HC Ambrì-Piotta

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HC Ambrì-Piotta
2014–15 NLA season
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City Ambrì and Piotta
(Quinto, Switzerland)
League National League A
Founded 1937
Home arena Valascia
Colors          
Head coach Canada Serge Pelletier
Captain Switzerland Paolo Duca
Website www.hcap.ch

Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League A. 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 National League B since being promoted in 1985, the same year that saw the arrival of Dale McCourt.

History

The fans in 2014

Ambrì and Piotta are two very small villages in the municipality of Quinto, located in the northern part of the valley Leventina canton Ticino, with a combined population of 500 people. Ambrì-Piotta has more than 40 fan clubs all over Europe. For major events, like the derby against southern rivals HC Lugano, the fans compose a choreography. When Ambrì wins a game, fans rejoice to the valley anthem La Montanara.

The team on the ice in 2014

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

Facing financial strains the team raised roughly 5 million Swiss Francs in the summer of 2013. The donations given to HC Ambri-Piotta came from both large and small donations, many of which were given via SMS. The efforts of the team and its fans have sucured the right to play in the NLA.[2]

Honors

Champions

Runners-up

Players

Current roster

Updated November 8, 2015.[3][4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Switzerland Mark Bastl C L 43 2015 Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
51 Switzerland Sven Berger D L 36 2015 Rapperswil, Switzerland
20 Switzerland Elias Bianchi Injured Reserve LW L 35 2009 Lugano, Switzerland
79 Switzerland Alain Birbaum D L 38 2014 Fribourg, Switzerland
3 Switzerland Benjamin Chavaillaz D L 35 2013 Lausanne, Switzerland
46 Switzerland Paolo Duca (C) RW R 42 2007 Ascona, Switzerland
25 Canada Cory Emmerton C L 35 2015 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
87 Switzerland Michael Flückiger G L 40 2014 Langnau i.E., Switzerland
29 Switzerland Michael Fora D R 28 2015 Giubiasco, Switzerland
21 Switzerland Jason Fuchs C L 28 2014 Bern, Switzerland
8 Switzerland Marc Gautschi (A) D L 41 2013 Faido, Switzerland
80 Switzerland Dylan Giannini D R 28 2014 Ascona, Switzerland
10 Canada Alexandre Giroux (A) LW L 42 2013 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
12 Switzerland Daniele Grassi RW R 31 2008 Bellinzona, Switzerland
90 Switzerland Samuele Guidotti C R 28 2015 Monte Carasso, Switzerland
14 United States Adam Hall (A) C/RW R 43 2014 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
9 Canada Zach Hamill C R 35 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
70 Switzerland Oliver Kamber C L 44 2015 Rickenbach, Switzerland
96 Switzerland Adrien Lauper LW L 36 2014 Fribourg, Switzerland
11 Czech Republic Lukas Lhoták C L 31 2011 Prague, Czechoslovakia
47 Finland Mikko Mäenpää D L 41 2015 Tampere, Finland
7 Switzerland Thibaut Monnet LW L 42 2015 Martigny, Switzerland
18 Switzerland Inti Pestoni RW L 32 2006 Ambrì, Switzerland
17 Switzerland Christian Pinana D L 27 2015 Bellinzona, Switzerland
28 Switzerland Patrick Sidler D L 38 2011 Zürich, Switzerland
23 Switzerland Christian Stucki F R 31 2014 Lugano, Switzerland
84 Switzerland Adrian Trunz D L 40 2011 Winterthur, Switzerland
1 Switzerland Tim Wolf G L 32 2015 Zurich, Switzerland
58 Switzerland Jesse Zgraggen D L 31 2014 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
39 Switzerland Sandro Zurkirchen G L 34 2013 Schwyz, Switzerland


NHL alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ http://www.hcap.ch/it/article/2267/l-hcap-porta-il-proprio-capitale-a-5-milioni
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External links

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