HC Pustertal
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EV MAK Bruneck (since 1954) HC Pustertal (since 2001) |
Location | Brunico , Italy |
Nickname | Wolves (lupi) |
Club colors | Yellow black |
league | Alps Hockey League |
Venue | Rienz Stadium |
capacity | 2050 seats |
Head coach | Axel Kammerer |
captain | Armin Hofer |
AlpsHL 2018/2019 | 1st place, runner-up |
The HC Pustertal ( Italian : HC Val Pusteria ) is an Italian ice hockey club from Bruneck , South Tyrol , which plays in the Alps Hockey League . The greatest success so far came in the 2010/11 season by winning the Coppa Italia . In the same season, in the following season 2011/12 and in the seasons 2013/14 and 2015/16, HC Pustertal made it into the final of the Italian championship. The team plays its home games in the Rienz Stadium , which has a capacity of 2050 spectators. The club colors are black and yellow .
history
The association was founded in 1954 by the president Ernst Fan as EV MAK Bruneck . At the beginning of the club's history, the team played and trained on a natural ice rink in Bruneck. After winning Serie B , the wolves (Italian: Lupi ) rose to the top ice hockey league in 1972. Before that, they failed in 1968, 1969 and 1972 due to the limited usability of the "Rienzstadion". A short time later, the club received an artificial ice facility as a venue. In the 1972/73 season, the club appeared for the first time in the highest Italian league, namely in Serie A. In the same year, the youth sector was formed in Bruneck, which is still one of the largest and best organized in Italy. The "wolves" managed to stay in the highest Italian league for 30 years. The best result in the A1 series was second place in the 1981/82 season, when they only had to admit defeat to HC Bozen . For the 2001/02 season the club was finally renamed from EV Bruneck to HC Pustertal . The good youth work in Bruneck soon bore its first fruits: after just a few years, some youth teams managed to secure a championship title.
The last seasons
The team around coach Jens Hellgren found their rhythm slowly, but always stayed in the front of the field in the table. The departure of Eriksson was noticeable, and the handicap was a bit unhappy in the center position. Despite bad luck with injuries ( Bobby Russell , Zdeněk Sedlák ) the handicap almost reached the championship round. In the relegation round it was about the allocation of the playoff places, where Ritten waited again with the first in the table . As outsiders, the “Wolves” defied the Rittners from “Game 4”, all in all a decent season.
With "Zimmerhofer-Hobag (ZH)" as the main sponsor and rookie trainer Stefan Mair , a competitive team was signed, which, however, did not play very successfully at the beginning of the season. The fans remained loyal to the team (for the first time the average was 2,000 fans per game) and they were rewarded. In a real final on the last match day against Alleghe , Mika Alatalo's empty net goal meant her first semi-finals in 25 years. For the third time in a row, the playoff opponent was called Ritten. In the best of 7 series, HC Pustertal managed to win, overall Ritten was the better team.
Furthermore, "ZH" was the main sponsor and Stefan Mair the coach of HC Pustertal. The season started very well for the "Wolves": after a short time they managed to take first place in the table. HC Pustertal was able to hold the top of the table for 144 days. It only had to be given to SV Ritten shortly before the end of the regular season . At the end of January, the team got into a minor crisis: shortly before the Italian Cup final, a series of defeats followed. In mid-January, the team was reinforced with Tomaž Razingar , Andrea Carpano and Gigi Da Corte for the crucial phase of the championship. After the second place after the regular season, HC Alleghe waited in the quarterfinals , which was defeated with four victories in a row. A short time later it turned out that the "Wolves" will meet Asiago Hockey (later champions) in the semifinals . After 0: 2 deficit in this series, HC Pustertal did not succeed in asserting themselves and they lost the best-of-seven series with 2: 4. After the season, Marko Tuomainen , Jan Vodrážka and Gigi Da Corte ended their careers. The average number of spectators in the Rienz Stadium was just under 2,000 people, as in previous years.
In the 2016/17 season the club was one of the founding members of the cross-border Alpine Hockey League .
season | league | Games | Victories (overtime) | draw | Defeats (overtime) | Gates | Goals conceded | Basic round | Season end |
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2007/08 | Series A1 | 32 | 12 | 8th | 12 | 90 | 98 | 5 | Loss in the relegation round against Ritten |
2008/09 | Series A1 | 42 | 20th | - | 16 (6) | 151 | 138 | 4th | Loss in the semi-finals against Ritten (4: 1) |
2009/10 | Series A1 | 40 | 23 (2) | - | 13 (2) | 153 | 113 | 2 | Loss in the semi-finals against Asiago (2-4) |
2010/11 | Series A1 | 40 | 26 (2) | - | 10 (2) | 158 | 126 | 1 | Loss in the final against Asiago (2-4) |
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Squad for the 2019/20 season
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Coaching and support staff for the 2019/20 season
Surname | nation | function |
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Axel Kammerer | Head coach | |
Matej Hočevar | Assistant coach | |
Michael Pohl | General manager |
Known (former) players
(Team membership and position in brackets)
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Blocked shirt numbers
The following numbers are no longer assigned:
- # 4 Martin Crepaz
- # 26 Oskar Degilia
Club-internal records
Best statistics during team membership | |||
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category | Surname | number | |
Most games | Martin Crepaz Gerd Mayr Thomas Tinkhauser |
863 (in 22 seasons) 637 (in 18 seasons) 583 (in 17 seasons) |
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Most goals | Martin Crepaz Rick Bragnalo Wladimir Jeremin |
306 (in 22 seasons) 286 (in nine seasons) 189 (in seven seasons) |
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Most templates | Martin Crepaz Rick Bragnalo Wladimir Jeremin |
524 (in 22 seasons) 423 (in nine seasons) 259 (in seven seasons) |
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Most of the points | Martin Crepaz Wladimir Jeremin Maurizio Mansi |
830 (in 22 seasons) 448 (in 7 seasons) 388 (in five seasons) |
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Most penalty minutes | Reinhold Oberhofer Martin helper Christian Mair |
747 (in 16 seasons) 615 (in 13 seasons) 444 (in 11 seasons) |
(Statistics at the end of the 2008/09 season ).
Trainer
Born in Bolzano, Stefan Mair was the coach of HC Pustertal for three seasons from 2008 to 2011. During his tenure in the Pustertal he achieved a continuous increase. While he finished the 2008/09 season (assistant coach Mike Ellis ) in fourth and the 2009/10 season (assistant coach Teppo Kivelä ) in third place in the table, he was runner- up in the 2010/11 season (again with Teppo Kivelä at his Page). After three successful years in Bruneck (including first title win for HC Pustertal at the Italian Cup 2010/11 ), his contract was not extended.
Venues
Audience statistics for the last few years | |||
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season | Home games | spectator | Spectators per game |
2001/02 | 500 | ||
2002/03 | 750 | ||
2003/04 | 873 | ||
2004/05 | 1,030 | ||
2005/06 | 930 | ||
2006/07 | 1,420 | ||
2007/08 | 1,567 | ||
2008/09 | 21st | 40,551 | 1.931 |
2009/10 | 25th | 43,881 | 1,755 |
2010/11 | 28 | 48,350 | 1,726 |
2011/12 | 28 | 52,100 | 1,860 |
The team plays its home games in the 2,050-seat Rienzstadion , which was the most popular ice stadium in the Italian premier league with an average of 1,454 visitors in the 2006/07 season . In the 2007/08 season the numbers increased to an average of 1,800 visitors and in the 2008/09 season to 2,000 visitors per game. In the 2009/10 season the club achieved an average attendance of 1,721, which was the second-highest in the Italian championship this season after that of HC Valpellice . The stadium was sold out ten times in this championship. 34,431 people watched the "Wolves" games in the regular season of this season.
In October 2008 the association entered into a partnership with an electrical company in Bruneck. In return, the company received the naming rights to the stadium, which was renamed "Leitner Solar Arena". The Rienz Stadium is one of the first sports stadiums in Italy to market their naming rights. When the agreement was passed, it was assumed that the Leitner Solar Arena company would add a photovoltaic system to the roof of the Leitner Solar Arena . However, as some voices were raised in the same year about the new stadium in the school zone in Bruneck, it was decided not to install a photovoltaic system for this reason. Before the 2014/15 season, it was renamed "Rienzstadion" .
Club culture
Fans
Yesterday
The "BYW" fan club was founded by various young people in the early 1990s. The club was in a somewhat difficult situation at this time and was about to relegate to Serie B. The fan club existed in this form and with this name until around 1998. In the summer of 2003, after the euphoria in the semifinals of the series A2 against Eppan, combined with the return to the A1 series , a "new" fan club was founded: the "WOLVES 1896".
A new banner, new fan club jerseys, a new drum and Bengali fires and smoke bombs and new euphoria should turn the Rienz Stadium into a fortress again.
Year after year, not only did the fan club become more prestigious, but also the participation of the “rest” of the audience in the Rienzstadion, which has always been a major concern. In the 2006 and 2007 seasons there was the best average attendance in the A1 series, combined with a unique atmosphere at the "Wolves" games.
today
The fans of the HC Pustertal loudly support their team at every home game and thus ensure a goosebumps atmosphere in the Rienz Stadium . The fan club still bears the name "WOLVES 1896" and has its own sector in the home of the "wolves". Whether small or large, a visit to the Rienz Stadium is a unique experience for everyone.
With a very creative and elaborate pregame show (copied from the Kölner Haien ) one tries to attract even more spectators to the stadium. The fans spared no effort for this pregame show: A specially created tunnel with torches in front and a matching darkened hall prepares the players for an upcoming home game. In the pregame show, certain actions are also built into the sponsors, such as the distribution of small flags for each viewer. Many fans from outside Pusteria also praise the great atmosphere in the stadium on the Rienz , which comes from the "Wolves 1896".
Furthermore, the fan club organizes one or more fan buses for some important away games.
Rivalries
Due to the regional proximity to HC Bozen and SV Ritten , games against this team are particularly explosive. Since then, HC Bozen has been considered the archenemy of the "wolves".
mascot
"Rufus", a little wolf, has served as the mascot since 2009 and wants to get the audience in the mood for the game with his presence on the ice. The name for the mascot was suggested by a spectator at a competition.
Farm team regulation
From 2010 to 2012, SV Kaltern from the Italian A2 series was the farm team of HC Pustertal. In the 2012/13 season, HC Pustertal worked with HC Meran as a farm team. The purpose of the farm team regulation is the "exchange" of youth players who get match practice in the A2 series or can prove themselves in the A1 series at HC Pustertal.
Web links
- Official website
- HC Pustertal at sonice.it
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alps Hockey League: Neumarkt is there. In: www.sportnews.bz. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
- ↑ eliteprospects.com . In: eliteprospects.com , August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ Preview Fiat Professional Wölfe - HC Bozen - "Retired Numbers" under the hall roof
- ↑ HCP ends an era: Stefan Mair no longer confirmed , accessed on April 30, 2011.
- ↑ sonice.it: coach of HC Pustertal
- ↑ Agreement between HC Pustertal and the company Leitner Solar AG: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Bruneck: Leitner Solar Arena )
- ^ Rufus - HC Pustertal. In: hcpustertal.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Farm team regulation of the HC Pustertal and SV Kaltern: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Nuovo accordo di farm team tra due formazioni altoatesine )