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Lyon Hockey Club (LHC) is the ice hockey team of Lyon, France. The team currently competes in the southern pool of France's Division 2 championship.

1907-1953: Ice Hockey in Lyon
Ice hockey was played in Lyon as early as 1907 on a rink located on the Boulevard des Belges where today the Guimet Museum stands.

1953-1997: The CPL Era
In 1953 the Club des Patineurs Lyonnais (Skating Club of Lyon or CPL) was founded and in 1956 the Lyon team won France's Division 1 ice hockey championship. In 1963 CPL built the Patinoire Charlemagne that still today serves as the home of Lyon ice sports. In their new home CPL won France's Division 2 ice hockey championship in both 1972 and 1989. Problems with management and finance, however, forced CPL into liquidation in 1997.

1997- present: Lyon Hockey Club
Following the collapse of CPL local businessman Christophe Geoffroy founded Hockey sur glace lyonnais Elite (Lyon Elite Ice Hockey). Teamed with the Lyon Hockey Club Association, an association charged with developing junior ice hockey, the Lyon Hockey Club was born. The new team experienced quick success and twice finished third in France's Ligue Magnus in 1997 and 1998. LHC qualified for Europe's Continental Cup in 1999 and reached the quarter finals before being elminated.

By 2000 LHC had been relegated to France's Division 3 championship but quickly began to rise through national ranks again. In the 2001 season Lyon reached and won the Division 2 championship and earned a place in Division 1 for season 2002. A poor season in 2002 saw the team return to the second division once again and, despite reaching the final in 2007, LHC remains a Division 2 team in 2008.

Current Squad
right Goalkeepers:

🇫🇷 BURNET Stéphane

🇫🇷 MACREZ Landry

🇫🇷 MÜLLER Michaël

Defenders:

🇫🇷 DESERABLE François-Henri

🇸🇪 BERGLIND Fredrik

🇫🇷 GARREAU Ludovic

🇸🇪 HANSSON Johan

🇫🇷 SIMONI Xavier

🇫🇷 CROUX Damien

Attackers:

🇸🇪 ÅDEN Erik

🇫🇷 BERTHET Sébastien

🇫🇷 BIGOT Jérémy

🇫🇷 GARCIA Quentin

🇫🇷 PAILLET Geoffrey

🇫🇷 REVERDIN Mathieu

🇫🇮 WIKSTROM Kim

🇫🇷 MASSON Romain

🇫🇷 CHAUVIERE Yoann