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HC Lugano

NL: 1999–present
NDA: 1970–1972, 1981–1999
NDB: 1963–1970, 1972–1981

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.

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.

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

Main article: Pista La 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-Ceresio and HC Porza. It was built in 1995, after the demolition of the previous one, and can hold 8,000 people.

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

2018–19

Players

Current roster

Updated 5 July 2024.

Honored members

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
1	Alfio Molina	G	1963–1983	22 February 2004
2	Sandro Bertaggia	D	1985–2003	22 February 2004
3	Julien Vauclair	D	1996–2020	16 September 2022
4	Pat Schafhauser	D	1994–1995	22 February 2004
33	Petteri Nummelin	D	2001–06, 2008–2013	31 August 2013
44	Andy Näser	F	1997–2010	28 August 2010

Franchise records and leaders

All-time scoring leaders

Coach % games/victories	Harold Kreis	80%

Team records

HC Lugano records in the Swiss National League A.

Most minutes without suffering goals during Regular Season	248' 10" (Cristobal Huet)	1999/00

HC Lugano Ladies Team

The HC Lugano Ladies Team was 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.

References

(2015-04-05). "HC Lugano history 1941 to today". HC Lugano.
"Giacatori". www.hclugano.ch.
NL Record Book 2007, UK Hockey Statistik.
"Hockey Opportunities > Professional Teams > Overseas > Switzerland". www.womenshockeylife.com.

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