| EHC Kloten | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Kloten,Switzerland |
| League | National League |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Home arena | SWISS Arena |
| Colors | |
| General manager | Larry Mitchell |
| Head coach | Gerry Fleming |
| Captain | Steve Kellenberger |
| Affiliate | HC Thurgau |
| Website | www.ehc-kloten.ch |
| Franchise history | |
| 1934–2000 2016–present | EHC Kloten |
| 2000–2016 | Kloten Flyers |
 Current season | |
EHC Kloten is anice hockey team based in the city ofKloten inSwitzerland. The team plays in theNational League (NL). 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 beenrelegated until the2017–18 season. They returned to the NL following the 2021-22 season.
The team was called theKloten Flyers between 2000 and 2016.[1]
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 frozenNägelimoos-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 theSerie B and five years later into theSerie A. One year later, in 1947, the EHC Kloten was promoted into theSwiss League. In 1962, they joined theNational League 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 NL.
For the 1998-99 season the former Russian ice hockey playerVladimir 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 reached 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 defensemanAnders Eldebrink and assistantFelix 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 bothHC Geneve-Servette andEV Zug in the playoffs before losing the playoff final againstHC 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 ofBülach,Dielsdorf-Niederhasli andWinterthur. Since the founding of the elite-junior league, the teams have won 19 titles, the latest being in the 2005-06 season.
The team's name was reverted from Kloten Flyers to EHC Kloten for the2016–17 NLA season[2] after the club had been taken over by businessman Hans-Ulrich Lehmann, who bought the organization from the owner group Avenir Sports Entertainment.[3]Pekka Tirkkonen from Finland was appointed new head coach[4] for the 2016–17 season afterSean Simpson had parted company with the club.The team had one of the worst attendances of the NL for the 2016–17 season, averaging only 5,229 spectators over their 25 regular season home games. It was also the only team which failed to sell out at least one game during the regular season.[5]
On February 1, 2017, the team won the firstSwiss Cup in club history, againstGeneve-Servette HC, in a packedSwiss Arena.
The team won theSwiss League title in April 2022 againstEHC Olten to gain automatic promotion to the NL.
Updated 7 June 2025.
| No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Marco Klöti[6] | D | 1992–2007 | – |
| 7 | Peter Schlagenhauf | RW | 1969–1994 | – |
| 20 | Reto Pavoni | G | 1986–2002 | – |
| 21 | Roman Wäger | LW | 1980–1999 | – |
| 22 | Victor Stancescu | LW | 2001–2016 | – |
| 24 | Felix Hollenstein | RW | 1985–2002 | – |
| 26 | Mikael Johansson | C | 1992–1997 | – |
| 32 | Anders Eldebrink | D | 1990–1995 | – |
