HC Fribourg-Gottéron

HC Fribourg-Gottéron is a professional ice hockey team based in

Fribourg-Gottéron
Fribourg, Switzerland, which competes in the National League (NL). The
team is the sixth most attended team in Switzerland for the 2015/16
season with 6,156 spectators.[2]

Contents
History
Honors
Champions
Runner-up
City Fribourg, Switzerland
Players
Current roster
League NL 1999-present

References
NL
External links
1980-1999
SL
1953-1980
History
Founded 1938
The club was originally started as HC Gottéron by the citizens of the
Home arena BCF Arena
town of Auge in 1938. They competed on an outdoor rink, most notably
(capacity: 6,500)
at Les Augustins, until 1982 when Patinoire St-Léonard was
General manager Raphaël Berger[1]
constructed.[3]
Head coach Mark French
In 1980, the name HC Fribourg-Gottéron was adopted upon promotion
Captain Julien Sprunger
into the National League (NL). In spite of the club's financial struggles
for the better part of their existence in the NL, they managed to reach the Website www.gotteron.ch
league's championship finals three years in a row (1992–94), but have Franchise history
never won a championship in their long history
.
HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA1959-present
The team was saved from bankruptcy in 2006.[3]
HC Fribourg 1967-1980
HC Gottéron 1938-1967
Honors
Current season

Champions
The team has never won aNL Championship .

Runner-up
National League (5): 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2013

Players
Current roster
Updated August 11, 2014.[4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace

2 Marc Abplanalp D L 33 2007 Grindelwald, Switzerland
15 Sandro Brügger RW L 26 2007
89 Andrej Bykov C L 30 2004 Moscow, Russian SFSR
1 Benjamin Conz G R 26 2012 St. Ursanne, Switzerland
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
96 Christian Dubé (A) C R 40 2011
Canada
Swan River, Manitoba,
Barry Brust G L 29 2017
Canada
18 John Fritsche RW R 26 2014 Parma, Ohio, USA
57 Adam Hasani LW L 28 2007 Fribourg, Switzerland
56 Timo Helbling (A) D R 36 2013 Basel, Switzerland
51 Kevin Huber (UFA) G L 24 2013
La Chaux-de-Fonds,
27 Anthony Huguenin D L 26 2013
Switzerland
58 Sandy Jeannin (C) C L 42 2008 Les Bayards, Switzerland
29 Jeremie Kamerzin D R 30 2014
Kindersley, Saskatchewan,
8 Joel Kwiatkowski D L 41 2012
Canada
Holliston, Massachusetts,
20 Greg Mauldin C/LW R 35 2012
USA
7 Thibaut Monnet LW L 36 2013 Martigny, Switzerland
49 Maxime Montandon D R 24 2010 Bern, Switzerland
71 Killian Mottet F L 27 2013
82 Michael Ngoy D L 36 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland
60 Melvin Nyffeler G L 24 2014 Volketswil, Switzerland
13 Benny Plüss (A) LW L 32 2003 Bülach, Switzerland
Quebec City, Quebec,
78 Marc Pouliot C R 32 2013
Canada
77 Sebastien Schilt D L 30 2012 Hasle, Switzerland
86 Julien Sprunger RW R 32 2002 Fribourg, Switzerland
9 Jeff Tambellini LW/C L 34 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
17 Tristan Vauclair C L 33 2011 Delémont, Switzerland
35 Ludovic Waeber G L 21 2011
33 David Wildhaber D L 23 Bern, Switzerland
Head coach: Gerd Zenhäusern

Assistant coach: Kari Martikainen

Goalie coach: David Aebischer

Sports director: Christian Dubé

Assistant sports director:René Matte

References
1. "Internet extract from the Register of commerce of Fribourg Canton"(https://archive.is/20121217105208/https://appls
2.fr.ch/hrcmatic/hrcintapp/externalCompanyReport.action?companyOfrcId13=CH-217-0138592-8&ofrcLanguage=2) .
Archived from the original (https://appls2.fr.ch/hrcmatic/hrcintapp/externalCompanyReport.action?companyOfrcId13=
CH-217-0138592-8&ofrcLanguage=2)on 2012-12-17.
2. "NLA mit Zuschauerrekord"(http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/meldung/39997). www.hockeyfans.ch. Retrieved
2016-02-28.
3. "Fribourg-Gottéron Club Histoire"(http://www.gotteron.ch/?p=histoire). www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
4. "Équipe 2014/2015" (http://www.gotteron.ch/equipe/equipe-20142015.html) (in French). www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved
2014-08-11.
5. "Mannschaft 2014/2015"(http://www.gotteron.ch/de/mannschaft/mannschaft-20142015.html) (in German).
www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

External links
Official website (in French) (in German)

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