HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Swiss NLA Champion 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
- Swiss runner-up 1974, 1975
- Swiss champion NLB 1951, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1995, 2000
The HC La Chaux -de-Fonds (Hockey Club La Chaux -de-Fonds or HCC) is an ice hockey club from La Chaux -de-Fonds in Switzerland. The men's team currently plays in the National League B, while the women's team participating in the game operation of the third-rate LKC.
History
The Hockey Club La Chaux -de-Fonds was founded in 1919, in 1953 the team moved into their current home ground, the Patinoire of Mélèzes to. The team after the first success in 1951 in the years 1955 and 1959, their second and third second league title won there. The new Championship of the National League B in 1965 came to mean as early as 1955 the rise in the first-class National League A. His most successful period witnessed the club from 1968 to 1973, when the team six times in succession won the Swiss Ice Hockey Championship. Thus, the HCC is still one of the most successful hockey clubs in Switzerland. 1980 but were relegated in the National League B team.
Only in 1987, the HC La Chaux -de-Fonds qualified again for the second-class National League B, in which he played for three years. After four more seasons in the third-tier league first team finally got back to 1994 in the National League B. There, celebrated the HCC in 1995 his fifth second division championship and thus returned to the National League A. An eleventh place meant two years later the descent, after two more years in the NLB followed in the 2000 /01 season, another year in the top Swiss league. Since the times but the descent Hockey Club La Chaux -de-Fonds plays in the National League B.
The women's team of HCC qualified in 1990 for the first time after its establishment, for the two years of first-class LKA after La Vannerie Fribourg had renounced their seats. After just one season, the team had to go to a sixth and last place go back into the LKB and was replaced by the DHC Langenthal. Today women play in the third-class LKC.
Placements since 1954
Locked jersey numbers
- # 2 René Huguenin
- # 10 Michel Turler
- # 14 Guy Dubois
- # 17 Gaston Pelletier
Venue
Their home games bear (also Les Mélèzes ) southwest of the city from the teams of the association, established in 1953 Patinoire of Mélèzes. The stadium holds 7,200 spectators, including 1,200 seated. In addition, the arena home of amateur club HC Star.