EV Zug is a professional men's

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team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of the

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and plays its home games at the

Bossard Arena Bossard Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Zug, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 7,200 spectators and opened in 2010. It hosts indoor sporting events such as ice hockey. It hosts the EV Zug of the National League (NL). It re ...

History

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

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of the

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by the score of 8-4 in an exhibition game. 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

Honors

Champions

* NL Championship ''(3)'':

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

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''(1)'': 2019

Runners-up

* NL Championship ''(4)'': 1995, 1997, 2017, 2019

Players

Current roster

NHL alumni

* Ivan Hlinka 1983–85 * Don "Red" Laurence 1989–91 *

Ken Yaremchuk Ken Yaremchuk (born January 1, 1964 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 235 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He also competed in the men ...

1990–96 *

Patrick Fischer Patrick Fischer (born September 6, 1975) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey forward who played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Arizona Coyotes. He predominantly played in his native country in the ...

1992–97, 2003–06, 2007–09 * Bill McDougall 1995–98 * John Miner 1995–98 * Wes Walz 1996–99 * Paul DiPietro 1999–2004, 2005–11 * Chris Tancill 1999–2004 * Todd Elik 2000–02 * James Black 2002–03 * Raphael Diaz 2003–11, 2016–present * Claude Lemieux 2003–04 * Mike Fisher 2004–05 *

Niko Kapanen Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen (born 29 April 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre, who last played for HPK of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Kapanen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round as the 173rd overall pick ...

2004–05 * Oleg Petrov 2004–08 * Luca Sbisa 2006–07 * Dale McTavish 2007–10 *

Reto Berra Reto Berra (born 3 January 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National League A, spending time with ...

2008–09 *

Damien Brunner Damien Brunner (born March 9, 1986) is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward currently playing with EHC Biel of the National League (NL). He has also played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and the New Jersey Devils. Pla ...

2008–13 * Micki DuPont 2008–10 * Josh Holden 2008–18 * Andrei Bashkirov 2009–10 * Jussi Markkanen 2009–13, 2016–17 *

Glen Metropolit Glen David Metropolit (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who most notably played over 400 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) Playing career Early years A native of Toronto, Ontario, Metropolit was nev ...

2010–12 * Andy Wozniewski 2010–13 * Timo Helbling 2011–13, 2016–18 * Esa Pirnes 2011–12 * Linus Omark 2012–13 * Henrik Zetterberg 2012–13 *

Brian Boucher Brian Boucher ( ; born January 2, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is a game and studio analyst on national ESPN and ABC games and also Philadelphia Flyers games on NBC Sports Philadelphia. He played 13 seaso ...

2013–14 *

Robbie Earl Robert Wayne Earl (born June 2, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward, who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He last played for the SCL Tigers in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). ...

2013–15 * Andrew Hutchinson 2013–14 * Tim Ramholt 2013–16 *

Rob Schremp Robert B. Schremp (born July 1, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for HK Mogo of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, 25th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry ...

2013–14 * Kyle Wellwood 2013–14 *

Pierre-Marc Bouchard Pierre-Marc Bouchard (born April 27, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Bouchard played his junior hockey with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and is the older brother of Aust ...

2014–16 * Tobias Stephan 2014–19 *

Michal Řepík Michal Řepík (born 31 December 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey left winger. He is currently under contract with HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Repik was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2nd round (40th overall) ...

2014–15 * Jarkko Immonen 2015–17 *

Carl Klingberg Carl Klingberg (born 28 January 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for EV Zug of the National League (NL). Early life Klingberg was born on 28 January 1991 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and started playing ice hockey at an early age for ...

2016–present * David McIntyre 2016–present *

Garrett Roe Garrett Roe (born February 22, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger who is currently currently playing for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected 183rd overall by the Los Ang ...

2017–19 *

Viktor Stålberg Viktor Stålberg (born 17 January 1986) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators a ...

2017–18 * Dennis Everberg 2018–19

References

External links

EV Zug official website
Ice hockey teams in Switzerland Zug {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub