AS Asiago Hockey Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey is a professional ice hockey club based in Asiago , Italy , playing in the Serie A . The club plays its home games at the Stadio Odegar . History . Founded in 1935 thanks to the initiative of Edoardo Carli , AS Asiago made its debuts in the Serie B , where it played some good seasons before World War II interrupted play for several seasons ( excluding 1940 - 41 ) . Following the War , it took only one season 1946 - 47 ) to Asiago to be promoted to the Serie A . The club maintained itself there for seven years before falling back to the Serie B in 1955 . The club had to wait until 1969 - 70 to gain another promotion to the Serie A . The club did not perform so well , but nevertheless maintained itself in the Serie A until 1976 , where the team was relegated to the Serie B , not because of its on - ice performances , but because of its ice itself - the lack of coverture over the newly built Stadio Odegar didn ' t please the league authorities , as Asiago was playing on the frozen tennis courts of the locality of Millepini . The next season , they earned their promotion back to the Serie A and never relegated back to the Serie B again . Asiago ' s improvements showed in the early 1980s . For two straight seasons , 1981 - 82 and 1982 - 83 , the club finished 3rd in the league ; three seasons later , they reached their first Scudetto final against HC Merano . The same thing happened in 1989 - 90 ; this time losing to HC Bolzano . In 1991 came the first silverware of the team ' s history when Asiago defeated HC Alleghe in the Coppa Italia final , a competition they would win again in 2001 and 2002 . After losing again to Bolzano in the Scudetto final in 2000 , Asiago bounced back in 2000 - 01 by winning both the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto , in the latter case , for the first time of its history , by defeating the Milano Vipers . That season , Asiago established an impressive league record of 40 straight wins , thus winning every single matches of the regular season and all but one of the playoffs games , including a stunning 10 - 0 win over SSI Vipiteno in the third and last game of the semifinals . 2002 was another big season for Asiago . If they failed to repeat their league title and their exploit of the previous season in terms of games won , finishing third , they nevertheless clinched a third Coppa Italia and reached the final of the Supercoppa italiana , losing to Milano . The team , thanks to its previous year league title , was invited to take part in the Continental Cup for the first time of its history . HC Asiago entered the Cup in the third round and was put in the Group K , which games were held in Asiago . The club tied its first game against Keramin Minsk 3 - 3 and won its second over Olimpija Ljubljana 3 - 2 . They lost to Jukurit Mikkeli 2 - 1 in the third and last game of the Group K , which sealed the team ' s fate . Asiago reached the league playoffs ' final once again in 2003 after a solid second place in the regular season . They faced Milano , who needed six games to defeat them . They also reached the final of the Coppa Italia , again losing to Milano . There was however a little something left for the fans to rejoice , as the team won its first , and to date only , Supercoppa italiana . The next season saw the team once again reach the playoffs final , losing one more time to Milano , again in six games . They were also semifinalists for the Coppa Italia . From 2005 onward , Asiago ' s strenght decline . If they performed a respectable 3rd place in 2005 , with a team featuring National Hockey League players Rico Fata , Mathieu Dandenault , Fernando Pisani and Stéphane Quintal , their 6th place in 2006 and back - to - back 9th places in 2007 and 2008 and 5th place of 2009 proved to be a transitional period of reconstruction for the club . 2007 proved especially more tragic since Canadian player Darcy Robinson died in Asiago ' s uniform on the opening match of the 2007 - 08 season . The club honoured his memory by retiring his jersey number 5 . That season also marked the retirement of one of the greatest Italian players of all time , Lucio Topatigh . Topatigh , known by the fans as " Il Falco di Gallio " ( " the Falcon from Gallio " , his birthplace ) had started his career in Asiago in 1984 and after collecting much successes through his career that saw him play a thousand matches in the Serie A with Asiago , Bolzano and the Milano Devils , had come back to his original team Asiago in 1999 for good . But eventually , Asiago was bound to retrieve the league ' s summit ; this happened in 2010 , as the team defeated SV Renon in a four games sweep in order to win a second Scudetto . This title came only three days after their junior side , Amatori Asiago , defeated Black Angels Milano in the final played in Roma . Notable Asiago players . Here are some notable players who have sported Asiago ' s jersey through the club ' s history : " This number was retired to honour Robinson , who played two seasons in Asiago and deceased on September 27th 2007 during the opening match of the season of a heart attack . " Sources . " This article is in large part a translation of the italian Wikipedia article on the team , which can be found here : . "