EHL Wolves explained

Team:EHL Wolves
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City:Lausanne, Switzerland
League:League Lausannoise
Founded:2005
Arena:Pontaise Arena
Colors:Blue, black, white,
Gm:Gilles Metroz
Captain:Adrian Florin Ionescu

The EHL Wolves are a non-professional Ice Hockey team based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ice hockey is quite a popular sport in Switzerland, which is equally reflected at the École hôtelière de Lausanne. The 'EHL Wolves' name of the club was coined in 2010, although the team existed as the 'Ice Hockey Committee' since 2005.

History

Since its inception in 2005, the EHL wolves have won numerous accolades. In 2010, they won the championship of "Ligue Lausannoise de hockey-sur-glace". A high level of training during the 2011-2012 season led to a season with no losses.

In 2005, the club was formed by Rodrigue Benoit, a chef at EHL and former European Hockey League player along with Mr. Chris Norton, former EHL Marketing Director and NHL player. In 2010, the EHL wolves defeated the University of Lausanne (UNIL) in the Junior Elite League in Switzerland to become Champions for the first time, that same year, the EHL's name and logo are decided upon. In 2012, the Wolves won the Junior Elite League a second time. In 2014, Arnaud Barbezat took over the team's captaincy. Still undergoing roster changes, the EHL Wolves dropped further in the rankings. In 2016, the capitancy passes to Tim Zaggner, and in 2017, it passed to Marco Rosso. On November 3, 2017, the EHL Wolves won the championship a third time against the champions of last two editions of the League HC Monchoisi with a score of 6-3.

Team colors

The Wolves logo is a gray wolf (canis lupus), wild member of the Canidae family. It represents the noble and strong esprit de corps among each individual of the club. This is derived from the reputation of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, being renowned as one of the oldest and best hospitality management school in the world.[1]

Home uniform sweaters are predominantly blue in colour. Awayuniform sweaters are predominantly white.

Current roster

Player name Position Number Nationality
Kevin Gumy G 99
Tobia Mottis G 2
Joseph Thien An Nguyen G 1
Colin Rieffel D 8
Leon Kühne D 87
Kaito Locher D 10
Victor Regly D 86
Arnaud UrferD 88
Marc Ramseier LW 13
Sven Richon LW 19
Benjamin Laporte LW 29
Matias Mork RW 66
Benjamin Anderson RW 18
Antoine Tacchini RW 6
Gilles Metroz C 4
Yanick Gujer (A)C 11
Adrian Florin Ionescu (C)C 7
Note: (C) = Captain, (A) = Assistant, G = Goalie, D = Defense, C = Centre, RW = Right Wing, LW = Left Wing

Seasons and records

Season Points Games Won Tied Lost Goals for Goals against Position Comments
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2009-2010 28 18 14 1 3 126 57 1st First time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2010-2011 29 18 15 0 3 149 44 2nd Runner-up
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2011-2012 36 18 17 0 1 138 49 1st Second time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2012-2013 8 18 3 2 13 78 124 8th -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2013-2014 5 18 2 1 15 64 143 10th -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2014-2015 4 18 1 2 15 53 192 10th -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2015-2016 3 18 1 1 16 64 189 10th -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2016-2017 4 18 2 0 16 76 211 10th -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2017-2018 2 17 5 0 12 68 98 10th Deduction of 8 points (disciplinary sanction)
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2018-2019 26 17 12 3 2 143 56 3rd -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2019-2020 24 17 11 4 2 131 82 2nd -
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2021-2022 28 16 14 0 2 136 76 1st Third time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise
Ligue Lausannoise Season 2022-2023 18 16 10 5 1 89 76 5th Point deductions (disciplinary sanctions)

Note: Each victory accounts for 2 points. Some points might have been lost for not complying with league regulations.

Past Captains/Presidents

The president of the Ice Hockey Committee at EHL is responsible for the organisation of trainings, official matters with the league and any and all contacts with the university. Since 2015, this role is assigned to two students at the time, in order for tasks to be performed more smoothly.

Name Years Nationality
Chris Norton 2005-2007
Rodrigue Benoît 2005-2007
Roch Serres 2007-2008
Michaël Schlegel 2009-2012
Jonathan Gaehler 2012-2013
Gregoire Martin 2013-2014
Arnaud Barbezat 2014-2016
Tim Zangger 2015-2017
Lorenzo Pellegrini 2017-2018
Marco Rosso 2017-2019
Luca Baudino 2018-2019
Gilles Metroz 2019-2020
Jeremy Laporte2020-2021
Maxime Vez2021-2022
Adrian Florin Ionescu2022-2024
Yanick Gujer2023-2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hospitality Schools Ranking : Press release . PDF . Lrjj.cn . 2015-02-27.