HC Ambrì-Piotta
Founded	1937
Home ice	Valascia
Based in	Quinto, Switzerland
League	Nationalliga A
Head coach	Rostislav Cada

Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club, and members of Nationalliga A. The club was founded in 1937 and is also known as "Bianco-Blu" (English: white and blues), and has played at the club-owned Valascia arena since 1959. HC Ambri-Piotta won the Continental Cup in 1999 & 2000, and the Super Cup in 1999. The club has not been relegated to Nationalliga B since promotion in 1985, the same year that saw the arrival of Dale McCourt.

Contents 1 History 2 Roster 3 Notable players 4 Former coaches 5 External links

[edit] History

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

The Valascia arean is 1000m meters above sea level and is open at each end. Temperatures are sometimes below freezing. The standing section is known as the Curva Sud, and the stadium has seating for 2000 and standing room for 5000 spectators.

[edit] Roster

Coaches
Coach		Rostislav Cada
Asst.		Luca Cereda
Asst.		Diego Scandella
Goaltenders
1		Jonas Müller
3		Lorenzo Croce
30		Thomas Bäumle
33		Giacomo Beltrametti
60		Karol Križan
Defencemen
2		Jakub Horak
4		Ralph Bundi
6		Nick Naumenko
8		Nicola Celio
10		Daniele Marghitola
23		Marc Gautschi
27		Fabian Stephan
53		Daniele Mattioli
80		Zdenek Kutlak
Forwards
7		Erik Westrum
11		Lovis Schönenberger
18		Gregory Sciaroni
25		Martin Sonnenberg
38		Claudio Micheli
43		Mauro Zanetti
45		Mirko Murovic
46		Paolo Duca
51		Grégory Christen
55		Alain Demuth
63		Mattia Bianchi
65		Reto Stirnimann
91		Julian Walker

[edit] Notable players

Marco Baron Andy Bathgate Corsin Camichel Arturo Baldi Paul DiPietro

Hnat Domenichelli Pauli Jaks Kim Johnsson Valeri Kamensky Ryan Malone Dale McCourt

Oleg Petrov Robert Petrovicky Leif Rohlin Jean-Guy Trudel Erik Westrum

[edit] Former coaches

• John Harrington

[edit] External links

• official site
• unofficial site
• Ambri-Piotta resists urbanisation

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