Scorpions de Mulhouse (1997–2005)

  • 2001 promotion to the Ligue Magnus
  • 2005 French Champion

The Scorpions de Mulhouse (official name: Hockey Club de Mulhouse ) was a French ice hockey team from Mulhouse, which existed from 1997 to 2005 and their greatest success winning the French league title in the 2004/05 season was.

History

The Hockey Club de Mulhouse was founded in 1997 and took on the game mode in the fourth division Division 3. In the aftermath of the team managed the walkover to the second French division, the Division 1, in which the team in the 2000/ 01 season reached the rise in the Ligue Magnus. Could draw attention the first time on the HC Mulhouse by the third place in the 2002/03 season reached. In the season 2004/ 05 Mulhouse succeeded surprisingly winning the French league title. In the playoff finals, the Alsatian sat - reinforced by many foreign players like due to the lockout in the National Hockey League by Steven Reinprecht Canadians and Steve Montador - against the Diables Noirs de Tours in the best- of-three series with 2: 0 wins through. Following this success is the team's debt, however, was excluded from the Ligue Magnus and dissolved the club.

As the successor club of HC Mulhouse 2005, the Association pour le Développement du Hockey mulhousien was founded, which also runs as Scorpions de Mulhouse based on the HCM and plays in the 2010/11 season in Division 1.

Champion squad of 2004/ 05

Goalkeeper Fabrice Lhenry

Defenders: Francis Ballet, Allan Carriou, Jérôme Catil, Jukka Hakkarainen, Steve Montador, Lilian Prunet, Miikka Ruokonen, Jani Virtanen

Attacker: Jérémy Bigot, Lionel Bilbao, Ryan Christie, Olivier Coqueux, Greg Day, Juho Jokinen, Jani Kiviharju, Steve Michou, Milos Palovcik, Steven Reinprecht, Maurice Rozenthal, Pavol Segla, Hermanni Vidman

Head Coach:

Other well-known players

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