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![Beat Gerber played his 1000th game for SCB in Zug on Wednesday.]()
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Beat Gerber played his 1000th game for SCB in Zug on Wednesday.
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![The defender prepares the second goal. Nevertheless, Bern is losing out.]()
BENJAMIN SOLAND
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The defender prepares the second goal. Nevertheless, Bern is losing out.
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![Knows how to celebrate: SCB defender Gerber after winning the 2016 championship.]()
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Knows how to celebrate: SCB defender Gerber after winning the 2016 championship.
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![Two more games, then Gerber equalized Mathias Seger's record of 1167 NL appearances.]()
Keystone
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Two more games, then Gerber equalized Mathias Seger’s record of 1167 NL appearances.
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Warrior is written on his shirt. And Warrior – warriors – call him the teammates. He himself says: “I am afraid of mice and snakes. But in hockey I fear nothing or anyone. I play best with pain. ” Meant is SCB defender Beat Gerber (38).
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On Wednesday, the ex-Langnau junior, who moved to the capital 18 years ago, played his 1000th game for the SCB against Zug (2: 5). “The chief of materials drew my attention to it after the 999th game. I thought it was going to take a while, ”Gerber admits. He feels “proud” – even if it was a defeat on the anniversary: “I gave my full commitment. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough. “
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And what did the trained carpenter get to join the 1000 club? “Nothing so far,” says Gerber. He himself hung up money in the dressing room that would have flowed into the team’s treasury if he had won. Gerber does not want to reveal what amount it would have been. Typical!
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Gerber and his Ferrari
The father of three is not a man of big words, does not like to be the center of attention. He drives a Ferrari but would never park in front of a restaurant. For fear of being mistaken for a show-off. The fact that Gerber refused to be the first to lift the trophy at the last championship title in 2019 fits into the picture. Only after winning the cup did he let Captain Simon Moser convince him. But anyone who now suspects Gerber to be a bore is wrong.
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Before Corona, the team ended the season on Mallorca. «Malle is Bidu’s world. He accelerates like a boy. I wouldn’t be surprised if you met him after his career in the Bierkönig and he opened a bar », Ramon Untersander once joked.
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Two more games until the Seger record
With six titles, Gerber, who replaced David Jobin (932 games for the SCB) as the record holder in January 2020, is also the best in terms of championship honors at SCB. He could equalize another record this year. Gerber, who has already played 165 games for Langnau, is two games missing to draw level with Mathias Seger (a total of 1167 NL appearances). But to do this, Bern has to defeat the EVZ on Friday. Otherwise it will be the end of the working day for this season.
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Gerber, who has extended until 2022, remains cool: “We have proven that we can beat Zug. And have enough experience. ” If anyone knows, it’s Gerber. He will be honored before the match.
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