Urs Berger
Since 1977 in hockey. referee for 15 years, since 2000 journalist. I did cover over 10 WJC, 10 World Championships and 2 Olympics (2006 and 2010) I was born in Berne where my home town club is. SC Bern is, outside of the NHL, the club with the most spectators. Every year they have about 16`000 per game.
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Swiss Hockey Update: Bern, Ambrì, Lugano, Zug, Biel
October 27th, 2019 This week the Swiss National League has some new faces. There was the first game of Andrew MacDonald in Bern, the practice opportunity for Paul Postma with Lugano and that Tomas Kubalik is with Ambrì. MacDonald played his first game for Bern in the Tissot Arena in Biel. Some would consider this a cold start. After the first...
Swiss Hockey Update: Patrick Fischer, Kari Jalonen, Christian Dubé, More
October 24th, 2019 Patrick Fischer gets a contract extension as the Swiss National Team head coach, Christian Dubé needs to have success or he will be dismissed after this season and why Kari Jalonen extended his contract with the SC Bern. This morning, the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation had in Zurich a press conference. The focus was the contract...
Don't Laugh at Me – I'm Swiss: My Experience at the 2005 WJC
October 21st, 2019 My first ever World Junior Championship came during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. It was held in the beautiful Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota. And it was a blast. The tournament will stick forever with me. Not only that it was tournament number one, but it was also the best tournament that I could watch. Names like...
Swiss NLA — Get to Know the 12-Team League
October 17th, 2019 The Swiss NLA has 12 Teams. Get to know those teams. I will walk you trough the teams and there Fans. Also I include some information about the imports. And you can see some funny videos. So, fasten your seat-belt and lets go.
2020 World Championship Host - Get to Know Swiss Hockey
October 11th, 2019 Do Collin Gerber, Miro Zryd or Alexander Heim sound familiar? If they do, you must be Swiss. If not, don't worry, you'll get used to their names, because you will read about them in future articles. I didn't know much about the NHL so, you are in good company if you don’t know the hockey leagues in Switzerland. There are quite a...
