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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: HC Lugano players, History of the HC Lugano, Alex Tanguay, Igor Larionov, David Aebischer, Vincent Riendeau, Marty Murray, Mats Naslund, Patrick Thoresen, Chris Bourque, Randy Robitaille, Jason Blake, Hnat Domenichelli, Yannick Tremblay, Petteri Nummelin, Warren Norris, Boyd Devereaux, Landon Wilson, Jonas Hoglund, Bill Thomas, Bill McDougall, Marcel Jenni, Timo Helbling, Stephan Lebeau, John Pohl, Philippe Bozon, Pavel Torgayev, Chris Lindberg, Steve Tsujiura, Trevor Meier, Mark Astley, Greg Andrusak, Johan Akerman, Kevin Romy, Luca Cunti, Mauro Jorg, Gilles Thibaudeau, Raffaele Sannitz. Excerpt: To was founded in the course of the 1940/1941 season when, on the small lake of Muzzano, the first games were played against the "cousins" of Ambri and against the improvised teams of Muzzano, Massagno and Paradiso. But the club's actual setting-up takes place on 11 February 1941, during a meeting in the small lounge of the Apollo restaurant. Among the founding partners there are Antonio Caslani, the Arrigo brothers, Ivo Badaracco, Bruno Soldini, Dino Bernardoni, Ivo Molina, Renato Crivelli, Guido Keller, Tullio Visani, Pepi Paulon, Livio Balmelli, Renato Paganetti, Kurt Tritten, Ezio Bernasconi, Bobo Trachsel and Alfonso Weber. The last-named is elected president, also because, being a player in the Football Club Lugano, he can guarantee the jerseys for the team. Seven years after its foundation, the team abandons the small lake of Muzzano and goes to the Loreto quarter. This change is certainly beneficial and is a good opportunity to make the hockey game gradually known in the neighbourhood. In Loreto, the first real games of puck on ice are played, with the appearance of those who will become world champions: the Canadians of Mercury. The game of hockey starts getting a footing; however, the civic authorities keep consi...
