HC Devils Milano

Hockey Club Devils Milano
Greatest successes
	Italian champion 1992, 1993, 1994; Winner of the Alpine League 1992 ;
Club information
history	HC Devils Milano (1989–1993) ; AC Milan (1993–1994) ; HC Devils Milano (1994–1996) ; Devils Courmaosta (1996–1999)
Location	Milan , Italy
Club colors	Red Black
Venue	Pal Agorà
capacity	4000 seats

The Hockey Club Milano Devils was a hockey club from Milan , Italy . It was founded in 1989 and played in Serie A , the highest league in Italian ice hockey.

history

The HC Devils Milano was founded in 1989 by the polisportiva Mediolanum Sport , which was financed by Silvio Berlusconi , and thus belonged to a number of different sports clubs under the umbrella of Mediolanum Sport . The club took over the Serie A license of HC Como , which had won the Serie B championship in 1989, and was thus able to enter Serie A directly.

Due to the ownership structure, the club quickly developed into a top club within the Italian league and was able to sign stars such as the Finnish striker Jari Kurri . Otherwise, the management (including Fabio Capello as general manager) relied on Canadian players with Italian roots and a passport.

Over the years the club played under different names, partly as Devils Mediolanum , partly as Lions Milano due to sponsorship by the Nestlé brand Lion . In the 1993/94 season, the team played under the name of AC Milan , which was also one of the clubs funded by Berlusconi.

The Devils were Italian champions three times in a row between 1992 and 1994 . In 1994 Berlusconi was elected Italian Prime Minister, and with that the financial commitment of his companies to the Devils ended. Associated with this was the sporting decline and missing the playoffs twice. In 1996 the team was sold and moved to Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley . There the team played in the 1996/97 season as Devils Courmaosta and was dissolved in 1999.

player

Well-known former players

Jari Kurri (1990/91 season)

Season statistics

season	league	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt	rank	Finals
1989/90	Series A	36	17th	2	17th	190: 198	36	6th	Relegation round
1990/91	Series A	36	22nd	3	11	190: 145	47	4th	Final round
1991/92	Alpine League	18th	18th	0	0	144: 46	36	1	winner
1991/92	Series A	18th	16	0	2	147: 45	32	1	master
1992/93	Alpine League	30th	23	2	5	147: 77	48	1	3rd place match
1992/93	Series A	16	14th	0	2	117: 48	33	1	master
1993/94	Alpine League	28	20th	3	5	175: 75	43	1	Runner-up
1993/94	Series A	20th	16	1	3	148: 77	54	1	master
1994/95	Series A	36	14th	6th	16	156: 165	34	6th	Quarter finals
1995/96	Alpine League	8th	0	0	8th	13:93	0	5	Missed the playoffs
1995/96	Series A	32	4th	0	28	110: 214	8th	9	Missed the playoffs

Web links

Club profile and history at hockeyarenas.net

Individual evidence

↑ Gabriele Marcotti: Capello - Portrait Of A Winner , p. 128, Random House, 2010
↑ Relations between Milano hockey Teams (1924-2015) (PDF file)

[1] Gabriele Marcotti: Capello - Portrait Of A Winner , p. 128, Random House, 2010

[2] Relations between Milano hockey Teams (1924-2015) (PDF file)

Hockey Club Devils Milano

Greatest successes
Italian champion 1992, 1993, 1994 Winner of the Alpine League 1992
Club information
history	HC Devils Milano (1989–1993) AC Milan (1993–1994) HC Devils Milano (1994–1996) Devils Courmaosta (1996–1999)
Location	Milan , Italy
Club colors	Red Black
Venue	Pal Agorà
capacity	4000 seats