SC Bern

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SC Bern

Founded	1931
Home ice	Eisstadion Bern Arena
Based in	Bern, Switzerland
Colours	Black, yellow, red
League	Nationalliga A
Head coach	John Van Boxmeer

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

Founded: 1931

Arena: Bern Arena (capacity 16,789)

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

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

1 History
2 Notable players
- 2.1 Current roster
- 2.2 Retired numbers
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

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 are a highly popular team and regularly fill their home arena, Eisstadion Bern 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.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of August 30, 2006. [2]

Goaltenders
#		Player
39		Marco Bührer
82		Marco Wegmüller

Defencemen
#		Player
29		Philippe Furrer
2		Beat Gerber
72		David Jobin
15		Reto Kobach
4		Dominic Meier
22		Toni Söderholm
8		Martin Steinegger - C
25		Rolf Ziegler

Forwards
#		Player
11		Patrik Bärtschi
69		Christian Berglund
71		Sébastien Bordeleau
48		Corsin Camichel
96		Christian Dubé
10		Simon Gamache
19		Daniel Meier
13		Raeto Raffainer
26		Marc Reichert
18		André Rötheli
32		Ivo Rüthemann
38		Thomas Ziegler