EHC BIEL

'EHC Biel/ HC Bienne'
EHC Biel Logo.JPG
'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 B
'Owner'	Shareholders
'General Manager'	Daniel Villard
'Head Coach'	Heinz Ehlers
'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 2nd Swiss Hockey League (NLB).
The EHC Biel-Bienne play their home games in the Nationalliga B (NLB) (Swiss Ice Hockey League) at the Eisstadion Biel, which opened in 1973, located in Biel-Bözingen. With room for 7'500 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 been 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.

Contents

Notable players

Current roster

Players

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Forwards

Hall of Fame

Personalities with big merits

External links

Notable players

Current roster

As of May 27, 2007.
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Players

Goaltenders

| width="20" | 'N°'
| width="150" | 'Name'
| width="150" | 'Date of Birth'
| width="150" | 'Nationality'
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| align="center" | 33 || Pascal Caminada || align="center" | 20 October 1986 ||
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| align="center" | 82 || Marco Wegmuller || align="center" | 09 September 1982 ||
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Defensemen

| width="20" | 'N°'
| width="150" | 'Name'
| width="150" | 'Date of Birth'
| width="150" | 'Nationality'
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| align="center" | 8 || Manuel Gossweiler || align="center" | 16 March 1983 ||
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| align="center" | 19 || Dan Weisskoft || align="center" | 21 November 1989 ||
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| align="center" | 23 || Gregor Thommen || align="center" | 16 February 1980 ||
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| align="center" | 39 || Jorg Reber || align="center" | 06 May 1974 ||
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| align="center" | 43 || Serge Meyer || align="center" | 14 October 1976 ||
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| align="center" | 54 || Joel Frohlicher || align="center" | 05 April 1982 ||
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Forwards

| width="20" | 'N°'
| width="150" | 'Name'
| width="150" | 'Date of Birth'
| width="150" | 'Nationality'
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| align="center" | 6 || Manuel Zigerli || align="center" | 08 May 1989 ||
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| align="center" | 12 || Mathieu Tschantré || align="center" | 04 April 1984 ||
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| align="center" | 14 || Fabian Steiner || align="center" | 15 December 1989 ||
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| align="center" | 15 || Timon Friedli || align="center" | 20 March 1987 ||
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| align="center" | 17 || Timothé Tuffet || align="center" | 21 August 1989 ||
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| align="center" | 18 || Alain Miéville || align="center" | 25 November 1985 ||
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| align="center" | 21 || Emanuel Peter || align="center" | 09 June 1984 ||
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| align="center" | 22 || Alexandre Tremblay || align="center" | 22 March 1979 ||
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| align="center" | 38 || Roland Gerber || align="center" | 21 May 1984 ||
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| align="center" | 44 || Mauro Beccarelli || align="center" | 02 December 1981 ||
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| align="center" | 48 || Philipp Wetzel || align="center" | 05 June 1985 ||
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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, Steve Latinovich, Marc Leuenberger, Bob Lindberg, Urs Lott, Serge Martel, Guido Pfosi, Dan Poulin, Michel Riesen, Valeri Schirjajew, Kevin Schläpfer, Sven Schmid, Jiri Slegr, Laurent Stehlin, Martin Steinegger, Claude Vilgrain, Daniel Widmer, Bernhard Wist, Aldo Zenhäusern.

Personalities with big merits

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

External links

★ / EHC Biel official website

★ Website Fanclub Fire-Lords

★ Website Fanclub Seeschwalbe

★ Website Fanclub Red Youngs 05

★ Website A2 Supporter Club EHC Biel

★ Blog "Fan du HC Bienne"