GCK Lions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| GCK Lions | |
| |
| Founded | 1932 (Ice hockey section was created in 1934) |
| Home ice | Eishalle Küsnacht |
| Based in | Küsnacht, Switzerland |
| Colours | Blue and white |
| League | National League B |
GCK Lions is a Swiss professional ice hockey team founded in 1932.[1] They are currently in the National League B, Switzerland's second tier ice hockey division. The home arena is Eishalle Küsnacht (capacity 2,200). The team has won one Swiss Championship, in 1966 (as Grasshopper-Club Zurich, as well as two championships in the Swiss second division (National League B), in 1946 and 1963. The name of GCK is derived from "Grasshopper Club Zürich" (GCZ) and "SC Küsnacht" (SCK) — two sports clubs which merged to form GCK in 2000.[1]
The GCK Lions are the farm team of the ZSC Lions (formerly Zurcher SC). The two clubs partially merged in 1997.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Clubgeschichte der GCK Lions (GCK Lions Club History)" (in German). gcklions.ch. http://www.gcklions.ch/home/organisation/clubgeschichte.html. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
External links
| This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors). |