Ice Hockey: LHC Live – Slovak Richard Pánik trains with Lions
LHC live – Slovak Richard Pánik trains with Lions
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Announced close to LHC Tuesday evening by Blick FR, the Slovak Richard Panik was taking part in Lions practice on Wednesday morning.
At the moment, no official communication has been made by the club. Richard Pánik is a 31-year-old striker who has played 541 NHL games in his career for a total of 89 goals and 111 assists. Last season, he mainly played in the AHL.
Lausanne has been looking for an eighth foreigner for a few days due to the injury of the Austrian Michael Raffl, still on crutches, and the overall performance of his mercenaries.
After two seasons and 107 National League matches at Lausanne HC, Floran Douay (27) leaves the club. The French international striker with a Swiss license has signed up with Langnau until the end of the current exercise, which he started at the LHC before making a few appearances on loan for Sierre and Grenoble (in the Champions League).
Trained at Ge / Servette, with whom he started in the first division, Douay could wear the jersey of his new team this Friday, against Kloten.
The defender of Lausanne HC Dario Sidler was loaned to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds. The Lions full-back scored his first National League goal last Friday away from Langnau. The next day against Zug, he was not fielded by John Fust. He will be able to obtain significant playing time at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss League, where full-back Stefan Ulmer has been missing for several matches. Sidler can be recalled at any time by the LHC, but no date has been set for a day return, according to HCC sporting director Loïc Burkhalter.
Lausanne will have to do without one of its best attackers for at least two weeks. Jiri Sekac, hit « in the lower body » last weekend, took exams on Monday and the verdict of the faculty was not as good as hoped. What make the Vaudois club want to look at the players « cut » in recent days in the NHL?
The faculty, on the other hand, gave a more positive diagnosis for Ivars Punnenovs. The Latvian goalkeeper will be back for the coming weekend. The LHC will go to Bern on Friday and will receive Genève-Servette on Saturday.
Lausanne HC will be deprived of many individuals on Tuesday against Rapperswil-Jona. Jiri Sekac took exams on Monday and the results will not be known until the next day. He won’t be playing against the Lakers anyway. The Austrian Michael Raffl will be out for about six weeks. The same unavailability is predicted for the defender Andrea Glauser. Emilijus Krakauskashe has it for a few months.
On the good news side, let’s note the return to play and illness of Ronalds Kenins. The Latvian will be available against ‘Rappi’. For Tim Bozon, it seems to be only a matter of days before he returns to National League games. In front of the net, Ivars Punnenovs also went through the doctor’s box on Monday, but his case does not cause too much concern. The Latvian goalkeeper should return to play on Friday in Bern.
The Finn Miikka Salomaki, sent off on Saturday in Lugano, has already served part of his suspension. The single judge will say Tuesday morning at 10 am if the Vaudois striker should receive other additional meetings.
The Lausanne people Miika Salomaki was provisionally suspended for a charge against the head ofOliver Kaski (Lugano) in the eighth minute of the match between the two teams on Saturday evening.
The Finn Salomäki will miss the Lausanne HC match against Zurich on Sunday evening and ordinary proceedings have been opened against him.
the Lausanne Hockey Club ready Guillaume Maillard at Biel until the next international break, i.e. November 7. The 23-year-old center must make up for the many absences that the Zealand club has in its workforce. He will be available from Saturday to face Genève-Servette. Note that the LHC can recall the former GSHC player at any time.
Lausanne HC has still not conceded any goals in preparation. Winner 0-5 in Ajoie three days ago, the Lions easily took the measure of Sierre, resident of the Swiss League, this Friday in the annex ice rink of the Vaudoise arena (11-0). The Lausanne goals were scored by Fuchs (2x), Salomäki (2x), Mainot (2x), Emmerton, Kenins, Hügli, Bozon and Pedretti.
The LHC will play its next match on Monday against the French from Grenoble, as part of the Hockeyades in the Vallée de Joux. For its part, Sierre, which still does not have ice in Graben, will challenge Basel, newly promoted to the Swiss League, on Tuesday August 16.
A product of the LHC formation, the young Theo Rochette20 years old, will play again under the colors of Quebec Remparts this season, the Canadian club announced on Tuesday. « By mutual agreement between the HC Lausanne team and Théo Rochette, it was agreed that the best option for his development would be to return to play as a junior with the Remparts for one last year », informed the Remparts through a communicated.
Captain of the Quebec team last season, the Vaudois ended the year having scored a whopping 99 points in 66 games. He will therefore not play with the Lions this season.
Benjamin Baumgartner leaves the LHC for join CP Bern. The Austrian striker with a Swiss license has signed up for the next two seasons with the Bears after his contract with the Lions was terminated. The 22-year-old arrived at the Vaudois club at the start of the 21/22 financial year, registering 15 points in 52 games. Trained in Davos, Baumgartner was chosen in the 6th round of the 2020 NHL draft by the New Jersey Devils.
the Lausanne HC found a solution for separate of his Czech striker Michael Frolikwhich had a current contract until the spring of 2023. In a press release relayed by Blick, the HC Bílí Tygři Liberec indeed announces having enlisted the 34-year-old player for a year, become undesirable on the side of the Vaudoise arena. Last season, Michael Frolik scored 14 points in 23 appearances for the LHC.
The Lausanne Hockey Club has confirmed the name of the assistant coach who will support John Fust next season. This is’Alex Reinhard, coach of the U20 Elites of the LHC Academy, as well as former coach of HC La Chaux-de-Fonds from 2013 to 2016. He will officiate alongside Bobby Dollas, Cristobal Huet and Karel Svoboda. Thomas Krauskopf, meanwhile, becomes the new video coach of the Lions.
“Our coaching staff is comprehensive and competent. Everyone will have a big role to play in helping the LHC to victory. We are working hard to prepare for the coming season in the best possible way,” head coach John Fust said in a statement released by the club.
As for Alex Reinhard, he said: “I really enjoyed my first season in Lausanne with the elite U20s of the LHC Academy, I hope to find several again with the first team in the coming seasons. I am very happy to join the coaching staff of John Fust and the first team. It’s a great opportunity for me to get back to a professional squad and I can’t wait to get back to competition. »
Justin Krueger (35) has decided to hang up the skates. After playing the last two seasons at Lausanne HC (101 matches), the German-Canadian defender is drawing a line under his playing career. His reconversion is all found since he will henceforth occupy the function of LHC Hockey Operations Manager. “I am delighted to make this transition and to continue my adventure at the Lausanne Hockey Club for the coming seasons, he reacts. I would like to thank my family, my friends, my teammates, my coaches and especially the fans who supported me during my career. This new challenge is a real opportunity for me.”
Passed by the young people of Davos, Bern or the Charlotte Checkers (AHL), Krueger – son of Ralph Krueger, the former coach of the Swiss team – totals 541 National League matches. He has to his credit 3 titles of Swiss champion, a Swiss Cup and 7 participations in the World Championships with the German team.
The LHC has committed Miikka Salomaki for the next two seasons. The 29-year-old striker arrives from HK Örebro, Sweden. Previously, the 29-year-old Finn had notably worn the Nashville Predators jersey 197 times. “I had a lot of good feedback from the city, the region, the club and the fans, commented the new recruit. I can’t wait to see it with my own eyes and meet my teammates. »
the Lausanne Hockey Club announced on Thursday death of Eric Nesterenkowhich was player-manager in the capital of Vaud in the early 1970s. In June 1972, the LHC had achieved a magnificent coup on the transfer market by hiring the « 12th player of all time », in the words of the local press at the time. In his career, Nesterenko played more than 1200 NHL gameswinning the Stanley Cup in 1961 with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Lausanne HC announced on Wednesday that it had offered a first professional contract to Benjamin Bougro. The 18-year-old center player has signed a contract until 2024 with his training club. A member of the LHC Academy for more than 10 years, Benjamin Bougro was loaned to Sierre (Swiss League) last season, where he played 31 games.
As we announced a few weeks ago, Marco Pedretti (30 years old) will be fine Lausanne next season. Finalist in the play-offs with Zurich, the Swiss striker signed with the Vaudois club until 2025. “I look forward to joining the LHC and taking on new challenges with this team,” Pedretti said in a statement. The LHC also announced the arrival of young Dario Sidler (18), defender who was trained in Zug. He also signed until 2025.
the Lausanne HC hired Robin Kovacs. The Swede who played at Örebro announced on Tuesday that he was leaving his club. If it was known that he was leaving for Switzerland, the « Blick » reveals that the striker will wear the Lausanne jersey for three seasons. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in 2015. This season, he had 21 goals and 20 assists in 52 games with his Swedish team.
It was announced for several months and it is now official: Theo Rochette and Igor Jelovac will return to Lausanne this summer. The two players trained at the club have signed up for two and three years respectively, according to a communication from the LHC on Tuesday afternoon.
Théo Rochette (striker, 20 years old) currently wears the colors of the Quebec Remparts in the Junior League (93 points including 32 goals in 63 appearances this season), while Igor Jelovac (defender, 27 years old) will land from from Rapperswil, where he has played the last two exercises.
The LHC has also announced that it has offered the young striker a first professional contract. Nicolas Perrenoud (18 years old)
Eliminated from the National League title race for ten days, after its elimination in the quarter-finals against Fribourg, Lausanne HC has confirmed by press release the contract extensions of four of its players, already announced here. While specifying a new data: their duration. Cody Almondfrom the top of his 121 matches played for the Lions, has signed for two new seasons. Tim Bozon extended him for three seasons, in the same way as Makai Holdener. Guillaume Maillard has agreed with the LHC for an agreement for an additional year.
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