EHC Basel

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EHC Basel Sharks

Founded	1932
Home ice	St. Jakob Arena
Based in	Basel, Switzerland
Colours	Black, red, white
League	Nationalliga A
Head coach	Dany Gelinas

EHC Basel, also known as Eishockey Club Basel are a professional Swiss ice hockey team. They are based out of the St. Jakob Arena in Basel, Switzerland. EHC Basel was founded on October 14, 1932. Were promoted to the Nationalliga A for 2005–06 after winning the Nationalliga B the previous season. They made the playoffs and were drawn against defending champions HC Davos in the first round, losing the series 4-1. Basel finished in last place in 2006–07, but managed to avoid relegation by beating SCL Tigers in the playouts. EHC Basel has won five championships of the Nationalliga B in 1935, 1941, 1956, 2003, and 2005.

The club has hosted a preseason tournament called Basel Summer Ice Hockey since 2009.

[edit] Roster 2008

Coaches
#		Coach name
Asst.		Daniel Herlea

Goaltenders
#		Player name
75		Reto Schürch
35		Olivier Gigon
47		Simon Züger

Defencemen
#		Player name
14		Ralph Stalder
5		Lukas Gerber
7		Adrien Plavsic
4		Ralf Bundi
24		Markus Wüthrich
3		Jakub Horak
8		Nicolas Studer
18		Gian-Andrea Randegger
2		Brett Hauer
44		Jason Doig
22		Stanislav Hudec

Forwards
#		Player name
41		Daniel Rubin
6		Franco Collenberg
19		Stefan Vögele
17		Sandro Tschuor
86		Julian Walker
33		Andreas Camenzind
88		Thomas Nüssli
71		Stefan Tschannen
69		Stefan Schnyder
26		Justin Papineau
9		Yves Sarault
12		Patric Della Rossa
10		Maxim Spiridonov
11		Roger Rieder
?		Radek Duda
?		Kevin Lötscher