SC Bern
| SC Bern | |
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| City | Bern, Switzerland |
| League | National League A |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Home arena | PostFinance Arena |
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| General manager |
 Marc Lüthi
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| Head coach |
 Kari Jalonen
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| Captain |
Martin Plüss
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| Website | www.scb.ch |
Schlittschuh Club Bern (Ice-skating Club Bern in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League A, it is the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 15th time in a row, the club is the most attended team in Europe for the 2015–16 season, averaging 16,145 spectators.
They are traditional rivals with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, EHC Biel, and the SCL Tigers.
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 is a highly popular team and regularly fills its home stadium, the PostFinance 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. They have won the Swiss Championship thirteen times, with the most famous victory coming in 1989 over HC Lugano
During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Daniel Brière, Dany Heatley, J. P. Dumont, Marc Savard, Henrik Tallinder, and Chris Clark played for SC Bern. Although, league rules allow only four players without Swiss passports to suit up in a single game.
After a disappointing run in the 2006 playoffs, the club replaced head coach Alpo Suhonen with John van Boxmeer and general manager Roberto Triulzi with Sven Leuenberger. Leuenberger had previously played thirteen seasons of defence with the club, totaling 67 goals, 145 assists, and four national championships. His jersey number 16 is one of many that has been retired by SC Bern.
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