Hans Cattini

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1914|1|24}}

| birth_place = Grono, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1987|4|2|1914|1|24}}

| death_place = Lausanne, Switzerland

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| position = Center

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| ntl_team = SUI

| career_start = 1930

| career_end = 1950

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Johann Joseph Cattini (24 January 1914 – 2 April 1987) was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1948 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1998, with his brother Ferdinand Cattini.

Personal life

Cattini was born on 24 January 1914 in Grono, Switzerland to Giovanni, who was a carpenter.{{cite web |title=Hans Cattini |url=https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/CattiniHans.htm |website=hockeyarchives.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}} He grew up alongside his younger brother Ferdinand Cattini. He worked as an electrician tradesman in Davos, Switzerland for teammate Albert Geromini.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/hans-cattini-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/hans-cattini-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=Hans Cattini Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=September 3, 2013}}

Playing career

Starting in 1933, Cattini, his brother, and Bibi Torriani played on a forward line known as "The ni-storm" ({{langx|de|Der ni-sturm}}), for HC Davos. The line was named for the last syllable (-ni) of players' surnames. The ni-storm was regarded as the top line of HC Davos and Switzerland's national hockey team.{{cite web |title=Glanzzeiten mit dem NI-Sturm |url=http://www.hcdavos.ch/ni_sturm.php |website=hcdavos.ch |accessdate=21 September 2019 |language=German |archive-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205828/http://www.hcdavos.ch/ni_sturm.php |url-status=dead }} As a member of HC Davos, "The ni-storm" won 15 Swiss championship titles.{{cite web |title=HALL OF FAME |url=https://www.hcd.ch/de/club/hall-fame |website=hcd.ch |accessdate=21 September 2019 |language=German |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419085619/https://www.hcd.ch/de/club/hall-fame |url-status=dead }} This line consistently competed against Gebhard Poltera and his line from EHC Arosa.{{cite web |title=Gebi Poltéra passes away |url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/sk/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1640&cHash=5bc16e1616bc5f3fb17df64eb0f10d7e |website=iihf.com |accessdate=21 September 2019 |date=14 November 2008 |quote=The trio was the answer to the line of archrivals HC Davos with IIHF Hall of Famers Bibi Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Ferdinand and Hans. }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html |title=IIHF Hall of Fame |accessdate=September 3, 2013 }}{{cite news|title=Richard «Bibi» Torriani – Mit Eiercognac zu 19 Meistertiteln|date=3 May 2021|newspaper=Linth Zeitung|language=de|location=See-Gaster, Switzerland|url=https://www.linthzeitung.ch/sport/eishockey/2021-05-03/richard-bibi-torriani-mit-eiercognac-zu-19-meistertiteln|access-date=3 July 2023}}

He died on 2 April 1987.{{cite web |title=Hans Cattini |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/IZone/izone.member.info.do?mem=9 |website=legendsofhockey.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}

International play

In 1936, he participated with the Swiss ice hockey team in the Winter Olympics tournament. In 1948, he participated with the Swiss ice hockey team in the Winter Olympics tournament where he won a bronze medal. In total, the brothers were at seven IIHF World Championships between 1933 and 1949.{{cite web |last1=Podnieks |first1=Andrew |title=Yo, bro! |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/news/12130/brothers |website=iihf.com |accessdate=22 September 2019 |date=22 May 2019}}