Ice Hockey World Cup: Tudin comes, Borgatello injured

Kurt Platter from Stockholm It was only thanks to the outstanding goalkeeper Daniel Bellissimo that the defeat was not even worse. The Italian-Canadian enjoys “home advantage” as a legionnaire of the Swedish first division team Timra and has continually surpassed himself. Bellissimo, grandissimo: The goalie, who was powerless to concede goals, defused 43 shots and was rightly named the best player on his team after the final siren. His front men had a difficult time against the physically superior Germans and tested the German goalkeeper Dennis Endras “only” 22 times and helped him to his third World Cup shutout.

“If you don’t score a goal, you can’t win,” said national coach Rick Cornacchia after the opening game. The Italian-Canadian wasn't dissatisfied, but he wasn't happy either: “We had a difficult time from the start. My players were nervous and were slow to get into the game. We also weakened ourselves with unnecessary penalty minutes in the early stages. The outnumbered game was excellent, but it cost a lot of energy. We have to approach the tasks ahead with more concentration and discipline and, above all, score goals,” demanded Cornacchia, who included the three South Tyroleans Andreas Bernard, Roland Hofer and Thomas Pichler as surplus players (only two goalkeepers, seven defenders and 13 strikers are allowed on the player sheet standing) sent to the stands.

Dan Tudin moves up For Pichler, the World Cup could be over before it even begins for him for two reasons: firstly, because Dan Tudin will be moving up and secondly because Christian Borgatello was injured in the opening game. Tudin received the long-awaited Italian passport today and will land in Stockholm tomorrow at 16.15:XNUMX p.m. “If everything goes normally, then he will play against Denmark on Sunday,” Cornacchia said. The national coach could not or did not want to reveal whose place the naturalized Canadian would take: “I don’t know yet. The only thing that is certain is that no player has to travel home and everyone will stay here in Stockholm. But one person will only experience the World Cup as a tourist.”

Christian Borgatello injured Because Christian Borgatello injured his left groin shortly before the first third siren and then remained in the dressing room in the final period, there is a good chance that Roland Hofer will soon celebrate his World Cup debut. “I don’t yet know how serious Borgatello’s injury is. Our doctor will examine him more closely and then we will see whether he can play or not,” said Cornacchia. It cannot be ruled out that the Merano defender's World Cup adventure will end prematurely. In any case, after the game he limped out of the locker room.

You can read more about the World Cup in Sweden and Finland tomorrow in the daily newspaper “Dolomiten”.

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Ice Hockey World Cup: Tudin comes, Borgatello injured

Italy's national team opened Group B of the 76th Ice Hockey World Championships between Finland and Sweden at noon today in Stockholm. The “Azzurri” went into the game against Germany as underdogs and lost 0-3.

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