HC Fribourg-Gottéron

Fribourg-Gottéron
Full name

HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA 1959-present

  • HC Fribourg 1967-1980
  • HC Gottéron 1938-1967
Founded 1938
Based In Fribourg, Switzerland
Arena Patinoire St-Léonard
(Capacity: 7,000)
League

NLA 1999-present
GM Daniel Baudin
Head Coach Serge Pelletier
Captain Shawn Heins (home)
Sandy Jeannin (away)
Website www.gotteron.ch

HC Fribourg-Gottéron is a professional ice hockey team based in Fribourg, Switzerland, which competes in National League A. The team is the fourth most attended team in Switzerland for the 2010/11 season with 6,764 spectators. [1]

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History

The club was originally started as HC Gottéron by the citizens of the town of Auge in 1938. They competed on an outdoor rink, most notably at Les Augustins, until 1982 when Patinoire St-Léonard was constructed.[2]

In 1980, the name HC Fribourg-Gottéron was adopted upon promotion into National League A. In spite of the club's financial struggles for the better part of their existence in the NLA, they managed to reach the league's championship finals three years in a row (1992-94), but have never won a championship in their long history.

The team was saved from bankruptcy in 2006.[2]

Honors

Runners-up

Players

Current roster

Updated December 17, 2011.[3][4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Abplanalp, MarcMarc Abplanalp D L 27 2007 Grindelwald, Switzerland
21 Afanasenkov, DmitryDmitry Afanasenkov  LW R 31 2011 Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR
42 Barinka, MichalMichal Barinka  D L 27 2011 Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
61 Birbaum, AlainAlain Birbaum D L 26 2006 Fribourg, Switzerland
93 Botter, CedricCedric Botter C L 27 2005 Bern, Switzerland
15 Brügger, SandroSandro Brügger RW L 20 2007
89 Bykov, AndrejAndrej Bykov  C L 24 2004 Moscow, Russian SFSR
23 Cadieux, JanJan Cadieux LW L 31 2011 Davos, Switzerland
25 Collenberg, FrancoFranco Collenberg D L 31 2008
96 Dube, ChristianChristian Dube (A) C R 34 2011 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
14 Gailland, JeremyJeremy Gailland RW L 23 2011
22 Gamache, SimonSimon Gamache RW L 31 2010 Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
5 Gerber, LukasLukas Gerber D R 29 2009 Bern, Switzerland
57 Hasani, AdamAdam Hasani  LW L 22 2007 Fribourg, Switzerland
44 Heins, ShawnShawn Heins (C) D L 38 2006 Eganville, Ontario, Canada
39 Huet, CristobalCristobal Huet G L 36 2010 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
58 Jeannin, SandySandy Jeannin (C) C L 35 2008 Les Bayards, Switzerland
27 Knoepfli, MikeMike Knoepfli RW L 29 2008 Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
55 Loeffel, RomainRomain Loeffel D R 20
12 Lüssy, SilvanSilvan Lüssy C L 31 2010 Thun, Switzerland
26 Merola, MelvinMelvin Merola RW R 18 2008
82 Ngoy, MichaelMichael Ngoy D L 30 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland
13 Plüss, BennyBenny Plüss LW L 26 2003 Bülach, Switzerland
18 Rosa, PavelPavel Rosa RW R 34 2011 Most, Czechoslovakia
29 Rytz, SimonSimon Rytz G L 28 2011 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
86 Sprunger, JulienJulien Sprunger (A) RW R 26 2002 Fribourg, Switzerland
17 Vauclair, TristanTristan Vauclair C L 27 2011 Delémont, Switzerland

References

  1. ^ "Attendance (CH)". www.hockeyarenas.net. http://www.hockeyarenas.net/index.php3?size=0&page=0700&c=eu&ctID=ch&atType=0&show=25&tdSaison=2011. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  2. ^ a b "Fribourg-Gottéron Club Histoire". www.gotteron.ch. http://www.gotteron.ch/?p=histoire. Retrieved 2010-08-26. 
  3. ^ "Fribourg-Gottéron Équipe 11/12" (in French). www.gotteron.ch. http://www.gotteron.ch/?p=equipe. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
  4. ^ "Fribourg-Gottéron équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/clubs/fr/fribourg_gotteron.php. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  5. ^ "Fribourg-Gottéron team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/clubs/de/fribourg_gotteron.php. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 

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