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Established
1937 (87 years old)

Sport
Ice Hockey

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Patinoire Brown-Ferrand
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Gap, France

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French Ligue Magnus

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29/03 Chamonix Pio - Rapaces Gap

Results
22/03 Rapaces Gap 5 - 3 Briancon Red
19/03 Hormadi 4 - 3 Rapaces Gap
15/03 Rapaces Gap 3 - 5 Hormadi
12/03 Rapaces Gap 6 - 3 Chamonix Pio
08/03 Briancon Red 4 - 5 Rapaces Gap

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Rapaces de Gap (French: Les Rapaces de Gap) is a French ice hockey team that is based in Gap and plays home games at the Patinoire Brown-Ferrand. The team played in the Ligue Magnus during the 2009–10 Ligue Magnus season. Gap won the French Championship three times in 1977, 1978 and 2015.

History
20th century
The team was founded in 1937 The club Rapaces de Gap (Gapençais, Gap) was created in 1937; it entered championship of France in 1945 where it played in the second series. In 1955, the team inaugurated the Brown-Ferrand Ice Rink, which became artificial in 1961. The Gapençais started in the first series (elite division) for the 1962–1963 season. From 1962, the Canadian Camil Gélinas, who was coach of the team Athletic Club of Boulogne-Billancourt, became coach of Repaces de Gap at the request of the team's president in 1965. In 1972, work on the stadium, which included covering of the track, allowed the permanent use of the ice, and the hosting of the world championship group C.

The senior team was still progressing with Czech Zdeněk Bláha as a coach. The team under Bláha won their first Champion of France title in 1977. Gap also won the title the following year. The club continued thereafter to be a great training club, until the 1980s winning 21 titles of champion of France in the minor categories and being vice-champion of France in 1983–1984. In 1989, the club finished second-from-last in the National 1A but preferred demotion to end their expensive professional adventure.

For the 1992–1993 French Hockey Championship, Gap returned to the elite division for the first time, following a reshuffle of the divisions and the retirement from the national league at 10 clubs. In 1996, Gap won Division 1. New immediate descent, when Gap fails to stay in hen.

21st century
The club slowly descended the French hierarchy, having to play a dam to stay in Division 1 during the 2001–2002 season. The club recovered their form the next season, thanks to the expansion of the elite to a Super 16. This was a difficult task because with the lowest budget, Gap were often in the bottom of the table, returning to the second level in 2006. In 2009, thanks to a new title Division 1 champion, the club returned to the elite league.

Between the start of the 2009–2010 season and the end of the 2012–2013 season, Gap home games were broadcast live on the club's website. Long announced the renovation of the rink would run until August 2012. The rink was refurbished and its capacity was increased to 2,000 seats. During the 2011–2012 season, Gap played their home games at Palais Marseille Grand Est. On October 23, 2012, the club's president Georges Obninsky announced his resignation during a press conference. He was replaced by Philippe Vial and Jérôme Escallier. At the end of the 2016–2017 season, Rapaces de Gap won the Ligue Magnus, thus becoming Champions of France for the fourth time in their history. As of 2019, the club has one of the best records in French hockey with 29 national titles, 37 podiums, 2 participations in the European Cup, 1 cup of As and 22 players selected in National Team including eight for Olympics.

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Amouriq





Bertrand





Blanc





Bonnardel





Bortino





Bourgeois





Chapuis





Cirgues





Colotti





Correia





Darier





Faure





Faure





Fondadouze





Golicic





Guertin





Gutierrez





Joubert





Junca





Langlais





Prissaint





Robert





Sherbinin





Thillet





Villiot





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Stadium or Home

The Patinoire Brown-Ferrand (English: Brown-Ferrand Ice Rink) is a hockey arena in Gap, France. It was named for two Gapençais hockey players, Roger Brown and John Ferrand. Locally, it is also known as "La Blâche," for the neighborhood where the arena is located. It is the home rink of the Ligue Magnus team, the Rapaces de Gap (English: Gap Raptors),

History
The arena was opened in 1955, and renovated in several stages since then. In 1962 a refrigeration system (based on ammonia) was commissioned to produce artificial ice. The same year, the mayor gave the club a central forum and concrete bleachers. Until 1972, when the rink was covered by a roof resting on a laminated steel tray frame, the ice was directly subjected to natural weather. In 1977 the galleries were built between the central platform and the southeast corner. 5 years later, the current building was built, including dressing rooms and a bar upstairs. In 1985, the lighting was rebuilt and in 1987, work was undertaken to repair the slab and refrigeration.

New Arena
Following an audit in 2005, the former mayor of Gap, Pierre Bernard-Reymond, formed a committee to discuss a new arena. In July 2007, the new arena was announced by Roger Didier. The project involves extending the existing ice rink and the creation of a complex of trails. The Patinoire Brown-Ferrand will be redesigned and enlarged, with the capacity increased to 2000 instead of 1800 seats, with spectators sitting all around the ice.

The new arena design features 5 luxury suites, 7 locker rooms, a public skating rink, gym, and a cafeteria/bar. In addition, it is designed to be a green-friendly structure, with all the heat generated in cooling the ice used to directly provide heat to other areas of the facility.

The construction is projected to be complete in August 2012, with opening scheduled for 1 September 2012.

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