HC Bozen–Bolzano

Hockey Club Bolzano Foxes, also known as commercial name HCB Alto Adige Alperia (in Italian) or HCB Südtirol Alperia (in German) 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.

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.

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.

In May 2016 it was announced that the South Tyrol energy producer Alperia would become 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

 * Austrian Hockey League
 * Winners (2): 2013–14, 2017–18
 * Serie A
 * 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
 * Coppa Italia
 * Winners (3): 2004, 2007, 2009
 * Supercoppa Italiana
 * Winners (4): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012
 * Alpenliga
 * Winners (1): 1994
 * Six Nations Tournament:
 * Winners (1): 1994
 * Coppa delle Alpi:
 * Winners (1): 1963

Notable alumni

 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.gif|20px|Sweden]] Kent Nilsson
 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.gif|20px|Sweden]] Roger Akerstrom
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Glenn Anderson
 * [[Image:Flag of Belarus.gif|20px|Belarus]] Alexander Andrijevski
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Dave Baseggio
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Scott Beattie
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.gif|20px|Russia]] Oleg Belov
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] James Black
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Jim Boni
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Robin Bouchard
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Steve Bozek
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Markus Brunner
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Jim Camazzola
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Dan Currie
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States and Italy.png|20px|USA and Italy]] Matt DeMarchi
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Doug Derraugh
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States and Italy.png|20px|USA and Italy]] Nate DiCasmirro
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Flavio Faggioni
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Mario Doyon
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Mark Dutiaume
 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.gif|20px|Sweden]] Daniel Fernholm
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Ron Flockhart
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Martin Gendron
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and The Netherlands.png|20px|Canada and The Netherlands]] Phil Groeneveld
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Chris Hajt
 * [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|Slovenia]] Rudi Hiti
 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.gif|20px|Sweden]] Niklas Hjalmarsson
 * [[Image:Flag of Latvia.gif|20px|Latvia]] Viktors Ignatjevs
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Tony Iob
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Kim Issel
 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.gif|20px|Sweden]] Lars Ivarsson
 * [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.png|20px|Czech Republic]] Jaromír Jágr
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Regan Kelly
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Jordan Krestanovich
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Brian Loney
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Jamie Lundmark
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Bob Manno
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Daniel Marois
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Shayne McCosh
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Paul Messier
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Robert Mulick
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Jason Muzzatti
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Mark Napier
 * [[Image:Flag of Latvia.gif|20px|Latvia]] Sergei Naumov
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Jeff Nelson
 * [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.png|20px|Czech Republic]] Jan Nemecek
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Robert Oberrauch
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.png|20px|United States of America]] Josh Olson
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Gates Orlando
 * [[Image:Flag of Latvia.gif|20px|Latvia]] Grigorijs Panteļejevs
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Dave Pasin
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Gino Pasqualotto
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Martin Pavlu
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Mario Nobili
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Michel Petit
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Neil Petruic
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Frank Pietrangelo
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Ray Podloski
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Deron Quint
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Mike Rosati
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Adam Russo
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Peter Schaefer
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Jeff Sebastian
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Patrice Tardif
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|20px|Italy]] Lucio Topatigh
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Sylvain Turgeon
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Perry Turnbull
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States and Italy.png|20px|USA and Italy]] Tony Tuzzolino
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.gif|20px|Russia]] Ramil Yuldashev
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada.jpg|20px|Canada]] Rob Zamuner
 * [[Image:Flag of Canada and Italy.png|20px|Canada and Italy]] Bruno Zarrillo