Founded in 1922, the Lausanne Hockey Club is one of the oldest clubs in
Switzerland. They played for sixteen years at
Chalet-à-Gobet, in the city heights. In 1938, LHC moved their headquarters to
Montchoisi where, in 1941, they merged with Star HC to become the Montchoisi Hockey Club. On November 6, 1949, the team of Lausanne chose their original name: Lausanne Hockey Club. It is with this name that they started off in the Swiss national league. In 1992, the club's survival was threatened by a
bankruptcy. The team saved itself from relegation to the
1. Liga (season 1992-1993). The season 1993-1994 saw participation in the finals to access the national League A, finals played in five games against Rapperswil, the latter winning it over. At the beginning of the 1994-1995 season, Lausanne Hockey Club was designated as the Nationalliga B favorite to access the NLA. Against
GCK Lions during the finals and after five games, the decisive match was won by Lausanne 8 to 0. In the 1995-1996 season, after a series of losses the club decided to fire their head coach. The change didn't prevent Lausanne from being relegated to NLB at the end of the season. During the following four seasons, the LHC occupied the middle of the NLB ranking until 2000-2001 when they were at the head of the championship during almost the whole season. Lausanne won the title of champion of NLB and defeated
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds for the promotion games. Winning against the HCC in six matches, LHC was back in NLA for the 2001-2002 season. With the introduction of former coach
Jim Koleff to the ownership group, later represented by his wife following his death, Lausanne was also backed by
Hugh Quennec with interest already in fellow professional club,
Genève-Servette HC. The club tried to reach the NLA once again through promotion, but failed twice in the promotion games 2008–09 and the 2009–10 seasons, losing both times against
EHC Biel in seven games. In the 2012–13 season, after a slow start into the regular season, Lausanne won the NLB championship for the 7th time, defeating
EHC Olten in the play-off final. In the following promotion games, Lausanne defeated the
SCL Tigers in six games to reach again the NLA for the
2013–14 season. In 2013, following the series of promotion / relegation blocks against the SCL Tigers, the club moved up in the National League A with four wins and two defeats. During the
2014–15 season, their second in the NLA, the team averaged 6,711 spectators per game, ranking them third in the league in term of attendance. In February 2016, American businessman Ken Stickney acquired the majority of shares of Lausanne from Quennec. Stickney was previously president of
EHC Kloten and a member of Avenir Sport Entertainment LLC (ASE), the owner of the club. In April 2016, the Lausanne released Danish head coach
Heinz Ehlers after failing to make the playoffs for the
2015–16 season. Ehlers had achieved with the playoff appearances in 2014 and 2015, the largest club successes in the NLA until then. His was succeeded by
Daniel Ratushny on April 26, 2016. Under Ratushny, the team used an overly defensive style capitalizing on opportunistic offense. Enjoying initial success they finished the
2016–17 regular season in fourth place. In the playoffs, however, LHC did not find victory in the quarter-final's against
HC Davos, suffering a series sweep. Following 12 points in their first 10 games in the
2017–18 season, Ratushny was let go of his coaching duties on 11 October 2017. He was replaced on an interim basis by former Lausanne youth coach and fellow Canadian,
Yves Sarault, and later announced to remain for the remainder of the season. However, with the club still struggling into the new year placing third from the bottom of the league, a second coaching change was announced as Sarault was replaced by
John Fust on 8 February 2018. In the
2024–25 season, Lausanne HC finished first in the National League regular season standings for the first time in club history, marking a major milestone for the organization. The team delivered a consistent and dominant campaign, ending ahead of traditional powerhouses such as
ZSC Lions and
SC Bern. Despite their strong regular-season performance, Lausanne did not capture the league title, falling short in the playoffs. ==Venues==