At a press conference held this morning at Cornèr Arena, the HCL reviewed the growth of its Youth Section, which now has 403 girls and boys members, over the past decade. A growth that involves the sports sphere with 46 players trained in the nursery who have worn or are wearing the jersey of teams of...
Hockey Club Lugano and 25-year-old Swiss-licensed defender Jesper Peltonen have signed a contract renewal expiring in 2025 these days, extending the agreement as of now until the end of the 2027/28 season. After growing up in the youth sector of IFK Helsinki, Jesper had embraced the North American adventure, playing four seasons in the top university league...
Eight boys from the Youth Section ofHockey Club Lugano have been selected for the early February fixtures of the Swiss national teams. Goalkeeper Yannis Zambelli, defender Niccolò Castiglioni and forwards Kei Imboden and Ryan Bizzozero (all class of 2008) will play the Three Nations Tournament in Romanshorn with the two U16 selections. Among the assistant coaches...
TheHockey Club Lugano has decided to auction the special jerseys of its first team players worn at last Saturday's game on January 20, 2024 played at the Cornèr Arena against Bern. Proceeds from the auction will entirely benefit the Cancer League Ticino, which, in collaboration with the HCL, had raised awareness before and during the...
The injury suffered by Niklas Schlegel at 17:32 of the first period of last night's game at the Cornèr Arena between Lugano and Geneva has unfortunately turned out to be serious. Indeed, the instrumental examinations to which the 29-year-old goalkeeper underwent today revealed an injury to the intramuscular portion of the tendon of the left hamstring. The timing of...
TheHockey Club Lugano announces that starting today at 12 noon, presale is open for the last four games of the 2023/2024 Regular Season scheduled at Cornèr Arena. The following are the dates of the games: Saturday, Feb. 3, 7:45 p.m., HCL-Davos Friday, Feb. 23, 7:45 p.m., HCL-Langnau Tigers (Ladies Night) Thursday, Feb. 29, 7:45 p.m.,...
TheHockey Club Lugano announces that Giovanni Morini, who was hospitalized last night after a violent impact against the backstop balustrade during the second half of the game against Geneva, suffered a fracture of the femur in his right leg. The unfortunate forward no. 23 will undergo reduction and synthesis surgery in the morning...
The eSports team ofHockey Club Lugano will be present on Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the new GAME ROOM at Centro Lugano Sud, a historic shopping center in Grancia. For gaming fans, it will be a unique opportunity to challenge the official eSports team of the HCL, which, for over a year, has been successfully participating in...
On the occasion of the game at Cornèr Arena on Saturday, January 20, 2024 against Bern (7:45 p.m.),Hockey Club Lugano will take to the rink wearing a special jersey dedicated to the theme of breast cancer prevention. Indeed, the purpose of the evening will be to remind people of the importance every day of breast cancer prevention and the role...
The Ticinonews Sport program dealt in its edition yesterday, January 9, 2024, with the issue of the future of the Bellinzona Rockets team, hosting the club's president Matteo Mozzini and sports director Nicola Pini. In this regard, theHockey Club Lugano confirms here that he was contacted during the month...
President Vicky Mantegazza and a delegation of players from theHockey Club Lugano first team will be guests on Sunday, Jan. 14 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the closing day of Melide ICE on the Lake, the highly regarded village within the picturesque setting of Melide's Lido Comunale. The players bianconeri will skate on the ice and be...
After the signings for the coming seasons of goalkeeper Joren Van Pottelberghe and defender David Aebischer, after the renewals of Michael Joly and Matthew Verboon and the signing of Roberts Cjunskis' first professional contract,Hockey Club Lugano has cemented another piece of the puzzle of its team of the future. The company bianconera and...
Thursday night's game at the Vernets against Geneva left its mark on the already decimated Lugano in recent weeks. As for defender Calle Andersson, who injured his left hand blocking a shot, instrumental examinations fortunately ruled out fractures. The situation will be evaluated day by day. Bad news instead for Stephane...
TheHockey Club Lugano formalizes the signing on a contract valid until the end of the 2023/24 season of Swedish center-wing forward "left" Mario Kempe, born 19.09.1988 in Kramfors (183 cm x 86 kg). A Swedish U18 and U20 youth national team player, Kempe was drafted in 2007 in the fifth round by the Philadelphia Flyers. After two seasons in the QMJHL, he...
Hockey Club Lugano reports that it has signed Swiss-licensed Finnish forward Aleksi Peltonen, who was released in these hours from his contract with Davos, under an agreement valid until the end of the 2024/25 season. Aleksi, born 08.06.1998 in Helsinki (178 cm x 81 kg, "left"), is the twin brother of defenseman bianconero Jesper, son of...
Creative, brilliant at times, a true spectacle for the eyes. But, at the same time, effective and decisive, capable at any moment of the game of inventing a goal, an assist or a play that changes the fate of the game. This is the essence of the Michael Joly that field hockey fans were able to admire in his first twenty-eight...