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{{Infobox Pro hockey team
| team        = HC Ajoie
| bg_color    = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFD500 5px solid;
| text_color  = #000000
| current     = 2024–25 National League (ice hockey) season
| logo        = HC Ajoie logo.png
| logosize    = 180px
| city        = [[Porrentruy]], [[Switzerland]]
| league      = [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]]
| conference  = 
| division    = 
| founded     = {{Start date|1973}}
| operated    = 
| folded      = 
| arena       = [[Raiffeisen Arena]]<br>(capacity 5,078)
| colors      = {{Color box|#000000}} {{Colorbox|#FFD500}}
| owner       = 
| GM          = [[Julien Vauclair]]
| coach       = [[Greg Ireland]]
| captain     = Kevin Fey
| affiliates  = 
| parentclub  = 
| farmclub    = 
| website     = [http://www.hc-ajoie.ch/ hc-ajoie.ch]
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| name1       = HC Ajoie
| dates1      = 1973–present
}}

'''HC Ajoie''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] professional [[ice hockey]] team that competes in the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] (NL), the highest league in Switzerland. The team was founded in 1973 and plays in the [[Raiffeisen Arena]] in [[Porrentruy]], [[Switzerland]].

HC Ajoie has won three [[Swiss League]] (SL) Championships – in 1992, 2016 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hc-ajoie.ch/fr/Le-Club/Historique.html | title = HC Ajoie club history | publisher = HC Ajoie | date = 22 July 2019 | access-date = 22 July 2019 | language = de}}</ref>

==History==
On February 2, 2020, the team won the 2020 [[Swiss Cup (ice hockey)|Swiss Cup]], beating [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] (NL) team [[HC Davos]] 7–3.

On April 28, 2021, HC Ajoie defeated [[EHC Kloten]] in game 6 of the [[Swiss League]] (SL) final and won the series 4–2 to be crowned SL champion. As a result, the team gained automatic promotion to the National League for the 2021/22 season.

On July 28, 2021, the team revealed its new logo featuring three stars to honor their three SL titles.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/24771-new-league-new-face-hc-ajoie-presents-new-logo | title = New league, new face - HC Ajoie presents new logo | publisher = swisshockeynews.ch | date = 28 July 2021 | access-date = 28 July 2021}}</ref>
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==Players==

===Current roster===
<small>Updated 30 September 2024.</small><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hc-ajoie.ch/fr/1ere-equipe/Contingent.html | title=HC Ajoie current roster | publisher=www.hc-ajoie.ch | language=fr | access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref><br>
{{Ice hockey team roster}}

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{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Kevin | last = Bozon | dab = | num = 95 | pos = W | nat = France | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Chamonix]], [[France]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = T. J. | last = Brennan | dab = | num = 43 | pos = D | nat = United States | s/g = L | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 3 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Moorestown, New Jersey]], [[United States]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Damiano | last = Ciaccio | dab = | num = 40 | pos = G | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 10 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Grandson, Switzerland|Grandson]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Benjamin | last = Conz | dab = | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = Switzerland | s/g = R | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 13 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[St. Ursanne]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap =  | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Philip-Michaël | last = Devos | dab = | num = 8 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 26 | acq = [[2019–20 NL season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Sorel-Tracy]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Kevin | last = Fey | dab = | num = 26 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 8 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jannik | last = Fischer | dab = | num = 90 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2023–24 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Baar, Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Thibault | last = Frossard | dab = | num = 12 | pos = C | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 2 | acq = [[2011–12 National League B season|2011]] | birthplace = [[Vendlincourt]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Lilian | last = Garessus | dab = | num = 54 | pos = C | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 23 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Porrentruy]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jonathan | last = Hazen | dab = | num = 4 | pos = RW | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2019–20 NL season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Val-Bélair, Quebec City|Val-Bélair]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Marco | last = Maurer | dab =  | num = 47 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Affoltern am Albis]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Tim | last = Minder | dab = | num = 88 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Weinfelden]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Julius | last = Nättinen | dab = | num = 71 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 14 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Jyväskylä]], [[Finland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Arno | last = Nussbaumer | dab = | num = 37 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 5 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Zug]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Oula | last = Palve | dab = | num = 89 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 19 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Keuruu]], [[Finland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Noah | last = Patenaude | dab = | num = 29 | pos = G | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 24 | acq = [[2023–24 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Marco | last = Pedretti | dab = | num = 87 | pos = RW | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Porrentruy|Porrentruy, Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Valentin | last = Pilet | dab = | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2019–20 Swiss League season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Bastien | last = Pouilly | dab = | num = 18 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 6 | acq = [[2014–15 National League B season|2014]] | birthplace = [[Courtételle]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Louis | last = Robin | dab = | num = 13 | pos = RW | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 13 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Yverdon-les-Bains]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Matteo | last = Romanenghi | dab = | num = 70 | pos = C/LW | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2021–22 NL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Morbio Inferiore]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Adam | last = Rundqvist | dab = | num = 46 | pos = C | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 14 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Karlstad]], [[Sweden]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Joel | last = Scheidegger | dab = | num = 64 | pos = D | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 25 | acq = [[2023–24 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Reto | last = Schmutz | dab = | num = 27 | pos = LW | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2017–18 Swiss League season|2017]] | birthplace = [[Wald, Appenzell Ausserrhoden|Wald]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Kyen | last = Sopa | dab = | num = 78 | pos = RW | nat = Switzerland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2023–24 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Flawil]], [[Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Thomas | last = Thiry | dab = | num = 17 | pos = D | nat = France | s/g = R | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2022–23 NL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], [[France]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jerry | last = Turkulainen | dab = | num = 32 | pos = RW | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 22 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Mikkeli]], [[Finland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Emīls | last = Veckaktiņš | dab = | num = 14 | pos = LW | nat = Latvia | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2024–25 NL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Ogre]], [[Latvia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hc-ajoie.ch/ HC Ajoie official website]

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