The family bianconera remembers Mark Pavelich

Hockey Club Lugano fondly remembers Mark Pavelich, who passed away at the age of 63 in a Minnesota nursing home. The American forward had played at Lugano in the 1980-1981 season, the one preceding the promotion to the A series, paired with John Harrington. The two had been among the protagonists of the famous 'Miracle on Ice', the incredible and...

The HCL ready to renew its sports partnership with the Rockets

In its capacity as minority shareholder of the company Hockey Club Biasca SA,Hockey Club Lugano confirms its willingness to continue the sportive collaboration with the Ticino Rockets for the 2021/2022 season. In spite of the uncertainties on the conditions set by the Swiss League for the Farm Teams' participation to the championship starting from the...

Lucas Matewa in the Chaux-de-Fonds

Hockey Club Lugano and player Lucas Matewa have mutually agreed to terminate the contract that bound the parties until the end of the 2021/2022 season. The 21-year-old defender will play immediately on loan for this season with Chaux-de-Fonds, the club with which he will also continue his career...

A true gesture of love

Almost a year after the first match played at the Cornèr Arena behind closed doors on 29 February 2020 against Ambrì, our lives continue to be heavily affected by the restrictions to combat the coronavirus. The economic losses caused by the pandemic will be with us for a long time, and sports clubs are undoubtedly among the...

Vicky's appeal: a gesture of love for your Lugano

Vicky's appeal to fans. bianconeri"It was Feb. 11, 1941, 80 years ago, when a group of brave and far-sighted men wrote the first chapter of our glorious history, officially creatingHockey Club Lugano. Back then, field hockey was a sport played a few months a year on natural ice, first on the Muzzano pond, then in Loreto...

Players and technical staff waive a share of their salaries

The players and technical staff of theHockey Club Lugano first team will also do their part to reduce the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the club's coffers in the 2020/2021 season. After agreeing last summer and up to now on a partial deduction from salaries to assess the development of the situation, the parties have...

Entry Level contract for U20 goalkeeper Thibault Fatton

TheHockey Club Lugano announces that it has signed an Entry Level contract for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons with current goalkeeper of its U20 Elit team Thibault Fatton. Class of 2001, who grew up in the youth sector of Chaux-de-Fonds, Fatton (182 cm. x 70 kg.), arrived at Cornèr Arena in the 2018/2019 season and, since then, has defended...

Four bianconeri at the U20 World Cup in Edmonton

After a long preparation period since 6 December, first in Zug, then already in Canada and after the only friendly played yesterday against Austria, the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) has announced the final selection of the 25 players who will wear the Swiss jersey at the U20 World Championships, scheduled from 25 December.

Kurashev leaving for Chicago Blackhawks camp

TheHockey Club Lugano announces that the player Philipp Kurashev, on loan since the beginning of the season to the HCL by the Chicago Blackhawks, has been called by the American franchise to take part in the training camp for the beginning of the NHL season scheduled in January. The 21 years old forward will therefore leave Ticino in the next days and will not be able to go down...

15 DECEMBER 2020 MATCH AGAINST FRIBOURG POSTPONED

Given the fact that many players on the bianconera team are still not fit for resumption of competitions after their COVID-19 positivity and symptoms of the disease, and in compliance with the recommendations of the Swiss Ice Hockey Medical Commission, the National League game between Lugano and Fribourg scheduled for Tuesday...

Matches on Friday 11 December and Sunday 13 December postponed

After November 30, 2020 a total of twenty players and members of the technical staff ofHockey Club Lugano have tested positive for COVID-19. For this reason and in compliance with the Swiss Ice Hockey Medical Commission's requirements for return to competition, the National League games of the first team bianconera scheduled for Friday, 11...

The first eSports team in history bianconera

During the month of December, the first edition of the eNationalleague will start, all twelve clubs of National League will be represented by one or more players, but only one will have the opportunity to play the matches. There will be 11 Regular Season matches to be played from 14 December 2020 until 14 March...

Black preseason jerseys up for auction

The auction of the black jerseys worn by the first-team players of theHockey Club Lugano first team during the 2020/21 preseason will start on Friday 4 December 2020 at 12 noon on the ricardo.ch website. The auction will close on Friday 11 December 2020 at 12 noon. The starting price for each individual jersey is set at CHF 150 with bids...

Thank you Tüli!

Piergiorgio Grassi passed away yesterday at the age of 77. "Tüli," as he was affectionately called in reference to his father, was a well-known figure within the family bianconera. For decades we remember him at the command post at the officials' table at the Resega, now Cornèr Arena. His second home, where he was timekeeper, speaker,...

Team bianconera quarantined until Dec. 8

The Cantonal Doctor of the Canton of Ticino today ordered a quarantine until next Tuesday, 8 December 2020 (inclusive) for theHockey Club Lugano team after several players tested positive for COVID-19. In light of the positivity of several players and unlike what happened in October, the quarantine ordered...