hockey Club – Official Site
Lions Gones – Supporters Club

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