Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a

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professional

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club and a member of the

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(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

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since being promoted in 1985, the same year that saw the arrival of Dale McCourt. The team plays its home games in the 6'775-seat Gottardo Arena.

History

Ambrì Ambrì is a Swiss village in the municipality of Quinto, Ticino, Quinto, Leventina District, Canton of Ticino. Geography Ambrì is located in the Leventina Valley, upon the southwestern shore of Ticino (river), Ticino river and below the Lepo ...

and Piotta are two small villages in the municipality of Quinto, located in the northern part of the valley Leventina canton

Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...

, 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". 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. 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

Honours

Domestic

* Runners-up (1): 1998–99

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* Winners (1): 1962

International

IIHF Continental Cup * Winners (2): 1998–99, 1999–2000 IIHF Super Cup * Winners (1):

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

* Runners-up (1):

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

Invitational

Spengler Cup * Winners (1):

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Basler Cup * (2):

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

Players

Current roster

Updated 4 February 2025.

NHL alumni

* Richard Park * Marco Baron * Andy Bathgate * Paul DiPietro * Hnat Domenichelli * Pauli Jaks * Kim Johnsson * Valeri Kamensky * Larry Kwong * Andreas Lilja * Ryan Malone * Dale McCourt * Oleg Petrov * Róbert Petrovický * Leif Rohlin * Jean-Guy Trudel * Erik Westrum *

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* Max Pacioretty * Cory Schneider * Maxim Noreau * Scottie Upshall * Dominik Kubalík * Don Laurence * Mike Kaszycki * Alex Formenton

References

External links

Official site of Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta

Ambrì-Piotta fan site
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