Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

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Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Founded	1945
Home ice	Diners Club Arena
Based in	Rapperswil, Switzerland
Colours	red, white, blue
Jersey color	ice blue
League	National League A
Head coach	Morgan Samuelsson
Assistant coach	Mike Richard

The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional ice hockey club from Rapperswil, Switzerland. The Lakers home ice is the Diners Club Arena, with a capacity of 6,100.

Rapperswil-Jona currently plays in the Swiss premiere league, National League A, upon being promoted from National League B with the lower league's championsihp.

The Lakers were founded in 1945, and were known as SC Rapperswil-Jona until 2005, when it changed to its present name. Ex-NHLer Doug Gilmour played for them during the lockout shortened NHL season in 1994.

[edit] External links

• Rapperswil-Jona Lakers official website

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