HC Lugano

HC Lugano fires coach staff

Last season vice-champion HC Lugano, currently 8th in NLA, 47 points behind leaders ZSC Lions and SC Bern, announces the club fired head coach Doug Shedden and assistant Pat Curcio. The 55-years-old Canadian, at Lugano from last season, will be replaced by compatriot Greg Ireland, 51, last season fired by Adler Mannheim in February. Ireland has a brief stint at Lugano during 201-2011 playoffs. Finnish Jussi Silander from farm-team Ticino Rockets staff, will be the assistant coach

(16 Jan 2017)

Patrick Fischer named the new Swiss coach

Patrick Fischer, the former trainer of HC Lugano, has been named yesterday to the post of Swiss national coach. The 40-year old from Zug, who briefly played in the NHL with the Arizona Coyotes and in the KHL with SKA but spent most of his career in the National League A, was fired a month ago after the poor results obtained with the Ticino club until that point, despite previously reaching the playoffs twice. Felix Hollenstein, who spent most of his playing career with Kloten, and Reto von Arx, a former Blackhawks player who retired at the end of the past season after a long stint with Davos, will be his assistants. "Fischi" was himself assistant coach of the national team between 2010 and 2013, before being chosen to lead the Lugano bench. The new staff will debut at the 2015 Arosa Challenge on December 18th-19th, when Switzerland will take on Norway, Slovakia and Belarus.

(03 Dec 2015)

Lugano hire Serie A head coach as new assistant

Pat Curcio, until yesterday head coach of Italian top league club HC Valpellice, has accepted an offer of struggling Swiss NLA member HC Lugano. Lugano, after a tough start into the season, repositioned their coaching staff, signing Doug Shedden as the new boss on the bench. Curcio will help Shedden in his new role as the team's assistant coach.

(01 Nov 2015)

Preseason games Sweden Tuesday August 18

Björklöven-MODO Hockey 3-4 (SO), HC Lugano-Örebro HK 3-4 (SO), Rögle-IK Oskarshamn 1-3, Sundsvall-AIK 0-2, Skövde-Karlskoga 2- (OT).

(18 Aug 2015)

Lugano will play Spengler Cup

HC Lugano is the 4th team to partecipate at 89th edition of Spengler Cup besides HC Davos, Team Canada and Adler Mannheim

(27 May 2015)

Marco Maurer plays Spengler Cup with Jokerit

HC Lugano announced defender Marco Maurer will play Spengler Cup on loan to Jokerit Helsinki. Maurer played Spengler also in 2012 edition with Adler Mannheim (on loan from Rapperswil, his club at that time)

(23 Dec 2014)

Fredrik Pettersson and Linus Klasen declined national team call

Fredrik Pettersson and Linus Klasen won't partecipate at Channel One Cup in Sochi with Sweden from 18 to 21 December, despite the call from coach Pär Mårts. Their club HC Lugano asked players to remain in Switzerland to focus on 22-23 December NLA round.
"I'm sad about this situation but I will not force the hand, it is their right to refuse the call" said Mårts at TT Nyhetsbyrån

(15 Dec 2014)

European Women´s Champions Cup second round

The three groups of the second round of the European Women´s Champions Cup were played this past weekend. HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod, HC Lugano, Linköpings HC and Espoo Blues qualified for the Final Tournament that will be played February 20-22.

(08 Dec 2014)

Belfast Giants and Lugano retires numbers

HC Lugano retired yesterday the jersey #33 of Finnish defender Petteri Nummelin during a farewell match against Lukko Rauma. Nummelin left Lugano after 12 seasons to sign a two-years contract with Lukko (except 2006-2008 seasons with Minnesota Wild) after 2 championships won (2003, 2006), 423 games, 139 goals and 322 assists, a title of MVP of the NLA in 2003, when he was the best scorer of the league and four titles as defender with the highest amount of points in NLA (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). "The retirement of a jersey is more important then a World title for a player" said Nummelin during the ceremony.

Also Belfast Giants retires yesterday the shirt #44 honouring its current GM Todd Kelman during home winning debut against Italian HC Bolzano. Kelman played eight seasons for the Giants with 419 caps, the all-time leader in games played as well as the leading scoring defenceman in the organisation's history with 73 goals and 141 assists. As GM Kelman won 4 titles for the Giants. "I'm happy to now call this wonderful city mine & my family's city. Belfast has been very good to me and I love the people here." said Kelman

(01 Sep 2013)

Lugano announces new coach staff

HC Lugano announces today the new coach staff for next season: headcoach will be former player and assistant coach Patrick Fischer, while another former player, Swedish Peter Andersson will serve as assistant coach. After the end of season HC Lugano fired coach Larry Huras

(01 May 2013)