Swiss League

NLB playoffs

The Swiss NLB playoffs started yesterday with wins for HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, HC Ajoie, SC Langnau Tigers and EHC Olten in game one of the best-of-7 quarter finals.

(14 Feb 2015)

Heikki Leime to coach Olten

EHC Olten announced Finnish Heikki Leime as new head coach. Leime, 52, on French Amiens Gothiques bench last season, replaced Scott Beattie, fired on 21 November after six consecutive defeats. Interim coach Dino Stecher will remain as assistant coach

(10 Dec 2014)

Five clubs interested in promotion in NLB

Five clubs of NLB have submitted the application to play in the NLA in case of on promotion this season: HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, HC Visp SC Langnau Tigers, HC Olten and SC Langenthal Olten.

These clubs will play the promotion/relegation series against last club of NLA as winner of NLB

(19 Nov 2014)

NLB game cancelled

The NLB game between HC Red Ice Martigny and the SC Langenthal today Saturday is postponed.
At least twelve of the Martigny players suffer from food poisoning.

(13 Sep 2014)

NLB Team EHC Basel Sharks declare bankruptcy

It came as a bit of a suprise for the National League when they informed today that the NLB Team from Basel had to turn over the financial statements to the commercial court. One of many reasons might have been that the average attendance was less than 1'400 fans per game. This made a cost-covering business more than difficult. This means there's a chance the coming NLB season will be played by 9 teams only. You can find the full statement in german on www.nationalleague.ch.

(23 Jun 2014)

Ajoie fires coach Tlacil

Czech coach Jan Tlacil was fired today by Ajoie after the club failed to reach playoffs in Swiss NLB. Tlacil should remain in Ajoie organization. Talks are ongoing with former club player and current HC Franches-Montagnes coach Martin Bergeron

(17 Feb 2014)

IIHF blocked Starkov transfer

Some days ago Red Ice Martigny announced the sign of Danish forward Kirill Starkov. The player had been released by his club Esjberg at the beginning of the year following a matches-fixing scandal

IIHF did not accept the transfer because of this case. The situation will remain unchanged throughout the procedure.

(29 Jan 2014)

Chaux-de-Fonds changes coach

Canadian Kevin Primeau was fired from his charge of headcoach at Chaux-de-Fonds. Assistant Bernard Bauer and Alex Reinhard, last season at Langnau Tigers, were named as new headcoaches

(27 Jan 2014)

EHC Visp replaces coach

EHC Visp fired coach Michel Zeiter after the last defeat against Langnau Tigers. Canadian Kim Collins, last season on HC Sierre bench, is the new coach until end of season

(24 Oct 2013)

Langnau replaced Tomas Tamfal with Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

SC Langnau tigers announces the club fired head coach Tomas Tamfal and his assistant Urs Bärtschi, replacing them with a Swedish duo: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson as new head coach and Peter Andersson as assistant. Gustafsson coached Langnau between 1999 and 2001 and will have his son Anton in the roster. Peter Andersson worked recently as assistant coach at MODO

(15 Oct 2013)