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Montreux HC
Montreux Hockey Club is a roller hockey team from Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approximat ..., Switzerland. It plays in the Swiss LNA. Montreux hosts the Nations Cup (roller hockey), Nations Cup, and has it won five times, most recently in 1941. History Montreux HC was founded in 1911, becoming the first roller hockey club in Switzerland. The club found major success between 1924 and 1966, winning 40 of the 43 first Swiss leagues. After league victories in 1968, and 1974–1975, a second golden era emerged between 1981 and 1987, winning five of the six leagues played between those years. In 2017, 30 years after their last title, Montreux won their 50th league title. Trophies * 50 Swiss LNA, Swiss Championship victories * 5 Nations Cup victories External linksOf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Hockey (quad)
Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is the only quad skate team sport in existence where two teams face-off against one another at the same time. Two teams try to drive a hard ball with their sticks into the opposing teams' goalnet. Each team has five players on the rink at a time, four of whom are skaters and one who is the goalkeeper. The ball can only be put in motion by a stick, not the skate, otherwise a foul will be stated. The game has two 25-minute halves, with 15-minute halftime intermission, plus up to two 5-minute golden goal (a.k.a. "sudden death") periods to settle ties with the clock stopping when the ball becomes dead. If the tie persists, a penalty shootout will determine the winner. Players – including the goalie – use quad skates, whereas inline skates are used in inline hockey. The sticks are similar to those in bandy and shinty. Excessive contact between players is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
