EHC Biel

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EHC Biel
2012–13 NLA season
City Biel, Switzerland
League National League A
Founded 1939
Home arena Eisstadion Biel
Colors                    
General manager Switzerland Daniel Villard
Head coach Switzerland Kevin Schläpfer
Captain Switzerland Mathieu Tschantré
Website www.ehcb.ch
Franchise history
1939–47 EHC Biel/Bienne
1947–48 EHC Tornado Biel
1948–present EHC Biel

The EHC Biel (German) or HC Bienne (French) is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A.

After three consecutive championship victories in the second-tier National League B, EHC Biel was reinstated into the NLA, winning the promotion/relegation best of 7 series against EHC Basel by 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'ers Tyler Seguin and NHL All-Star Patrick Kane joined Biel during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

Honors

Champions

Players

Current roster

Updated January 23, 2013.[1][2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
44 Canada Beaudoin, EricEric Beaudoin C L 33 2010 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
20 Switzerland Berra, RetoReto Berra G L 27 2009 Bülach, Switzerland
41 Denmark Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers LW L 17 2010
93 Switzerland Ehrensperger, GianniGianni Ehrensperger LW R 26 2007 Zürich, Switzerland
15 Switzerland Füglister, JeffreyJeffrey Füglister C L 24 2012 Zürich, Switzerland
52 Switzerland Gloor, KevinKevin Gloor C L 30 2009
8 Switzerland Gossweiler, ManuelManuel Gossweiler D L 30 2006 Zürich, Switzerland
5 Switzerland Grieder, MarcMarc Grieder D L 29 2011
92 Switzerland Haas, GaëtanGaëtan Haas C R 22 2007 Bonfol, Switzerland
27 Switzerland Huguenin, AnthonyAnthony Huguenin D L 22 2011 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
19 Switzerland Kellenberger, SteveSteve Kellenberger C L 27 2012 Bülach, Switzerland
96 Switzerland Kparghai, ClarenceClarence Kparghai  D L 28 2007 Monrovia, Liberia
10 Canada MacMurchy, RyanRyan MacMurchy RW R 30 2013 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
4 Switzerland Meier, DominicDominic Meier D R 37 2012 Chur, Switzerland
11 Canada Micflikier, JacobJacob Micflikier LW L 29 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
21 Switzerland Peter, EmanuelEmanuel Peter (A) C L 29 Uzwil, Switzerland
78 Canada Pouliot, MarcMarc Pouliot C R 28 2012 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
18 Germany Spylo, AhrenAhren Spylo  RW L 30 2010 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
35 Switzerland Streit, MarcoMarco Streit G L 38 2010 Köniz, Switzerland
17 Switzerland Trutmann, DarioDario Trutmann D R 21 2012 Zug, Switzerland
12 Switzerland Tschantré, MathieuMathieu Tschantré (C) C L 37 2001 Biel, Switzerland
23 Austria Ulmer, MartinMartin Ulmer RW R 25 2013 Dornbirn, Austria
32 Switzerland Untersander, RamonRamon Untersander D/RW R 23 2012 Alt St. Johann, Switzerland
95 Switzerland Wellinger, ThomasThomas Wellinger (A) D L 25 2010 Davos, Switzerland
48 Switzerland Wetzel, PhilippPhilipp Wetzel C L 28 2007 Schönbühl, Switzerland
65 Switzerland Wieser, MarcMarc Wieser RW R 26 2011 Küblis, Switzerland

Hall of Fame

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

References

  1. ↑ "Erste Mannschaft NLA - Kaderliste" (in German). www.ehcb.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  2. ↑ "EHC Biel team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-10-28. 
  3. ↑ "HC Bienne équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-10-28. 

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