Thank you, Dominik!

12 seasons.

660 games in blue and white.

22 goals. 96 assists.

Twice Swiss champion. Cup winner once.

Dominik Schlumpf has played a key role in shaping the EVZ on and off the ice in recent years. Now they are parting ways, his contract has expired at the end of the 2025/26 season.

Dominik Schlumpf is one of the longest-serving EVZ players. He joined Zug in November 2014 at the age of 23 as part of a special swap deal: Alessio Bertaggia and Calle Andersson went from EVZ to Lugano, while national team defenceman Dominik Schlumpf went the other way round. Schlumpf arrived suddenly – and then stayed in central Switzerland for a whole twelve seasons.

Schlumpf’s time at EVZ is synonymous with Zug’s upswing in Swiss ice hockey: regular appearances in the playoff semi-finals and final, which led first to the 2019 Cup victory and then to the 2021 and 2022 Swiss championship titles.

Future is still open

Dominik Schlumpf: “I look back on my twelve years at EVZ with great gratitude and Zug has become a home for me. I am incredibly grateful for everything I was able to experience here, the shared successes, the emotions, the support of the fans and the many people who have accompanied me along the way. I will never forget this time.”

Reto Kläy, General Manager of the EVZ: “Dominik’s contribution to the EVZ is huge. I can still remember the trade when we brought him to Zug in 2014. A transfer that has more than paid off. On behalf of the entire EVZ organisation, I would like to thank him for his great commitment to the Blue and White.”

It is not yet known whether Dominik Schlumpf will continue his ice hockey career. If he ends it this summer and thus with EVZ, his number 18 will be drawn under the roof of the OYM hall as a “Retired Number”. Schlumpf would then have fulfilled four of the five required criteria (10 years with the EVZ 1st team, Swiss champion with the EVZ, 50 games with the senior national team, end of professional career with the EVZ).

The EVZ would like to take this opportunity to thank Dominik Schlumpf for twelve unforgettable years in an EVZ dress and wishes him all the best for the future!