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ergi24

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Slovakia
Andreas Bernard - Assät/Liiga
Frédéric Cloutier - Asiago/ALPSHL
Marco De Filippo - Cortina/ALPSHL or Gianluca Vallini - Gherdëina/ALPSHL

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Marco De Filippo - Cortina/ALPSHL or Gianluca Vallini - Gherdëina/ALPSHL

Thomas Larkin - Adler Mannheim/DEL - R
Alex Trivellato - Schwenninger Wild Wings/DEL - L
Stefano Marchetti - Asiago/AlpsHL - L
Armin Hofer - Pustertal/Val Pusteria/AlpsHL - R
Alex Gellert - HC Bolzano/EBEL - R
Sean Mcmonagle - Orli Znojmo/EBEL - L
Luca Zanatta - Red Ice/NLB - L
Hannes Oberdörfer - HC Bolzano/EBEL - R or Michael Zanatta - Red Ice/NLB - R

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Hannes Oberdörfer - HC Bolzano/EBEL - R or Michael Zanatta - Red Ice/NLB - R
Enrico Miglioranzi - Asiago/AlpsHL - L
Daniel Glira - HC Bolzano/EBEL - L
Ruben Rampazzo - Hockey Thurgau/NLB - L

Anton Bernard - HC Bolzano/EBEL - CE/RW - R
Marco Insam - HC Bolzano/EBEL - LW/RW - R
Markus Gander - HC Bolzano/EBEL - RW/LW - R
Tommaso Traversa - Ritten/Renon/AlpsHL - CE - L
Diego Kostner - HC Ambrì-Piotta/NLA - RW - R
Raphael Andergassen - Pustertal/Val Pusteria/AlpsHL - RW/CE - R
Simon Kostner - Pustertal/Val Pusteria/AlpsHL - CE - R
Giovanni Morini - HC Lugano/NLA - LW/CE - L
Giuli Scandella - Asiago/AlpsHL - LW/RW - L
Michele Marchetti - HC Bolzano/EBEL - LW/RW - L
Luca Frigo - HC Bolzano/EBEL - LW/RW - L
Daniel Frank - HC Bolzano/EBEL - RW/LW - L
Nate Dicasmirro - HDD Jesenice/AlpsHL - CE/W - L
Tommaso Goi - HC Ambrì-Piotta/NLA - CE - L

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Markus Spinell - Ritten/Renon/AlpsHL - RW - R
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Italy - Slovenia 1 - 4
Italy - Kazakhstan 1 - 3
Italy - Austria 5 - 6 OT

These were the first three test matches, not exactly conforting.
Updated roster

Goalies
Andreas Bernard (1990/Assat Pori - Liiga - Finlandia) (Sc Auer/Ora)
Frederic Cloutier (1981/Asiago Hockey 1935 – Alps Hockey League)
Gianluca Vallini (1993/HC Gherdeina - Alps Hockey League) (Ev Bozen'84)

Defense

Thomas Larkin (1990/HK Medvescak Zagrabia - KHL - Croazia/Adler Mannheim - DEL - Germania)
Luca Zanatta (1991/Red Ice Martigny – NLB – Svizzera) (SG Cortina)
Michael Angelo Zanatta (1989/Red Ice Martigny – NLB - Svizzera) (SG Cortina)
Armin Helfer (1980/HC Val Pusteria - Alps Hockey League)
Daniel Glira (1994/HC Bolzano 2000 – Ebel) (HC Pustertal Junior)
Ruben Rampazzo (1993/HC Davos - LNA/Hockey Thurgau - Svizzera) (Ritten Sport Hockey)
Armin Hofer (1987/HC Val Pusteria – Alps Hockey League)
Stefano Marchetti (1986/Asiago Hockey 1935 – Alps Hockey League)
Enrico Miglioranzi (1991/Asiago Hockey 1935 - Alps Hockey League)
Alex Egger (1979/ HC Bolzano 2000 – Ebel)
Alex Trivellato (1993/ Schwenninger Wild Wings – DEL – Germania)

Forwards
Anton Bernard (1989/HC Bolzano 2000 - Ebel)
Marco Insam (1989/HC Bolzano 2000 – Ebel)
Luca Frigo (1993/HC Bolzano 2000 - Ebel)
Giovanni Morini (1995/HC Lugano - NLA - Svizzera) (SG Cortina)
Markus Gander (1989/HC Bolzano 2000 – Ebel)
Raphael Andergassen (1993/HC Val Pusteria – Alps Hockey League) (SV Kaltern/Caldaro)
Daniel Frank (1994/HC Bolzano 2000 – Ebel)
Alex Lambacher (1996/EC Kassel Huskies - DEL2 - Hannover Indians - Oberliga Nord) (HC Gherdeina)
Matthias Mantinger (1996/WSV Sterzing/Vipiteno - Alps Hockey League) (SV Kaltern/Caldaro)
Michele Marchetti (1994/HC Bolzano 2000) (SHC Fassa) Portieri:
Diego Kostner (1992/HC Ambrì Piotta – NLA – Svizzera) (HC Gherdeina)
Simon Kostner (1990/Rittner Buam – Alps Hockey League)
Tommaso Traversa (1990/Rittner Buam – Alps Hockey League) (Real Torino HC)
Tommaso Goi (1990/HC Biasca Ticino Rockets – NLB - Svizzera)
 
Who are Italy's main players? I'd love to know a bit about the team and cheer for them this tournament, sincr I have Italian heritage
 
chupanibre said:
Wrong score, it was 2-0 to Austria. Both goals in the 3rd period 1 was an empty netter
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Oops, thank you. I wonder which match I read about on the federation's website then.
Note to myself, check the dates when you read a post on the internet
 
What happened to Scandella?
Did he retire from the NT or is he injured? I still think he's the best goalscorer that Italy has.
And Ramoser? Still the knee problem?
 
Austria played Italy twice, won 2-0 and 6-5, both terrible games for us but Italy's not too bad either. Morini, Bernard and Insam are their go to guys and Larkin is a solid D. Italy will be chin deep in this tournament but who knows, anything can happen.
 
Yeah, the "new generation" is growing well, but the team is still at the beginning of the rebuilding process, at the moment this is by far the weakest team of the tournament. Already the promotion last year was quite unexpected by me.
Even though I watched the olympic qualification matches here and I was quite impressed by the level of effort and the grit. Very fast team but also very small
 
kabidjan18 said:
Austria played Italy twice, won 2-0 and 6-5, both terrible games for us but Italy's not too bad either. Morini, Bernard and Insam are their go to guys and Larkin is a solid D. Italy will be chin deep in this tournament but who knows, anything can happen.
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Oops, I watched the full games on FISG youtube and the only one vs Austria I saw was the 2-0 game. Thanks for the correction.
 
Jon Riley said:
Yeah, the "new generation" is growing well
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Are we sure about it?
There is some undeniable process, but have a look at those players: the Bernards, Larkin, Gander, Kostner, we somewhat keep on thinking they are young but they are all already 26-27-28, hardly they'll really become better.
The younger ones, as Morini, Glira, Vallini, I don't think it's enough to keep the Blue Team long-term in the elite division.
 
Alessandro Seren Rosso said:
Are we sure about it?
The younger ones, as Morini, Glira, Vallini, I don't think it's enough to keep the Blue Team long-term in the elite division.
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I don't think so either.
So far I just hope they are enough to keep being a credible "elevator" team, because the level of the Div 1 is increasing. South Korea, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Kazakhstan, Slovenia all have a reasonable shot in getting promoted when they are down, division 1 is not goin to be a routine business anymore.
So, at the moment, I just hope that the new generation is enough not to lose ground on these teams without having to rely too much on imports.
Not getting relegated this year would require a miracle or two, and next year Div 1 is going to be very hard since Korea is most likely "stealing" the promotion spot from a big team, whether that is Austria or Kazakhstan.

So, yeah, at the moment the goal for Italy is to get at the same level it was when the roster was packed with imports.
 
Great to see Armin Helfer still be on team Italy at his age. Because Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet had mistakenly listed him as player from the "Anaheim Ducks"
several years ago, I had to check up who he was and always had a soft spot for him since. :laugh:
 
Finnish Tank Support said:
Is Plastino injured or is there some other reason he's not in the team?
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Yes, he is one of the many injured players.
Mainly Plastino, Trivellato, Ramoser and Gellert would have been lock if healthy.
Too bad, Plastino is probably one of the best producer of the team, even if he is a defender. It would have been good to have him.
At least Scandella finally made it. I just wish he could bring along his brother
 
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