HC Lugano

Lugano HC
2019–20 NL season
City	Lugano, Switzerland
League	National League NL: 1999–present NDA: 1970–1972, 1981–1999 NDB: 1963–1970, 1972–1981
Founded	1941
Home arena
Colors
Owner(s)
General manager	Hnat Domenichelli
Head coach	Chris McSorley
Captain	Vacant
Affiliates	HCB Ticino Rockets
Website	Official website
Franchise history
1941–present	Hockey Club Lugano

Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL) and has won seven Swiss championships.

History[]

The founding of HC Lugano took place on 11 February 1941, when they participated on Muzzano Lake their first games against Ambrì, Muzzano, Massagno and Paradiso. On 1 December 1957, the first artificial ice rink was opened, at the Pista La Resega. Among those present was also the man who, 30 years later, was to take HC Lugano to the top of Swiss and international hockey: Geo Mantegazza, an engineer by profession, who had done the static calculations of the Resega and thus the first contacts had with the family earning the club the nickname of the "Bianconeri" acknowledging their Italian speaking heritage.^[1]

In 1963–64, Lugano rose to the National League B, most notably through the contributions of defender Elwyn Friedrich and Forward Roland Bernasconi, both national players and Swiss champions with Villars. In the 1970–71 season, the Bianconeri's promotion to the tope flight National League A was realised for the first time in franchise history, playing two seasons before returning to the NLB.^[1]

In the 1981–82 season Lugano returned, together with Ambrì, back in the NLA. In the 1982–83 season, Mantegazza hired Swedish coach John Slettvoll, who won numerous championships in his tenure.

Venue[]

Internal view of the Lugano hockey arena Resega.

The Pista La Resega hockey arena in Lugano is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Lugano, HC Lugano Ladies Team, HC Lugano-Ceresio and HC Porza. It was built in 1995, after the demolition of the previous one, and can hold 8,000 people.^{[citation needed]}

Honors[]

Champions[]

• NL Championship (7): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006
• SL Championship (1): 1982

Runners-up[]

• NL Championship (8): 1985, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018
• Spengler Cup (3): 1991, 2015, 2016

Season-by-season records[]

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated 23 July 2019.^[2][3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Alessio Bertaggia	W	L	28	2014	Lugano, Switzerland
87			RW	R	33	2016	Illgau, Switzerland
27		(C)	D	R	34	2014	Zürich, Switzerland
16		Taylor Chorney	D	L	34	2018	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
17		Luca Fazzini	W	R	26	2012	Lugano, Switzerland
14			C	L	24	2018	Männedorf, Switzerland
7			D	L	27	2018	Fribourg, Switzerland
21		Mauro Jörg	W	L	31	2018	Chur, Switzerland
86		Linus Klasen	LW	L	35	2014	Stockholm, Sweden
24		Jani Lajunen	C	L	31	2017	Espoo, Finland
12			W	L	28	2019	Zürich, Switzerland
58		Romain Loeffel	D	R	30	2018	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
74			D	R	21	2017	Lausanne, Switzerland
23		Giovanni Morini	C	L	26	2015	Como, Italy
31			G	R	25	2015	Feldkirch, Austria
37			D	L	23	2016	Claro, Switzerland
70			LW	L	26	2013	Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland
6			D	L	29	2016	Lugano, Switzerland
38		Raffaele Sannitz (A)	C	L	38	2005	Lugano, Switzerland
34		Niklas Schlegel	G	L	27	2019	Zürich, Switzerland
35		Davide Fadani	G	L	20	2019	Milano, Italy
9		Reto Suri	C	L	32	2019	Zürich, Switzerland
3		Julien Vauclair (A)	D	L	41	2004	Delémont, Switzerland
52			RW	R	24	2017	Lugano, Switzerland
91		Julian Walker	C	R	34	2013	Bern, Switzerland
95			D	L	33	2017	Davos, Switzerland
94			RW	R	27	2019	Jona, Switzerland
39		Sandro Zurkirchen	G	L	31	2019	Schwyz, Switzerland

Honored members[]

Retired jersey of Alfio Molina

Franchise records and leaders[]

All-time scoring leaders[]

Team records[]

HC Lugano records in the Swiss National League A.^[4]

HC Lugano Ladies Team[]

The HC Lugano Ladies Team (white dress) against the OSC Berlin at the first round of the EWCC 2007

The HC Lugano Ladies Team is a semi-professional women's ice hockey team that competes in the Swiss Women's A League. The club was officially founded on May 22, 1990. They won the Swiss Championship on 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010.

In 2007, the HC Lugano Ladies Team qualified for the final round of the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup and even won the bronze medal 2010.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

Official website