HC Thurgau

Ice hockey team in Weinfelden, Switzerland

HC Thurgau

Nickname| Löwen (The Lions)
City| Weinfelden, Switzerland
League| Swiss League
Founded| 1989 (1989)
Home arena| Güttingersreuti
(capacity 3,200)
Colors|
General manager| Martin Büsser
Head coach| Stefan Mair
Captain| Patrick Parati
Affiliates| HC Fribourg-Gottéron
EHC Kloten
Website| hcthurgau.ch
Franchise history
1989–2014| HC Thurgau
2014–2017| Hockey Thurgau
2017–present| HC Thurgau
Current season

Hockey Club Thurgau is a Swiss professional ice hockey club based in Weinfelden, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1989 and currently plays in the Swiss League (SL) at the Güttingersreuti, with a capacity of 3,200.

## History

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HC Thurgau emerged from the merging of clubs EHC Frauenfeld and EHC Weinfelden. With the best players of the two ice hockey clubs, both located in Canton Thurgau, were to play as HC Thurgau. With the ideal to offer hockey fans a better regional ice hockey team to compete in the national league, the club was founded in 1989. In December 1993, the EHC Kreuzlingen also merged to join HC Thurgau.[1]

The club started its first season in 1989–90 in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third highest ice hockey league in Switzerland. Two years later, with a 8–7 finals victory against SC Langnau, Thurgau claimed its first amateur title and was promoted to the National League B.

## Players

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### Notable alumni

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* Mike Posma, 1993–1997
* Rolf Schrepfer, 1993–1997, 2008–2009
* Sylvain Turgeon, 2001–2002
* Harijs Vītoliņš, 2001–2005
* Marc Savard, 2004
* Damien Brunner, 2008
* Todd Elik, 2009
* Brandon Hagel, 2020

## References

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1. ^ "HC Thurgau history" (in German). HC Thurgau. 2019-05-06. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2019-05-06.

## External links

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* Official Website

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* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* GCK Lions
* EHC Basel
* EHC Olten
* GDT Bellinzona Snakes
* HC Sierre
* HC Thurgau
* EHC Visp
* EHC Winterthur
* EHC Chur

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