EHC Winterthur
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EHC Winterthur (founded in 1929) Rot-Weiss Winterthur (merger of EHC Veltheim and EHC Winterthur in 1963) EHC Winterthur (renamed in 1980) |
| Club colors | Red White |
| league | Swiss League |
| Venue | Target building arena |
| capacity | 2,496 seats (of which 2,496 seats) |
| executive Director | Urban Leimbacher |
| Head coach | Teppo Kivelä |
| captain | Reto Kobach |
| Season 2019/20 | 11th place, playouts |
The EHC Winterthur is an ice hockey club from Winterthur , Switzerland . The club has been playing in the second-rate Swiss League again since 2015 . In 2010 and 2015, the EHC Winterthur became Swiss amateur champions.
history
The EHC Winterthur was founded in 1929. Until he had professional equipment, the club played on the Walcheweier , after which he could also train on the Zelgli. In 1961 the EHCW rose to the National League B for the first time and was able to hold out for two years until 1963. After relegation to the first division, on May 30, 1963, it merged with the second Winterthur ice hockey club EHC Veltheim to form Rot-Weiss Winterthur . Since then, the year 1963 has generally been given as the year the EHCW was founded.
Three years after the merger, the club failed because of the promotion games to the national league at EHC St. Moritz. In 1969, however, succeeded in the same venture against EHC Olten, but Rot-Weiss Winterthur could only hold one season in the new league. On April 22, 1980, the name was finally changed again to the previous name EHC Winterthur . 1983-85 the club had to go to the 2nd division for two seasons, but then rose again. In 1998, the EHCW came again as Eastern Swiss champion up to the promotion games, but where he failed at the EHC Sierre.
In 2002 the club finally moved from the Zelgli ice rink , which only had a grandstand and was later demolished, to the newly built and covered ice rink Deutweg . This paved the way to get promoted back to the NLB, but the project failed again and again in the playoffs. In the 2007/08 season, the final was decided on the green table after an appeal by the EHC Zuchwil Regio . In the 2009/10 season, the EHC Winterthur won the title of Swiss amateur champion, but did not want to make the leap into the National League B due to a lack of financial prospects . After winning the amateur title in the 2014/15 season , they finally dared to move up to the National League B.
In the 2015/16 season , the EHC Winterthur failed to reach the playoffs. The team reached the 10th place and thus last in the qualification. In 2017 the qualification for the playoffs was missed by one place and in 2018 and 2019 the team from the canton of Zurich found itself in tenth qualifying place.
Placements
| season | league | placement |
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| 2000/01 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2001/02 | 1st League | 1st place, runner-up |
| 2002/03 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2003/04 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2004/05 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2005/06 | 1st League | Playoff semifinals |
| 2006/07 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2007/08 | 1st League | 2nd place, vice amateur champion |
| 2008/09 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2009/10 | 1st League | 1st place, amateur champion |
| 2010/11 | 1st League | Playoff quarter-finals |
| 2011/12 | 1st League | 2nd place, vice amateur champion |
| 2012/13 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2013/14 | 1st League | Playoff finals |
| 2014/15 | 1st League | 1st place, amateur champion |
| 2015/16 | NLB | 10th place |
| 2016/17 | NLB | 9th place |
| 2017/18 | SL | 10th place |
| 2018/19 | SL | 10th place |
| 2019/20 | SL | 11th place |
Venue
The EHC Winterthur plays its home games at the Deutweg ice rink, which is currently called the Zielbau Arena after sponsoring . This has a capacity of 2,496 spectators, all of which are designated as seats. The hall was built in 2002. In the 2017/18 season, the first team had an average of 1,028 spectators.
Radio RWW
Radio RWW has broadcast all of the team's away games since the 2011/12 season . The radio was launched by some fans based on the model of the EHC Arosa fan radio.
literature
- Hermann Pedergnana: Ice Ages . From the Zelgli and the Schützenweiher to the Deutweg ice rink: a look back at and outlook on ice sports in Winterthur. Bookstore Vogel, Winterthur 2002.
Web links
- Official homepage of the EHC Winterthur
- Factsheet on the website of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation
- Radio RWW
Individual evidence
- ↑ slapshot.ch: Zuchwil-Regio appeals ( Memento from April 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ EHC Winterthur: Portrait. In: ehc-winterthur.ch. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .