Greg Ireland: “We don’t want to be surprised”

“Here we can test against an opponent from the top division and at the same time adapt our game to the smaller ice surface,” said the head coach from Canada. The Blue Team set up their training tents this Wednesday in Coventry, England - certainly not an ordinary place to end World Cup preparations. However, the playing area there has the same dimensions as that at the World Cup venue in Helsinki. “We don’t want to be surprised and that’s exactly why we planned this stopover,” says Ireland. The Azzurri will hold up to two training sessions a day at the Skydome in Coventry. There are also two test matches against hosts and World Cup participants Great Britain. On Thursday (20.30 p.m.) both teams meet in Milton Keynes and on Tuesday they face each other in Coventry. McNally instead of Kasslatter Brandon McNally, a debutant, will take part in the final two dress rehearsals. The Italian-Canadian, who has played for Vipiteno, Pustertal and Asiago in the past, only secured the British championship with the Cardiff Devils on Saturday. He could be one of 25 World Cup starters. The squad currently includes 28 players. Hannes Kasslatter, who returned to Val Gardena before leaving for the island, is no longer there. Italy's provisional World Cup squad Gate: Andreas Bernard, Justin Fazio (both Bolzano), Davide Fadani (Lugano/SUI) Defense: Lorenzo Casetti, Cameron Ginnetti, Gregorio Gios, Enrico Miglioranzi (all Asiago), Daniel Glira (Pustertal), Peter Spornberger (Schwenningen/GER), Alex Trivellato (Bozen), Dylan Di Perna (Ritten), Phil Pietroniro (Mulhouse/FRA) Attack: Simon Berger, Ivan Deluca, Dante Hannoun, Matthias Mantinger (all Pustertal), Leonardo Felicetti (Fassa), Daniel Frank, Luca Frigo, Marco Insam (all Bozen), Simon Kostner (Ritten), Marco Magnabosco, Daniel Mantenuto (both Asiago) , Brandon McNally (Cardiff/GBR), Alex Petan (Fehervar/HUN), Marco Sanna (Cortina), Tommaso Traversa (Sheffield/GBR) Head Coach: Greg Ireland Assistant coach: Giorgio De Bettin, Diego Scandella, Larry Huras Goalkeeper coach: Cameron McDonald

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Greg Ireland: “We don’t want to be surprised”

Italy's national ice hockey team is making a final, unusual stopover before the World Cup in Finland. Selection coach Greg Ireland provides an explanation for this.

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