HC Valpellice
| HC Valpellice Bulldogs | |
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| Club information | |
| history | HC Valpellice (since 1934) |
| Location | Torre Pellice , Italy |
| Club colors | White-red |
| Venue | Scorpion Bay Arena |
| capacity | approx. 2,500 seats |
| executive Director |
 Roberto Barbero
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The HC Valpellice Bulldogs is an Italian ice hockey club , the last in the third class IHL Div. I played. The club is based in the town of Torre Pellice in the province of Turin .
history
HC Valpellice was founded in 1934 in Torre Pellice by the students Giorgio and Giuseppe Cotta Morandini as the first ice hockey team in Piedmont . Initially, a frozen lake served as the venue, later the home games were played in the “Filatoio” ice palace. On the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, a new ice rink with 2,500 seats was built and the team has been playing since then.
In the 2008/09 season, the club came second in the second-rate Serie A2. The WSV Sterzing Broncos , who were eligible for promotion to Serie A , waived and HC Valpellice then moved up. In 2013 the team achieved the first national title in the club's history by winning the Coppa Italia . This success was repeated in 2016.
The HC Real Turin was from July 2010, the farm team of the HC Valpellice.
HC Valpellice was the only Serie A club that did not move to the newly founded Alps Hockey League in 2016 , instead they competed in Serie C with an amateur team in the 2016/17 season . In the 2018/19 season, no men's team will take part in matches.
Trainer
| time | Trainer |
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| 1954 |
 Aldo Frache
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| 2002 |
 Jan Gajda
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| 2006-2009 |
Massimo Da Rin
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| 2009/10 |
 Alain Vogin , Stefano Canale
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| 2010/11 |
 Barry Martinelli , Giulio Francella , Mike Ellis 
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| 2011/12 |
Mike Ellis, Ron Ivany
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| 2012-2014 |
Mike Flanagan
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| 2014/15 |
 Jeff Pyle (until February 2015), then Fabio Armani
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| 2015/16 |
Pat Curcio (until October 2015), then Tom Barrasso
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Well-known former players
Web links
- Official website
- HC Valpellice at sonice.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Agreement between HC Real Turin and HC Valpellice: L'Eco del Chisone on July 22, 2010: Hockey Valpe: farm team e stadio
- ↑ Nine teams are currently participating in the Italian Serie C. In: eishockey-magazin.de. August 30, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ sonice.it: coach of HC Valpellice