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| arena      = [[Patinoire des Vernets]]
| arena      = [[Patinoire des Vernets]]
| capacity  = 7,135
| capacity  = 7,135
| league    = '''[[National League A|NLA]]''' 2001-''present''
| league    = '''[[National League|NL]]''' 2001-''present''
*'''[[National League A|NDA]]''' <br>1964–1975
*'''[[National League A|NDA]]''' <br>1964–1975
*'''[[National League B|NDB]]''' <br>1956–1964, 1975–1980, 1995–2001
*'''[[National League B|NDB]]''' <br>1956–1964, 1975–1980, 1995–2001
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| team_color = {{color box|#990012}}  {{color box|#F0E68C}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner      = Hugh Quennec, Chris McSorley
| president  = Hugh Quennec
| head_coach = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris McSorley
| captain    = {{flagicon|SUI}} Goran Bezina
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The '''Genève-Servette HC''' (also called "Servette" or "GSHC") is a professional ice hockey club based in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] and competing in [[National League A]], the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. The team plays their home games at the [[Patinoire des Vernets]], which has a seating capacity of 7,135, making it one of the smallest in the country.
The '''Genève-Servette HC''' (also called "Servette" or "GSHC") is a professional ice hockey club based in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] and competing in [[National League]], the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. The team plays their home games at the [[Patinoire des Vernets]], which has a seating capacity of 7,135.
 
During the 2013-2014 season, the GSHC was the third most attended team in Switzerland averaging  7,722 spectators.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalleague.ch/NL/spiele/fr/spectators_nla.php?season=2014|title=Spectateurs qualification | publisher=www.nationalleague.ch | accessdate=2014-03-19}}</ref>Even though the capacity of their home arena is of 7,135, they were able to draw more crowd thanks to the Winter Classic played at the [[Stade de Genève]] in front of a sellout crowd of 29,400.


The team is currently the oldest team in the NL, being founded in 1905.
==Team history==
==Team history==


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* 2013 : Winner of the [[Spengler Cup]].<ref name="Spengler Cup Final">{{cite web | url=http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2013/Dec31/IHM002111_74_3_1.pdf | title=Spengler Cup Final | accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref>
* 2013 : Winner of the [[Spengler Cup]].<ref name="Spengler Cup Final">{{cite web | url=http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2013/Dec31/IHM002111_74_3_1.pdf | title=Spengler Cup Final | accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref>
* 2014 : Second consecutive [[2014 Spengler Cup|Spengler Cup]] win.<ref name="2014 Spengler Cup">{{cite web |title=Spengler Cup – Gold Medal Game, Game 11 |url=http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2014/31-12/IHM003111_74_3_0.pdf |publisher=SpenglerCup.ch |date=31 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231203820/http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2014/31-12/IHM003111_74_3_0.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2017 : Fell to [[EHC Kloten]] in the [[Swiss Cup]] final.
* 2023 : finished first in the regular season of the Swiss National League and became the Swiss champions after defeating [[EHC Biel-Bienne]] in the playoffs, earning them a spot in the [[2023–24 Champions Hockey League]] tournament. <ref> https://www.letemps.ch/sport/hockey/geneveservette-devient-champion-suisse-hockey </ref>
* 2024 : GSHC won the Champions Hockey League in the final against [[Skellefteå AIK]] and are the first Swiss club in the modern CHL to do so. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Genève-Servette win 2024 Final to lift European Trophy in Switzerland! |url=https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/recaps/2023-24/the-final |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.championshockeyleague.com |language=en}}</ref>


==Arena===
==Arena==
{{main|Patinoire des Vernets}}
{{main|Patinoire des Vernets}}


The [[Patinoire des Vernets]] was built in 1959 and is located in the Geneva neighborhood of the same name. It serves as the main arena for the GSHC. It was renovated in 2009 in order to increase the spectator capacity from 6400 to 7140.
The [[Patinoire des Vernets]] was built in 1959 and is located in the Geneva neighborhood of the same name. It serves as the main arena for the GSHC. It was renovated in 2009 in order to increase the spectator capacity from 6400 to 7140.


On January 24, 2012, local authorities and the club reached an agreement to build a new arena, in another part of town, with a seating capacity of 10,000. It is currently planned to open between 2015 and 2016.<ref> [http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/La-nouvelle-patinoire-sera-construite-au-TrefleBlanc/story/10754421 Tribune de Genève | La nouvelle patinoire sera construite au Trèfle-Blanc]</ref>
On January 24, 2012, local authorities and the club reached an agreement to build a new arena, in another part of town, with a seating capacity of 10,000. It was scheduled to open 2015 and 2016, but construction has not yet begun.<ref> [http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/La-nouvelle-patinoire-sera-construite-au-TrefleBlanc/story/10754421 Tribune de Genève | La nouvelle patinoire sera construite au Trèfle-Blanc]</ref>
 


==Honors==
==Honors==


===Champions===
===Champions===
 
*'''[[National League]]''' ''(1)'': 2023
*'''[[National League B|NLB Championship]]''' ''(1)'': 2001
*'''[[Swiss League]]''' ''(1)'': 2001
*'''[[Swiss Cup]]''' ''(2)'': 1959, 1972
*'''[[Swiss Cup]]''' ''(2)'': 1959, 1972
*'''[[Spengler Cup]]''' ''(1)'': 2013
*'''[[Spengler Cup]]''' ''(2)'': [[2013 Spengler Cup|2013]], [[2014 Spengler Cup|2014]]
*'''[[Basler Cup]]''' ''(1)'': 1962
*'''[[Champions Hockey League]] (1): [[2023–24 Champions Hockey League|2024]]


===Runners-up===
===Runners-up===


*'''[[National League A|NLA Championship]]''' ''(2)'': 2008, 2010
*'''[[National League|NL Championship]]''' ''(3)'': 2008, 2010, 2021
*'''[[National League A|NDA Championship]]''' ''(7)'': 1917, 1920, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
*'''[[National League|NDA Championship]]''' ''(7)'': 1917, 1920, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
*'''[[Swiss Cup]]''' ''(1)'': 2017
*'''[[Basel Summer Ice Hockey]]''' ''(1)'': 2009


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:08, 2 August 2024

Genève-Servette HC
GSHC-logo.png
Full name Genève-Servette Hockey Club
Nickname(s) "Les Aigles"
Founded 1905
Based In Geneva, Switzerland
Arena Patinoire des Vernets
(Capacity: 7,135)
League

NL 2001-present

  • NDA
    1964–1975
  • NDB
    1956–1964, 1975–1980, 1995–2001
  • 1. Liga
    1980–1995
Team Colors               
Uniform GSHC 2013b.jpg
Website www.gshc.ch

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The Genève-Servette HC (also called "Servette" or "GSHC") is a professional ice hockey club based in Geneva, Switzerland and competing in National League, the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. The team plays their home games at the Patinoire des Vernets, which has a seating capacity of 7,135.

The team is currently the oldest team in the NL, being founded in 1905.

Team history

  • 1905 : Foundation of Servette FC's ice hockey section.
  • 1954 : The club plays on artificial ice for the first time, in the "Pavillon des Sports". Until then, Servette had to host its opponents in Lausanne or au Pont. The first match on the new artificial ice sees Servette play Urania Genève Sport (UGS).
  • 1956 : First promotion in Swiss National League B.
  • 1958 : Inauguration of the new ice rink called "Les Vernets".
  • 1959 : Servette wins the "Swiss Cup" after beating Neuchâtel-Sports Young Sprinters HC 7-3 in the final, in front of 11,820 fans, it is a crowd record for a hockey game in Les Vernets.
  • 1963 : Creation of Genève-Servette HC after the fusion of the ice hockey sections of Servette & UGS.
  • 1975 : Relegated to the Swiss National League B.
  • 1980 : Relegated to 1. Liga (3rd division).
  • 1995 : Promoted to National League B again, after a victory over Lucerne.
  • 2001 : Promoted to National League A, after a successful series (4-0) over Chur in the final.
  • 2008 : On March 24, the GSHC reaches the Swiss National League A final for the first time in its history, after a clear win over HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the semi-finals (4-1 in the series).
  • 2010 : After a good season (2nd place), the GSHC defeated HC Fribourg-Gottéron in quarter-finals after being led 3-1 and EV Zug in semi-finals. Against SC Bern in Finals, the GSHC came back from 3-1 to 3-3 before losing the seventh game in Bern.
  • 2011 : Were third-most attended team in Switzerland for the 2010-11 season with 6,971 spectators.[1]

Arena

Main article: Patinoire des Vernets

The Patinoire des Vernets was built in 1959 and is located in the Geneva neighborhood of the same name. It serves as the main arena for the GSHC. It was renovated in 2009 in order to increase the spectator capacity from 6400 to 7140.

On January 24, 2012, local authorities and the club reached an agreement to build a new arena, in another part of town, with a seating capacity of 10,000. It was scheduled to open 2015 and 2016, but construction has not yet begun.[6]

Honors

Champions

Runners-up

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. ↑ "Spengler Cup Final". http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2013/Dec31/IHM002111_74_3_1.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 
  3. ↑ "Spengler Cup – Gold Medal Game, Game 11". SpenglerCup.ch. 31 December 2014. http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite2014/31-12/IHM003111_74_3_0.pdf. 
  4. ↑ https://www.letemps.ch/sport/hockey/geneveservette-devient-champion-suisse-hockey
  5. ↑ "Genève-Servette win 2024 Final to lift European Trophy in Switzerland!" (in en). https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/recaps/2023-24/the-final. 
  6. ↑ Tribune de Genève | La nouvelle patinoire sera construite au Trèfle-Blanc

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