EHC Biel
EHC Biel
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| EHC Biel | |
|---|---|
 2018–19 NL season | |
 | |
| City | Biel, Switzerland |
| League | National League |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Home arena | Tissot Arena |
| Colors | |
| General manager |  Daniel Villard |
| Head coach |  Antti Törmänen |
| Captain | Mathieu Tschantré |
| Website | www.ehcb.ch |
| Franchise history | |
| 1939–47 | EHC Biel/Bienne |
| 1947–48 | EHC Tornado Biel |
| 1948–present | EHC Biel |
EHC Biel is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the team also has a French name, HC Bienne (Abbr: HCB). The team plays its home games in the 6,521-seat Tissot Arena.
EHC Biel played in lower Swiss ice hockey leagues until they got promoted in the second-tier Swiss League in 1960. In 1975 EHC Biel won the Swiss League-title and got promoted to the first level, the National League. During the 20 years between 1975 and 1995 the club won three national championships in 1978, 1981 and 1983 under three different coaches (František Vanek, Ed Reigle, Kent Ruhnke). After the relegation in 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 the SCL Tigers, SC Bern, EHC Olten, and HC Ajoie. Games between these teams often attract sell-out crowds.
NHL players Tyler Seguin and Patrick Kane joined Biel during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. Goalkeeper Reto Berra and winger Nikolaj Ehlers played both for Biel.
Contents
1 Honors
1.1 Champions
2 Players
2.1 Hall of Fame
3 References
4 External links
Honors[edit]
Champions[edit]
NL Championship (3): 1978, 1981, 1983
SL Championship (5): 1975, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Players[edit]
Goalies:
Jonas Hiller
Elien Paupe
Dennis Salkkonen
Defense:
Kevin Fey (A)
Beat Forster
Samuel Kreis
Marco Maurer
Janis Jerome Moser
Will Petschenig
Anssi Salmela
Rajan Sataric
Forwards:
Damien Brunner
Dominik Diem
Robbie Earl
Jason Fuchs
Michael Hugli
Mike Kunzle
Jarno Karki
Fabian Luthi
Jan Neuenschwander (A)
Marco Pedretti
Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Toni Rajala
Damien Riat
Julian Schmutz
Mathieu Tschantre (C)
Simon Wuest
Hall of Fame[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, Barry Jenkins, Ramil Juldashew, Willy Kohler, Jakob Kölliker, Francis Lardon, Steve Latinovitch, Marc Leuenberger, Bob Lindberg, Kevin Lötscher, Urs Lott, Serge Martel, Serge Meyer, Cyrill Pasche, Guido Pfosi, Daniel "Dan" Poulin, Jörg Reber, Michel Riesen, Valeri Schirjajew, Kevin Schläpfer, Björn Schneider, Sven Schmid, Jiri Slegr, Laurent Stehlin, Martin Steinegger, Alexandre Tremblay, Marko Tuomainen, Claude Vilgrain, Marco Wegmüller, Daniel Widmer, Bernhard Wist, Aldo Zenhäusern, Tyler Seguin, Patrick Kane, Jonas Hiller
References[edit]
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to EHC Biel. |
(in German), (in 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]
Categories:
- Ice hockey teams in Switzerland
- Biel/Bienne
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