SCL Tigers | |
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City | Langnau i.E., Switzerland |
League | NLA |
Founded | 1946 |
Home arena |
Ilfis Stadium (capacity: 6,000) |
Colours | |
General manager | Peter Müller |
Head coach | Heinz Ehlers |
Captain | Martin Stettler |
Website | www.scltigers.ch |
Franchise history | |
Schlittschuh Club Langnau Tigers AG |
SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They play in the National League A (NLA). The team plays its home games in the 6,000-seat Ilfis Stadium, which is currently the smallest arena in the NLA.
Langnau was the eighth most attended team in the NLA for the 2015-16 season, averaging 5,868 (98%).
After their promotion in 1998, they played in Switzerland's top hockey level for 15 years. At the end of the 2012–2013 NLA season, they were defeated in the promotion/relegation games by Lausanne HC and were relegated to the National League B. SCL Tigers became the champions of the 2014–2015 NLB season and gained the right to play against the worst team of 2014–15 NLA season in the promotion/relegation round. They will return to National League A for the 2015–2016 season after they defeated the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in four games.
Updated March 3, 2017.