The 1995/96 championship opens with an event that will go down in history: the inauguration of the much-desired new Resega rink, which took place on September 25, 1995 with the league opener between Lugano and Lausanne. After the unforgettable celebration, however, hard times begin, and in October the club parted ways due to Lahtinen's lack of results. John Slettvoll then returns to the bench but this time the weapon does not prove successful. Lugano ends the championship only at the 7th rank and in the playoffs is immediately eliminated, as it happens again by Kloten.
In addition to the opening of the Resega, the 1995/1996 season will be remembered for the sad fate befalling defenseman bianconero Pat Schafhauser , who on the evening of December 5, 1995, on the Davos rink, crashed violently against the balustrade, causing a spinal cord injury that forced him into a wheelchair. After this accident, the Pat Schafhauser Foundation , designed for the purpose of creating a fund for possible playing injuries, is established on the initiative of Lugano.