CG Puigcerda is Spanish champion, by beating in the playoffs finals reigning champion Txuri Urdin.
Federation suspended the playoffs after semifinals last March due to Covid outbreak but decided to complete the 2019-2020 season before the begin of new season.
Puigcerda won 5-2 game #1 last week and game #2 6-4 in San Sebastian winning a title that had been missing for 12 years. Txuri abdicate the crown after three consecutive triumphs. The Basque team suffered some key losses during the summer, when iconic goalie Ander Alcaine retired and Ander Arraras and Josh Gimenez signed for rival Puigcerdà.
The new Liga Nacional season will start next Saturday
(20 Sep 2020)
Txuri Urdin San Sebastian completed a perfect season confirming the title of Liga Nacional alredy won last season by beating in 3 games - 4-3, 7-1 and 7-2 - archrival CH Jaca after dominating regular season and knocking out SAD Majadahonda in the semifinals. Jaca, finished second, eliminated FC Barcelona to reach the final. This is the title number 14 for Txuri, now the the winningest club of the country, having passed Jaca with 13 titles
In December Txuri also won Copa del Rey, the national cup, beating 3-1 Jaca in the final. Czech Pavel Mrňa from champion Txuri finished as Top Scorer with 34 (17+17) points
(26 Mar 2018)
Txuri Urdin win Copa del Rey (Spanish National Cup) by beating 3-1 arch-rival CH Jaca in the final played at home in San Sebastian. Two goals on power-play at the begin of last period, scored by Slovak Vladimir Lantos and Czech Pavel Mrna decided the game. The two teams have faced each other for the third year in a row in the final, with Jaca won last season and Txuri two years ago.
With this victory Txuri Urdin sums 11 Cups. Jaca remains the remains the major winner with 15 titles, following by Puigcerdà with 12
(24 Dec 2017)
CH Jaca has brought home the Copa del Rey (Spanish National Cup) by beating 2-1 trophy holder Txuri Urdin with 2 goals by Canadian Frédérik Diséi in the final played at Valdemoro rink. It's the 15th Cup for Jaca, the biggest winner of the competition. In the semifinals, Jaca easily won 5-0 against Majadahonda, while regular season champion Txuri Urdin won 4-2 against FC Barcelona
With four goals and three assists veteran Marco Postma was the undisputed protagonist of Dutch Cup final, played at Eindhoven Icerink: his team Heerenveen Flyers trashed 8-1 Limburg Eaters in front of 1300 spectators to grab second consecutive trophy, a revenge after losing the Supercup to Eaters at the start of the season
(23 Jan 2017)
Txuri Urdin win its 9th Copa del Rey, the first trophy since 1999-2000 season, by beating 4-1 national champion CH Jaca in the final played in San Sebastian, a revenge of championship finals played between same two teams and won by Jaca. In the semifinals, Txuri trashed 6-0 Majadahonda while Jaca won laboriously 3-2 FC Barcelona
(28 Mar 2016)
Beating away 6-2 regular season winner Txuri Urdin San Sebastian in decisive game #5 of finals, CH Jaca confirm the title of Spanish Liga Nacional. It's title number 13 for the club, the fifth in last 7 years
(20 Mar 2016)
FC Barcelona won for the fifth time, the first since 1996-97, Spanish Copa del Rey by beating 6-2 in the final arch-rival CG Puigcerdà at Jaca. In the semifinals, played on Saturday, Barcelona won 7-6 at overtime Txuri Urdin, while Puigcerdà won 5-3 hosts Jaca. Its the first trophy for Barcelona coach Danylo Didkovsky
(18 Jan 2015)
Night of big scores in Spanish Nacional Liga: the biggest one was in Valdemoro, Madrid district, where Txuri Urdin San Sebastian destroyed 42-0 Steel Acorns Valdemoro with Ignacio Solorzano (6 goals and 5 assists as best scorer). Txuri had 135 shots on goal, Valdemoro just 4
(02 Nov 2014)
Regular season winner Bipolo Vitoria and CG Puigcerdà are the finalists for Spanish League. Both teams needed just two games to advance to final: Vitoria eliminated Txuri Urdin San Sebastian, while Puigcerdà knocked off reigning champion CH Jaca.
Finals are best-of-five and will start on February 16
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(03 Feb 2013)
In a deep economic crisis, Spanish club Txuri Urdin decided to fire French coach Jean-Michel Lutaud to save on the budget and replace him with former player Alain Iturralde, currently working in junior teams. Club will also release some imports in next days
(28 Oct 2012)