SC Bern

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SC Bern
2012–13 NLA season
City Bern, Switzerland
League National League A
Founded 1921
Home arena PostFinance Arena
Colors               
General manager Switzerland Sven Leuenberger
Head coach Canada Guy Boucher
Captain Switzerland Martin Plüss
Website www.scb.ch

Schlittschuh Club Bern (Ice-skating Club Bern in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League A, it is the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 11th time in a row, the club is the most attended team in Europe for the 2012–13 season, averaging 16,330 spectators.[1]The team played all its 2013 home playoffs games in front of a sellout crowd, filling the 17,131-seat PostFinance Arena.

They are traditional rivals with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, EHC Biel, and the SCL Tigers.

History

SC Bern versus SCL Tigers in an outdoor game January 14, 2007.

The ice hockey section of the Bern Sports Club, which was established on November 3, 1930, officially began playing on January 1, 1931.

Today, SC Bern is a highly popular team and regularly fills its home stadium, the PostFinance Arena, one of the largest ice hockey stadiums in Europe. In 2006, they set a new record among European clubs for average attendance, with an average of 15,994 in 22 home games. . They have won the Swiss Championship 13 times, with the most famous victory coming in 1989 over HC Lugano

During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Daniel Brière, Dany Heatley, J. P. Dumont, Marc Savard, Henrik Tallinder, and Chris Clark played for SC Bern. Although, league rules allow only four players without Swiss passports to suit up in a single game. Quebec natives Daniel Brière and Christian Dubé remain good friends.

After disappointing in the 2006 playoffs, the club replaced head coach Alpo Suhonen with John van Boxmeer and general manager Roberto Triulzi with Sven Leuenberger.[2] Leuenberger had previously played 13 seasons of defence with the club, totaling 67 goals, 145 assists, and four national championships. His jersey number 16 is one of many that has been retired by SC Bern.

On September 30, 2008, SC Bern faced off against the National Hockey League's New York Rangers to celebrate 100 years of ice hockey in Switzerland. 49 years since the Rangers' last visit to Switzerland, they beat home team 8-1 in front of a sellout crowd. Despite the slanted score, SC Bern played a close game with a 2-0 score at the end of the second. Former Phoenix Coyotes' Canadian-born defenceman Travis Roche scored SC Bern's goal early in the third period, bringing the game to 2-1. SC Bern only allowed two even-strength goals, but could not hold the Rangers' power play (6-for-9). "We played for our pride tonight," said center Sébastien Bordeleau after the exhibition game. Christian Dubé wore the captain's "C" because Ivo Rüthemann was injured.

During the 2012 NHL lockout, Roman Josi, Mark Streit and John Tavares played for the SC Bern. Tavares quickly became the PostFinance Top Scorer tallying 42 points (17G, 25A) in 28 games.

Honors

Champions

  • NLA Championship (13): 1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2013
  • NLB Championship (3): 1958, 1969, 1972
  • Europacup (10): 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997

Players

Current roster

Updated January 23, 2013.[3][4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
21 Czech Republic Bednar, JaroslavJaroslav Bednar RW R 37 2013 Prague, Czechoslovakia
11 Switzerland Berger, AlainAlain Berger RW R 23 2012 Burgdorf, Switzerland
89 Switzerland Berger, PascalPascal Berger RW R 24 2006 Burgdorf, Switzerland
94 Switzerland Bertschy, ChristophChristoph Bertschy C R 19 2009 Le Mouret, Switzerland
39 Switzerland Bührer, MarcoMarco Bührer G L 34 2001 Dielsdorf, Switzerland
25 Switzerland Collenberg, FrancoFranco Collenberg D L 33 2012
29 Switzerland Furrer, PhilippePhilippe Furrer (A)  D L 28 2001 Bern, Switzerland
51 Switzerland Gardner, RyanRyan Gardner C R 34 2010 Akron, Ontario, Canada
2 Switzerland Gerber, BeatBeat Gerber D R 31 2003 Oberlangenegg, Switzerland
35 Switzerland Gigon, OlivierOlivier Gigon G R 34 2009 Delémont, Switzerland
81 Switzerland Grauwiler, LukasLukas Grauwiler C R 29 2013 Zürich, Switzerland
49 Switzerland Hänni, AndreasAndreas Hänni  D L 35 2009 Erlenbach, Switzerland
9 Switzerland Höhener, MartinMartin Höhener D L 33 2011 Zürich, Switzerland
72 Switzerland Jobin, DavidDavid Jobin D R 32 1999 Bern, Switzerland
19 Canada Kinrade, GeoffGeoff Kinrade D L 28 2012 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
84 Switzerland Müller, MarcoMarco Müller RW L 20 2008
24 Switzerland Neuenschwander, CarylCaryl Neuenschwander RW R 30 2009 Landeyeux, Switzerland
28 Switzerland Plüss, MartinMartin Plüss (C) C L 36 2008 Bülach, Switzerland
14 Switzerland Randegger, FlurinFlurin Randegger C L 25 2012 Basel, Switzerland
93 Canada Ritchie, ByronByron Ritchie C L 36 2011 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
77 Canada Roche, TravisTravis Roche D R 35 2008 Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
40 Switzerland Rubin, DanielDaniel Rubin C R 28 2012 Bern, Switzerland
32 Switzerland Rüthemann, IvoIvo Rüthemann (A) LW L 37 1999 St. Gallen, Switzerland
10 Switzerland Scherwey, TristanTristan Scherwey LW L 22 2007 Wünnewil-Flamatt, Switzerland
92 Switzerland Vermin, JoëlJoël Vermin RW/C L 22 2007 Frauenkappelen, Switzerland

Honored members

NHL alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Zuschauerrekord in der NLA". www.hockeyfans.ch. Retrieved 2013-02-27. 
  2. ↑ "Bear season over in Switzerland". www.iihf.com. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
  3. ↑ "SCB Kader" (in German). www.scb.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  4. ↑ "SC Bern team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  5. ↑ "SC Bern équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 

External links

See also

  • Category:SC Bern players
  • Category:SC Bern coaches
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