Nice hockey Côte d'Azur

Nice Hockey Côte d'Azur[2] is a French ice hockey team based in Nice also known as "Les Aigles de Nice". The Eagles are members of the Ligue Magnus and play their home games at Palais des sports Jean-Bouin.

Les Aigles de Nice
CityNice, France
LeagueLigue Magnus
Home arenaPalais des sports Jean-Bouin
(capacity: 1200[1])
ColoursRed, black, yellow
     
Owner(s)Jean-Hubert Morin[2]
Head coachStanislav Sutor[3]
CaptainValère Vrielynck[3]

History

Nice Hockey Club

Nice Hockey Club was founded in 1969, and initially played in Division 2, at the time the lowest tier of Ice Hockey in France.[4] Following the culmination of the 1979 season, Nice were promoted to Division 1, the 2nd tier. After spending four seasons in Division 1, a fire destroyed Nice's rink, and thus they were relegated back to Division 2.[5] After finding a new rink at the Palais des Sports Jean-Bouin, Nice were promoted back to Division 1 at the end of the 1984 season having won Division 2.[4]

After spending four seasons in Division 1, Nice were once again demoted to the third tier of French hockey, however, following a spate of liquidations, the FFHG were forced to merge the top two divisions, and as such Nice found themselves back in Division 1. The Les Aigles (the Eagles) moniker was adopted by the club in 1994. The Eagles remained in Division 1 until the 1998-99 season, wherein they forfeited the season and were relegated to Division 3. Following a league wide reshuffle, the team was again promoted to Division 2 after the 2000-01 season. Nice would continue to play in Division 2 for two more seasons, before folding due to financial difficulties in 2003.[3][6]

Nice hockey Côte d'Azur

The team would return the following season with a new name, Nice hockey Côte d'Azur. In their first season back in Division 3, NCHA finished as champions and promotion to Division 2. The Eagles gained promotion from Division 2 four years later following the culmination of the 2007-08 season. Nice would go on to win the 2015-16 Division 2, and following a play-off final victory against Anglet, they would be promoted to the Ligue Magnus for the first time in the club's history.[7] As of the 2014-15 the Eagles also have a feeder team playing in Division 3.

Roster

Updated February 12, 2019.[8]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
– Canada Evan Weninger G L 27 2022 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
1 Latvia Ervīns Muštukovs L 2018 Riga, Latvia
30 France Juliàn Barrier L 2018 Saint-Cyr-l'École, France
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
4 France Quentin Mahier L 2017 Dijon, France
21 France Quentin Scolari R 2018 Grenoble, France
48 France Aurélien Dorey (A) L 2017 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
12 France Yoanne Lacheny R 2018 Domont, France
2 Finland Roni Viirlas R 2018 Turku, Finland
11 Finland Juha Tarkkanen L 2018 Helsinki, Finland
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
95 Czech Republic Zbyněk Hampl L LW 2015 Přerov, Czech Republic
4 France Valère Vrielynck (A) L LW 2017 Reims, France
20 France Romain Carpentier L LW 2016 Montreuil, France
81 Czech Republic Roman Vondráček R RW/C 2016 Trutnov, Czech Republic
71 Slovakia Peter Hrehorčák R RW 2017 Poprad, Slovakia
91 Canada Frédéric Bergeron L LW 2018 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada
16 France Rémi Thomas L LW 2017 Amiens, France
3 France Florian Sabatier R C 2018 Reims, France
6 France Louis Petit R RW 2018 Saint-Vallier, France
24 Finland Tuukka Rajamäki L C/LW 2018 Lahti, Finland
14 Finland Juuso Perttilä L LW 2018 Helsinki, Finland
86 France Alexis Sutor R RW 2017 Nice, France

Championships

References
  1. "HockeyArenas.net - Palais des sports Jean-Bouin". Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "Les clubs en France - Nice hockey Côte d'Azur". Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  3. "EliteProspects.com - Nice". Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  4. "Historique - Nice" (in French). Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. "Championnat de France 1982/83" (in French). Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. "Bilan de la division 1 française" (in French). Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  7. "France 2 Team Standings 2015 - 2016". Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  8. "Les Aigles de Nice Roster". elite.nicehockey.fr (in French). Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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