EHC Kloten
ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland
EHC Kloten is a professional ice hockey team based in Kloten in Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL), the highest league in Switzerland. 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 had never been relegated until the 2017–18 season. They returned to the NL following the 2021–22 season.
The team was called the Kloten Flyers between 2000 and 2016.
History
EHC Kloten was founded by a group of 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.
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