SCL Tigers
- Swiss Champion: 1976
- Swiss runner-up: 1970, 1977, 1978
- Swiss champion NLB: 1961, 1987, 1998
- Swiss Amateur champion: 1953, 1994
The SCL Tigers are an ice hockey club from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland, has since its establishment in the top Swiss league, today's National League A majority played. In the 2013/14 season, the SCL Tigers will play after relegation from the top division in the National League B.
History
The SCL Tigers are the successor of the club founded in 1946 Skate Club Langnau (SCL ), which was outsourced to the SCL Tigers AG 1999. 1999-2002, was merely still under the name of skate club Langnau the junior section, but which was renamed in 2002 in the " SCL Young Tigers ". The tiger as a logo and the name of the club comes from long-term main sponsor, which was founded in 1850 Langauer traditional company « Tiger cheese AG " (since 2004 "Emmi Fondue AG "), which since the 1970s has sponsored the club with her trademark " Tiger ".
The SCL Tigers are well known throughout Switzerland for their targeted youth development. Two of Switzerland's most famous hockey players are from the Emmental: Reto von Arx, the first Swiss scorer in the National Hockey League, and Martin Gerber, who also was in the National Hockey League action.
In the 2010/11 season the Tigers since the introduction of the new mode with play-offs and play- outs managed for the first time a place in the playoffs. This was seven games before completing the qualification through a 3-2 away victory at the Rapperswil -Jona Lakers.
The venue for the SCL Tigers, the Ilfishalle, was extensively renovated in 2012.
On December 9, 2012, John Fust, who led the Tigers for the first time in the play-offs, optional. This was due to the bad table position - last place with 13 points behind the second- last after 28 games. Alex Reinhard, who was an assistant coach by this time, was then appointed as the new head coach. The sporting situation improved under Reinhard and his assistant, Konstantin Kuraschew not critical and so took on April 10, 2013 Jakob Kölliker and Alfred drilling leading the team to prevent the threat of relegation. On April 16, 2013, the SCL Tigers lost the sixth away league qualifier against Lausanne HC 3-2, so this series was lost 4-2 defeats. After 15 years the NLA membership SCL Tigers rose to the second highest league, the NLB from.
Squad of the 2013/2014 season
Stand: 2014
Goalkeeper
Defense
Striker
Staff ( coach and assistant coach )
Fans
Already in the first league of the club had an average attendance of over 4,000 spectators per game. However, after several setbacks (2x descent into the first league) and heights ( promotion back to the NLA 1998) broke the fan culture between 2003 and 2005 in part. This was due to poor decisions in the club's management, missing the playoffs in the last eleven years and purchasing errors in the squad.
In the season 2010/2011 the SCL Tigers reached the playoffs for the first time, which caused a real buzz around the team and the Tigers. Although it was eliminated in the first playoff round against SC Bern, it was one of the best seasons in terms of the fans and the atmosphere in the stadium.
It emerged in the following years, several new fan that support their team today at every game.
Despite the decline in the NLB in the season 2012/2013, the low point of the last 15 years, the followers of the SCL Tigers signaled their loyalty to the club. In qualifying the 2013/2014 season visited the home games on average over 5,000 fans.
Since 2006 exists with the fan scene a union of the SCL Tigers fan clubs, which has the goal of jointly produce choreographies and to enhance the mood of the games in the stadium.
Stadiums
Locked jersey numbers
- # 12 Todd Elik
- # 17 Daniel Aegerter
- # 26 Martin Gerber
- # 44 Walter ' whales ' Gerber