Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc | |
---|---|
Nickname | Pionniers |
City | Chamonix |
League |
Ligue Magnus 2016–Present |
Founded | 2016 |
Home arena | Richard Bozon Ice Rink |
Colours | |
President | Bernard Molliet |
Head coach | Marc LeFebvre |
Captain | Numa Besson |
Website | Les Pionniers |
The Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc ( French for 'Chamonix Mont-Blanc Pioneers') are a French ice hockey team based in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie. They play in the country's top tier, the Ligue Magnus. For their inaugural 2016–17 season, they were known as Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine.
In 2016, France's
Ligue Magnus adopted an expanded schedule and cut its number of teams from 14 to 12. The league's two Haute-Savoie clubs, the
Chamois de Chamonix and the
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz, decided to merge their respective professional teams in order to better face the economic and competitive challenges presented by the new setup. The result of that fusion was a joint team called the Pionniers,
[1] splitting its home games between Chamonix and
Morzine-Avoriaz.
[2] The amateur sections remained separate and retained the Chamois and Pingouins names.
[3]
While both towns are located within the same
department, they are not particularly close, with Chamonix nested in the
Mont Blanc massif and
Morzine-Avoriaz part of the
Chablais region. Following negotiations between the two
municipalities, it was agreed that Chamonix would be the united team's training base for its inaugural season,
[4] as well as the owner of its league franchise.
[5]
The precarious balance between the two organizations was quickly challenged when the new Pionniers limped out of the gate to a dismal record. [6] Mid-February 2017, head coach Stéphane Gros was dismissed as the team was dead last in the standings. The move was not unexpected from a sporting standpoint, but it further aggravated the Morzine-Avoriaz side as Gros had career ties to both clubs, while his replacement Christophe Ville was viewed as purely a Chamonix man. [7] [8] The Pioneers still finished the season in last place and Morzine-Avoriaz renounced the partnership after a single season. [5]
As the fusion agreement was more protective of Chamonix's interests, Morzine-Avoriaz suffered the most damaging fallout.
[5] Chamonix kept the organization's trademarks and visual identity, and most importantly its position in the French hockey rankings.
[5] While their twelfth-place finish should have sent them to the
lower division, they ended up being saved from relegation by the withdrawal of
Dijon from the Ligue Magnus.
[9]
Morzine-Avoriaz on the other hand returned to its previous identity, the Penguins, and had to start all over at the country's fourth level, the
Division 3, in 2017–18.
[5]
Updated February 5, 2019. [10]
Goaltenders | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
29 | Lucas Mugnierl | L | 2018 | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France | |
33 | Richard Sabol | L | 2017 | Prešov, Slovakia |
Defencemen | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
4 | Geoff Fortman | R | 2018 | Crystal Lake, United States | ||
5 | Colin Sullivan | R | 2018 | Milford, United States | ||
25 | Jérémie Penz | L | 2016 | Sallanches, France | ||
32 | Numa Bessone (C) | L | 2012 | Sallanches, France | ||
44 | Maks Selan | L | 2018 | Jesenice, Slovenia | ||
45 | Vojtech Kloz | L | 2018 | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | ||
57 | Jiri Klimicek | L | 2018 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | ||
94 | Clément Mermoux | R | 2018 | Sallanches, France |
Forwards | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
12 | Perry D'Arrisso | R | RW | 2018 | Mississauga, Canada | |
14 | Adrien Glévéau | R | RW | 2017 | Sallanches, France | |
16 | Julien Laplace | L | C | 2017 | Annecy, France | |
17 | Fabien Kazarine | L | LW/RW | 2018 | Compiègne, France | |
20 | Cody Freeman | L | RW | 2018 | Markham, Canada | |
22 | Quentin Fauchon | R | RW | 2018 | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | |
27 | Benjamin Lagarde | L | LW | 2018 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, Canada | |
33 | Mathieu Briand | L | C | 2018 | Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
40 | Erik Higby | L | C | 2018 | New Braunfels, United States | |
54 | Scott Jacklin (A) | L | C/LW | 2018 | Kimberley, Canada | |
55 | Henric Andersén (A) | R | RW | 2017 | Grums, Sweden | |
72 | Loïc Coulaud | R | RW | 2018 | Gap, France | |
77 | Maxence Leroux | R | C/RW | 2018 | Melun, France |
Pingouins, [...] chamois [...] ont bien compris qu'il faut maintenant compter sur les Boucs de Megeve...
Pour cette saison 2016/2017, le « camp de base » de l'équipe sera Chamonix, avec des entraînements principalement à la patinoire Richard Bozon.
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc | |
---|---|
Nickname | Pionniers |
City | Chamonix |
League |
Ligue Magnus 2016–Present |
Founded | 2016 |
Home arena | Richard Bozon Ice Rink |
Colours | |
President | Bernard Molliet |
Head coach | Marc LeFebvre |
Captain | Numa Besson |
Website | Les Pionniers |
The Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc ( French for 'Chamonix Mont-Blanc Pioneers') are a French ice hockey team based in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie. They play in the country's top tier, the Ligue Magnus. For their inaugural 2016–17 season, they were known as Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine.
In 2016, France's
Ligue Magnus adopted an expanded schedule and cut its number of teams from 14 to 12. The league's two Haute-Savoie clubs, the
Chamois de Chamonix and the
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz, decided to merge their respective professional teams in order to better face the economic and competitive challenges presented by the new setup. The result of that fusion was a joint team called the Pionniers,
[1] splitting its home games between Chamonix and
Morzine-Avoriaz.
[2] The amateur sections remained separate and retained the Chamois and Pingouins names.
[3]
While both towns are located within the same
department, they are not particularly close, with Chamonix nested in the
Mont Blanc massif and
Morzine-Avoriaz part of the
Chablais region. Following negotiations between the two
municipalities, it was agreed that Chamonix would be the united team's training base for its inaugural season,
[4] as well as the owner of its league franchise.
[5]
The precarious balance between the two organizations was quickly challenged when the new Pionniers limped out of the gate to a dismal record. [6] Mid-February 2017, head coach Stéphane Gros was dismissed as the team was dead last in the standings. The move was not unexpected from a sporting standpoint, but it further aggravated the Morzine-Avoriaz side as Gros had career ties to both clubs, while his replacement Christophe Ville was viewed as purely a Chamonix man. [7] [8] The Pioneers still finished the season in last place and Morzine-Avoriaz renounced the partnership after a single season. [5]
As the fusion agreement was more protective of Chamonix's interests, Morzine-Avoriaz suffered the most damaging fallout.
[5] Chamonix kept the organization's trademarks and visual identity, and most importantly its position in the French hockey rankings.
[5] While their twelfth-place finish should have sent them to the
lower division, they ended up being saved from relegation by the withdrawal of
Dijon from the Ligue Magnus.
[9]
Morzine-Avoriaz on the other hand returned to its previous identity, the Penguins, and had to start all over at the country's fourth level, the
Division 3, in 2017–18.
[5]
Updated February 5, 2019. [10]
Goaltenders | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
29 | Lucas Mugnierl | L | 2018 | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France | |
33 | Richard Sabol | L | 2017 | Prešov, Slovakia |
Defencemen | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
4 | Geoff Fortman | R | 2018 | Crystal Lake, United States | ||
5 | Colin Sullivan | R | 2018 | Milford, United States | ||
25 | Jérémie Penz | L | 2016 | Sallanches, France | ||
32 | Numa Bessone (C) | L | 2012 | Sallanches, France | ||
44 | Maks Selan | L | 2018 | Jesenice, Slovenia | ||
45 | Vojtech Kloz | L | 2018 | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | ||
57 | Jiri Klimicek | L | 2018 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | ||
94 | Clément Mermoux | R | 2018 | Sallanches, France |
Forwards | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
12 | Perry D'Arrisso | R | RW | 2018 | Mississauga, Canada | |
14 | Adrien Glévéau | R | RW | 2017 | Sallanches, France | |
16 | Julien Laplace | L | C | 2017 | Annecy, France | |
17 | Fabien Kazarine | L | LW/RW | 2018 | Compiègne, France | |
20 | Cody Freeman | L | RW | 2018 | Markham, Canada | |
22 | Quentin Fauchon | R | RW | 2018 | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | |
27 | Benjamin Lagarde | L | LW | 2018 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, Canada | |
33 | Mathieu Briand | L | C | 2018 | Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
40 | Erik Higby | L | C | 2018 | New Braunfels, United States | |
54 | Scott Jacklin (A) | L | C/LW | 2018 | Kimberley, Canada | |
55 | Henric Andersén (A) | R | RW | 2017 | Grums, Sweden | |
72 | Loïc Coulaud | R | RW | 2018 | Gap, France | |
77 | Maxence Leroux | R | C/RW | 2018 | Melun, France |
Pingouins, [...] chamois [...] ont bien compris qu'il faut maintenant compter sur les Boucs de Megeve...
Pour cette saison 2016/2017, le « camp de base » de l'équipe sera Chamonix, avec des entraînements principalement à la patinoire Richard Bozon.