Ice Hockey World Cup: Scandella lets Italy celebrate in overtime

Rick Cornacchia was without injured defender Christian Borgatello on Sunday. Ritten striker Dan Tudin, who only received his Italian passport two days ago, celebrated his debut in the national team. Tudin played with Scandella and Ansoldi in the first block, while Alexander Egger moved back into defense and came on alongside Armin Helfer.

The Italian selection surprisingly took a 15-2 lead with a double strike in the 0th minute. First it was Ansoldi who placed an assist from Giulio Scandella in the goal guarded by Andersen (14.12), before Matt De Marchi was there 18 seconds later. This time Nicola Fontanive did the preparatory work. Italy survived an outnumbered situation in the 17th minute of the game unscathed (Anton Bernard had to go into the cooler because of a high stick).

In the second third the Danes came out of the locker room transformed and after just 14 seconds Lars Eller reduced the score to 2-1. But that wasn't enough, because once again it was the Scandinavians' parade block that equalized after 24.42 minutes. This time Jesper Jensen was there. At this point the Danes had one more man on the ice because Felicetti was serving a time penalty.

It was also Jensen who gave Denmark the lead in the 32nd minute. But the “Azzurri” didn’t give up and equalized after 33.56:XNUMX minutes through Matt De Marchi, who scored for the second time that afternoon. The assist for the equalizer came from the outstanding Giulio Scandella.

After the new break, four more situations went by without a goal (one for Denmark, three for Italy) and so it went into extra time. Only 52 seconds had been played when Giulio Scandella put the much-celebrated winning goal into the net. It was the Azzurri's first win at this World Cup, after the 0-3 defeat in the opening match against Germany. A victory that gives hope for the mission to stay in the league.

Denmark - Italy 3:4 aet (0:2, 3:1, 0:0, 0:1) Denmark: Frederik Andersen (Simon Nielsen), Philip Larsen, Jesper B. Jensen - Daniel Nielsen, Stefan Lassen - Mats Bodker, Morten Green - Philip Hersby; Nichlas Hardt, Frans Nielsen, Lars Eller - Morten Mdsen, Julian Jakobsen, Jesper Jensen - Kasper Jensen, Kirill Starkov, Kim Lykkeskov - Frederik Storm, Bjarke Moller, Morten Puolsen Coach: Per Backman

Italy: Daniel Bellissimo (Thomas Tragust); Armin Helfer, Alexander Egger - Matt de Marchi, Nick Plastino - Trevor Johnson, Thomas Larkin - Stefano Marchetti; Giulio Scandella, Dan Tudin, Luca Ansoldi - Nicola Fontanive, Vince Rocco, Rob Sirianni - Marco Insam, Derek Edwardson, Pat Iannone - Diego Iori, Luca Felicetti, Anton Bernard, Manuel De Toni; Coach: Rick Cornacchia

Gates: 0:1 Luca Ansoldi (14.12), 0:2 Matt De Marchi (14.30), 1:2 Lars Eller (20.14), 2:2 Jesper Jensen (24.42), 3:2 Jesper Jensen (31.53), 3:3 Matt De Marchi (33.56), 3:4 Giulio Scandella (60.52)

Penalty minutes: 6-8 (0-2, 0-4, 6-2)

PRELIMINARY ROUND “A” HELSINKI 1th matchday USA - France 7:2 (1:1, 3:1, 3:0) Canada - Slovakia 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1) Belarus - Finland 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) Switzerland - Kazakhstan 5:1 (2:0, 3:1 0.0)

2th matchday Canada - USA 4:5 aet(1:1, 1:1, 2:2, 0:1) 0-1 Slater (1.10), 1-1 Tavares (6.38), 2-1 Skinner (27.34), 2-2 Johnson (33.54), 2-3 Dwyer (46.43), 3-3 Kane (49.51), 3: 4 Thompson (56.19), 4:4 Keith (58.21), 4:5 Johnson (61.47)

France - Kazakhstan 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1) 1:0 Hecquefeuille (8.59), 2:0 Besch (11.27), 3:0 Treille (14.53), 3:1 Krasnoslobodtsev (17.13), 4:1 Desrosiers (27.49), 4:2 Polishuk (33.16), 4: 3 Zhailauov (40.42), 5:3 Bellemare (51.02), 6:3 Hecquefeuille (56.14)

Finland - Slovakia 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0) 1:0 people (7.32)

Switzerland - Belarus 3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0) 1:0 Moser (6.55), 1:1 Ugarov (10.26), 2:1 Moser (11.57), 2:2 Koltsov (21.34), 3:2 Romy (47.48)

Table after the 2nd matchday 1. Switzerland 6 points (8:3) 2. Finland 6 (2:0) 3. USA 5 (12:6) 4. Canada 4 (7:7) 5. France 3 (8:10) 6. Belarus 0 (2:4) 7. Slovakia 0 (2:4) 8. Kazakhstan 0 (4:11)

PRELIMINARY ROUND “B” STOCKHOLM 1th matchday Germany - Italy 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0) Czech Republic - Denmark 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1.0) Sweden - Norway 3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0) Latvia - Russia 2:5 (1:0, 0:2, 1:3)

2th matchday Sweden - Czech Republic 4:1 (1:0, 1:0, 2:1) 1:0 Franzen (2.42), 2:0 Kronwall (20.50), 2:1 Petruzalek (43.44), 3:1 Lundqvist (50.24), 4:1 Persson (58.04)

Denmark - Italy 3:4 aet (0:2, 3:1, 0:0, 0:1) 0:1 Ansoldi (14.12), 0:2 De Marchi (14.30), 1:2 Eller (20.14), 2:2 Jensen (24.42), 3:2 Jensen (31.53), 3:3 De Marchi (33.56), 3:4 Scandella (60.52)

Russia - Norway 4:2 (0:0, 3:2, 1:0) 1:0 Datsyuk (21.21), 2:0 Denisov (27.01), 2:1 Ask (30.34), 3:1 Kulyomin (32.46), 3:2 Holtet (35.52), 4:2 Perezhogin (40.40)

Germany - Latvia 2:3 (0:1, 2:1, 0:1) 0:1 Indrasis (11.09), 0:2 Redlihs (23.10), 1:2 Tripp (24.58), 2:2 Hospelt (32.03), 2:3 Sirokovs (52.15)

Table after the 2nd matchday 1. Sweden 6 points (7:3) 2. Russia 6 (9:4) 3. Germany 3 (5:3) 4. Czech Republic 3 (3:4) 5. Latvia 3 (5:7) 6. Italy 2 (4:6) 7. Denmark 1 (3:6) 8. Norway 0 (3:7)

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Ice Hockey World Cup: Scandella lets Italy celebrate in overtime

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