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unusual facts about National League B


2007–08 NLA season

EHC Biel, champions of the National League B, would later defeat EHC Basel Sharks, 4-0 to move up into the National League A. Therefore, Basel was relegated to the National League B.


Benjamin Conz

Benjamin started his career in the 2007–08 with the Swiss U20 team, which competes in National League B (NLB or Nationalliga B in Swiss German).

Dan Ratushny

From 2009 until 2011, Ratushny was the head coach of the Swiss National League B team EHC Olten.

EHC Chur

EHC Chur Capricorns (former EHC Chur Sport AG) is a Swiss ice hockey team based in Chur, Switzerland which played until 2008 in National League B.

Martin Rauch

Martin Rauch is, together with Gil Montandon, Martin Steinegger and Ronnie Rüeger, one of the only players to have played more than 1000 games in the NL leagues (NLA & NLB)

Sven Bärtschi

He played his first professional games in 2009 for SC Langenthal in the National League B before moving to North America to join Portland in the 2010–11 WHL season, where he finished as the runner-up for the league's Rookie of the Year award.

Bärtschi began his professional career in 2009–10 for SC Langenthal in the Swiss National League B and was pursued by SC Bern of the National League A.


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