Alliance of European Hockey Clubs

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The Alliance of European Hockey Clubs (E.H.C.) is an organization representing European ice hockey clubs. It was founded in Berlin on June 13, 2016.

The objectives of the A.E.H.C. are the representation of the interests of the clubs in the IIHF, the strengthening of the position of the European clubs towards the North American NHL and the securing of financial stability of European club ice hockey. The A.E.H.C. consists of 87 clubs from 14 European countries. Among them are all 14 clubs of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, all twelve clubs of the Swiss National League as well as two from the second-tier Swiss League and five clubs from Austria.

The president of the EHC is Marc Lüthi, CEO of SC Bern. Vice-Presidents are Håkan Loob, General Manager of Färjestad BK and Jürgen Arnold, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ERC Ingolstadt.