EHC Basel

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EHC Basel

Founded	1932
Home ice	St. Jakob Arena
Based in	Basel, Switzerland
Colours	Black, red, white
League	Nationalliga A
Head coach	Kent Ruhnke

Eishockey Club Basel are a Swiss professional ice hockey team.

Founded: 1932

Home arena: St. Jakob Arena (capacity 6,688)

Swiss Championships won: 0

Nationalliga B Championships won: 5 (1935, 1941, 1956, 2003, 2005)

[edit] History

Founded on October 14, 1932, EHC Basel were promoted to the Nationalliga A for 2005-06 after winning the Nationalliga B the previous season. They made the playoffs and were drawn against defending champions HC Davos in the first round.