Swiss National League 2007-08

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SWITZERLAND
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2007-08

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2006-07 Review

FINAL STANDINGS - Regular Season

	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF:GA	P
1. HC Davos	44	26	2	3	13	154:120	85
2. SC Bern	44	24	5	2	13	163:115	84
3. EV Zug	44	22	6	3	13	153:117	81
4. HC Lugano	44	25	1	3	15	143:123	80
5. Kloten Flyers	44	22	6	2	14	173:128	80
6. SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	19	5	3	17	149:141	70
7. Geneve - Servette	44	19	2	4	19	147:140	65
8. ZSC Lions	44	13	9	3	19	111:127	60
9. Ambri-Piotta	44	14	1	8	21	128:165	52
10. Fribourg-Gotteron	44	12	1	12	19	134:167	50
11. SCL Tigers	44	12	5	1	25	115:160	47
12. Basel	44	9	4	3	28	103:170	38

FINAL RANKING
1. HC Davos
2. SC Bern
3. Ev Zug
4. Kloten Flyers
5. HC Lugano
6. Rapperwil-Jona
7. ZSC Lions
8. Geneve-Servette
9. HC Ambri-Piotta
10. Fribourg-Gotteron
11. EHC Basel
12. SCL Tigers

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HC DAVOS

Founded: 1921
Arena: Eisstadion Davos (Cap.: 7,280)

Titles: Swiss Championship: 28 (1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2007)

Homepage: http://www.hcd.ch/

ROSTER 2007-08
http://www.hcd.ch/index.cfm?cat=mannschaft1

Pre-Season

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SC BERN

Founded: 1931
Arena: Bern Arena (Cap.: 16,789)

Titles: Swiss Championship: 11 (1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004)
Homepage: http://www.scbern.ch/index.php

ROSTER 2007-08
http://www.scbern.ch/team.php

Pre-Season
11 Aug 2007, SC Bern - Avangard Omsk (RUS) @ Engelbert Tournament
12 Aug 2007, SC Bern - TBA @ Engelbert Tournament
15 Aug 2007, HC Neuchatel (SUI-1) - SC Bern
18 Aug 2007, SC Bern - Metallurg Novokuznetsk (RUS)
23 Aug 2007, SC Bern- EHC Basel
24 Aug 2007, SC Bern - Geneve-Servette
30 Aug 2007, SC Bern - Hamburg Freezers (GER) @ Innova Trophy, Bern
01 Sep 2007, SC Bern - SCL Tigers @ Innova Trophy, Bern
02 Sep 2007, SC Bern - HC Vitkovice (CZE) @ Innova Trophy, Bern
07 Sep 2007, EHC Kloten - SC Bern
08 Sep 2007, TBA - SC Bern

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EV ZUG

Founded: 1967
Arena: Eishalle Herti (Cap. 6,780)

Titles: Swiss Championship: 1 (1998)
Homepage: http://www.evz.ch/

ROSTER 2007-08
http://www.evz.ch/ (kader)

Pre-Season
14 Aug 2007, EHC Visp (SUI-1) - Ev Zug
16 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - Vityaz Chekov (RUS)
24 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - HC Litvinov (CZE)
25 Aug 2008, Ev Zug - Adler Mannheim (GER)
26 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - HC Ambri Piotta
30 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - Hannover Scorpions (GER=
01 Sep 2007, HC TWK Innsbruck (AUT) - Ev Zug
07 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - EHC Basel
08 Aug 2007, Ev Zug - HC Lugano

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KLOTEN FLYERS

Founded: 1906
Arena: Eishalle Schluefweg (Cap. 7,561)

Titles: Swiss Championship: 5 (1967, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Homepage: http://www.kloten-flyers.ch/

ROSTER 2007-08
http://www.kloten-flyers.ch/nc/spieler/kader_nla/

Pre-Season
08 Aug 2007, Kloten Flyers - Krefeld Pinguins (GER)
11 Aug 2007, Ambri-Piotta - Kloten Flyers
12 Aug 2007, Avangard Omsk/SC Bern - Kloten Flyers
31 Aug 2007, Kloten Flyers - EHC Basel
07 Sep 2007, Bern - Kloten Flyers
08 Aug 2007, ZSC Lions/Rapperswil - Kloten Flyers.

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HC LUGANO

Founded: 1941
Arena: Pista La Resega (capacity 7,800)

Titles: Swiss Championship: 7 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006)

Homepage: http://www.hclugano.ch

ROSTER 2007-08
ttp://www.hclugano.ch/welcome.cfm?lingua=en

Pre-Season
11 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - HCL Coira (SUI-1)
16 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RUS)
16 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - HPK Hämeenlinna (FIN)
18 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - TBA
26 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - HC Pardubice (RUS)
29 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - Red Bulls Salzburg (AUT)
31 Aug 2007, HC Lugano - Ambri-Piotta
01 Sep 2007, HC Lugano - TBA
02 Sep 2007, HC Lugano - TBA
07 Sep 2007, HC Lugano - Södertälje SK (SWE)
08 Sep 2007, HC Lugano - Ev Zug

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HC AMBRI-PIOTTA

Hometown: Quinto
Founded : 1937
Arena : La Valascia (Cap. 7'000)
NLA championships: -
Swiss Cup: 1962
Continental Cup: 1999, 2000
Homepage : www.hcap.ch
Regional newspaper: Le Regione Ticino, Corriere del Ticino


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Jan Tlacil

Assistant
– Jay-Jay Aeschlimann

Goaltenders
– Thomas Bäumle
– Jonas Müller

Defence
– Nicola Celio
– Félicien Du Bois
– Marc Gautschi (New! Bern)
– Zdenek Kutlak (New! Ceske Budejovice, Extraliga)
– Daniele Marghitola
– Daniele Mattioli
– Nick Naumenko
– Alan Tallarini

Offenders
– Mattia Bianchi
– Zdenek Blatny (New! MoDo Hockey, Elitserien)
– Grégory Christen
– Alain Demuth
– Hnat Domenichelli
– Paolo Duca (New! Zug)
– Samuele Faretti
– Paolo Imperatori
– Benoît Pont
– Thomas Schena
– Lovis Schönenberger (New! Lausanne, NLB)
– Greg Sciaroni
– Oleg Siritsa
– Martin Sonnenberg (New! KalPa Kuopio, SM-Liiga)
– Reto Stirnimann (New! Zürich Lions)
– Omar Tognini (New! Thurgau, NLB)
– Erik Westrum (New! Toronto, AHL)


Pre-season

Aug 11, 16 :00, Engelberg
Kloten Flyers – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 12, 14 :00, Engelberg
Avangard Omsk (RSL) – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 17, 19 :45, Sursee
HC Bili Tygri Liberec (Extra-Liga) – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 24, 17 :00, EV Zug (Kolin Cup)
Adler Mannheim (DEL) – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 25, 14 :30, EV Zug (Kolin Cup)
Chemopetrol Litvinov (Extra-Liga) – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 26, 16 :30, EV Zug (Kolin Cup)
EV Zug – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 30, 17 :15, HC Lugano (Electro-Oil Trophy)
Red Bulls Salzburg (OE1) – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 31, 20 :30, HC Lugano (Electro-Oil Trophy)
HC Lugano – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Sep 8, 20 :00, Biasca (near Piotta)
HC Ambrì-Piotta - Södertälje SK (SEL)

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EHC BASEL

Hometown: Basel
Founded : 1932
Arena : Sankt-Jakob Arena (Cap. 6,600)
NLA championships -
Homepage : www.ehcbasel.ch
Regional newspapers: Basler Zeitung


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Mike McParland

Assistant
– Daniel Herlea

Goaltenders
– Reto Schürch (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Olivier Gigon (New! Ajoie, NLB)

Defenders
– Ralph Bundi
– Jason Doig (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Lukas Gerber
– Brett Hauer (New! Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, RSL)
– Jakub Horak (New! Genève-Servette)
– Adrian Plavsic
– Ralph Stalder
– Nicolas Studer (New! Fribourg Gottéron)
– Markus Wüthrich

Offenders
– Andreas Camenzind
– Franco Collenberg
– Patric Della Rossa
– Régis Fuchs
– Mike Maneluk
– Thomas Nüssli
– Justin Papineau (New! Lowell, AHL)
– Daniel Rubin (New! Biel, NLB)
– Yves Sarault (New! Davos)
– Stefan Schnyder
– Maksim Spiridonov (New! Novokuznetsk, RHL)
– Stefan Tschannen
– Sandro Tschuor
– Stefan Vögele
– Julian Walker


Pre-season

Aug 9, 20 :00, Olten
EHC Olten (NLB) – EHC Basel

Aug 10, 19 :45, Basel
EHC Basel – Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)

Aug 14, 19 :45, Basel
EHC Basel – Metallurg Novokuznetsk (RSL)

Aug 18, 17 :00, Basel
EHC Basel - HC Bili Tygri Liberec (Extra-Liga)

Aug 23, 20 :00, Langenthal
SC Bern – EHC Basel

Aug 25, 20 :00, Langenthal
SC Langenthal (NLB) – EHC Basel

Aug 30, 19 :45, Rapperswil
SC Rapperswil – EHC Basel

Aug 31, 20 :00, Kloten
Kloten Flyers – EHC Basel

Sep 6, 19 :45, Basel
EHC Basel - Rodovre Mighty Bulls (DK1)

Sep 7, 19 :45, Seewen
EV Zug – EHC Basel

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SC BERN

Hometown: Bern
Founded : 1931
Arena : BernArena (Cap. 16,771)
NLA championships : 11 (1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004)
Swiss Cup: 1965
Homepage : www.scb.ch
Regional newspaper: Berner Zeitung


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– John Van Boxmeer

Assistant
– Konstantin Kuraschev

Goaltenders
– Marco Bührer
– Marco Kern
– Urban Leimbacher (New! Olten, NLB)

Defenders
– Nathan Dempsey (New! Boston, NHL)
– Philipp Furrer
– Beat Gerber
– David Jobin
– Roman Josi
– Reto Kobach
– Marc Leuenberger (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Philipp Rytz (New! Genève-Servette)
– Martin Steinegger

Offenders
– Ramzi Abid (New! Nashville, NHL)
– Pascal Berger
– Christian Berglund
– Sébastien Bordeleau
– Patrik Bärtschi
– Corsin Camichel
– Alex Châtelain (New! Basel)
– Christian Dubé
– Etienne Froidevaux
– Dany Meier
– Sandro Moggi (New! Küsnacht, NLB)
– Mark Mowers (New! Anaheim, NHL)
– Raeto Raffainer
– Marc Reichert
– Ivo Rüthemann
– Patrik Stefan (New! Dallas, NHL)
– Thomas Ziegler


Pre-season

Aug 11, 19 :30, Engelberg
Avangard Omsk (RSL) – SCB

Aug 15, 20 :00, Yverdon-les-Bains
HC Young Sprinters (NLB) – SCB

Aug 18, 18 :30, Wichtrach
SCB – Metallurg Novokuznetsk (RSL)

Aug 23, 20 :00, Langenthal
EHC Basel – SCB

Aug 24, 20 :00, Langenthal
Genève Servette HC – SCB

Aug 30, 20 :00, Bern
SCB – Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

Sep 1, 20 :00, Bern
SCB – SCL Tigers

Sep 2, 18 :00, Bern
SCB - HC Vitkovice Steel (Extra-Liga)

Sep 7, 20 :00, Küsnacht
Kloten Flyers – SCB

Sep 8, 17 :00/20 :15, Küsnacht
Final ZSC or Rapperswil

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HC DAVOS

Hometown: Davos
Founded : 1921
Arena : Vaillant Arena (Cap. 7'280)
NLA championships : 28 (1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Homepage : www.hcd.ch
Regional newspapers: Bündner Tagblatt


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Arno Del Curto

Assistant
– Remo Gross

Goaltenders
– Reto Berra (New! Zürich Lions)
– Leonardo Genoni (New! Küsnacht, NLB)

Defenders
– Florian Blatter
– Gian-Marco Crameri
– Andreas Furrer
– Marc Gianola
– Mark Heberlein
– Pascal Müller
– Janne Niinimaa (New! Montréal, NHL)
– Andy Randegger
– Lukas Stoop (New! Grasshopper, NLB)
– Benny Winkler
– Jan Von Arx

Offenders
– Andres Ambühl
– Matthias Brägger (New! Thurgau, NLB)
– Loic Burkhalter
– Dario Bürgler (New! Zug)
– Alexandre Daigle
– Peter Guggisberg
– Robin Leblanc
– Josef Marha
– Jesse Niinimäki (New! Luleå, SEL)
– Tobias Plankl
– Flurin Randegger
– Michel Riesen
– Sandro Rizzi
– Petr Tatiček
– Dino Wieser
– Marc Wieser
– Reto Von Arx

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GENÈVE SERVETTE HC

Hometown : Genève (Geneva)
Founded : 1905
Arena : Patinoire des Vernets (Cap. 6’700)
NLA championships : -
Swiss Cup : 1959
Homepage : www.gshc.ch
Regional newspapers : Tribune de Genève, Le Matin


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Chris McSorley

Assistant
– Hans Kossman

Goaltenders
– Gianluca Mona
– Arnaud Gottschall
– Benjamin Conz
– Federico Tamo (New! CPTC Genève, Swiss 4th level)

Defenders
– Toni Bezina
– Goran Bezina
– Julien Bonnet (New! Ajoie, NLB)
– Robin Breitbach
– John Gobbi
– Martin Höhener (New! Ambrì-Piotta)
– Olivier Keller
– Jonathan Mercier
– Karl Moser
– Sebastian Schilt

Offenders
– Serge Aubin
– Gaëtan Augsburger
– François Bernheim
– Jérôme Bonnet
– Jan Cadieux
– Florian Conz (New! LHC, NLB)
– Thomas Deruns
– Igor Fedulov
– Juraj Kolnik (New! Florida, NHL)
– Kirby Law
– Laurent Meunier
– Christopher Rivera
– Paul Savary
– Morris Trachsler
– Jean-Pierre Vigier (New! Atlanta, NHL)


Pre-season

Aug 11, 18 :00, Genève
GSHC – HC Grenoble (FRA1)

Aug 16, 20 :30, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Lausanne HC (NLB) – GSHC

Aug 17, 20 :30, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Fribourg Gottéron – GSHC

Aug 18, 14 :00/17 :00/20 :30, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
HC Lugano, Hämeenlinna or Yaroslavl – GSHC

Aug 22, 20 :00, Yverdon-les-Bains
HC Pardubice (Extra-Liga) – GSHC

Aug 24, 20 :00, Langenthal
SC Bern – GSHC

Aug 25, 17 :00, Lausanne
Lausanne HC – GSHC

Aug 27, 19 :30, Genève
GSHC – CSKA Moskva (RSL)

Aug 31, 20 :30, Genève
GSHC – Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams (DEL)

Sep 4, 19 :00, Sierre
HC Sierre (NLB) – GSHC

Sep 8, 19 :30, Genève
GSHC – Lausanne HC (NLB)

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HC GOTTÉRON

Hometown : Fribourg
Founded : 1937
Arena : Patinoire de Saint-Léonard (Cap. 7’144)
NLA championships : -
Homepage : www.gotteron.ch
Regional newspapers : La Liberté


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Serge Pelletier

Assistant
– René Matte

Goaltenders
– Sébastien Caron (New! Portland, AHL)
– Michael Brügger (New! Ajoie, NLB)
– Damiano Ciaccio

Defenders
– Marc Abplanalp (New! Visp, NLB)
– Alain Birbaum
– Shawn Heins
– Philippe Marquis
– Michael Ngoy
– Alain Reist
– Philippe Seydoux
– Wesley Snell

Offenders
– Cedric Botter
– Andreï Bykov
– Deny Bärtschi (New! Rapperswil Lakers)
– Marc Chouinard (New! Vancouver, NHL)
– Joel Genazzi
– Antti Laaksonen (New! Colorado, NHL)
– Adrian Lauper
– Gil Montandon
– Caryl Neuenschwander
– Benny Plüss
– Antonio Rizzello (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Julien Sprunger
– Geoffrey Vauclair


Pre-season

Aug 11, 17 :30, Yverdon-les-Bains
HC Young Sprinters (NLB) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 15, 20 :30, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Lausanne HC (NLB) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 17, 20 :30, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Genève Servette HC – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 18, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Final

Aug 20, 20 :00, Yverdon-les-Bains
CSKA Moskva (RSL) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 24, 20 :00, Rødovre (Denmark)
HC Pilsen (Extra-Liga) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 25, 16 :00 Rødovre (Denmark)
Hamburg Freezers (DEL) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 26, 20 :00 Rødovre (Denmark)
Rødovre Mighty Bulls (DK1) – Fribourg Gottéron

Aug 31, 20 :30, Neuchâtel
Hannover Scorpions (DEL) – Fribourg Gottéron

Sep 7, 19 :45, Bulle (near Fribourg)
Fribourg Gottéron – Rødovre Mighty Bulls (DK1)

Sep 9, 16 :00, Fribourg
Fribourg Gottéron – Red Bulls Salzburg (OE1)

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KLOTEN FLYERS

Hometown : Kloten (Zürich)
Founded : 1934
Arena : Schluefweg (Cap. 7’561)
NLA championships : 5 (1967, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Homepage : www.kloten-flyers.ch
Regional newspapers : Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tages Anzeiger


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Anders Eldebrink

Assistant
– Felix Hollenstein

Goaltenders
– Ronnie Rüeger
– Juliano Gallmann

Defenders
– Jan-Axel Alavaara (New! Frölunda, Elitserien)
– Robin Grossmann
– Fabian Guignard
– Radek Hamr
– Michael Hofer
– Yves Müller
– Marc Schulthess
– Fabian Stephan
– Marc Welti
– Patrick Von Gunten

Offenders
– Simon Bodenmann
– Damian Brunner
– Cyril Bühler
– Gianni Ehrensperger
– Nino Fehr
– Marcel Jenni
– Steven Kellenberger
– Romano Lemm
– Sven Lindemann
– Michael Liniger (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Domenico Pittis
– Kimmo Rintanen
– Fred Rothen
– Roman Schlagenhauf
– Viktor Stancescu
– Reto Suri
– Roman Wick


Pre-season Kloten Flyers

Aug 8, 19 :00, Kloten
Kloten Flyers – Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) 7-2

Aug 11, 16 :00, Engelberg
HC Ambrì-Piotta – Kloten Flyers

Aug 21, 19 :00, Södertälje (Sweden)
Södertälje SK (Elitserien) – Kloten Flyers

Aug 22, 17 :00, Nyköping (Sweden)
Nyköping Hockey (SWE) – Kloten Flyers

Aug 24, 17 :00, Nyköping (Sweden)
HV 71 (Elitserien) – Kloten Flyers

Aug 31, 20 :00, Kloten
Kloten Flyers – EHC Basel

Sep 7, 20 :00, Küssnacht
SC Bern – Kloten Flyers

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SCRJ LAKERS

Hometown : Rapperswil
Founded : 1945
Arena : Diners Club Arena (Cap. 6’120)
NLA championships : -
Homepage : www.scrj.ch
Regional newspapers : Sankt-Galler Tagblatt


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Kari Eloranta (New! Ilves Tampere, SM-Liiga)

Assistant
– Mike Richard (New! Küsnacht, NLB)

Goaltenders
– Marco Streit
– Marc Klingler

Defenders
– Sven Berger
– Patrick Fischer
– Cyril Geyer
– Sandro Gmür
– Noël Guyaz
– Tom Koivisto
– Marc Schefer
– Gaëtan Voisard (New! Basel)

Offenders
– Markus Bütler
– Mariusz Czerkawsky
– Samuel Friedli
– Sven Helfenstein (New! Zürich Lions)
– Stefan Hürlimann
– Oliver Kamber
– Claudio Micheli
– Niklas Nordgren
– Sébastien Reuille (New! Lugano)
– Stacy Roest
– Rolf Schrepfer
– Niki Siren (New! Langnau Tigers)
– Daniel Steiner (New! Zürich Lions)


Pre-season Rappperswil Lakers

Aug 14, 18 :30, Lahti (Finland)
Pelicans Lahti (SM-Liiga) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 15, 18 :30, Pajulahti (Finland)
Ässät Pori (SM-Liiga) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 17, 15 :00, Kuopio (Finland)
AIK Stockholm (SE2) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 24, 19 :30, Nürnberg (Germany)
Nürnberg Ice Tigers (DEL) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 25, 15 :00, Nürnberg (Germany)
HC Ceske Budejovice (Extra-Liga) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 27, 15 :00, Nürnberg (Germany)
Straubing Tigers (DEL) – Rapperswil Lakers

Aug 30, 19 :45, Rapperswil
Rapperswil Lakers – EHC Basel

Sep 6, 20 :00, Küssnacht
ZSC Lions – Rapperswil Lakers

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HC LUGANO

Hometown : Lugano
Founded : 1940
Arena : Resega (Cap. 8’000)
NLA championships : 7 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006)
Homepage : www.hclugano.ch
Regional newspapers : Corriere del Ticino, La Regione Ticino


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Ivano Zanatta

Assistant
– Diego Scandella

Goaltenders
– David Aebischer (New! Phoenix, NHL)
– Simon Züger
– Raffael Walter (New! Visp, NLB)
– Ivan Mantegazzi

Defenders
– Krister Cantoni
– Alessandro Chiesa
– Timo Helbling (New! Rochester, AHL)
– Steve Hirschi
– Andrea Hänni
– Matteo Nodari
– Yannick Tremblay (New! Vancouver, NHL)
– Julien Vauclair
– Michele Zanatta

Offenders
– Anston Carter (New! Carolina, NHL)
– Flavien Conne
– Fabrizio Conte (New! Chur, NLB)
– Luca Grassi
– Jukka Hentunen
– Sandy Jeannin
– Mike Knoepfli (New! Genève-Servette)
– Dario Kostovic (New! Ambrì-Piotta)
– Dan LaCouture (New! Portland, AHL)
– Marty Murray (New! Los Angeles, NHL)
– Andy Näser
– Thierry Paterlini (New! Zürich Lions)
– Kevin Romy
– Raffaele Sannitz
– Tristan Vauclair
– Landon Wilson
– Valentin Wirz


Pre-season

Aug 11, 19 :00, HC Lugano
HC Lugano – Chur (NLB)

Aug 15, 18 :00, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) – HC Lugano

Aug 16, 18 :00, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
HPK Hämeenlinna (SM-Liiga) – HC Lugano

Aug 18, 14 :00/17 :00/20 :00, Le Sentier (Hockeyades)
Final

Aug 26, 18 :00, Widnau
HC Pardubice (Extra-Liga) – HC Lugano

Aug 29, 20 :30, HC Lugano (Electro-Oil Trophy)
HC Lugano – Red Bulls Salzburg (OE1)

Aug 31, 20 :30, HC Lugano (Electro-Oil Trophy)
HC Lugano – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Sep 1, 17 :15/20 :30, HC Lugano (Electro-Oil Trophy)
HC Lugano – ZSC Lions, Jokerit Helsinki or HV 71

Sep 7, ??:??, HC Lugano
HC Lugano - Södertälje SK (SEL)

Sep 8, 19 :45, EV Zug
EV Zug – HC Lugano

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SCL TIGERS

Hometown : Langnau im Emmental
Founded : 1946
Arena : Ilfishalle (Cap. 6’500)
NLA championships : 1976
Homepage : www.scl-tigers.ch
Regional newspapers : Berner Zeitung


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Christian Weber

Assistant
– Paul Berri

Goaltenders
– Michael Flückiger (New! Lugano)
– Matthias Schoder
– Thomas Kropf
– Alexander Beekmann

Defenders
– Daniel Aegerter
– Marco Bayer (New! Rapperswil Lakers)
– Eric Blum
– Simon Lüthi
– Christian Moser
– Curtis Murphy (New! Houston, AHL)
– Martin Stettler

Offenders
– Matthias Bieber (New! Zürich Lions)
– Fabian Debrunner
– Adrian Gerber
– Lukas Haas
– Josh Holden
– Matthias Joggi
– Claudio Moggi (New! Küsnacht, NLB)
– Stephan Moser
– Claudio Neff
– Fabian Sutter
– Jeff Toms
– Vaclav Varada (New! Davos)
– Michel Zeiter (New! Zürich Lions)


Pre-season Langnau Tigers

Aug 10, 20 :00, Wichtrach
HC Martigny (NLB) – SCL Tigers

Aug 14, 20 :00, Wichtrach
HC Bili Tygri Liberec (Extra-Liga) – SCL Tigers

Aug 17, 20 :00, Wichtrach
Metallurg Novokuznetsk (SUPERLIGA) – SCL Tigers

Aug 22, 18 :30, Kisapuisto (Finland)
SAIPA Lappeenranta (SM-Liiga) – SCL Tigers

Aug 24, 19 :30, Lahti (Finland)
Pelicans Lahti (SM-Liiga) – SCL Tigers

Aug 31, 20 :00, Bern
HC Vitkovice (Extra-Liga) – SCL Tigers

Sep 1, 20 :00, Bern
SC Bern – SCL Tigers

Sep 2, 14 :30, Bern
Hamburg Freezers (DEL) – SCL Tigers

Sep 7, 20 :00, Lyss
SC Langenthal – SCL Tigers

[Cedric]

ZSC LIONS

Hometown : Zürich
Founded : 1930
Arena : Zürcher Hallenstadion (Cap. 13’000)
NLA championships : 5 (1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001)
Swiss Cup : 1960, 1961
Continental Cup : 2001, 2002.
Homepage : www.zsclions.ch
Regional newspapers : Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tages Anzeiger


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Harold Kreis

Assistant
– Dave Chambers

Goaltenders
– Ari Sulander
– Flavio Streit (New! Basel)

Defenders
– Severin Blindenbacher
– Beat Forster
– Larry Leeger
– Hans Pienitz (New! Küsnacht, NLB)
– Daniel Schnyder
– Mathias Seger
– Andri Stoffel
– Radoslav Suchý

Offenders
– Jan Alston
– Mark Bastl (New! Fribourg Gottéron)
– Ryan Gardner (New! Lugano)
– Kevin Gloor (New! Küsnacht)
– Lukas Grauwiler
– Dustin Johner (New! Florida, ECHL)
– Alexei Krutov (New! Cherepovets, RSL)
– Vitaly Lakhmatov
– Aurelio Lemm (New! Küsnacht)
– Kim Lindemann
– Donald MacLean (New! San Antonio, AHL)
– Thibaut Monnet (New! Fribourg Gottéron)
– Mirko Murovic (New! Lugano)
– Ratislav Pavlikovský
– Peter Sejna (New! St Louis, NHL)
– Adrian Wichser
– Martin Wichser


Pre-season Zürich Lions

Aug 9, 19 :45, Zürich
ZSC Lions – Metallurg Novokuznetsk (SUPERLIGA)

Aug 16, 19 :30, Füssen (Germany)
EV Duisburg (DEL) – ZSC Lions

Aug 24, 19 :30, Zürich
ZSC Lions – HC Pardubice (Extra-Liga)

Aug 29, 17 :15, Lugano
HV 71 (Elitserien) – ZSC Lions

Aug 30, 20 :30, Lugano
Jokerit Helsinki (SM-Liiga) – ZSC Lions

Sep 6, 20 :00, Küssnacht am Rigi
Rapperswil Lakers – ZSC Lions

[Cedric]

EV ZUG

Hometown : Zug
Founded : 1967
Arena : Herti (Cap. 6’780)
NLA championships : 1998
Homepage : www.evz.ch
Regional newspapers : Neue Zuger Zeitung


ROSTER 2007-2008

Head coach
– Sean Simpson

Assistant
– Colin Muller

Goaltenders
– Lars Weibel
– Mario Mathis
– Yves Herrmann

Defenders
– René Back
– Rafael Diaz
– Michael Kress
– Marco Maurer
– Dominic Meier (New! Bern)
– Barry Richter
– Luca Sbisa
– Patrick Sutter

Offenders
– Tobias Bucher
– Duri Camichel
– Corsin Casutt
– Björn Christen
– Paul Di Pietro
– Simon Fischer
– Marvin Frunz (New! Lausanne, NLB)
– Travis Green (New! Toronto, NHL)
– Michal Grosek
– Dale McTavish (New! Zürich Lions)
– Trevor Meier
– Patrick Oppliger
– Oleg Petrov
– Fabian Schnyder
– Janick Steinmann
– Thomas Walser (New! Rapperswil Lakers)


Pre-season Zug

Aug 14, 20 :00, Visp
EHC Visp (NLB) – EVZ

Aug 16, 17 :30, Leukerbad
Vityaz Chekhov (SUPERLIGA) – EVZ

Aug 24, 20 :30, Zug
EVZ - HC Chemopetrol Litvinov (Extra-Liga)

Aug 25, 18 :00, Zug
EVZ – Adler Mannheim (DEL)

Aug 26, 16 :30, Zug
EVZ – HC Ambrì-Piotta

Aug 30, 19 :45, Küssnacht am Rigi
Hannover Scorpions (DEL) – EVZ

Sep 1, 17 :30, Innsbruck (Austria)
HC Innsbruck (OE1) – EVZ

Sep 7, 19 :45, Seewen
EHC Basel – EVZ

Sep 8, 19 :45, Zug
EVZ – HC Lugano

[Steigs]

One note about Langnau goalie Beekman, is listed on eurohockey.net as Swiss citizenship, and not Dutch.

Surprised at the number of players gone direct from teh NHL to NLA this year, seems like a bit more than in the past. NLA must be doing alright for itself for this to work.

[Cedric]

One note about Langnau goalie Beekman, is listed on eurohockey.net as Swiss citizenship, and not Dutch.

Well, I'm pretty sure eurohockey is wrong with this. As far as I know, Alexander Beekman is Dutch and got a swiss licence. His father works for the medical staff of the Tigers, and he's Dutch. By the way, Beekman isn't a german name at all!

I'm gonna check and I'll let you know!

[Steigs]

Well, I'm pretty sure eurohockey is wrong with this. As far as I know, Alexander Beekman is Dutch and got a swiss licence. His father works for the medical staff of the Tigers, and he's Dutch. By the way, Beekman isn't a german name at all!

I'm gonna check and I'll let you know!

There have been discussions to the point that Beekman is ineligible to play for the Netherlands because of his never having played hockey there.
We can assume that he at least has Swiss citizenship (Swiss mother, born there), though possibly Dutch citizenship as well through his father.
At the very least, I'd list him as a dual citizen.

The old thread can be found here.

[Cedric]

There have been discussions to the point that Beekman is ineligible to play for the Netherlands because of his never having played hockey there.
We can assume that he at least has Swiss citizenship (Swiss mother, born there), though possibly Dutch citizenship as well through his father.
At the very least, I'd list him as a dual citizen.

The old thread can be found here.

Updated! ;-)

If we believe the old thread, Alexander Beekman is Swiss and Dutch. Otherwise, why did he try to play for the Netherlands?

Anyway, thanks for letting me know :)

[fintan74]

If we believe the old thread, Alexander Beekman is Swiss and Dutch. Otherwise, why did he try to play for the Netherlands?

We did an interview with his father, Gerard Beekman, a while ago for ijshockey.com. He told us that he moved to Switzerland 23 years ago and married a Swiss lady. Both he and his son have a Swiss and Dutch passport, so Beekman jr indeed has two nationalities.

The reason he was not allowed to play for the Dutch team, is that his mother is Swiss. If both parents would have been Dutch, there would have been no problem. Now the IIHF insists that he play at least two full seasons in the Dutch league before being eligible for the Dutch national team.

Interesting anecdote is that he travelled to Hungary with the Dutch U18 two years ago. The IIHF forbid him to play however because of the reasons mentioned above. He ended up doing statistical work during the tournament.

[STOLBUN]

Bykov-Khomutov,Kostovic has dual citizenship,so there is missing swiss flag

[Cedric]

We did an interview with his father, Gerard Beekman, a while ago for ijshockey.com. He told us that he moved to Switzerland 23 years ago and married a Swiss lady. Both he and his son have a Swiss and Dutch passport, so Beekman jr indeed has two nationalities.

The reason he was not allowed to play for the Dutch team, is that his mother is Swiss. If both parents would have been Dutch, there would have been no problem. Now the IIHF insists that he play at least two full seasons in the Dutch league before being eligible for the Dutch national team.

Interesting anecdote is that he travelled to Hungary with the Dutch U18 two years ago. The IIHF forbid him to play however because of the reasons mentioned above. He ended up doing statistical work during the tournament.

Hi Fintan!

Thanks for those precisions!

Talk to you soon!

[Cedric]

Zürich Lions have offered Alexei Krutov a try-out contract. The russian offender is the son of ex-ZSC-super star Vladimir Krutov and has got a swiss licence.
Last season Alexei Krutov defended the colors of Severstal Cherepovets (RSL, 18 games played). If he doesn't get a contract for the season in Zürich, he is probably going to play with Küsnacht in the NLB (ZSC's partnerteam).

source: hockeyfans.ch

[Cedric]

Jean-Pierre Vigier signs in Geneva

Genève Servette has finalised his roster for the 2007-2008 season. The Eagles yesterday officialized 30-year old Canadian forward Jean-Pierre Vigier from Atlanta Trashers/NHL (total: 213 NHL games)

[Marc Brunengraber]

Steigs wrote:

"Surprised at the number of players gone direct from teh NHL to NLA this year, seems like a bit more than in the past. NLA must be doing alright for itself for this to work."

I'm not surprised. The NLA pays very large salaries, especially when you consider the regular season is only about 45 games long.

Note the number of NLA teams playing games against RSL teams in the pre-season.

I would argue that NLA teams are on par with RSL, Elitserien & SM-Liiga teams at this point.

The NLA is truly an elite league, and, like anything else in professional sports, it's the available money given to top players that makes it that way.

[Cedric]

Finally, Genève-Servette will have one more import next season. Juraj Kolnik (SVK, 26 years old, from Florida Panthers/NHL) has signed for one year + option.

source: www.planetehockey.ch

[Davide]

Finally, Genève-Servette will have one more import next season. Juraj Kolnik (SVK, 26 years old, from Florida Panthers/NHL) has signed for one year + option.

source: www.planetehockey.ch

Confirmed on Servette website

A l'occasion de sa traditionnelle conférence de presse d'avant-saison, Genève-Servette a communiqué l'arrivée d'un cinquième renfort étranger. Il s'agit de l'attaquant slovaque Juraj Kolnik (26 ans) en provenance des Florida Panthers (NHL), qui a signé pour une saison plus une autre en option

wow, another great addition in Swiss hockey

[Cedric]

Langnau Tigers have offered to Alexei Doistonov a try-out contract. The 17 years old russian forward has got a swiss licence.
Last season Alexei Doistonov played for 2 different teams; Oiho Junior Blue Jackets in the USHL and Sioux Falls, also in the USHL.


Davide, I sent you a private message concerning this :)

[Cedric]

Kloten won 7-2 against Krefeld (DEL) yesterday. The game took place in Kloten (Schlüefweg Arena), about 2'000 fans were there.

Goals for Kloten: Damian Brunner (2), Kimmo Rintanen, Viktor Stancescu, Sven Lindemann, Roman Wick and Marcel Jenni.

[Cedric]

Pre-season's games of yesterday:

Zürich Lions - Metallurg Novokuznetsk (RSL) 1-2
Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon: 1'200 spectateurs
Zürich: Sulander (31:39 Streit); Seger, Suchy; Schnyder, Forster; Stoffel, Leeger; Cadonau; Gardner, Pavlikovsky, Lemm; Monnet, A. Wichser, Bastl; Murovic, Alston, Lakhmatov; M. Wichser, Grauwiler, Gloor; Lindemann, Krutov.
Goals:
21:55 Forster (Seger, Wichser, PP) 1:0
31:58 Stasyuk (Tatarinov) 1:1
42:11 Alexandrov (Lapenko, PP) 1:2
Remarques: Zürich sans MacLean (absent), Blindenbacher (blessé), Pienitz (pas convoqué). Murovic et Forster sortent sur blessure.



EHC Olten (NLB) - EHC Basel 2-3
Kleinholz: 551 spectateurs
Olten: Leimbacher (rempl. Ackermann); Kparghai, Boss; Zalapski, Simon Schnyder; Bloch, Dällenbach; Stapfer, Hirzel; Boutin, Küng, Lecompte; Martin Wüthrich, Schwarz, Aeschlimann; Hirt, Hildebrand, Dähler; Schwarzenbach, Trachsler, Hiltebrand.
Basel: Schürch (rempl. Gigon); Hauer, Stalder; Plavsic, Markus Wüthrich; Bundi, Horak; Studer, Collenberg; Rubin, Papineau, Maneluk; Voegele, Sarault, Fuchs; Della Rossa, Camenzind, Tschannen; Walker, Tschuor, Stefan Schnyder.
Goals:
25:17 Walker (Tschuor) 0:1
37:47 Schwarzenbach (Dällenbach, PP) 1:1
39:05 Maneluk 1:2
40:14 Papineau (Rubin) 1:3
58:50 Lecompte (Boutin, Zalapski, PP) 2:3
Remarques: Basel sans Gerber ni Nüssli (blessés)

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

Bykov-Khomutov: Stasynk must be Stasyuk.

Do you know where will play Hiller next season?

[STOLBUN]

Bykov-Khomutov: Stasynk must be Stasyuk.

Do you know where will play Hiller next season?

I think in NHL ;),Anaheim

[Cedric]

I think in NHL ;),Anaheim

Exactly! :-)



Pre-season games of yesterday:

SCL Tigers - HC Martigny (NLB) 2-0
Sportzentrum Sagibach: 939 spec.
Langnau: Schoder (rempl. Flückiger); Bayer, Lüthi; Jenni, Aegerter; Blum, Stettler; C. Moser, Murphy; Neff, Zeiter, Dostoinov; Varada, Sutter, Debrunner; Joggi, A. Gerber, S. Moser; Moggi, Holden, Bieber.
Martigny: Rüfenacht (rempl. Brügger); Avanthay, Ermacora, Flückiger, Haas, Machacka, K. Moser, Parati; Bellemare, Burdet, Dubach, Hürlimann, Keller, Laakso, Moret, Moser, Perrin, Rothen, Sleigher, Spolidoro, Turler.
Goals:
5' Joggi (Debrunner, Schoder) 1:0
60' Joggi (Adrian Gerber) 2:0
Remarques: Langnau sans Jeff Toms


EHC Basel - Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) 3-5
St. Jakob Arena: 300 fans
Basel: Gigon (rempl. Schürch); Hauer, Stalder; Plavsic, Wüthrich; Bundi, Horak; Studer; Rubin, Papineau, Maneluk; Fuchs, Sarault, Walker; Della Rossa, Camenzind, Collenberg; Tschannen, Tschuor, Schnyder.
Krefeld: Pavoni (rempl. Kovacic); Pavlikovski, Martinovic; Kunce, Milo; Schopper, Andrews; Akdag, Mangold; Pietta, Alinc, Verwey; Blank, Vasilijevs, Selivanov; Huebscher, Bombis, Maloney; Ruderer, Lupzig.
Goals:
05:32 Andrews (Huebscher) 0:1
11:54 Rubin (Maneluk) 1:1
26:43 Pietta (Pavlikovsky, Alinc, PP) 1:2
33:36 Sarault (Walker) 2:2
47:36 Collenberg (Hauer) 3:2
51:16 Alinc (Pavlikovsky, Maloney) 3:3
53:37 Pietta (Alinc, PP) 3:4
56:22 Huebscher (Bombis) 3:5
Notes: Basel sans Nüssli ni Gerber (blessés)

[Davide]

Exactly! :-)



Pre-season games of yesterday:

SCL Tigers - HC Martigny (NLB) 2-0
Sportzentrum Sagibach: 939 spec.
Langnau: Schoder (rempl. Flückiger); Bayer, Lüthi; Jenni, Aegerter; Blum, Stettler; C. Moser, Murphy; Neff, Zeiter, Dostoinov; Varada, Sutter, Debrunner; Joggi, A. Gerber, S. Moser; Moggi, Holden, Bieber.
Martigny: Rüfenacht (rempl. Brügger); Avanthay, Ermacora, Flückiger, Haas, Machacka, K. Moser, Parati; Bellemare, Burdet, Dubach, Hürlimann, Keller, Laakso, Moret, Moser, Perrin, Rothen, Sleigher, Spolidoro, Turler.
Goals:
5' Joggi (Debrunner, Schoder) 1:0
60' Joggi (Adrian Gerber) 2:0
Remarques: Langnau sans Jeff Toms


EHC Basel - Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) 3-5
St. Jakob Arena: 300 fans
Basel: Gigon (rempl. Schürch); Hauer, Stalder; Plavsic, Wüthrich; Bundi, Horak; Studer; Rubin, Papineau, Maneluk; Fuchs, Sarault, Walker; Della Rossa, Camenzind, Collenberg; Tschannen, Tschuor, Schnyder.
Krefeld: Pavoni (rempl. Kovacic); Pavlikovski, Martinovic; Kunce, Milo; Schopper, Andrews; Akdag, Mangold; Pietta, Alinc, Verwey; Blank, Vasilijevs, Selivanov; Huebscher, Bombis, Maloney; Ruderer, Lupzig.
Goals:
05:32 Andrews (Huebscher) 0:1
11:54 Rubin (Maneluk) 1:1
26:43 Pietta (Pavlikovsky, Alinc, PP) 1:2
33:36 Sarault (Walker) 2:2
47:36 Collenberg (Hauer) 3:2
51:16 Alinc (Pavlikovsky, Maloney) 3:3
53:37 Pietta (Alinc, PP) 3:4
56:22 Huebscher (Bombis) 3:5
Notes: Basel sans Nüssli ni Gerber (blessés)

swiss teams preseasons games are reported also here: http://forums.internationalhockey.ne...9643#post89643
please avoid duplicate posts and refer to this thread for boxscores

[Cedric]

swiss teams preseasons games are reported also here: http://forums.internationalhockey.ne...9643#post89643
please avoid duplicate posts and refer to this thread for boxscores

Oh ok, no problem Davide, I didn't know about this thread. Fine for me, I'll post pre-season results on that thread, as of now :)

Cheers

[Cedric]

One more NHLer in Swiss NLA!

SC Bern just signs center Patrik Stefan from Dallas Stars. He will be the 5th import Bern.

[Enforcer]

One more NHLer in Swiss NLA!

SC Bern just signs center Patrik Stefan from Dallas Stars. He will be the 5th import Bern.

He is such a bust. I cant believe Stefan once was drafted as first overall. He cant even score in the empty net....
Good luck with him...

[Cedric]

He is such a bust. I cant believe Stefan once was drafted as first overall. He cant even score in the empty net....
Good luck with him...

If he could also do the same "bungles" with Bern, I'll be more than happy!! (I hate Bern ;-D)

[Enforcer]

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDbEX666G3Y

[Cedric]

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDbEX666G3Y

Yep, it's crazy! But anyway, Bern would like to offer Glen Metropolit a contract for next season. In that case, Patrik Stefan won't stay in Bern. Wait and see.

[Enforcer]

Yep, it's crazy! But anyway, Bern would like to offer Glen Metropolit a contract for next season. In that case, Patrik Stefan won't stay in Bern. Wait and see.

Glen Metropolit? He was useless in Atlanta as well... I cant stand this guy even more than Stefan. Stefan at least could win some faceoffs and work on penalty killing unit, but Metropolit?
I remember watching him play some hockey for Thrashers last season and already back then I was thinking, that this guy will soon go to Europe. His fast skating and no grit style didnt quite work in NHL level.

[Cedric]

Russian forward Alexei Krutov just signed for 2 years in Zürich.

I remember watching him play some hockey for Thrashers last season and already back then I was thinking, that this guy will soon go to Europe. His fast skating and no grit style didnt quite work in NHL level.

Yes, I agree. Glen Metropolit was a big star in Finland and Switzerland.

[Davide]

Langnau Tigers have offered to Alexei Doistonov a try-out contract. The 17 years old russian forward has got a swiss licence.
Last season Alexei Doistonov played for 2 different teams; Oiho Junior Blue Jackets in the USHL and Sioux Falls, also in the USHL.

Doistonov ended his try out unsuccessfully and come back to North America

[martin]

The National League A has got a new trophy "Twin Skate". It replaces the old, blue trophy which got the inofficial name umbrella stand.

News in German: http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news_portal/news.php?id=18782

New trophy:


Old trophy:

[Tobias]

I must say that was a good move. No offense, but that old cup is the ugliest i have ever seen :)

[Trim]

I must say that was a good move. No offense, but that old cup is the ugliest i have ever seen :)

So you haven't seen the 1996 or 2004 World Cups?