Thomas Di Pauli most recently played for a support team of the US national team Thomas Di Pauli (left) with his brother Theo Andreas Bernard (right) at Besoch with the Di Pauli brothers in the USA U18 World Cup: Di Pauli lifts the trophy

A South Tyrolean on the move to the NHL

Thomas Di Pauli - a name that is hardly familiar in the domestic ice hockey scene, but is hotly traded in North America. Kalterer was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round. The 18-year-old son of a Kalterer man and an American woman is one of the great talents in international ice hockey.

July 03, 2012

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