EV Zug

EV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of the National League and plays its home games at the Bossard Arena.

EV Zug
City	Zug, Switzerland
League	National League
Founded	1967
Home arena	Bossard Arena
Colors
General manager	Reto Kläy
Head coach	Dan Tangnes
Captain	Jan Kovar
Affiliate	EVZ Academy
Website	Official website
Franchise history
1967–present	EV Zug
Current season

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 New York Rangers of the NHL by the score of 8-4 in an exhibition game.^[1][2] 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 Jussi Markkanen had the win in net in front of a sellout crowd at Bossard Arena.

Honors

Champions

• NL Championship (3): 1998, 2021, 2022
• Swiss Cup (1): 2019

Runners-up

• NL Championship (4): 1995, 1997, 2017, 2019

Players

Current roster

Updated 30 September 2024.^[3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
94		Nic Balestra	D	R	20	2024	Thalwil, Switzerland
17		Attilio Biasca	C	L	22	2023	Samedan, Switzerland
32		Lukas Bengtsson	D	R	31	2023	Örebro, Sweden
27		Gabriel Carlsson	D	L	28	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
22		Nando Eggenberger	LW	L	25	2024	Chur, Switzerland
42		Tobias Geisser	D	L	26	2022	Stans, Switzerland
30		Leonardo Genoni	G	L	37	2019	Semione, Switzerland
68		Fabrice Herzog	RW	L	30	2021	Frauenfeld, Switzerland
15		Grégory Hofmann (A)	LW	L	32	2021	Biel, Switzerland
43		Jan Kovář (C)	C	R	35	2019	Písek, Czech Republic
73		Mike Künzle	RW	R	31	2024	Zürich, Switzerland
61		Sven Leuenberger	C	R	26	2018	Hüttikon, Switzerland
46		Lino Martschini (A)	RW	R	32	2012	Lucerne, Switzerland
41		Leon Muggli	D	L	19	2023	Cham, Switzerland
8		Fredrik Olofsson	LW/C	L	29	2024	Helsingborg, Sweden
37		Elia Riva	D	L	27	2023	Claro, Switzerland
18		Dominik Schlumpf	D	R	34	2014	Mönchaltorf, Switzerland
88		Sven Senteler	C/LW	L	32	2015	Zürich, Switzerland
59		Dario Simion	W	R	31	2018	Locarno, Switzerland
14		Livio Stadler	D	L	27	2014	Steinhausen, Switzerland
96		Daniel Voženílek	W	R	29	2024	Pardubice, Czech Republic
40		Andreas Wingerli	LW	L	27	2023	Lycksele, Sweden
1		Tim Wolf	G	L	33	2024	Zürich, Switzerland

NHL alumni

• Ivan Hlinka  1983–85
• Don "Red" Laurence  1986-91
• Ken Yaremchuk  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  1999–2004
• Todd Elik  2000–02
• James Black  2002–03
• Raphael Diaz  2003–11, 2016–21
• Claude Lemieux  2003–04
• Barry Richter  2003–08
• Mike Fisher  2004–05
• Niko Kapanen  2004–05
• Oleg Petrov  2004–08
• Luca Sbisa  2006–07
• Dale McTavish  2007–10
• Reto Berra  2008–09
• Damien Brunner  2008–13
• Micki DuPont  2008–10
• Josh Holden  2008–18
• Andrei Bashkirov  2009–10
• Jussi Markkanen  2009–13, 2016–17
• Glen Metropolit  2010–12
• Andy Wozniewski  2010–13
• Timo Helbling  2011–13, 2016–18
• Esa Pirnes  2011–12
• Linus Omark  2012–13
• Henrik Zetterberg  2012–13
• Brian Boucher  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  2014–19
• Michal Řepík  2014–15
• Jarkko Immonen  2015–17
• Carl Klingberg  2016–present
• David McIntyre  2016–20
• Garrett Roe  2017–19
• Viktor Stålberg  2017–18
• Dennis Everberg  2018–19
• Grégory Hofmann  2019-20; 2021-pres.
• Justin Abdelkader  2021–23
• Fredrik Olofsson 2024-pres.

EV Zug Women

EV Zug Women is a semi-professional women's ice hockey team that competes, as of the 2023-2024 season, in the SWHL-B: the second division of the Switzerland women's ice hockey league.^[4][5]