EHC Biel

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EHC Biel
Current season

EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the team also has a French name, HC Bienne (Abbr: HCB). The team plays its home games in the 6,521-seat Tissot Arena.

History

EHC Biel played in lower Swiss ice hockey leagues until they got promoted in the second-tier Swiss League in 1960. In 1975 EHC Biel won the Swiss League-title and got promoted to the first level, the National League. During the 20 years between 1975 and 1995 the club won three national championships in 1978, 1981 and 1983 under three coaches (František Vanek, Ed Reigle, Kent Ruhnke). After the relegation in 1995 EHC Biel had to wait 13 years until their return to the NL. After three consecutive championship victories in the second-tier Swiss League, EHC Biel was reinstated into the NL, winning the promotion/relegation best of 7 series against EHC Basel 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.

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Biel were strengthen by the acquisitions of NHL All-Stars Tyler Seguin and Patrick Kane. They were joined by future NHL players, goalkeeper Reto Berra and winger Nikolaj Ehlers.

Honors

Champions

Players

Current roster

Updated 11 January 2023.[1]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
43 Switzerland Jérôme Bachofner LW L 27
2023
 Dübendorf, Switzerland
14 Switzerland Jérémie Bärtschi RW L 21
2019
 Switzerland
96 Switzerland Damien Brunner (A) RW R 38
2018
 Kloten, Switzerland
71 Switzerland Yanik Burren D R 27
2024
 Bern, Switzerland
98 Switzerland Luca Christen D R 25
2021
 Langenthal, Switzerland
10 Switzerland Luca Cunti C L 34
2019
Zürich, Switzerland
9 Switzerland Noah Delémont D L 22
2020
Biel, Switzerland
47 Switzerland Ian Derungs W L 24
2023
 Frauenfeld, Switzerland
29 Switzerland Beat Forster (A) D L 41
2017
 Bütschwil-Ganterschwil, Switzerland
77 Switzerland Robin Grossmann D L 36
2021
 Dintikon, Switzerland
92 Switzerland Gaëtan Haas (C) C R 32
2021
Biel, Switzerland
20 Finland Aleksi Heponiemi C L 25
2023
 Tampere, Finland
13 Switzerland Luca Hischier C L 29
2021
 Naters, Switzerland
16 Austria Fabio Hofer RW R 33
2020
 Lustenau, Austria
89 Switzerland Tino Kessler C R 28
2019
 Weesen, Switzerland
73 Switzerland Mike Künzle LW R 30
2018
Zürich, Switzerland
50 Sweden Viktor Lööv D L 31
2021
 Södertälje, Sweden
19 Sweden Jesper Olofsson LW L 32
2022
 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
22 Finland Ville Pokka D R 30
2023
 Tornio, Finland
25 Finland Toni Rajala (A) LW L 33 2016 Parkano, Finland
27 Switzerland Yannick Rathgeb D R 28
2019
 Langenthal, Switzerland
57 Switzerland Liekit Reichle C L 21
2023
Zürich, Switzerland
37 Switzerland Mattheo Reinhard C L 20
2022
 Worben, Switzerland
76 Finland Jere Sallinen LW L 33
2021
 Espoo, Finland
35 Finland Harri Säteri G L 34
2022
 Toijala, Finland
28 Switzerland Elvis Schläpfer C L 23
2019
 Basel, Switzerland
18 Switzerland Yanick Stampfil D L 24
2020
 Zuchwil, Switzerland
7 Switzerland Ramon Tanner C L 24
2018
 Appenzell, Switzerland
36 Switzerland Joren van Pottelberghe G L 27
2020
 Zug, Switzerland
75 Russia Alexander Yakovenko D L 26
2021
 Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "EHC Biel team roster". www.ehcb.ch (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-11.

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