# 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.

## 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. 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.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 94 | Nic Balestra | D | R | 19 | 2024 | Thalwil, Switzerland |
| 17 | Attilio Biasca | C | L | 21 | 2023 | Samedan, Switzerland |
| 32 | Lukas Bengtsson | D | R | 30 | 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 |
| 19 | Niklas Hansson | D | R | 30 | 2021 | Jonstorp, Sweden |
| 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 | 34 | 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 | 18 | 2023 | Cham, Switzerland |
| 8 | Fredrik Olofsson | LW/C | L | 28 | 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 | 30 | 2018 | Locarno, Switzerland |
| 14 | Livio Stadler | D | L | 26 | 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.