The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional

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club from

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and are members of the

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History

The Lakers were founded in 1945 and were known as SC Rapperswil-Jona until 2005, when the club changed its name to Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and then again changed their name to SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in 2015. They play their home games at

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, formerly the Diners Club Arena, and originally known as Eishalle Lido, is an indoor sporting arena located in Rapperswil, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 6,100 and was built in 1987. It is the home arena o ...

. NHL veteran

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skated for the Lakers during the NHL lockout-shortened season in 1994. The Lakers had survived relegation in every NLA season since last making the playoffs in 2007–08 until the 2014–15 season, when they were swept by the

SCL Tigers SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL). The team plays its home games in the 6,000-seat Ilfis Stadium, which is currently one of the smallest arenas in the N ...

in the promotion/relegation round. They returned to the

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for the 2015–16 season. In 2017–18 season, the Lakers claimed the

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, while also finishing victorious in the

Championship against

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and the promotion round against

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marking their return to the

after three years in the minor leagues.

Honors

Champions

* Swiss League Championship ''(2)'': 1994, 2018 * Swiss Cup Championship ''(1)'': 2018

Players

Current roster

Updated 18 July 2019.

References

External links

Rapperswil-Jona Lakers official website
Ice hockey teams in Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona Culture of the canton of St. Gallen {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub Pascal Wüst