Hockey Club Lugano
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| Hockey Club Lugano | |
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| Founded | 1941 |
| Home ice | Pista La Resega |
| Based in | Lugano, Switzerland |
| Colours | Black, white and yellow |
| League | Nationalliga A |
| Head coach | Ivano Zanatta |
| General manager | Fabio Gaggini |
Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano, are a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The professional men's team compete in the Swiss Nationalliga A, the women's team, called "HC Lugano Panther Ladies Team", won the Swiss Championship 2006 and qualified for the final round of the IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2007.
- Founded: 1941
- Home arena: Pista La Resega (capacity 7,800)
- Swiss Championships (men) won: 7 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006)
- Swiss Championships (women) won: 1 (2006)
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[edit] History
The first games of HC Lugano were played on the frozen Lake Muzzano. The club was formally founded at a meeting in the Apollo Restaurant on February 11, 1941. Seven years after its foundation, the team left the small lake of Muzzano and moved to the Loreto quarter. The team would be evicted from Loreto because of a lack of support. 1955 found HC Lugano playing on what were, in summer, the tennis courts of the Münger bakery in Paradiso, although they would move to an artificial ice rink, the "Resega", on December 1, 1957.
Lugano have won the Swiss national title of men's hockey seven times, in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006, and have reached the final round of the European Cup twice; in the 1986-87 and the 1990-91 seasons. They have also played the Euroleague Final-Four in 2000. Lugano is the most successful team in the Swiss league since the play-off's introduction and is the only team in Europe that was able to win a series 4-3 after a 0-3 start (against Ambrì-Piotta in 2006). During the last seasons Lugano swindled the state treasury for about $4mio, for this reason the club risks a fine of $7mio. In 2007, Lugano finished third in the European Champion's Cup.
[edit] Men's team
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
As of 20 August 2006
Goaltenders:
- 84 -
- Michael Flückiger - 47 - - Simon Züger
Defencemen:
- 21 - - Krister Cantoni
- 07 - - Alessandro Chiesa
- 49 - - Andreas Hänni
- 08 - - Steve Hirschi
- 37 -
- Petri Liimatainen - 06 -
/ - Wes Snell - 34 - - Jason Strudwick
- 23 - - Dick Tärnström
- 03 - - Julien Vauclair
'Forwards:
- 40 - - Flavien Conne
- 15 - / - Ryan Gardner
- 25 -
- Jukka Hentunen - 28 - - Sandy Jeannin
- 45 - / - Mirko Murovic
- 44 - - Andy Näser
- 80 - - Alain Pasqualino
- 32 - - Sebastien Reuille
- 88 - - Kevin Romy
- 38 - - Raffaele Sannitz
- 17 - - Tristan Vauclair
- 51 -
- Rickard Wallin - 22 -
- Landon Wilson - 73 - - Valentin Wirz
[edit] Retired jerseys
- 1 - Alfio Molina
- 2 - Sandro Bertaggia
- 4 - Pat Schafhauser
[edit] Women's team
The "HCL Ladies Team" has won the Swiss championship 2007 and has qualified for the final tournament at the IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2007 at december 2006.
