Ours de Villard-de-Lans

  • Coupe de France 1977, 2003
  • Champion in Division 1 in 1953, 2001, 2002

The Ours de Villard -de- Lans is a French ice hockey team from Villard -de- Lans, which was founded in 1931 and in the Ligue Magnus, the highest French Hockey League, plays.

Play their home games from the club in Patinoire Municipale de Villard -de- Lans.

History

The Ours de Villard -de- Lans were established in 1931. Her greatest success in the period before the 2000s was apart from two junior championships in 1983 and 1986, winning the Coupe de France in 1977. This triumph was repeated 26 years later in 2003 the team when they began to Orques d ' Anglet 3-2 could defeat after penalty shootout. Previously the team had achieved two times in a row the championship in the Division 1 second-rate.

Since the rise in 2002 played Villard -de -Lans always top notch. In the first two seasons, the team reached the seventh and six. Then the playoff mode has been added to the regular season after and Villard -de -Lans failed to reach the playoffs in eleventh significantly. In the season 2005/06 Ours retired after a seventh place in the regular season already in the second round, while a year later they reached the quarter- finals. In the 2007 /08 season was followed by an eighth place in the regular season of the qualifying round.

Achievements

  • Coupe de France: 1977, 2003
  • Division 1 champion: 1953, 2001, 2002

Well-known former players and coaches

  • Canada / Italy Corrado Miclaef
  • United States / France Dennis Murphy
  • Canada Gaston Therrien
  • France Stephane Barin
  • Czech Republic Jiří Novák
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