The EHC Biel or HC Bienne (French) is a professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and plays in the National League A.

After three consecutive championship victories in the second-tier National League B, EHC Biel was reinstated into the NLA, winning the promotion/relegation best of 7 series against EHC Basel by 4:0 in 2008.

A strong local rivalry exists with the SCL Tigers

SCL Tigers

SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They have played in Switzerland's top hockey level, National League A, since last promotion in 1998.-History:-Champions:*NDA Championship : 1976...

, SC Bern

SC Bern

Schlittschuh Club Bern 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....

, EHC Olten

EHC Olten

EHC Olten is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Olten, Switzerland.-External links:*...

, and HC Ajoie

HC Ajoie

HC Ajoie is a Swiss professional ice hockey team....

. Games between these teams often attract sell-out crowds.

Champions

• NLA Championship (3): 1978, 1981, 1983
• NLB Championship (5): 1975, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

Hall of Fame

Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann, Olivier Anken, Mauro Beccarelli, Gaetan Boucher, Gino Cavallini, Chris Chelios

Chris Chelios

Christos Kostas Tselios is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the Executive Advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a role that Steve Yzerman held before leaving to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.Chelios played...

, Gilles Dubois, Daniel Dubuis, Normand Dupont, Heinz Ehlers, Rico Fata, Pierre-Alain Flotiront, René Furler, Paul Gagné, Gaston Gingras, Richmond Gosselin, Shawn Heaphy, Barry Jenkins, Ramil Juldashew, Willy Kohler, Jakob Kölliker, Francis Lardon, Steve Latinovitch, Marc Leuenberger, Bob Lindberg, Kevin Lötscher, Urs Lott, Serge Martel, Serge Meyer, Cyrill Pasche, Guido Pfosi, Daniel "Dan" Poulin, Jörg Reber, Michel Riesen

Michel Riesen

Michel Riesen is a professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the Swiss National League A.-Playing career:...

, Valeri Schirjajew, Kevin Schläpfer, Björn Schneider, Sven Schmid, Jiri Slegr

Jiri Slegr

Jiří Šlégr is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jiří Bubla...

, Laurent Stehlin, Martin Steinegger

Martin Steinegger

Martin Steinegger is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman. He is one the leaders of his team EHC Biel and won the Swiss-A championship in 1997 and 2004 with SC Bern.-International play:...

, Alexandre Tremblay

Alexandre Tremblay

Alexandre Tremblay is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with the EHC Visp in the National League B.-Awards and honours:-External links:...

, Marko Tuomainen

Marko Tuomainen

Marko J. Tuomainen is a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for KalPa, HIFK, Espoo Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Islanders....

, Claude Vilgrain, Marco Wegmüller, Daniel Widmer, Bernhard Wist, Aldo Zenhäusern

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"