HC Lugano announces that they have signed Italian-American Dan Spang and Canadian Ryan Glenn as reinforcements for their participation at this year's Spengler Cup.
The defenseman Spang has already played for two teams during the current season: Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL (eleven games, three assists) and HC Kometa Brno in the Czech league, where he appeared in eight games (two assists).
Ryan Glenn, on the other hand, currently plays for HC Sparta Praha in the Czech league and has scored three assists in 14 games for them. The defenseman already knows Spang, as they played together for Finnish team Kärpät in the last season. (mso)
UPDATE Despite other reports this evening, Johan Backlund will likely not be HC Lugano's third addition to their Spenlger Cup team. As Marco Maffioletti (La Regione) writes on Twitter, the 34-year-old goaltender has not received the green light from his current club and will thus not join HC Lugano. (bsc) - 22 December 2015, 7:45 PM
Non sarà Johan Backlund il portiere che rinforzerà il Lugano alla Spengler, non è stato liberato dal suo club.
— Marco Maffioletti (@Maffi14) 22. Dezember 2015
Il 3o rinforzo dell' @OfficialHCL alla @spenglercup2015 sarebbe il portiere Johan Backlund (sve) 2014/15 allo Slovan Bratislava #rsisport
— Giampaolo Giannoni (@giempi68) December 22, 2015
