The World Cup preparations are entering the hot phase

On Tuesday, the Italian national ice hockey team arrived for the training camp at the Brixen Fischzuchtweg. In the ice rink there, Alexander Egger & Co. will continue to rehearse their system and further refine their moves with a view to the World Cup in Germany. Mair has called up a total of 27 athletes to the provisional World Cup squad.

The Azzurri will stay in the cathedral city until May 2nd before moving to Milan, where the final test against the USA and finally the departure to Cologne take place. In the Agorà Stadium in Lombardy, Mair's protégés rehearse what an absolute emergency could be like. It is also the last chance to achieve the first victory in the tournament preparation with an absolute surprise coup. The Blue Team will play its first World Cup game on May 6th against Slovakia.

The preparation program: April 16: Italy - Austria 0-2 April 17: Austria - Italy 6:5 aet April 19: Italy 1-3 Kazakhstan April 23: Italy - Slovenia 1:4 May 2 (20 p.m.): Italy - USA (in Milan)

The expanded World Cup squad:

goalkeeper Andreas Bernard (Assat Pori) Gianluca Vallini (HC Gherdeina) Frederic Cloutier (Asiago Hockey)

Verteidiger Thomas Larkin (Adler Mannheim) Luca Zanatta (Red Ice Martigny) Armin Helfer (HC Pustertal) Daniel Glira (HC Bozen) Ruben Rampazzo (Hockey Thurgau) Armin Hofer (HC Pustertal) Stefano Marchetti (Asiago Hockey) Enrico Miglioranzi (Asiago Hockey) Alexander Egger (HC Bozen) Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings)

striker Anton Bernard (HC Bozen) Marco Insam (HC Bozen) Luca Frigo (HC Bozen) Giovanni Morini (HC Lugano) Markus Gander (HC Bozen) Raphael Andergassen (HC Val Pusteria) Daniel Frank (HC Bozen) Alex Lambacher (Hannover Indians) Matthias Mantinger (WSV Vipiteno) Michele Marchetti (HC Bozen) Diego Kostner (HC Ambri Piotta) Simon Kostner (Rittner Buam) Tommaso Traversa (Rittner Buam) Tommaso Goi (HC Biasca Ticino Rockets)

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The World Cup preparations are entering the hot phase

Ten days, a dozen training sessions and a test match - then everything has to be right: On Tuesday, selection coach Stefan Mair started the final preparation phase for the World Cup in Cologne in Brixen.

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