EVZ is the largest ice hockey club in Central Switzerland and also an innovative sports company with around 120 permanent employees and 520 part-time employees in the areas of sport, management, young talent and catering. With 14 junior teams and its in-house training concept "The Hockey Academy", the EVZ focuses on sustainable and long-term youth development. The EVZ 1st team has been playing in the top Swiss league without interruption since 1987 and won the Swiss championship title in 1998 and 2021 and the Swiss Ice Hockey Cup in 2019 as well as the fourth runner-up title.