Kloten Flyers

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Kloten Flyers
2014–15 NLA season
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City Kloten, Switzerland
League NLA 1999-present
  • NDA
    1962-1999
  • NDB
    1947-1962
  • Serie A
    1946-1947
  • Serie B
    1941-1946
Founded 1934
Home arena Swiss Arena
General manager Switzerland Matthias Berner
Head coach Canada Sean Simpson
Captain Switzerland Romania Victor Stancescu
Website www.kloten-flyers.ch

The Kloten Flyers are an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. They originated from the EHC Kloten. The team participates in the National League A and is known for its promotion of young players. It has one of the best Youth systems in Swiss Ice Hockey as its Youth teams have won 19 championships during the last 50 years.

EHC Kloten won four consecutive Swiss championships from 1993 to 1996. They have never been relegated at any point in the club's history.

History

EHC Kloten was founded by a group seven members, led by Emil Hegner, on December 3, 1934. During the first few years, only exhibition matches were played. The home matches were played on the frozen Nägelimoos-Weiher.

When EHC Kloten began to participate in the championship, they had to start in the lowest league, as usual. In 1941, they were promoted into the Serie B and five years later into the Serie A. One year later, in the year 1947, the EHC Kloten was promoted into the Nationalliga B. In 1962, they joined the Nationalliga A when the league expanded to 10 teams.

In 1967, they became the champions for the first time, headed by their Czech coach Vladimir Kobera.

The team has remained in the highest Swiss league since their promotion and are the longest-serving team in the NLA.

For the 1998-99 season the former Russian ice hockey player Vladimir Yurzinov was asked to become the new coach. He introduced a new playing style and encouraged the development and promotion of young players. Even though many people liked this philosophy, the team remained unsuccessful. During the 2003-2004 season, the team had to play the playoffs for the first time in their history. A year later, in the 2004-2005 playoffs, they again managed to remain in the highest league. However, this strategy is paying off today.

In October 2004, Yurzinov was released as their coach. He took on a new role as a youth promoter until the end of the season. Yurzinov's successor was former EHC Kloten defenseman Anders Eldebrink and assistant Felix Hollenstein. The new coaching duo managed to get the team back to success and are still in charge of the team.

During the 2008-2009 season, the Flyers swept both HC Geneve-Servette and EV Zug in the playoffs before losing the playoff final against HC Davos in seven games. They finished the regular season in 3rd place.

The club has a well known junior program. There’s a partnership between the Kloten Flyers and the teams of Bülach, Dielsdorf-Niederhasli and Winterthur. Since the founding of the elite-junior league, the teams have won 19 titles. The latest being in the season 2005-06.

Honors

Champions

Players

Current roster

Updated May 27, 2015.[1][2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
34 Switzerland Rene Back D L 41 2014 Konstanz, Germany
Switzerland Luca Boltshauser G L 30 2015 Zürich, Switzerland
44 Switzerland Matthias Bieber LW L 38 2010 Zürich, Switzerland
Switzerland Xeno Büsser D L 28 2015 Zürich, Switzerland
61 Switzerland Corsin Casutt LW L 39 2014 Chur, Switzerland
Switzerland Franco Collenberg D L 38 2015 Chur, Switzerland
38 Switzerland Lukas Frick D L 29 2012 Zuberwangen, Switzerland
28 Switzerland Martin Gerber G L 49 2013 Burgdorf, Switzerland
94 Switzerland Peter Guggisberg RW R 39 2014 Zimmerwald, Switzerland
96 Switzerland Edson Harlacher D L 28 2014 Zürich, Switzerland
91 Switzerland Denis Hollenstein RW L 34 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
10 Switzerland Marcel Jenni (A) RW L 50 2005 Zürich, Switzerland
19 Switzerland Steve Kellenberger W L 37 2014 Bülach, Switzerland
United States Chad Kolarik RW R 38 2015 Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
83 Switzerland Jan Lee Hartmann C L 28 2014 St. Peterzell, Switzerland
67 Switzerland Romano Lemm C L 39 2010 Dielsdorf, Switzerland
81 Switzerland Robin Leone RW R 30 2009 Winterthur, Switzerland
41 Switzerland Michael Liniger (A) LW R 44 2007 Muri, Switzerland
Austria Patrick Obrist C L 31 2015 Dornbirn, Austria
- Norway Mathis Olimb C L 38 2015 Oslo, Norway
29 Switzerland Vincent Praplan W R 29 2014 Sierre, Switzerland
23 Finland Tommi Santala C R 44 2008 Helsinki, Finland
15 Switzerland Philippe Schelling D L 39 2011 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
22 Switzerland Victor Stăncescu (C) LW R 39 2002 Bucharest, Romania
84 Switzerland Joel Steinauer D L 29 2014 Zürich, Switzerland
57 Switzerland Lukas Stoop D R 34 2012 Zürich, Switzerland
9 Canada Jim Vandermeer D L 44 2013 Caroline, Alberta, Canada
72 Switzerland Patrick von Gunten D L 39 2012 Biel, Switzerland
Switzerland Tim Wieser LW L 29 2015 Zürich, Switzerland


Honored members

  • 4 Marco Klöti, defenceman 1992-2007
  • 7 Peter Schlagenhauf, winger 1969-1994
  • 20 Reto Pavoni, goaltender 1989-2002
  • 21 Roman Wäger, winger 1971-1998
  • 24 Felix Hollenstein, winger 1985-2002, assistant coach since 2006
  • 26 Mikael Johansson, center 1992-1997
  • 32 Anders Eldebrink, defenceman 1990-1995, head coach since 2006

NHL alumni

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Notable coaches

References

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External links

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