EHC Biel
EHC Biel | |
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City | Biel,Switzerland |
League | National League |
Founded | 1939 |
Home arena | Tissot Arena |
Colors | |
General manager | Ueli Schwarz |
Head coach | Martin Filander |
Captain | Gaëtan Haas |
Website | www.ehcb.ch |
Franchise history | |
1939–47 | EHC Biel/Bienne |
1947–48 | EHC Tornado Biel |
1948–present | EHC Biel |
Current season |
EHC Biel-Bienneis a professionalice hockeyclub based in the bilingual city ofBiel/Bienne,Switzerlandand plays in theNational League(NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside theGermanname EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the team also has aFrenchname,HC Bienne(Abbr: HCB). The team plays its home games in the 6,521-seatTissot Arena.
History
[edit]EHC Biel played in lower Swiss ice hockey leagues until they gotpromotedin the second-tierSwiss Leaguein 1960. In 1975 EHC Biel won theSwiss League-title and got promoted to the first level, theNational League.During the 20 years between 1975 and 1995 the club won three national championships in 1978, 1981 and 1983 under three coaches (František Vanek, Ed Reigle, Kent Ruhnke). After therelegationin 1995 EHC Biel had to wait 13 years until their return to the NL. After three consecutive championship victories in the second-tier Swiss League, EHC Biel was reinstated into the NL, winning the promotion/relegation best of 7 series against EHC Basel 4-0 in 2008.
A strong local rivalry exists with theSCL Tigers,SC Bern,EHC Olten,andHC Ajoie.Games between these teams often attract sell-out crowds.
During the2012–13 NHL lockout,Biel were strengthen by the acquisitions ofNHLAll-StarsTyler SeguinandPatrick Kane.They were joined by future NHL players, goalkeeperReto Berraand wingerNikolaj Ehlers.
Honors
[edit]Champions
[edit]- NL Championship(3):1978, 1981, 1983
- SL Championship(5):1975, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Players
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Updated 30 September 2024.[1]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann
- Olivier Anken
- Mauro Beccarelli
- Gaetan Boucher
- Gino Cavallini
- Chris Chelios
- Gilles Dubois
- Daniel Dubuis
- Normand Dupont
- Heinz Ehlers
- Rico Fata
- Pierre-Alain Flotiront
- René Furler
- Paul Gagné
- Gaston Gingras
- Richmond Gosselin
- Shawn Heaphy
- Jonas Hiller
- Barry Jenkins
- Ramil Juldashew
- Patrick Kane
- Willy Kohler
- Jakob Kölliker
- Francis Lardon
- Steve Latinovitch
- Marc Leuenberger
- Bob Lindberg
- Kevin Lötscher
- Urs Lott
- Serge Martel
- Serge Meyer
- Cyrill Pasche
- Guido Pfosi
- Dan Poulin
- Jörg Reber
- Michel Riesen
- Valeri Schirjajew
- Kevin Schläpfer
- Björn Schneider
- Sven Schmid
- Tyler Seguin
- Jiri Slegr
- Laurent Stehlin
- Martin Steinegger
- Alexandre Tremblay
- Marko Tuomainen
- Claude Vilgrain
- Marco Wegmüller
- Daniel Widmer
- Bernhard Wist
- Aldo Zenhäusern
References
[edit]- ^"EHC Biel team roster".www.ehcb.ch(in German).Retrieved2024-07-05.
External links
[edit]- (in German and French)EHC Biel official website
- (in German)Website Fanclub Fire-Lords
- (in German)Website Fanclub Seeschwalbe
- (in French)Website Fanclub Red Youngs 05
- (in German)Website A2 Supporter Club EHC Biel
- (in French)Blog "Fan du HC Bienne"
- (in English)[1]