EHC Kloten

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EHC Kloten
EHC Kloten
Greatest successes
Club information
history EHC Kloten (1934–2000)
Kloten Flyers (2000–2016)
EHC Kloten (since 2016)
Location Kloten , Switzerland
Nickname Die Flieger, Zürcher - Unterländer
Parent club EHC Kloten
Club colors blue, white and red
league Swiss League
Venue Swiss Arena
capacity 7,624 seats (of which 5,324 seats)
executive Director Pascal Signer
Head coach Per Hånberg
captain Steve Kellenberger
Season 2019/20 1st place (qualification)
playoff semifinals

The EHC Kloten (between 2000 and 2016 Kloten Flyers ) is an ice hockey team from Kloten in Switzerland , whose professional team is outsourced to the EHC Kloten Sport AG. In 1967 and between 1993 and 1996 the EHC Kloten became Swiss champions . From 1962 to 2018 the club belonged continuously to the National League A or National League and was thus the longest-serving club in the Swiss NL, ahead of Friborg-Gottéron (rise in 1980) and HC Lugano (rise in 1982). Since his relegation in 2018, the EHC Kloten has played in the second-rate Swiss League .

history

The EHC Kloten was founded on December 3, 1934 by seven members and under the leadership of the later Honorary President Emil Hegner. In the first few years only friendlies were played, with the home games being played on the frozen Nägelimoos pond.

After some time, the EHC Kloten took part in the championship and, like all new teams, had to start in the lowest division. Kloten rose to Serie B in 1941 , and was promoted to Serie A five years later . Another year later, in 1947, Kloten managed to qualify for National League B as a Serie A group winner , before he was promoted to National League A in 1962 under coach Georg von Arx . This promotion took place at the green table, however, as the NLA was increased from eight to ten teams that year. It was not until 2018 that the club was relegated to the second-class SL and has so far held the record with 56 years of uninterrupted membership in the top Swiss league.

In 1967, the first Swiss championship title was won under the Czech coach Vladimir Kobera.

With the title win in 1996 (the fourth in a row), the EHC Kloten set a new play-off record.

Development work under Jursinow and successes under Eldebrink (1998-2010)

For the 1998/99 season, the former Russian ice hockey player Vladimir Jursinow was hired as a coach for the team. In addition to a new style of play, he also strongly encouraged the offspring. Although he met with a lot of support and sympathy with this new strategy, there was no great success. Under his direction, the Kloten Flyers had to playouts in the 2003/04 season for the first time in the club's history. Also in the following playout season 2004/05 the Flyers managed to avert relegation to the NLB clearly.

Logo until the 2008/09 season
Logo between 2009 and 2012

In October 2004, Vladimir Yursinov was finally replaced as a coach. However, he stayed until the end of the season as a young talent at EHC Kloten. Jursinow's successor was former EHC Kloten defender Anders Eldebrink as coach and Kloten veteran Felix Hollenstein as assistant coach. The new duo put the Flyers back on the road to success.

In the 2008/09 season, the Kloten Flyers were in the playoff final, which they lost in seven games against HC Davos . Before that they had finished the qualification in third place and defeated the HC Geneve-Servette with 4-0 wins in the playoff quarter-finals and then the EV Zug also with 4-0 wins.

After the Flyers failed in the 2009/10 season with a 0: 4 against SC Bern in the semifinals, Frédéric Rothen , Michel Zeiter and Yves Müller were dismissed. It was also announced that two of the six foreigners under contract with Kloten would be retired. These measures met with strong criticism.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, the Kloten Flyers set a new league record in the playoff era (since 1985) with eight starting wins, surpassing their previous record with seven wins in the start of the 1992 season.

To ensure future success, the club has an extensive youth department, which is one of the best in Switzerland. There is a partnership with the ice hockey clubs of Bülach , Dielsdorf - Niederhasli and the EHC Winterthur . One of the successes of this promotion is the elite juniors, who have won no fewer than 19 Swiss championship titles since the elite league was introduced in the 1959/60 season, most recently in the 2005/06 season.

“Almost” bankruptcy and rescue 2012

In spring 2012, the designated president and soon to be the majority shareholder of Kloten Flyers, Adrian Fetscherin, resigned. He accused President Juerg Bircher of having concealed the actual financial state of the Kloten Flyers from him.

As a result, more and more worrying news about the financial situation of the Kloten Flyers came to light. When players' wages could no longer be paid in April, the public became aware of the club's predicament. In the meantime, a working group around Peter Bossert was founded with the aim of saving the club. When Jürg Bircher finally announced his resignation, the way was clear for restructuring. In the meantime, however, around 10 million Swiss francs were missing from the club's treasury. A collection campaign among fans and players and the commitment of 500,000.- each from the Priora Group and Zurich Airport , however, could not completely fill the hole in the club's treasury. Only with the entry of the then league boss Philippe Gaydoul and his friend Thomas Matter could bankruptcy be averted at the last moment. In addition, the canton of Zurich announced that the club would be relieved of part of the tax debts, as the tax loss would be much greater as a result of bankruptcy.

For financial reasons, the Zürcher Unterländer agreed with head coach Eldebrink to terminate their contract. Philippe Gaydoul appointed Wolfgang Schickli as the new managing director, who was to carry out wage and player negotiations over the next few weeks. This procedure fell victim to Felix Hollenstein, who until then had been traded as the future head coach. Instead, the Czech Tomas Tamfal (previously junior trainer) and assistant trainer Frédéric Rothen were hired in the summer of 2012. In the course of this redesign, the logo was changed again.

The 2012/13 season started better than expected. When the team, plagued by injuries, was in acute playout danger, the criticism of coach Tamfal grew. Shortly before the end of the qualification, the club management brought Felix Hollenstein back as coach. Despite everything, you had to go through the playouts a second time. With a 4: 2 after games you could create the league against the SCL Tigers.

In the 2013/14 season the qualification was completed as third in the table, in the following playoffs you got to the final, where you were clearly defeated by the ZSC Lions (0: 4 wins).

Sale to ASE and return to EHC Kloten

In eighth place in the table, the airport townspeople parted ways with their coach Felix Hollenstein in December 2014. The Canadian Sean Simpson took over the helm as coach and head of sport.

In April 2015, the previous club owner Gaydoul sold his stake in EHC Kloten Sport AG to Avenir Sports Entertainment LLC (ASE) of the Canadian entrepreneur William M. "Bill" Gallacher. As the new majority shareholder of EHC Kloten Sport AG, Gallacher installed three more ASE employees in management positions: Doug Piper, Ken Stickney and Bob Strumm: Stickney took over the chairmanship of the board of directors of Klotener AG, marketing expert Piper was made vice-president and Strumm brought in his athletic competence. In March 2016, the ASE project was announced to sell the club again after a year. In April 2016, the club returned to its original name, EHC Kloten, in order to strengthen the connection with the region and to tie in with "old times". The entrepreneur Hans-Ulrich Lehmann took over the club from ASE in May 2016.

Relegation to the Swiss League

After Sean Simpson left at the end of the 2015/16 season, the Finn Pekka Tirkkonen was hired as the new head coach in June 2016 . Under Tirkkonen's leadership, the Kloteners won the Swiss Cup for the first time in February 2017 (5-2 final victory over Genève-Servette). On October 16, 2017, coach Tirkkonen and sports director Pascal Müller were fired. The EHC leadership reacted to the weak start to the season, which had brought Kloten to the bottom of the table with eleven defeats in 13 games. Kevin Schläpfer became his successor . On April 1, 2018, Pascal Signer, a new managing director, took up his post as Matthias Berner's successor. At the beginning of April 2018, the EHC was in dire straits and was on leave of absence; André Rötheli took over until the end of the 2017/18 season . This change of coach did not prevent relegation either. In the league qualification, the team lost against SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers . The uninterrupted membership in the first division, which had lasted since 1962, ended after 56 years with relegation from the National League.

At the beginning of March 2019, coach André Rötheli was dismissed as a result of a 6-0 defeat against Langenthal. Due to the defeat, the EHC fell behind in the playoff quarter-finals with 1: 3 wins. Until the end of the 2018/19 season, the team Felix Hollenstein / Waltteri Immonen / Beat Equilino took over the management of the team. The change of coach didn't change anything at the quarter-finals, the EHC failed with 1: 4 victories to Langenthal, which later became champions of the Swiss League. In April 2019, Kloten announced the signing of Langenthal master trainer Per Hånberg . In spring 2019, Hans-Ulrich Lehmann took his leave as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the operating company EHC Kloten Sport AG, the entrepreneur Rolf Tresch became the new Chairman.

In the 2019/20 season, the EHC Kloten consolidated itself as a top team in the Swissleague. So after a successful league qualification you could start the play-offs from first place. The quarter-finals could be won 4-1 (after games) against the GCK Lions . The last game was played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic . The remaining rounds were then canceled and the season ended without Swiss champions.

Great trainers

player

Squad for the 2019/20 season

As of January 8, 2020

No. Nat. player Item Date of birth in the team since place of birth
68 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dominic Nyffeler G December 21, 1992 2019 Zurich , Switzerland
60 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luis Janett G 0May 3, 2000 2019 Switzerland
34 SwitzerlandSwitzerland René Back D. 0September 8, 1982 2014 Constance , Germany
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Ganz D. January 31, 1990 2018 Embrach , Switzerland
66 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Tim Grossniklaus D. February 25, 1995 2019 Beatenberg , Switzerland
71 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edson Harlacher D. January 22, 1996 2014 Zurich , Switzerland
92 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Laurent Kälin D. July 23, 2000 2019 Switzerland
47 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Simon Kindschi D. May 11, 1996 2018 Davos , Switzerland
36 SwitzerlandSwitzerland David Stämpfli D. November 23, 1990 2019 Switzerland
95 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nicholas Steiner D. June 28, 1991 2018 Eggiwil , Switzerland
27 CanadaCanada Eric Faille C. July 27, 1989 2019 Lachine , Quebec , Canada
28 SwedenSweden Robin Figren RW 03rd July 1988 2019 Stockholm , Sweden
91 SwitzerlandSwitzerland CanadaCanada Dominic Forget C. 0March 3, 1981 2019 Ste-Julie , Quebec , Canada
61 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jeffrey Füglister RW January 15, 1990 2018 Zurich , Switzerland
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Steve Kellenberger -  C. LW 0February 6, 1987 2014 Bülach , Switzerland
98 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ramon Knellwolf RW 0June 1, 1998 2018 Switzerland
97 SwitzerlandSwitzerland LithuaniaLithuania Emilijus Krakauskas LW July 11, 1997 2018 Kretinga , Lithuania
23 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Lehmann RW March 19, 1999 2018 Lauperswil , Switzerland
67 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Romano Lemm -  A. RW June 25, 1984 2010 Davos , Switzerland
87 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Marchon C. July 10, 1995 2017 Vuisternens-en-Ogoz , Switzerland
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Julian Mettler September 22, 2000 2018 Wattwil , Switzerland
13 AustriaAustria Patrick Obrist C. February 27, 1993 2015 Dornbirn , Austria
86 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jules Sturny RW June 16, 1996 2019 Switzerland
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Sutter C. June 28, 1982 2018 Langnau im Emmental , Switzerland
94 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Truttmann LW February 27, 1985 2019 Schwyz , Switzerland
18th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Adrian Wetli LW April 21, 1998 2017 Switzerland
Samuel Walser (right), February 2011
Denis Hollenstein (left) and Mark Bell (right)

Coaching staff

Item Nat. Surname Date of birth In the team since place of birth
Head coach SwedenSweden Per Hånberg February 10, 1967 2019 Stockholm , Sweden
Assistant coach SwedenSweden Bjorn Lidström 2nd July 1975 2019 Sweden

Master squad

1966/67

Werner Buchser , Walter Wipf , Jürg Lott , Ueli Lüthi , Urs Lott , Peter Lüthi , Gabriel Weber , Walter Keller , Marcel Hubler , Heinz Lüthi , Fritz Altorfer , Emil Fäh , Richard Fehr , Hanspeter Rufer , Hans Späth , Walter Frei
Trainers: Vladimír Kobera

1992/93

Claudio Bayer , Reto Pavoni - Martin Bruderer , Anders Eldebrink , Marco Klöti , Martin Kout , Fausto Mazzoleni , Roger Sigg , Daniel Sigg , Daniel Weber - Robin Bauer , Manuele Celio , Bruno Erni , Oliver Hoffmann , Felix Hollenstein , Mikael Johansson , Roger Meier , Benjamin Müller , Sacha Ochsner , André Rufener , Peter Schlagenhauf , Thomas Steger , Roman Wäger
Trainer: Conny Evensson , Assistant trainer : Ernst Bruderer

1993/94

Claudio Bayer , Reto Pavoni - Martin Bruderer , Anders Eldebrink , Marco Klöti , Marco Knecht , Martin Kout , Fausto Mazzoleni , Daniel Sigg , Daniel Weber - Manuele Celio , Patric Della Rossa , Michael Diener , Bruno Erni , Oliver Hoffmann , Felix Hollenstein , Mikael Johansson , Daniel Knecht , Roger Meier , Sacha Ochsner , Peter Schlagenhauf , Roman Wäger
Trainer: Conny Evensson , assistant trainer : Ernst Bruderer

1994/95

Matthias Müller , Reto Pavoni - Daniel Sigg , Anders Eldebrink , Felix Hollenstein , Mikael Johansson , Roman Wäger , Martin Bruderer , Marco Klöti , Bruno Erni , Roger Meier , Oliver Hoffmann , Martin Kout , Marco Bayer , Matthias Holzer , Sacha Ochsner , Manuele Celio , Daniel Weber , Robin Bauer , Patric Della Rossa , Michael Diener , Daniel Knecht , Patrick Galig , Martin Plüss
Trainer: Alpo Suhonen , Assistant Trainer: Ernst Bruderer

1995/96

Matthias Müller , Reto Pavoni - Martin Bruderer , Marco Klöti , Felix Hollenstein , Mikael Johansson , Roman Wäger , Marco Bayer , Daniel Weber , Frédéric Rothen , Charles Berglund , Matthias Holzer , Björn Schneider , Michael Kress , Bruno Erni , Manuele Celio , Oliver Hoffmann , Daniel Sigg , Marc Ochsner , Patric Della Rossa , Michael Diener , Martin Plüss , Roger Meier , Sacha Ochsner , Patrick Galig
Trainer: Alpo Suhonen , Assistant trainer : Ernst Bruderer

Club-internal records

Status: August 20, 2012

Top marks during team membership
category Surname number
Most games Reto Pavoni
Roman Wäger
Marco Klöti		 721
704
688
Most goals Roman Wäger
Peter Schlagenhauf
Felix Hollenstein		 418
340
282
Most templates Felix Hollenstein
Kimmo Rintanen
Roman Wäger		 375
358
260
Most of the points Roman Wäger
Felix Hollenstein
Kimmo Rintanen		 678
657
599

Blocked jersey numbers

Well-known former players

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ 20min: Scandal at the Kloten Flyers
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  5. ↑ 20min: "It won't work without salary cuts"
  6. ↑ 20min: Bircher clears the way for the renovation
  7. ↑ 20min: Kloten groans under more than 10 million debts
  8. ↑ 20min: Hundreds of fans march for the Flyers
  9. ↑ Gaydoul and Matter bring six million
  10. ↑ 20min: State releases Kloten part of the tax debt
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  14. ↑ 20min: "It needed an impulse for the playoffs"
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