The HC Davos is a professional ice hockey club from Switzerland that plays in the country’s National League. The club is also the annual host of the Spengler Cup, the oldest hockey tournament in the world, and invited Glice to build a new training facility with synthetic ice and off-ice tools – the Glice Hockey Elite Center at the HC Davos.

Glice’s products are developed by athletes for athletes and are world-renowned by institutions like CCM and PureHockey for training even during off season.

 

 

The Glice Elite Center at HC Davos is nowadays seen as one of the world’s most advanced ice hockey training centers. The main advantages of this facility are:

Hockey training advantages:

• The Hockey Center installed the latest and most effective on and off-ice training equipment, which allows its users to develop their skills in a hockey environment.
• HC Davos is now using the most advanced eco ice in the industry; a surface that offers the best glide and less sharpening, compared to others.
• This facility allows year-round training with 80% more ice time than before for a more competitive edge.

Package solution:

• This is a complete training facility that perfectly serves ice hockey.
• Glice’s modular system allows custom configurations and is always expandable and suited for either team or individual training assisted by a coach.
• Zero-energy and water required

 

I have never seen anything like this; it is incredible. In my mind, how synthetic plastic is similar to natural ice is fantastic. The stick handling, shooting, and everything is as precise as natural ice.

Magnus Nygren, Defender HC Davos

 

What makes this quality training facility so extraordinary are the training tools used for the players to keep in their best shape.

The on-ice training technology includes:

Skatemill

• Train to skate more effectively.
• Great to sharpen the skating technique through video analytics.

Stickhandling

• Improve the control over the puck while skating.
• Practice coordination of dribbling and passing.

Shooting gallery

• Shoot targeted, sharp, and controlled in every circumstance.
• Focused on measuring precision and speed.
• Feels just like the real thing

The off-ice training tools are:

Strength

• Improvement of performance.
• Functional full-body strength training

Sprint lane:

• Linear speed measurement.
• Visualize sprint performance.

Cognitive speed:

 

• Increase cognitive skills and reaction.
• Compare strengths and weaknesses by recording the performance profile.

 

There is a lot of correlation between natural ice and Glice. Glice synthetic ice sheets feel similar to ice, and there is a learning curve you must use to get used to it a little bit. After you get used to it, it is pretty simple; you can do tight turns, stops, and starts.

Lucas Bachofner, HC Davos U20

 

 

The Glice Hockey Elite Centers are designed with big aims – to provide professional athletes and clubs with the most advanced training facilities in the world! You can find more information about our Hockey Elite Centers here.

Thanks to Glice, the Hockey Elite Center at HC Davos has been able to save: