What Europe’s Hockey Leagues Can Learn From Each Other Andrew Epps | August 11, 2025 Finland’s Liiga does not match the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) or Switzerland’s National League on market power. Budgets, broadcast reach, and top-end salaries are higher in Sweden and Switzerland, which…
Swiss Hockey Struggles to Survive the Crisis Caused by Pandemic Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 9, 2020 Switzerland could have been a great hockey winner in 2020. Accepting the hosting responsibilities for the 2020 World Championships last spring could have helped popularize the game in the alpine…
SC Bern: From Swiss Champs to Chumps and Back Again? Urs Berger | April 10, 2020 Bern had a terrible season. The club with the biggest audience other than the NHL failed miserably and finished ninth in the Swiss National League. The list of failures is…
HC Ambri: 5 Takeaways from 2019-20 National League Season Urs Berger | April 7, 2020 HC Ambri, located in the south of Switzerland, had a hard season. They finished 10th in the 12-team league. Here are five reasons why and what they should change before…
Suspended Swiss National League Had Many Storylines Urs Berger | March 26, 2020 This season will be forever remembered as the one that had to end without a new champion. That said, last season’s champion will still be SC Bern. But aside from…
Swiss Hockey on Hold – World Championship Still On Urs Berger | March 2, 2020 The three top Swiss hockey leagues have decided that they will postpone upcoming games. This is due to the coronavirus and creates a lot of questions Today the Swiss and…
Swiss Hockey Dealing With Coronavirus & Coaching Upheaval Urs Berger | February 28, 2020 For the first time since World War II as for the general enlistment into the military in 1940 and, only for that year, Swiss Hockey might not crown a champion…
Swiss National League – Goaltending Shuffle Urs Berger | December 13, 2019 Last season SC Bern signed Niklas Schlegel away from the ZSC Lions. They knew it could be a risky move, and it did not work out well for either side.…
SC Bern Coach Jalonen Happy for National Team Break Urs Berger | November 5, 2019 The Swiss Team SC Bern is not able to have a streak in the Swiss National League. The last tree games they lost. Can Kari Jalonen turn the ship around in the National Team Break?
Swiss Hockey Update: Bern, Ambrì, Lugano, Zug, Biel Urs Berger | October 27, 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…
Swiss Hockey Update: Patrick Fischer, Kari Jalonen, Christian Dubé, More Urs Berger | October 24, 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…
Swiss NLA — Get to Know the 12-Team League Urs Berger | October 17, 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.