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| EHC Biel/ HC Bienne |
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| Founded |
1939 as EHC Biel |
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1947 as EHC Tornado Biel |
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1948 EHC Biel |
| Home ice |
Eisstadion Biel |
| Based in |
Biel, Switzerland |
| Colours |
Red, yellow, white. |
| League |
Nationalliga A |
| Owner |
Shareholders |
| General Manager |
Daniel Villard |
| Head Coach |
Heinz Ehlers |
| Sports Manager |
Kevin Schläpfer |
| Rival |
SC Bern, SC Langnau, EHC Olten and HC Ajoie |
| Swiss Champion (NLA) |
1978, 1981, 1983 |
| Swiss Champion 2nd League (NLB) |
1975, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
The EHC Biel (German) or HC Bienne (French) are a professional ice hockey team based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. They play in the 1st Swiss Hockey League (NLA).
The EHC Biel-Bienne play their home games in the Nationalliga A (NLA) (Swiss Ice Hockey League) at the Eisstadion Biel, which opened in 1973, located in Biel-Bözingen. With room for 7'000 spectators, the Eisstadion Biel is one of the biggest ice hockey stadiums in Switzerland. In the next years a modern multi-functional ice hockey arena will be built.
A strong local rivalry exists with the SC Bern, the SC Langnau, the EHC Olten and the HC Ajoie. Games between these teams often attract sell-out crowds.
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Current roster
As of May 27, 2007. [1]
[edit] Players
[edit] Goaltenders
[edit] Defensemen
[edit] Forwards
[edit] Hall of Fame
Olivier Anken, Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann, Mauro Beccarelli, Gaetan Boucher, Gino Cavallini, Chris Chelios, Daniel Dubuis, Gilles Dubois, Normand Dupont, Pierre-Alain Flotiront, René Furler, Paul Gagné, Gaston Gingras, Richmond Gosselin, Shawn Heaphy, Barry Jenkins, Willy Kohler, Jakob Kölliker, Steve Latinovich, Marc Leuenberger, Bob Lindberg, Urs Lott, Serge Martel, Guido Pfosi, Dan Poulin, Michel Riesen, Valeri Schirjajew, Kevin Schläpfer, Sven Schmid, Jiří Šlégr Laurent Stehlin, Martin Steinegger, Claude Vilgrain, Daniel Widmer, Bernhard Wist, Aldo Zenhäusern.
[edit] Personalities with big merits
Georges Aeschlimann, Olivier Anken, Normand Dupont, Urs W. Frey, Willy Gassmann, Richmond Gosselin, Jean Helfer, Jakob Kölliker, Steve Latinovich, Dan Poulin, Erwin Stalder, Peter Winkler
[edit] External links
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Canada
