Italy travels to the World Cup in Riga without Bernard, Ireland & Co

On Sunday, the Blue Team - divided into several buses - travels to Verona, from where they take a specially chartered plane to Latvia. The first game against Germany is scheduled for May 21st. It will be a cold start for the Azzurri, so the test matches against Switzerland (May 4th) and Austria (May 8th and 9th) all had to be canceled. Only the two games against France on the first weekend in May could still be played. Then the Corona problems started in the team. As the Italian ice sports association FISG announced on Saturday, 9 players tested positive for Corona in the last PCR tests: regular goalkeeper Andreas Bernard, Jake Smith, Matthias Mantinger, Michele Marchetti, Thomas Larkin, Enrico Miglioranzi, Alex Trivellato, Tommaso Traversa and Markus Gander . For now, only 23 players will board the plane to Latvia on Sunday. Some could join the team later However, Smith, Larkin, Miglioranzi, Trivellato and Gander could join at a later date. They are part of the list of 28 players that the Italian association sent to the IIHF. The same applies to coach Greg Ireland and one of his assistants Riku-Petteri Lehtonen, both of whom also tested positive. Ireland will initially carry out his role as head coach remotely. At the start of the World Cup in Riga, the Blue Team will be coached on the bench by Giorgio De Bettin, Fabio Armani and the goalkeeping coach, the Swede Peter Andersson. Ireland could then travel at a later date. “Many may think that it would have been easier to raise the white flag.” FISG President Andrea Gios “We are undoubtedly in a complicated situation. Many may think that it would have been easier to raise the white flag. But we owe it to our sport and the IIHF, which organized this World Cup despite the pandemic. Now some young players have the chance to prove themselves,” explained FISG President Andrea Gios. One thing is certain: The Azzurri, who had to do without other top performers such as Diego Kostner, Marco Insam, Joachim Ramoser and Ivan Tauferer, face a herculean task at the World Cup in Latvia, but can actually only surprise in a positive way. Italy's World Cup squad: Gate: Damian Clara (Red Bull Salzburg/U20-AUT), Davide Fadani (Lugano/SUI), Justin Fazio (Bozen/ICE). Defense: Lorenzo Casetti (Asiago/AlpsHL), Gregorio Gios (Fassa/AlpsHL), Daniel Glira (Pustertal/AlpsHL), Stefano Marchetti (Asiago/AlpsHL), Phil Pietroniro (Cortina/AlpsHL), Sebastiano Soracreppa (Thurgau/SUI), Peter Spornberger (Freiburg/GER) Attack: Raphael Andergassen (Pustertal/AlpsHL), Anthony Bardaro (Bozen/ICE), Ivan Deluca (Bozen/ICE), Daniel Frank (Bozen/ICE), Luca Frigo (Bozen/ICE), Thomas Galimberti (Eppan/IHL), Stefano Giliati (Bozen/ICE), Peter Hochkofler (Red Bull Salzburg/AUT), Marco Magnabosco (Asiago/AlpsHL), Angelo Miceli (Bozen/ICE), Alex Petan (Fehervar/HUN), Simon Pitschieler (Bozen/ICE), Marco Rosa (Asiago/AlpsHL). Coaching staff: Giorgio De Bettin (coach), Fabio Armani (coach), Peter Andersson (goaltending coach), Florian Keinz (video coach). You could join us at a later date: Gate: Jake Smith (Gröden/AlpsHL). Defense: Thomas Larkin (Mannheim/GER), Enrico Miglioranzi (Asiago/AlpsHL), Alex Trivellato (Västerås/SWE). Attack: Markus Gander (Vipiteno (AlpsHL) Coaching staff: Greg Ireland (Head coach), Riku-Petteri Lehtonen (Assistant coach) Italy's World Cup schedule Friday, May 21st: Italy – Germany (19.15:XNUMX p.m.) Sunday, May 23rd: Italy – Norway (11.15:XNUMX a.m.) Monday, May 24th: Italy – Latvia (15.15:XNUMX p.m.) Thursday, May 27th: Italy – Finland (19.15:XNUMX p.m.) Saturday, May 29: Italy – Kazakhstan (11.15:XNUMX a.m.) Sunday, May 30: Italy – Canada (15.15:XNUMX p.m.) Tuesday, June 1st: Italy – USA (15.15:XNUMX p.m.)

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Italy travels to the World Cup in Riga without Bernard, Ireland & Co

Without coach Greg Ireland and numerous key players, Italy will travel to the Ice Hockey World Cup in Riga on Sunday.

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