HC Pustertal – Val Pusteria Wolves

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Hockey Club Red Orange Pustertal
City Bruneck (TS)
League Serie A
Founded 1954
Home arena Leitner Solar Arena (former Rienzstadion), capacity 2,100
Colors

yellow, black

         
General manager Italy Andreas Leitner
Head coach Finland Teppo Kivelä
Captain vakant
Website
www.hcpustertal.com
Franchise history
2008-present HC Red Orange Pustertal
2001–2008 HC Pustertal
1954–2001 EV MAK Bruneck

HC Pustertal – Val Pusteria Wolves are an Italian professional ice hockey team from Bruneck, currently playing in Serie A.

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[edit] Team Information

[edit] Team History

The team was founded in 1954 as EV Bruneck MAK. Their first season in the B series took place in 1966. They won the championship in the 1967-68 and 1968-69 seasons. However their two victories were not enough to allow them to move up to Series A because their stadium was nothing but an open space, not suitable for the top series. On their third attempt however, they moved up: they won the 1971-72 championship B and in the 1972-73 season they played in series A for the first time. For nearly 30 years in a row the Wolves remained in Series A. The best results they achieved were second in the 1981-82 season and the third in 1980-81.

Before the start of the 2001-02 season the Wolves were forced to leave Series A for financial reasons, but the reform of the championships in the 2003-04 season allowed them to returnr. In 2008 the company name was changed again to the current HC Val Pusteria, the name of the stadium became Leitner Solar Arena. In 2010 the name changed yet again, the team becoming HC Val Pusteria Wolves.[1]

[edit] Home Arena

The Wolves current home is Eisstadion Bruneck, formerly the Leitner Solar Arena in Bruneck[2].

[edit] Current roster

[edit] Goaltenders

Number Player
50 Flag of Finland.svg Nikkilä Tommi
29 Flag of Italy.svg Hannes Hopfgartner
35 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Strömberg
35 Flag of Italy.svg Phillip Kosta

[edit] Defensemen

Number Player
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Persson
9 Flag of Italy.svg Armin Hofer
14 Flag of Italy.svg Christian Willeit
23 Flag of Italy.svg Martin Casanova Stua
27 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Da Corte
37 Flag of Italy.svg Patrick Pramstaller
44 Flag of Canada.svg Matt Kelly
62 Flag of Italy.svg Armin Helfer - A
81 Flag of Italy.svg Christian Mair

[edit] Forwards

Number Player
6 Flag of Italy.svg Max Oberrauch
8 Flag of Italy.svg Lukas Tauber
11 Flag of Canada.svg Greg Barber - A
12 Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Pichler - C
13 Flag of Italy.svg Patrick Bona
17 Flag of Canada.svg Rem Murray
18 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaz Razingar
20 Flag of Italy.svg Michael Heinz
21 Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Trenker
22 Flag of Finland.svg Marko Tuomainen
39 Flag of Canada.svg Taggart Desmet
39 Flag of Canada.svg Rob Sirianni
90 Flag of Italy.svg Michael Sparber


Foreigner license Dual Citizenship Italian

[edit] Staff

  • Italy Stefan Mair (Head Coach)
  • Flag of Finland.svg Teppo Kivela (Assistant Coach and Junior Team Head Coach)

[edit] Notable players

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.eurohockey.net/teams/teaminfo.cgi?team=HC%20Val%20Pusteria%20Wolves
  2. ^ http://www.eurohockey.net/teams/homeice.cgi?team=HC%20Val%20Pusteria%20Wolves

[edit] External links


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