LHC Les Lions

  • Promotion to Division 2 2001
  • Promotion to Division 1 2003

The Lyon Hockey Club is a French ice hockey club from Lyon, which was founded in 1997 and currently in Division 2, the third- highest French league play. The home games are played in the 3300 -seat end Patinoire Charlemagne.

History

The Lyon Hockey Club was founded in 1997 as the successor organization of the Club des lyonnais patineurs and the 1997/98 season in the top flight, today's Ligue Magnus recorded. After three seasons in which the League preservation was achieved in the highest league sports careers, followed in September 2000 due to financial difficulties of the descent to the fourth division, the Division 3 After one season the team promotion to Division 2 after another two years followed by entry into the Division 1 After the lost Barrage games in the 2005/06 season against Bordeaux Gironde Hockey 2000, the team got back into the third-highest league. In the following years, the team took top places regularly in Division 2, but has been unable to bring about the re-emergence in the second division.

In addition, the Club in 1998 and 1999 took part in the sweeps of the IIHF Continental Cup. The team showed for the first participation on a balance of two wins and a draw, but missed on goal difference against the Danish representative Frisk Tigers a place in the second round.

The following year, the team placed in a group with three wins against HK Keramin Minsk, CG Puigcerdà and boretti Tigers Amsterdam by. In the second round, the team was eliminated after three defeats in the competition.

Achievements

  • Promotion to Division 2: 2001
  • Promotion to Division 1: 2003

Former Players

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