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2539 - Bern, Switzerland

Bern is the de facto capital city of Switzerland: the Swiss call it their "federal city." There are about 144 000 people in Bern founded in the 12th century. 

SC Bern, founded in 1931, plays in the National League in Switzerland. It is the top tier of professional hockey in Switzerland. It plays in PostFinance Arena, one of the largest hockey arenas in Europe with just over 17 000 seats. SC Bern averages about 16 000 per game. 

SC Bern has won the National League Championship 16 times, the most recent one in 2019. The roster as of March 2020 included two Canadians - Andrew Ebbett and Christian Thomas. 

Ebbett, from Vernon, British Columbia, has extensive National Hockey League and American Hockey League experience. His NHL totals include 224 games with 26 goals and 45 assists. He played with Anaheim, Chicago, Minnesota, Phoenix, Vancouver, and Pittsburgh. He also won a bronze medal
playing for Canada at the Pyeongchang, South Korea Olympics in 2018. He played five season with Munich EHC in the German League, Ebbett retired and was named the general manager of SC Bern. 

Thomas has played 27 games with the NHL's New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Arizona Coyotes, scoring one goal, and registering two assists. He has 335 career American Hockey League games. He also had stints with Rogle BK in the Swedish Hockey League, Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League, before signed with SC Bern. He also earned a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The sender of the card used an old Canadian stamp to create a clever doodle.




 

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