The Hockey Club Varese is an

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Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

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. It was created on 1977 under the name A.S. Mastini Varese Hockey. In 2005 (June) the club folded, but it continued to play in the Under 19 series under the name Hockey Club Varese, a new team founded in August 2005. In 2008 the club reintegrated the professional championship (Serie A2). In 2017 Killer Bees and Mastini Varese, the two Varese's non-professional teams, associated to create a new identity named Hockey Club Varese Bandits. In 2018, HC Varese 1977 s.c.s.d. came back to the ''Mastini'' naming.

Roster 2016/17

Goaltender

29 Davide Bertin * Flag of Italy

33 Marco Menguzzato *

Defenceman

34 Francesco Borghi * Flag of Italy

26 Mauro Andrea Grisi * Flag of Italy

14 Nicola Barban * Flag of Italy

37 Daniel Nicholas Belloni * Flag of Italy

22 Erik Steve Mazzacane * Flag of Italy

25 Dario Richard Cortenova * Flag of Italy

11 Edoardo Papalillo * Flag of Italy

8 Matteo Cesarini

Forward

17 Marco Andreoni "A" * Flag of Italy

32 Pietro Borghi * Flag of Italy

75 Daniele Di Vincenzo * Flag of Italy

12 Marco Franchini * Flag of Italy

4 Dominik Perna * Flag of Italy

88 Riccardo Privitera *

27 Salvatore Sorrenti *

91 Edoardo Raimondi "C" *

16 Andrea Vanetti *

10 Michael Mazzacane *

71 Benedetto Pirro *

97 Daniele Odoni *

19 Tommaso Teruggia *

Bettiati *

Head coach

Massimo Da Rin

Hall of Fame

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: 1986/1987 e 1988/1989 *

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: 1995

Notable players

Curiosity

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, was set in

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External links

Official website

Old Website

Italian Winter Games Federation, Hockey
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