1940-1950

TheHockey Club Lugano Lugano was constituted during the 1940/1941 season when the first small matches were played on the Muzzano lake. The actual constitution of the club took place, in the middle of the Second World War, during the meeting of 11 February 1941 in the Apollo, a small restaurant in Via Stauffacher opposite the Kursaal . Among the founding members were Antonio Caslani, the Arrigo brothers, Ivo Badaracco, Bruno Soldini, Dino Bernardoni, Ivo Molina, Renato Crivelli, Guido Keller, Tullio Visani, Pepi Paulon, Livio Balmelli, Renato Paganetti, Kurt Tritten, Ezio Bernasconi, Federico 'Bobo' Trachsel and Alfonso Weber. It is precisely the latter who is designated as the first president also because, playing in FC Lugano, he can ensure the team's jerseys. Seven years after its foundation, the club leaves the Muzzano pond and moves to the Loreto district. The change undoubtedly brings benefits, gradually introducing the game of hockey to the city's various districts.