SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
City	Rapperswil, Switzerland
League	National League
Founded	1945
Home arena	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena
Colors
General manager	Janick Steinmann
Head coach	Stefan Hedlund
Captain	Roman Červenka
Affiliate	HC Thurgau
Website	www.lakers.ch
Franchise history
1945–2005	SC Rapperswil-Jona
2005–2015	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2015–present	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Current season

The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional ice hockey club from Rapperswil, Switzerland and are members of the National League.

History

The Lakers were founded in 1945 and were known as SC Rapperswil-Jona until 2005, when the club changed its name to Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and then again changed their name to SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in 2015.^[1] They play their home games at St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena. NHL veteran Doug Gilmour skated for the Lakers during the NHL lockout-shortened season in 1994.

The Lakers had survived relegation in every NLA season since last making the playoffs in 2007–08 until the 2014–15 season, when they were swept by the SCL Tigers in the promotion/relegation round. They returned to the Swiss League for the 2015–16 season.

In 2017–18 season, the Lakers claimed the Swiss Cup, while also finishing victorious in the Swiss League Championship against EHC Olten and the promotion round against EHC Kloten marking their return to the National League after three years in the minor leagues.

Honors

Champions

• Swiss League Championship (2): 1994, 2018
• Swiss Cup Championship (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

Updated 9 January 2024.^[2]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
26		David Aebischer	D	R	23	2021	Heitenried, Switzerland
28		Yannick-Lennard Albrecht	C/LW	L	29	2021	Visp, Switzerland
8		Mats Alge	LW	L	21	2022	Uznach, Switzerland
81		Inaki Baragano	D	R	22	2021	Lausanne, Switzerland
73		Petr Čajka	C	L	23	2022	Kadaň, Czech Republic
7		Luca Capaul	D	L	24	2023	Uznach, Switzerland
10		Roman Červenka (C)	C/LW	L	38	2019	Prague, Czechoslovakia
92		Brett Connolly	RW	R	31	2023	Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
3		Emil Djuse	D	L	30	2021	Östersund, Sweden
23		Nico Dünner (A)	C	L	30	2019	Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
85		Sandro Forrer	LW	L	26	2019	Steckborn, Switzerland
29		Martin Frk	RW	R	30	2023	Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia
14		Colin Gerber	D	L	26	2023	Switzerland
66		Tim Grossniklaus	D	L	29	2023	Beatenberg, Switzerland
71		Nicklas Jensen	RW	L	31	2022	Herning, Denmark
89		Dominic Lammer	W	L	31	2021	Zürich, Switzerland
37		Zac Leslie	D	L	30	2023	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
11		Fabian Maier	D	L	32	2016	Thurgau, Switzerland
91		Robin Meyer	G	L	23	2022	Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
56		Maxim Noreau	D	R	36	2022	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
95		Tyler Moy	C/RW	R	28	2022	La Jolla, California, United States
60		Melvin Nyffeler	G	L	29	2017	Volketswil, Switzerland
49		Victor Rask	C/LW	L	30	2022	Leksand, Sweden
90		Jordan Schroeder	C	R	31	2023	Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
40		Jonas Taibel	C/LW	L	19	2023	Feldkirch, Austria
67		Nathan Vouardoux	D	R	22	2021	Sierre, Switzerland
72		Gian-Marco Wetter	C	L	23	2019	Appenzell, Switzerland
18		Jeremy Wick (A)	RW	R	34	2020	Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada
94		Sandro Zangger	RW	R	29	2021	Jona, Switzerland