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
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It plays in the
Swiss LNA. Montreux hosts the
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 Championship victories
* 5 Nations Cup victories
External links
Official website
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Roller hockey clubs in Switzerland
Sports clubs established in 1911