SC Bern

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SC Bern
2015–16 NLA season
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City Bern, Switzerland
League National League A
Founded 1931
Home arena PostFinance Arena
Colors               
General manager Switzerland Marc Lüthi
Head coach Switzerland Lars Leuenberger
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 14th time in a row, the club is the most attended team in Europe for the 2014–15 season, averaging 16,164 spectators.[1]

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..[2] 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.

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.[3] 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.

During the season 2013/2014, Guy Boucher signed a contract as coach of the SC Bern for the current and two more seasons. He has since been relieved from his duties and replaced by former assistant and SC Bern player Lars Leuenberger.

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 November 7, 2015.[4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Finland Sean Bergenheim W L 40 2015 Helsinki, Finland
11 Switzerland Alain Berger RW R 33 2012 Burgdorf, Switzerland
89 Switzerland Pascal Berger RW R 35 2006 Burgdorf, Switzerland
58 Switzerland Eric Blum (C) D L 37 2014 Pfaffnau, Switzerland
23 Switzerland Simon Bodenmann W L 36 2015 Urnäsch, Switzerland
39 Switzerland Marco Bührer G L 44 2001 Dielsdorf, Switzerland
71 Canada Cory Conacher LW L 34 2015 Burlington, Ontario, Canada
25 Canada Andrew Ebbett C L 41 2015 Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
2 Switzerland Beat Gerber D R 41 2003 Oberlangenegg, Switzerland
56 Switzerland Timo Helbling D R 42 2015 Basel, Switzerland
13 Switzerland Luca Hischier C L 29 2011 Naters, Switzerland
72 Switzerland David Jobin D R 42 1998 Bern, Switzerland
17 Canada Chuck Kobasew RW R 42 2014 Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada
9 Switzerland Sami Kreis D L 30 2010 Burgdorf, Switzerland
3 Germany Justin Krueger D R 37 2013 Düsseldorf, West Germany
21 Switzerland Simon Moser LW L 35 2014 Bern, Switzerland
74 Switzerland Marco Müller RW L 30 2008 Bern, Switzerland
28 Switzerland Martin Plüss (A) C L 47 2008 Bülach, Switzerland
14 Switzerland Flurin Randegger C L 35 2012 Basel, Switzerland
33 Switzerland Gian-Andrea Randegger D L 37 2015 Basel, Switzerland
26 Switzerland Marc Reichert LW L 44 2014 Bern, Switzerland
8 Canada Derek Roy C L 40 2015 Rockland, Ontario, Canada
81 Switzerland Tom Rüfenacht C L 39 2014 Northfield, Minnesota, USA
10 Switzerland Tristan Scherwey LW L 32 2007 Wünnewil-Flamatt, Switzerland
92 Switzerland Janick Schwendener G L 31 2015 Davos, Switzerland
77 Canada Trevor Smith C L 39 2015 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
65 Switzerland Ramon Untersander D R 33 2015 Alt Sankt Johann, Switzerland


Honored members

NHL alumni

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See also

References

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External links

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