Two players fromHC Lugano have been summoned by Swiss national team coach Patrick Fischer ahead of the Karjala Cup, scheduled for Nov. 9-12 in Tampere, Finland: they are captain Calvin Thürkauf and defender Mirco Müller, who with the other Red Swiss will face the hosts, Sweden and the Czech Republic in that order.
L'HC Lugano is also pleased to confirm that Hnat Domenichelli, the club's sporting director, will instead participate in the Spengler Cup in Davos from December 26-31 as part of the Team Canada staff in the role of assistant general manager: the North American selection - with whom Domenichelli played the prestigious Grisons tournament four times as a player, winning the 2003 edition - will be directed by Brad Pascall and Joe Thornton, a legendary figure in Canadian field hockey and a former Davos player who recently retired from competitive activity.