The EHL Wolves are a non-professional Ice Hockey team based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Switzerland, which is equally reflected at the École hôtelière de Lausanne. The 'EHL Wolves' name of the club was coined in 2010, although the team existed as the 'Ice Hockey Committee' since 2005.
History
Since its inception in 2005, the EHL wolves have won numerous accolades. In 2010, they won the championship of "Ligue Lausannoise de hockey-sur-glace". A high level of training during the 2011–2012 season led to a season with no losses.
In 2005, the club was formed by Rodrigue Benoit, a chef at EHL and former European Hockey League player along with Mr. Chris Norton, former EHL Marketing Director and NHL player. In 2010, the EHL wolves defeated the University of Lausanne (UNIL) in the Junior Elite League in Switzerland to become Champions for the first time, that same year, the EHL's name and logo are decided upon. In 2012, the Wolves won the Junior Elite League a second time. In 2014, Arnaud Barbezat took over the team's captaincy. Still undergoing roster changes, the EHL Wolves dropped further in the rankings. In 2016, the capitancy passes to Tim Zaggner, and in 2017, it passed to Marco Rosso. In 2020, due to the COVID pandemic, the EHL Wolves were only able to play five games.
On November 3, 2021, the EHL Wolves won the championship a third time against the champions of last two editions of the League HC Montchoisi with a score of 6–3. The photo for this title is also displayed at EHL next to the sports reception.
In 2023, the committee was chaired by Yanick Gujer during his final year at EHL. Under his leadership, the committee underwent a complete restructuring after a challenging period and created the new slogan of the team: "Unleash the Howl, Dominate the Ice ! EHL Wolves".
In February 2023, he appointed Corentin d'Autheville as vice-president. Together, they spearheaded a comprehensive overhaul of the sports structure, ensuring that the team now consists exclusively of EHL students. Corentin d'Autheville became president in September 2024. Under his presidency with MR Federico Tomasini as vice-president, many events took place, such as the visit of a Lausanne Hockey Club delegation to the campus, including Cristobal Huet, John Fust, and Quirin Sohnlein. They had the opportunity to tour the campus, take part in a wine-tasting workshop, and deliver an inspiring conference on sports management to the students. The committee also launched Hockey Night Fever at the Montreux Jazz Café of EHL: two unforgettable evenings with a DJ and activities lasting until 1 a.m.
For the 2024–2025 season, the EHL Wolves' home rink will be La Pontaise since the Vaudoise Arena is no longer accessible to teams in the Lausannoise league. The team is now composed of 25 students from EHL.
Team colors The Wolves logo is a gray wolf (canis lupus), wild member of the Canidae family. It represents the noble and strong esprit de corps among each individual of the club. This is derived from the reputation of the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, being renowned as one of the oldest and best hospitality management school in the world.
Home uniform sweaters are predominantly blue in colour. Away uniform sweaters are predominantly white.
Rosters
2024-2025 Player name Position Number Nationality Matis Duffar-Calder G 99 Tobia Mottis G 22 Jeremy Waldburger D 17 Maximilian Rek D 11 Colin Rieffel D 8 Leon Kühne D 87 Kaito Locher (A) D 4 Andrea Ronchetti D 77 Ayden Lam D 15 Mathieu Minvielle D 26 Sven Richon D 88 Nick May D 16 Matias Mork (C) A 66 Karl Marius Jorgensen A 7 Sebastien Cevey A 27 Timo Tanner A 61 Paul Daneyrole A 13 Christian Antonini A 5 Claudio Bertschinger A 4 Noah Godonou (A) A 9 Jan De laco A 28 Marc Ramseier A 81 Niko Zwalhen A 14 Louka Scarabello A 3 Sven Richon A 99 Corentin d'Autheville C 34
2025-2026 Player name Position Number Nationality Jules Grobet G 29 Kaito Locher D 4 Maximilian Rek D 11 Andrea Ronchetti (A) D 77 Leon Kühne D 88 Louka Scarabello A 3 Noah Godonou (A) A 9 Louis Nageleisen A 21 Matias Mork (C) A 66 Sven Richon A 99 Christian Antonini W 5 Jean Naef W 6 Pascal Bauer W 7 Karl Marius Jorgensen W 8 Paul Daneyrole W 13 Niko Zwalhen W 20 Marc Ramseier W 81 Clà Stifel W 87 Corentin d'Autheville C 34 Note: (C) = Captain, (A) = Assistant, G = Goalie, D = Defense, C = Centre, RW = Right Wing, LW = Left Wing
Seasons and records Season Points Games Won Tied Lost Goals for Goals against Position Comments Ligue Lausannoise Season 2009-2010 28 18 14 1 3 126 57 1st First time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise Ligue Lausannoise Season 2010-2011 29 18 15 0 3 149 44 2nd Runner-up Ligue Lausannoise Season 2011-2012 36 18 17 0 1 138 49 1st Second time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise Ligue Lausannoise Season 2012-2013 8 18 3 2 13 78 124 8th - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2013-2014 5 18 2 1 15 64 143 10th - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2014-2015 4 18 1 2 15 53 192 10th - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2015-2016 3 18 1 1 16 64 189 10th - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2016-2017 4 18 2 0 16 76 211 10th - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2017-2018 2 17 5 0 12 68 98 10th Deduction of 8 points (disciplinary sanction) Ligue Lausannoise Season 2018-2019 26 17 12 3 2 143 56 3rd - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2019-2020 24 17 11 4 2 131 82 2nd - Ligue Lausannoise Season 2021-2022 28 16 14 0 2 136 76 1st Third time champions of the Ligue Lausannoise Ligue Lausannoise Season 2022-2023 18 16 10 5 1 89 76 5th Point deductions (disciplinary sanctions)Ligue Lausannoise Season 2023-2024 14 15 7 3 5 124 85 5th Point deductions -3
Note: Each victory accounts for 2 points. Some points might have been lost for not complying with league regulations.
Past Presidents of the EHL Hockey Committee The president of the Ice Hockey Committee at EHL is responsible for the organisation of the games, events with the committee at EHL, official matters with the league and any and all contacts with the university. Name Years Nationality Chris Norton 2005-2007 Rodrigue Benoît 2005-2007 Roch Serres 2007-2008 Michaël Schlegel 2009-2012 Jonathan Gaehler 2012-2013 Gregoire Martin 2013-2014 Arnaud Barbezat 2014-2016 Tim Zangger 2015-2017 Lorenzo Pellegrini 2017-2018 Marco Rosso 2017-2019 Luca Baudino 2018-2019 Gilles Metroz 2019-2020 Jeremy Laporte2020-2021 Maxime Vez2021-2022Adrian Florin Ionescu2022-2024 Yanick Gujer2023-2024Corentin d'Autheville2024-2025 Kaito Locher2025-2026
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