SC Bern

SC Bern

Full name	Schlittschuh Club Bern
Founded	1931
Based In	Bern, Switzerland
Arena	PostFinance Arena (Capacity: 17,131)
League	National League A
Team Colors
GM	Sven Leuenberger
Head Coach	Antti Törmänen
Captain	Martin Plüss (home) Jean-Pierre Vigier (away)
Website	www.scb.ch

Schlittschuh Club Bern (Ice-skating Club Bern in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators.

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. [1]. They have won the Swiss Championship 12 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. Quebec natives Daniel Brière and Christian Dubé remain good friends.

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. 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.

Honors

Champions

• NLA Championship (12): 1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2010
• NLB Championship (3): 1958, 1969, 1972
• Europacup (10): 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997

Players

Current roster

Updated January 4, 2012.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
89	Switzerland !	Berger, PascalPascal Berger	7.0 !RW	R	22	2006	Burgdorf, Switzerland
83	Switzerland !	Bertschy, ChristophChristoph Bertschy	4.0 !C	R	17	2009	Le Mouret, Switzerland
97	Switzerland !	Brunner, AdrianAdrian Brunner	5.0 !W	L	24	2011
39	Switzerland !	Bührer, MarcoMarco Bührer	1.0 !G	L	32	2001	Dielsdorf, Switzerland
27	Switzerland !	Deruns, ThomasThomas Deruns	7.0 !RW	L	29	2011	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
17	Canada !	Dumont, J.P.J.P. Dumont	7.0 !RW	L	33	2011	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
20	Switzerland !	Froidevaux, EtienneEtienne Froidevaux	4.0 !C	L	22	2007	Biel, Switzerland
29	Switzerland !	Furrer, PhilippePhilippe Furrer (A)	2.0 !D	L	26	2001	Bern, Switzerland
51	Switzerland !	Gardner, RyanRyan Gardner	4.0 !C	R	32	2010	Akron, Ontario, Canada
2	Switzerland !	Gerber, BeatBeat Gerber	2.0 !D	R	29	2003	Oberlangenegg, Switzerland
35	Switzerland !	Gigon, OlivierOlivier Gigon	1.0 !G	R	32	2009	Delémont, Switzerland
49	Switzerland !	Hänni, AndreasAndreas Hänni	2.0 !D	L	33	2010	Erlenbach, Switzerland
9	Switzerland !	Höhener, MartinMartin Höhener	2.0 !D	L	31	2011	Zürich, Switzerland
72	Switzerland !	Jobin, DavidDavid Jobin	2.0 !D	R	30	1999	Bern, Switzerland
8	Canada !	Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski	2.0 !D	L	34	2010	Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada
61	Switzerland !	Lötscher, KevinKevin Lötscher	6.0 !LW	R	23	2011	Visp, Switzerland
4	Switzerland !	Meier, DominicDominic Meier	2.0 !D	R	35	2009	Chur, Switzerland
74	France !	Morant, JohannJohann Morant	2.0 !D	L	25	2011	Belfort, France
24	Switzerland !	Neuenschwander, CarylCaryl Neuenschwander	7.0 !RW	R	28	2009
28	Switzerland !	Plüss, MartinMartin Plüss (C)	4.0 !C	L	34	2009	Bülach, Switzerland
26	Switzerland !	Reichert, MarcMarc Reichert	6.0 !LW	L	31	2005	Bern, Switzerland
93	Canada !	Ritchie, ByronByron Ritchie	4.0 !C	L	34	2011	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
77	Canada !	Roche, TravisTravis Roche	2.0 !D	R	33	2008	Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
32	Switzerland !	Rüthemann, IvoIvo Rüthemann (A)	6.0 !LW	L	35	1999	St. Gallen, Switzerland
10	Switzerland !	Scherwey, TristanTristan Scherwey	6.0 !LW	L	20	2007	Wünnewil-Flamatt, Switzerland
92	Switzerland !	Vermin, JoelJoel Vermin	4.0 !C	L	19	2007	Frauenkappelen, Switzerland
11	Canada !	Vigier, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Vigier (C)	7.0 !RW	R	35	2009	Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba, Canada

Honored members

• 0 René Kiener
• 6 Peter Stammbach, number retired December 1, 2009
• 7 Martin Rauch
• 12 Roland Dellsberger
• 16 Sven Leuenberger
• 18 Renzo Holzer, number retired December 1, 2009
• 22 Patrick Howald, number retired December 1, 2009
• 31 Renato Tosio

NHL alumni

• Reijo Ruotsalainen (1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–92)
• Daniel Brière (2004–05)
• Dany Heatley (2004–05)
• J.P. Dumont (2004–05, 2011–present)
• Marc Savard (2004–05)
• Henrik Tallinder (2004–05)
• Patrik Štefan (2007)
• Jean-Pierre Vigier (2009–present)
• Byron Ritchie (2011–present)

External links

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

See also

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