Italy celebrates their next test match victory

Greg Ireland emphasized its importance before the friendly in Milton Keynes – especially to adjust to the smaller ice surface. In addition, the players in England have the last chance to recommend themselves to the Canadian trainer before the final squad is announced. As of now, three athletes still have to be canceled. This circumstance inevitably spurred the Azzurri on on Thursday. With the 3-1 victory they celebrated their third victory in the preparation for the World Cup.

At the beginning, both teams missed opportunities in the power play. The spectators saw the first highlight of the game around four minutes before the end of the starting third when Marco Magnabosco scored from the slot after a well-played situation. Jonathan Philipps and Ben Lake then tried to react, but Italy goalie Justin Fazio kept his goal clean - 1-0 after 20 minutes.

Italy can celebrate. © Tony Sargent/Social Media

The two teams, who will not meet in the group stage of the World Cup in Finland, didn't give each other an inch in the second half either. Fazio and his counterpart Ben Bowns had to save several times in dire need. The best opportunity for the guests was found by Tommaso Traversa, who is active in England, after a counterattack when he was outnumbered - but without being successful. Shortly afterwards, Ross Venus equalized from a tight angle on the power play. The Blue Team's reaction was vehement: Just 83 seconds later, Bowns was powerless on a hidden Trivellato shot from the blue line - this goal also came from the advantage. Hannoun makes everything clear In the final round, the hosts threw everything forward, Italy defended - and had a great chance to secure a preliminary decision through Traversa: The 31-year-old lacked the final coolness in a 2-on-1 situation. But the 3-1 was only postponed: in the 54th minute, Dante Hannoun Bowns, who shot in the right position, lost out for the third time. This broke the British resistance.

The next and last test match before the World Cup will take place next Tuesday in Coventry. The opponent is again Great Britain. Then we travel to Finland. Great Britain – Italy 1:3 Great Britain: Bowns (Whistle); Ehrhardt, Richardson, Tetlow, Batch, Jones, Clements, Hazeldine; Davies, Lachowicz, Myers, Perlini, Duggan, Hook, Ferrara, Philipps, Mosey, Venus, Waller, Dowd, Lake, Neilson.

Italy: Fazio (Fadani); Trivellato-Di Perna, Miglioranzi-Pietroniro, Glira-Gios, Ginetti-Casetti; Frank-Kostner-Sanna, Felicetti-Mantenuto-Marchetti, Frigo-Hannoun-McNally, De Luca-Berger-Traversa, Magnabosco. coach: ireland

Gates: 0:1 Magnabosco (15.42), 1:1 Venus (26.02), 1:2 Trivellato (27.25), 1:3 Hannoun (53.23)

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Italy celebrates their next test match victory

Italy's national ice hockey team is getting into World Cup shape: On Thursday, the Azzurri celebrated a narrow victory against Great Britain in Milton Keynes (England).

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