Zürcher SC

Växjö wins in Austria

In the final of the Red Bulls Salute Tournament ZSC Lions faced Växjö Lakers in a thrilling encounter at the KE KELIT Arena in Zell am See, with 1,785 spectators in attendance. ZSC Lions dominated the early stages, taking a 3-0 lead in the second period with goals from Nicolas Baechler, Sven Andrighetto, and Justin Sigrist. However, Växjö Lakers mounted an impressive comeback in the third period, with Emil Sylvegard scoring twice before Joachim Blichfeld tied the game at 3-3 with just 13 seconds remaining. The match went into overtime, where Dennis Rasmussen scored the game-winning goal just over a minute in, securing a 4-3 victory for Växjö Lakers.

(18 Aug 2024)

Second day of European Trophy

On the second day of European Trophy EV Zug beat ZSC Lions 1-0. Rob Schremp scored the only goal.

Slovan Bratislava beat Vienna Capitals 6-2.

(09 Aug 2013)

Ari Sulander gets farewell game

ZSC Lions' legendary goalie from Finland, Ari Sulander, ended his career this April after 14 years and 4 Swiss championships with the team at the age of 43. Now he gets honoured with a farewell game by his long-time club that will take place Saturday, 29 September 2012. A team led by Sulander will face a selction of Swiss players to play 2x 20 minutes during the afternoon. Later on the same day the ZSC Lions will play their regular season game against  HC Ambrì-Piotta.

(17 Aug 2012)

ZSC Lions hire Marc Crawford as new coach

Former Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, Los angeles Kings and Dallas Stars coach Marc Crawford was named the new ZSC Lions headcoach. He signed a two-years contract. His assistant will be former Canada and Calgary Flames assistant coach Rob Cookson. They replaced another Canadian duo, Bob Hartley and Jacques Cloutier.

(05 Jul 2012)

14 matches for Morant

SC Bern defender Johann Morant has been suspended for 14 matches for repeadtly hitting/punching Cyrill Bühler in the head and for shoving an oficial. On top of the suspension, Morant was fined 1,000CHF.

(13 Apr 2012)

European Trophy schedules

European Trophy announced today the schedule for the 2012/13 season. Find the complete fixture list here.

(12 Apr 2012)

New arena in Zurich in 2017

The municipality of Zurich has approved the construction of a new arena in the Alstetten area for 2017. An architectural competition will be published in mid-February to build a 12 000-capacity hockey arena for the ZSC Lions and a 3000-capacity volley arena for team Volero Zurich. Each club will invest 44 million Swiss francs and the municipality will put in 149 million. The ZSC Lions currently play at Hallenstadion, a 10 700-capacity arena, originally built in 1939 and completely rebuilt in 2005.

(12 Feb 2012)

Pittis at Spengler Cup

Team Canada announced Italo-Canadian forward Domenico Pittis, 37, (ZSC Lions) will join Canadian roster for Spengler Cup

(26 Dec 2011)

Last from Spengler Cup

Team Canada replaced injured SC Bern defender Travis Roche with Doug Lynch from Red Bulls Salzburg.
Kloten Flyers will allign Swedish forward Michael Nylander, recently released by ZSC Lions

(24 Dec 2011)

2012 European Trophy with 32 teams

The next European Trophy will pass from current 24 teams to a new formula with 32 participants. New teams to get in are Swiss CP Bern, HC Fribourg-Gottéron, le EV Zug and ZSC Lions, German ERC Ingolstadt and Hamburg Freezers, Swedeish Brynäs IF and Finnish JYP Jyväskylä.

(20 Dec 2011)