SC Bern

SC Bern
File:SC Bern Logo.png
Founded	1931
Home ice	PostFinance Arena
Based in	Bern, Switzerland
Colours	Black, yellow, red
League	Nationalliga A
Head coach	Larry Huras

Schlittschuh Club Bern (Ice-skating Club Bern in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland.

Founded: 1931

Arena: Bern Arena (capacity 17, 131)

League championships won: 11 (1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004)

Traditional rivals: Fribourg-Gottéron, EHC Biel and SCL Tigers

History

SC Bern versus SCL Tigers in an outdoor game on 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. [1]. They have won the Swiss Championship 11 times, with the most famous victory coming in 1989 over HC Lugano

During the NHL 2005 lockout Danny Brière, Dany Heatley, Jean-Pierre Dumont, Marc Savard, Henrik Tallinder and Chris Clark played for SC Bern. Although, league rules allow only 4 players without Swiss passports to suit up in a single game. Québec natives Danny Brière and Christian Dubé remain good friends.

After a disappointing 2006 postseason, SC Bern replaced head coach Alpo Suhonen with John van Boxmeer and General Manager Roberto Triulzi with Sven Leuenberger.[2]

Current General Manager Sven Leuenberger played 13 seasons of defense with the club totaling 67 goals, 145 assists, and 4 National Championships. His jersey number 16 has been retired by SC Bern.

On September 30, 2008, SC Bern faced off against the NHL'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 SC Bern 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 goal, but couldn't hold the Rangers' power play (6 of 9). SC Bern center Sébastien Bordeleau said "We played for our pride tonight," after the exhibition game. Christian Dubé wore the captain's 'C' because Ivo Rüthemann is injured. [3].

Notable players

• Lauri Mononen (1977-1980)
• Reijo Ruotsalainen (1986/87 1990/91 1991/92)
• Danny Brière (2004-2005)
• Dany Heatley (2004-2005)
• Henrik Tallinder (2004-2005)
• Jean-Pierre Dumont (2004-2005)
• Marc Savard (2004-2005)
• Patrik Štefan (2007)

Current roster

As of January 22, 2008. [4]

Goaltenders
#		Player
39		Marco Bührer
1		Jonas Müller

Defencemen
#		Player
29		Philippe Furrer
2		Beat Gerber
72		David Jobin
15		Reto Kobach
84		Philipp Rytz
5		Marc Leuenberger
77		Travis Roche
90		Roman Josi

Forwards
#		Player
11		Patrik Bärtschi
91		Christian Berglund
71		Sébastien Bordeleau
96		Christian Dubé - A
9		Simon Gamache
19		Daniel Meier
25		Trevor Meier
28		Martin Plüss
26		Marc Reichert
89		Pascal Berger
32		Ivo Rüthemann - C
10		Ramzi Abid
20		Etienne Froidevaux
47		Alex Chatelain
38		Thomas Ziegler

Retired numbers

• 0 - René Kiener
• 7 - Martin Rauch
• 12 - Roland Dellsberger
• 16 - Sven Leuenberger
• 31 - Renato Tosio

See also

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

External links

• Meltzer, Bill "Swiss Playoffs: SC Bern Prowling for Gold" at NHL.com Retrieved 03-21-07.
• SC Bern official website