Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos play in the Swiss Nationalliga A, which is ranked as Europe's sixth best ice hockey league. The team is usually a strong force in the league and often bolster their roster with Swiss national team players and players who once played for National Hockey League teams. HC Davos also hosts the annual Spengler Cup tournament, which is a purely invitational competition, since 1923.

History

HC Davos was founded in 1921 and was quite successful, dominating the Eastern Swiss championship for over three decades from 1926 to 1960. The team was, however, relegated into League 1 in 1990, one of the lowest points in its history. After a new beginning, the club moved into the Nationalliga B, and two years later returned to the top flight, Nationalliga A. Since then, Davos has been among the best teams in the league, with recent league successes in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

In 1923, Davos presented the first Spengler Cup. As the local team, Davos plays in this tournament as well, although they are usually strengthened by players from Class A clubs.

Honours

Swiss championships won: 29 (1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009)

Spengler Cups won: 14 (1927, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1951, 1957, 1958, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006)

Current squad

According to official website, as of November 6, 2008.

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Acquired	Born
1		Jaroslav Hübl	2008	Switzerland
30		Leonardo Genoni	2007	Switzerland

Defencemen
Number		Player	Acquired	Born
5		Marc Gianola	1993	St. Moritz, Switzerland
12		Andreas Furrer	2006	Switzerland
16		Florian Blatter	2000	Switzerland
21		Patric della Rossa	2008	Winterthur, Switzerland
33		Thomas Wellinger	2007	Switzerland
44		Janne Niinimaa	2008	Raahe, Finland
55		Lukas Gerber	2008	Switzerland
56		Lukas Stoop	2007	Switzerland
78		Jan von Arx	1995	Switzerland
91		Robin Grossman	2008	Kanton Aargau, Switzerland

Forwards
Number		Player	Acquired	Born
10		Andres Ambühl	2001	Switzerland
22		Alexandre Daigle	2006	Montreal, Canada
24		Josef Marha	2001	Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
27		Petr Sýkora	2008	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
48		Robin Leblanc	2006	Chur, Switzerland
56		Dino Wieser	2005	Davos, Switzerland
65		Marc Wieser	2005	Davos, Switzerland
67		Gianni Donati	2005	Switzerland
69		Sandro Rizzi	1996	Davos, Switzerland
71		Petr Tatíček	2006	Rakovník, Czechoslovakia
79		Michel Riesen	2001	Oberbalm, Switzerland
83		Reto von Arx	1995-2000-01-present	Egerkingen, Switzerland
87		Dario Bürgler	2007	Schwyz, Switzerland
94		Peter Guggisberg	2003	Zimmerwald, Switzerland

Coaches/Staff

• Head coach: Arno del Curto
• Assistant coach: Remo Gross
• Goalkeeper coach Marcel Kull
• Teamchef: Paul Berri
• Team doctor: Gregor Niedermaier
• Masseur: Klaus Schrempf
• Equipment manager: Paul Berri
• Responsible person: Heinz Lendi
• Conditioning coach: Pierre Gutknecht
• Dentist: Christoph Taufenecker
• Materialchef: Stefan Steiner
• Director of Sport: René Müller

External links

• HC Davos official site
• Spengler Cup official site