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EHC Biel/ HC Bienne

Founded	1939 as EHC Biel
	1947 as EHC Tornado Biel
	1948 EHC Biel
Home ice	Eisstadion Biel
Based in	Biel, Switzerland
Colours	Red, yellow, white.
League	Nationalliga A
Owner	Shareholders
General Manager	Daniel Villard
Head Coach	Kent Ruhnke
Sports Manager	Kevin Schläpfer
Rival	SC Bern, SC Langnau, EHC Olten and HC Ajoie
Swiss Champion (NLA)	1978, 1981, 1983
Swiss Champion 2nd League (NLB)	1975, 2004, 2006, 2007

The EHC Biel (German) or HC Bienne (French) are a professional ice hockey team based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. They play in the 1st Swiss Hockey League (NLA).

The EHC Biel-Bienne play their home games in the Nationalliga A (NLA) (Swiss Ice Hockey League) at the Eisstadion Biel, which opened in 1973, located in Biel-Bözingen. With room for 7'000 spectators, the Eisstadion Biel is one of the biggest ice hockey stadiums in Switzerland. In the next years a modern multi-functional ice hockey arena will be built.

A strong local rivalry exists with the SC Bern, the SC Langnau, the EHC Olten and the HC Ajoie. Games between these teams often attract sell-out crowds.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of May 27, 2007. [1]

[edit] Players

[edit] Goaltenders

N°	Name	Date of Birth	Nationality
20	Reto Berra	3 January 1987	Switzerland
82	Marco Wegmuller	09 September 1982	Switzerland

[edit] Defensemen

N°	Name	Date of Birth	Nationality
8	Manuel Gossweiler	16 March 1983	Switzerland
40	Martin Steinegger	15 February 1972	Switzerland
96	Clarence Kparghai	13 May 1985	Switzerland/ Liberia
54	Joel Fröhlicher	23 May 1982	Switzerland
55	Ric Jackman	28 June 1978	Canada
43	Serge Meyer	14 October 1976	Switzerland
32	Noah Schneeberger	23 May 1988	Switzerland
18	Philippe Seydoux	23 February 1985	Switzerland
84	Adrian Trunz	23 February 1984	Switzerland

[edit] Forwards

N°	Name	Date of Birth	Nationality
93	Gianni Ehrensperger	6 May 1986	Switzerland
12	Mathieu Tschantré	4 April 1984	Switzerland
71	Stefan Tschannen	12 March 1983	Switzerland
9	Mathias Brägger	30 October 1983	Switzerland
94	Marco Truttmann	27 February 1985	Switzerland
90	Eric Himelfarb	1 January 1983	Canada
21	Emanuel Peter	9 June 1984	Switzerland
88	Thomas Nüssli	30 April 1982	Switzerland
44	Mauro Beccarelli	2 December 1981	Switzerland
48	Philipp Wetzel	5 June 1985	Switzerland
26	Deny Bärtschi	3 April 1982	Switzerland
18	Jiří Bicek	3 December 1978	Slovakia
23	Rico Fata	12 February1980	Canada
37	Curtis Brown	12 February 1976	Canada

[edit] Hall of Fame

Olivier Anken, Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann, Mauro Beccarelli, Gaetan Boucher, Gino Cavallini, Chris Chelios, Daniel Dubuis, Gilles Dubois, Normand Dupont, Pierre-Alain Flotiront, René Furler, Paul Gagné, Gaston Gingras, Richmond Gosselin, Shawn Heaphy, Barry Jenkins, Willy Kohler, Jakob Kölliker, Francis Lardon, Steve Latinovitch, Marc Leuenberger, Bob Lindberg, Urs Lott, Serge Martel, Guido Pfosi, Dan Poulin, Jörg Reber, Michel Riesen, Valeri Schirjajew, Kevin Schläpfer, Sven Schmid, Jiri Slegr Laurent Stehlin, Martin Steinegger, Marko Tuomainen, Claude Vilgrain, Daniel Widmer, Bernhard Wist, Aldo Zenhäusern.

[edit] Personnalités aux mérites gros

Georges Aeschlimann, Olivier Anken, Normand Dupont, Urs W. Frey, Willy Gassmann, Richmond Gosselin, Jean Helfer, Jakob Kölliker, Steve Latinovitch, Dan Poulin, Erwin Stalder, Peter Winkler

[edit] External links

(French), (German) EHC Biel official website
(German) Website Fanclub Fire-Lords
(German) Website Fanclub Seeschwalbe
(French) Website Fanclub Red Youngs 05
(German) Website A2 Supporter Club EHC Biel
(French) Blog "Fan du HC Bienne"

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