The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional
ice hockey club from
Rapperswil,
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 ...
and are members of the
National League.
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.
NHL veteran
Doug Gilmour 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 in the promotion/relegation round. They returned to the
Swiss League for the
2015–16 season.
In
2017–18 season, the Lakers claimed the
Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference L ...
, while also finishing victorious in the
Swiss League Championship against
EHC Olten and the promotion round against
EHC Kloten
EHC Kloten is an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. The team plays in the National League (NL). It has one of the best youth systems in Swiss ice hockey as its youth teams have won 19 championships during the last 50 year ...
marking their return to the
National League after three years in the minor leagues.
Honors
Champions
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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
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