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Italian: HC Bolzano German: HC Bozen
City	Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
League	Serie A 1948–2013 Alpenliga 1991–1997 1998–1999 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga 2013–
Founded	1933
Home arena	Palaonda/Eiswelle (Capacity: 7,200)
Colors	White, red
Owner(s)	Otto Massimo
General manager	Dr. Dieter Knoll
Head coach	Kai Suikkanen
Captain	Anton Bernard
Website	www.hcb.net
Franchise history
1933–present	HC Bolzano
Championships
Serie A	19 (1963, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2012)
Alpenliga	1 (1994)
EBEL	2 (2014, 2018)

Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen Foxes, also known as commercial name HCB Alto Adige Alperia (in Italian) or HCB Südtirol Alperia (in German)^{[citation needed]} is an Italian ice hockey team located in the city of Bolzano, South Tyrol autonomous province, that plays in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). It remains the most successful team in the history of the Italian Serie A, with 19 championships.

History

HC Bolzano was founded in 1933 and in the first twenty years of its existence, home games were played in an outdoor rink until 1953, when the club moved into the Bolzano Exhibition Hall, which was the first artificial ice was available. Eleven of the nineteen Italian league titles were won there before the team moved in 1994, to the newly built Palaonda/Eiswelle. At the same time, the team also participated in the Alps League in part, an international ice hockey competition, attended by teams from Slovenia and Austria were involved. In addition to a master and three runner-up titles in this competition, the team also won another seven Italian titles, the last of which in 2012 was given the three-time winning the Coppa Italia, the Italian League Cup competition. Other achievements include three gains of the Supercoppa Italiana and the Six Nations tournament, also called Caucasian Ligacup, in 1994.

In 2013, the HC Bolzano applied again for inclusion in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL), after earlier applications failed each time due to the resistance of the Italian Ice Hockey Federation. However, the chaotic conditions in the Serie A paved the way to acceptance, since a large part of the club that was from the second division had been released. The move was also largely motivated by the need of a new major sponsor to help clear their financial situation.^[1]

Known as the HCB Südtirol in the EBEL (the main sponsor is the tourism promotion agency of the Alto Adige – Südtirol region), Bolzano had surprisingly successful inaugural season in 2013–14. On the back of a heavy recruitment scheme which centred in signing Canadian players of Italian heritage, Bolzano finished in fourth place by the end of the Regulation season. In the EBEL finals, they went on to win the championship by defeating the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the finals, and in doing so becoming to first non-Austrian based club to win the Austrian Championship.^[2]

With the victory of the EBEL championship, Bolzano ensured qualification to the first edition of the Champions Hockey League, a prestigious tournament for European clubs. Despite their status of EBEL defending Champions, Bolzano due to numerous financial difficulties that risked compromising the entry of the team in these competitions, were late in confirming their status for a second EBEL season.^[3]

In May 2016 it was announced that the South Tyrol engery producer Alperia would became the main sponsor of the team.

In 2018 the HC Bozen Alperia defeat the EC Red Bull Salzburg in game-7 of the final to win the EBEL championship for a second time. After the successful final, historic captain Alexander Egger announced his retirement from professional ice hockey.

Honours

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  Austrian Hockey League
  
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    Winners (2): 2013–14, 2017–18
  
  


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  Serie A
  
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    Winners (19): 1962–63, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12
    
  
  


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  Coppa Italia
  
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    Winners (3): 2004, 2007, 2009
  
  


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  Supercoppa Italiana
  
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    Winners (4): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012
  
  


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  Alpenliga
  
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    Winners (1): 1994
    
  
  


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  Six Nations Tournament:
  
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    Winners (1): 1994
    
  
  


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  Coppa delle Alpi:
  
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    Winners (1): 1963
  
  

Current roster

Updated August 20, 2016.^[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
7001880000000000000♠88		Anton Bernard (A)	W	R	29	2010	Bolzano, Italy
7001170000000000000♠17		Alexander Egger (C)	D	L	38	2008	Bolzano, Italy
7000500000000000000♠5		Max Everson	D	L	25	2016	Edina, Minnesota, United States
7001940000000000000♠94		Daniel Frank	W	L	24	2013	Merano, Italy
7001130000000000000♠13		Luca Frigo	LW	L	25	2016	Moncalieri, Italy
7001230000000000000♠23		Markus Gander	RW	R	29	2012	Vipiteno, Italy
7001650000000000000♠65		Alex Gellert	D	R	29	2016	Milano, Italy
7000800000000000000♠8		Marco Insam (A)	W	R	29	2010	Selva Gardena, Italy
7001190000000000000♠19		Denny Kearney	W	L	30	2016	Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
7000600000000000000♠6		Michele Marchetti	F	L	24	2016	Trento, Italy
7000100000000000000♠1		Marcel Melichercik	G	L	31	2016	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
7001440000000000000♠44		Hannes Oberdörfer	D	R	29	2012	Silandro, Italy
7001110000000000000♠11		Travis Oleksuk	C	L	29	2016	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
7000900000000000000♠9		Nick Palmieri	RW	R	29	2015	Utica, New York, United States
7001150000000000000♠15		Brodie Reid	RW	R	29	2015	Delta, British Columbia, Canada
7001200000000000000♠20		Jesse Root	C	L	28	2016	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
7000300000000000000♠3		Clark Seymour	D	R	25	2016	Brockville, Ontario, Canada
7000200000000000000♠2		Jacob Smith	G	L	23	2016	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
7001880000000000000♠88		Marc-Olivier Vallerand	RW	L	29	2016	Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
7001120000000000000♠12		Andrew Yogan	LW	L	26	2016	Coconut Creek, Florida, United States

Former players

References

External links

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  Official website (in Italian) (in German)