Image Club of Épinal

The Dauphins of Épinal is a club of evolving/moving Hockey French this season in Ligue Magnus. The official name of the club is Image Club of Épinal .

History

Beginnings of hockey with Épinal (1906 - 1970)

The ancestor of the Image Club of Épinal was born in December 1906 and was called then Winter sports Spinaliens (SHS), insofar as the company gathered as well followers of the Figure skating as of the followers of hockey. All this small world this joined on the pond of Poissompré (called as that because of the fish multitude which it sheltered) which was at their disposal during the cold months. At that time, there was no question of competing with truths country of hockey like the Scandinavian Canada or countries, but rather to have fun between friends and of slackening. A first scission between skaters and hockeyor take place in 1909. During the years which followed and until 1968, from the transformation will arrive such as the installation of a refreshment bar, then of a track of semi-artificial ice and medical into hard the whole maintained with devotion by Lucien Grandclaude. It is on these installations that the idea to train the first team of hockey of Épinal will emerge to become a reality in 1968. The creation of this first team made up amongst other things by Jean Monvoisin and Lucien Grandclaude marked the rise to power of this discipline in the city of the images, a rise to power helped by the creation of an artificial skating rink which made dream the hockeyeurs and the presidents of the club such as: Jules Weiller, Fernand Industrial tribunal or Pierre Marchal.

The new skating rink and the first success (1970 - 1990)

The December 3rd 1970, the doors of the new skating rink built on the drained pond of Poissompré opened and on December 20th, the new infrastructure was inaugurated by the communal, prefectoral and departmental high ranking authorities. In 1973 the team is pulled by Jean Paul Hennet and the club of the winter sports of Épinal did not count less than 383 bachelors. It is in 1979 that the team of Épinal took down its first national title, that of champion of France of division 2 at the end one season incredible on the ice and outwards (as example at the time of the match against Dijon, the skating rink accommodated: 2300 spectators). Among the players of this time, let us quote amongst other things Pierre Aubert and Canadian Brad Neville.

Before the accession with the Elite (1990 - 1997)

Period of rebuilding (1997 - 2003)

Period of Magnus League (since 2003)

Prize list

1977-1978 : Vice-champion of France of division 2
1978-1979: Champion of France of division 2
1980-1981: Champion of France of division 1
1981-1982: 3rd championship of France of division 1
1986-1987: 3rd championship of France of division 2
1988-1989: 3rd championship of France of division 2
1989-1990: 4th championship of France of main road 1B
1990-1991: Vice-champion of France of division 1
1991-1992: Vice-champion of France of division 1
1992-1993: 2nd championship of France of main road 2B
1993-1994: 7th championship of France of main road 2
1994-1995: 1st championship of France hen of maintenance D1
1995-1996: 4th championship of France of division 1
1996-1997: 12th championship of France of main road 1A
1997-1998: 5th championship of France hen of maintenance N1
1998-1999: 4th championship of France hen of maintenance N1
1999-2000: 5th championship of France of main road 1
2000-2001: 4th championship of national France 1
2001-2002: 4th championship of France of main road 1
2002-2003: Champion of France of Main road 1 and 1/4 of finale cuts France (Demolished 4-0 against Angers)
2003-2004: 1/16° of Finale of Coupe de France (Demolished 1 - 4 Dijon)
2004-2005: 1/8° of finale of cut of France (Demolished 1 - 3 against Amiens)
2005-2006: 1/4 of Finale of Play-off de Ligue Magnus (demolished 3 victory has 0 vis-a-vis Amiens)
2006-2007: Finalist of cut of France . (Defeat 1 - 4 against Angers) 1/8 of finale of play-off

Players emblematic of the club

Different the shirt from the club

Current manpower (2007/2008)

Nationality of the players and technical staff:

France: 9
Canada: 4
: 1
Slovakia: 7
France: 1
Finland: 2

See too

External bonds

www.ice-epinal.com - Official site of the Image Club Epinal
www.chez.com/icepinal - nonofficial Site 2000 - 2003
dauphinsepinal.com.free.fr/- Site nonofficial 2002 - 2006

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