SC Bern
| SC Bern | |
|---|---|
| File:SC Bern logo.svg | |
| City | Bern, Switzerland |
| League | National League |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Home arena | PostFinance Arena |
| Colors | |
| CEO | Marc Lüthi |
| General manager | Patrik Bärtschi |
| Head coach | Jussi Tapola |
| Captain | Ramon Untersander |
| Affiliate | EHC Visp |
| Website | www |
| File:Hockey current event.svg Current season | |
Schlittschuh Club Bern (Ice-skating Club Bern in English) is a professional ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 18th year in a row, the club is the most attended ice hockey team in Europe for the 2018–19 regular season, averaging 16,290 spectators.[1] They are traditional rivals with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, EHC Biel, and the SCL Tigers.
History
The ice hockey section of the Bern Sports Club, which was established on 3 November 1930, officially began playing on 1 January 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 thirteen 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 a disappointing run 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 thirteen 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 30 September 2008, SC Bern faced off against the National Hockey League's New York Rangers to celebrate one hundred years of ice hockey in Switzerland. Forty-nine years since the Rangers' last visit to Switzerland, the blueshirts beat the 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 withstand the Rangers' potent power play in the final frame (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 2013–14 season, Guy Boucher signed a contract as coach of the SC Bern for the current year and two more seasons. He has since been relieved from his duties, moving on to coach the Ottawa Senators, being replaced by former assistant and SC Bern player Lars Leuenberger, who guided the team to the championship in 2016. Leuenberger was then replaced by former Finnish national team coach Kari Jalonen prior to the 2016–17 season. Jalonen went on to win the NL title in his first year at the helm of the team. On 1 October 2018, SC Bern played a friendly game against the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), which featured their former player Nico Hischier who in 2017 became the first Swiss player to be drafted first overall in an NHL Entry Draft.[4][5] On January 28, 2020, Jalonen was relieved of his duties following terrible results. Hans Kossmann stepped in to replace him as head coach for the remainder of the 2019/20 season.
Honors
Champions
- NL Championship (16): 1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
- SL Championship (3): 1958, 1969, 1972
- Swiss Cup (3): 1965, 2015, 2021
- European Cup appearances (10): 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997
Players
Current roster
Updated 30 September 2024.[6]
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Honored members
- 0 René Kiener
- 6 Peter Stammbach, number retired on 1 December 2009
- 7 Martin Rauch
- 12 Roland Dellsberger
- 16 Sven Leuenberger
- 18 Renzo Holzer, number retired on 1 December 2009
- 22 Patrick Howald, number retired on 1 December 2009
- 31 Renato Tosio
- 32 Ivo Rüthemann, number retired 15 November 2014
NHL alumni
- Canada Bryan Lefley (1980–1982)
- Canada Claude Noël (1981–1982)
- Canada Peter Sullivan (1983–1984)
- Canada Gaston Therrien (1984–1986)
- Canada Kirk Bowman (1984–1988)
- Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen (1986–1987, 1988–1989, 1990–1992)
- Finland Risto Siltanen (1987–1988)
- Canada Alan Haworth (1988–1992)
- Canada Paul Boutilier (1989–1990)
- Canada Kevin LaVallee (1989–1990)
- Canada Marc Habscheid (1992–1993)
- Canada Dan Quinn (1993–1994)
- Finland Raimo Summanen (1993–1994)
- Italy Gaetano Orlando (1994–1998)
- Finland Ville Sirén (1995–1998)
- Finland Timo Jutila (1996–1997)
- Canada Daniel Marois (1996–1999)
- United States Mike Donnelly (1997–1998)
- United States David Sacco (1997–1998)
- Ukraine Alexander Godynyuk (1998–1999)
- Canada Dave McLlwain (1998–2000)
- Sweden Patrik Juhlin (1999–2005)
- Sweden Andreas Johansson (2000–2001)
- Sweden Fredrik Olausson (2000–2001)
- Canada Ryan Savoia (2000–2001)
- Canada Derek Armstrong (2001–2002)
- Canada Claude Vilgrain (2001–2002)
- Switzerland Thomas Ziegler (2001–2010)
- Canada Yves Sarault (2002–2005)
- France Sébastien Bordeleau (2002–2009)
- Canada Christian Dubé (2002–2011)
- Canada Sylvain Lefebvre (2003–2004)
- United States Rich Brennan (2004–2005)
- Canada Daniel Brière (2004–2005)
- United States Chris Clark (2004–2005)
- Canada Dany Heatley (2004–2005)
- Canada Marc Savard (2004–2005)
- Sweden Henrik Tallinder (2004–2005)
- Canada J. P. Dumont (2004–2005, 2011–2012)
- Canada Éric Perrin (2005–2006)
- Canada Pascal Trépanier (2005–2006)
- Canada Éric Landry (2006–2007)
- Canada Claude Lapointe (2006–2007)
- Sweden Christian Berglund (2006–2008)
- Canada Simon Gamache (2006–2011)
- Switzerland Roman Josi (2006–2010, 2012–2013)
- Czech Republic Patrik Štefan (2007)
- Canada Nathan Dempsey (2007–2008)
- United States Mark Mowers (2007–2008)
- Canada Ramzi Abid (2007–2009)
- United States Keith Carney (2008–2009)
- Canada Martin Gélinas (2008–2009)
- Canada Travis Roche (2008–2014)
- Slovakia Ľuboš Bartečko (2009–2010)
- Canada Lee Goren (2009–2011)
- Canada Brett McLean (2009–2011)
- Canada Jean-Pierre Vigier (2009–2012)
- Switzerland Joël Vermin (2009–2014)
- Canada Joel Kwiatkowski (2010–2012)
- Canada Geoff Kinrade (2011–2014)
- Switzerland Christoph Bertschy (2011–2015)
- Canada Byron Ritchie (2011–2017)
- Czech Republic Jaroslav Bednář (2012–2013)
- Switzerland Mark Streit (2012–2013)
- Czech Republic Petr Sýkora (2012–2013)
- Canada John Tavares (2012–2013)
- Switzerland Hnat Domenichelli (2013–2014)
- Finland Mikko Lehtonen (2013–2014)
- Canada Glen Metropolit (2013–2014)
- Czech Republic Rostislav Olesz (2013–2014)
- Canada Marc-André Gragnani (2014–2015)
- Canada Bud Holloway (2014–2015)
- Finland Jesse Joensuu (2014–2015)
- Canada Nolan Schaefer (2014–2015)
- Canada Chuck Kobasew (2014–2016)
- Switzerland Simon Moser (2014–present)
- Finland Sean Bergenheim (2015–2016)
- Canada Cory Conacher (2015–2016)
- Switzerland Timo Helbling (2015–2016)
- Switzerland Nico Hischier (2015–2016)
- Canada Derek Roy (2015–2016)
- Canada Trevor Smith (2015–2016)
- Canada Andrew Ebbett (2015–2020)
- Canada Aaron Gagnon (2016–2017)
- Canada Maxime Macenauer (2016–2017)
- Canada Maxim Noreau (2016–2018)
- United States Mark Arcobello (2016–2020)
- United States Jeremy Morin (2017–2018)
- Finland Mika Pyörälä (2017–2018)
- Canada Mason Raymond (2017–2018)
- Switzerland Gaëtan Haas (2017–2020)
- Sweden Adam Almquist (2018–2019)
- Slovenia Jan Muršak (2018–2020)
- Canada Christian Thomas (2020–2020)
- Canada Dustin Jeffrey (2020–present)
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See also
References
- ↑ "European attendance ranking". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ↑ "Iihf - News". Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2006.
- ↑ "Bear season over in Switzerland". www.iihf.com. 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ↑ Morreale, Mike G. (1 October 2018). "Hall scores in overtime to give Devils victory against SC Bern". NHL.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Morreale, Mike G. (1 October 2018). "Hischier gives fans night to remember in Switzerland". NHL.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
The 19-year-old was selected No. 1 in the 2017 NHL Draft, the only Switzerland-born player be chosen No. 1.
- ↑ "SC Bern current roster". www.scb.ch (in Deutsch). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Meltzer, Bill "Swiss Playoffs: SC Bern Prowling for Gold" at NHL.com Retrieved 21 March 2007