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The  'HC Rosey Gstaad'  is an ice hockey club composed of members of the Institut Le Rosey which was based in Rolle in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. During their few years spent in Swiss championship at the beginning of the 20th century, however, they played in Gstaad from 1916, on the campus winter of the institution. They notably won three Swiss championship titles.

Club History
Quoted from Gstaad Life magazine: "Before skiing became more easily accessible, ice skating and especially ice hockey were the most popular winter sports in the region. Hockey was played on the Gstaad village ice rink as early as 1908. From 1917, the legendary ice hockey player from French-speaking Switzerland, Ernest Jacquet, who had been engaged by the Rosey as a sports teacher, played in the local ice hockey club. It was largely due to this personality that the club, from then on called Hockey Club Le Rosey Gstaad, delivered top performances. Between 1919 and 1928, the club won a total of eight (!) national championship titles. A feat that was unparalleled. In 1928, Club Le Rosey Gstaad was even considered the strongest club in Europe, and in the same year four of its players were represented in the national team at the Winter Olympics in St Moritz.

During these years, several young Gstaad players were allowed to join the club, for example the brothers Werner and Walter von Siebenthal from the Hotel Bernerhof, who became great players themselves. Werner was even called up to the Swiss national team, which he joined for 32 international matches, in 15 of which he acted as captain. The future Shah of Persia and Prince Rainier of Monaco were also enthusiastic hockey players during their school years at Le Rosey.

When Jacquet had to give up his beloved hockey game after a good twenty-five years, it got quieter around the Hockey Club Le Rosey Gstaad. Eventually, in 1934 a few people from Gstaad decided to found their own hockey club, the H C Gstaad. The extremely friendly relationship with the Hockey Club Le Rosey continued, however, and the two clubs repeatedly helped each other out with players. In the 1950/51 season, the club once more became Swiss Champion in the National League.

Ice hockey is still important to the Rosey today. In 1997, for example, the school made a major financial contribution to the construction of the artificial ice rink in the village. Since then, the students have been playing more hockey again. It is still at the top of the boarding school’s sports programme, right after skiing."

H.C. Le Rosey - 1934 to Present
The club broke up and became two separate teams in 1934; Hockey-Club Gstaad Saanenland and Hockey-Club Le Rosey. The school has preserved a lot of the history and identity of the club, and the two teams today share a close relationship, even sharing an ice rink during the winter semester of Institut Le Rosey. In 1997, Le Rosey made a significant contribution to the Gstaad ice rink, and you can often see the two teams training, and even playing friendly matches, against each other, to honour their historic bond.

The team today, as has been the tradition for a long time, is made up of students and teachers from the Institut Le Rosey. This makes the team a very international team, with representatives from many countries around the world wearing blue, white and gold. Each year, it is a friendly match between the staff and the current students who face the Anciens Roséens as part of another important tradition which reminds current players of the honour of wearing the colours. . For teachers, it offers the possibility of competing, while being able to educate their students outside the school setting, and to model the behaviour expected of Roséens.

In 2021-2022, the team seeks to win the Alpina Cup in Gstaad, and develop its young talents against local and historically friendly teams, ensuring that the values ​​of the team endure with each new generation of students who come through the school.

Titles

 * Championnat national
 * Champion (3) : 1921, 1924, 1925
 * Championnat international suisse
 * Champion (5) : 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928

Notes and referenecs

 * Gstaad Life
 * Alpina Cup
 * Pre-season Training

Liens externes

 * Site officiel