Posts About "Swiss NLA"
SC Bern: From Swiss Champs to Chumps and Back Again?
April 10th, 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 as long as your grocery shopping list will be after COVID-19 is over. I did a break down on the teams' needs and how they need to be addressed. Average Age Too...
HC Ambri: 5 Takeaways from 2019-20 National League Season
April 7th, 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 the 2020-21 season. Goaltending Needs a Boost Ambrì had to start the season with Daniel Manzato in the crease. In the plans of head coach Luca Cereda, he actually...
Suspended Swiss National League Had Many Storylines
March 26th, 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 the Covid-19 virus, what are the key facts of this shortened season? Imports Still Play a Huge Role Even if Switzerland won two silver medals in the past five years at...
Swiss Hockey on Hold - World Championship Still On
March 2nd, 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 National Leagues had a meeting near Berne. At this meeting, they decided to put all the games on hold until the national minister of health provides more...
Swiss Hockey Dealing With Coronavirus & Coaching Upheaval
February 28th, 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 and one-third of National League teams have had coaching changes. Related: 10 Reasons Hockey Is the Greatest Sport on Earth The last two games in the National League will be...
Swiss National League – Goaltending Shuffle
December 13th, 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. Now there is some shuffling and gambling about this season. Sure, to replace Leonardo Genoni in Bern and then face the heat of the hockey fans everyday and deal with the media over the...
SC Bern Coach Jalonen Happy for National Team Break
November 5th, 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
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...
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...
NLA's Fribourg-Gotteron Fired Mark French After 6 Games
October 8th, 2019 Head coach Mark French was recently fired by Fribourg-Gottéron of Switzerland's NLA after six games into the 2019-20 season. The former Calgary Hitmen head coach still had a valid contract for this and the next season. Former New York Ranger Christian Dubé and former Los Angeles Kings forward Pavel Rosa are now behind the...
Hurricanes Derek Ryan Looking at Swiss League Jump
June 8th, 2016 According to news reports overnight, Charlotte Checkers forward and Carolina Hurricanes prospect Derek Ryan has been looking into taking his promising talent to the European hockey leagues. According to SwissHockeyNews, and the Swedish newspaper Expressen, the 5'11'', 170lb centerman, who played in the Austrian and Swedish leagues...
