EV Zug is a professional men's

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team from Zug,

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 is a member of the

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and plays its home games at the Bossard Arena.

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

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had the win in net in front of a sellout crowd at Bossard Arena.

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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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypox ...

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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 me ...

1990–96 * Patrick Fischer 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 Christopher William Tancill (born February 7, 1968) is an American former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Biography Tancill was born in Livonia, Michigan. As a youth, he pl ...

1999–2004 * Todd Elik 2000–02 * James Black 2002–03 * Raphael Diaz 2003–11, 2016–present *

Claude Lemieux Claude Percy Lemieux (born July 16, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for six teams between 1983 and 2009. Lemieux won four Stanley Cup championships during his care ...

2003–04 * Mike Fisher 2004–05 * Niko Kapanen 2004–05 * Oleg Petrov 2004–08 *

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2006–07 *

Dale McTavish Dale B. McTavish (born February 28, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played nine games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames in 1996–97, recording one goal and two assists. Playing career McTavish ...

2007–10 * Reto Berra 2008–09 * Damien Brunner 2008–13 * Micki DuPont 2008–10 * Josh Holden 2008–18 * Andrei Bashkirov 2009–10 *

2009–13, 2016–17 * Glen Metropolit 2010–12 *

Andy Wozniewski Andrew Pera Wozniewski (born May 25, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins. Playing career Undrafted, Wo ...

2010–13 *

Timo Helbling Timo Helbling (born July 21, 1981) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National League (NL) for HC Davos, Kloten Flyers, HC Lugano, HC Fribourg-Gottéron, SC Bern, EV Zug, SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, Oulun Kä ...

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 season ...

2013–14 * Robbie Earl 2013–15 * Andrew Hutchinson 2013–14 * Tim Ramholt 2013–16 * Rob Schremp 2013–14 * Kyle Wellwood 2013–14 * Pierre-Marc Bouchard 2014–16 *

Tobias Stephan Tobias Stephan (born 21 January 1984) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He formerly played for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, Genève-Servette HC and EV ...

2014–19 * Michal Řepík 2014–15 * Jarkko Immonen 2015–17 * Carl Klingberg 2016–present * David McIntyre 2016–present * Garrett Roe 2017–19 * Viktor Stålberg 2017–18 * Dennis Everberg 2018–19

References

External links

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