HC Lugano

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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.

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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.

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Venue 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.

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Honors

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Champions

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

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Runners-up

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

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Season-by-season records

Result

3rd Place in Regular Season Quarterfinal playoff Eighth-finalist in Swiss Cup

5th Place in Regular Season Final playoff Finalist Spengler Cup Eighth-finalist in Swiss Cup

7th Place in Regular Season Semi-final playoff Finalist Spengler Cup Round of 16 Champions Hockey League Eighth-finalist in Swiss Cup

4th Place in Regular Season Final playoff

7th Place in Regular Season Quarterfinal playoff Quarterfinal Champions Hockey League

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Players

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Current roster Updated 5 July 2024.

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Honored members

HC Lugano retired numbers

22 February 2004

22 February 2004

16 September 2022

22 February 2004

31 August 2013

28 August 2010

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Franchise records and leaders

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All-time scoring leaders

Record
806
268
305
462
1.25
2.17
40
9
5
46
12
891
80%

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Team records HC Lugano records in the Swiss National League A.NL Record Book 2007, UK Hockey Statistik.

Season

2003/04

2003/04

1999/00

1999/00

2003/04

1999/00

2004/05

1985/86 and 2003/04

1987/88

1999/00

1987/88

1988/89

1999/00

1987/88 and 2000/01

1985/86

1999/00

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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.

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External links

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