HC Ambrì-Piotta

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HC Ambrì-Piotta
Current season

Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League (NL). The club was founded September 19, 1937, and is also known as "Bianco-Blu" (English: white and blues). Though they have never won the league championship, the club has not been relegated to the Swiss League since being promoted in 1985, the same year that saw the arrival of Dale McCourt.

The team plays its home games in the 7,000-seat Nuova Valascia.

History

The fans in 2014

HC Lugano, the fans compose a choreography. When Ambrì wins a game, fans rejoice to the valley anthem "La Montanara".[1]

Since 1959, they have called their self-owned Valascia as their home. Standing 1,000 metres above sea level, it is an open-ended facility with 2,000 seats and additional standing room space for 5,000.[2]

In the summer of 2013, the team raised roughly five million Swiss francs in response to financial difficulties. The donations given to HC Ambrì-Piotta came from both large and small donations, many of which were given via SMS. The efforts of the team and its fans have secured the right to play in the National League.[3]

Honours

The team on the ice in 2014

Domestic

National League

Swiss Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1962

International

IIHF Continental Cup

IIHF Super Cup

Invitational

Spengler Cup

Basler Cup

Players

Current roster

Updated 11 January 2024.[4]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
21 Switzerland Yannick Brüschweiler C/LW L 24
2023
 Switzerland
87 Switzerland Dario Bürgler (A) RW R 36
2021
 Illgau, Switzerland
1 Switzerland Benjamin Conz G R 32
2017
St. Ursanne, Switzerland
9 Canada Laurent Dauphin C L 29
2023
 Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
88 Italy Tommaso De Luca C L 19
2023
 Aosta, Italy
7 Switzerland Isacco Dotti D L 31
2018
 Mairengo, Switzerland
27 Switzerland Zaccheo Dotti D L 29
2020
 Mairengo, Switzerland
81 France Floran Douay LW L 29
2023
 Sallanches, France
25 Switzerland Nando Eggenberger LW L 24
2022
 Chur, Switzerland
35 Italy Davide Fadani G L 23
2023
Milano, Italy
5 Germany Tobias Fohrler D R 26
2019
 Troisdorf, Germany
10 Canada Alex Formenton LW L 24
2022
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
12 Switzerland Daniele Grassi (C) RW R 31
2020
 Bellinzona, Switzerland
72 Sweden Tim Heed D R 33
2022
Göteborg, Sweden
44 Switzerland André Heim (A) C/RW L 25
2021
 Switzerland
33 Switzerland Valentin Hofer RW R 22
2022
 Zug, Switzerland
30 Finland Janne Juvonen G L 29
2022
 Kiihtelysvaara, Finland
11 Switzerland Johnny Kneubuehler C/RW L 27
2018
 Reiden, Switzerland
22 Italy Diego Kostner C R 31 2016
Bressanone, Italy
13 Canada Manix Landry C L 21
2023
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
29 Sweden Jakob Lilja LW L 30
2023
 Limhamn, Sweden
88 Switzerland Inti Pestoni (A) LW L 32
2021
 Faido, Switzerland
86 Switzerland Rocco Pezzullo D L 23
2019
 Switzerland
43 Czech Republic Michael Špaček C R 27
2022
 Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
26 Switzerland Simone Terraneo D L 19
2022
 Biasca, Switzerland
71 Finland Jesse Virtanen D L 32
2022
 Rauma, Finland
59 Switzerland Dario Wüthrich D R 24
2022
 Trub, Switzerland
55 Austria Kilian Zündel D R 23
2022
 Dornbirn, Austria
16 Austria Dominic Zwerger LW L 27
2017
 Dornbirn, Austria

NHL alumni

References

  1. ^ "What Does Geronimo Have to Do with Ice Hockey?". Give 'em the Lumber #3 (2007).
  2. ^ "Ambri-Piotta resists urbanisation". www.iihf.com. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  3. ^ "HCAP reach 5 million through own capital". HC Ambrì-Piotta (in German). 2013-05-06. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  4. ^ "Prima squadra" (in Italian). www.hcap.ch. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

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