Keenan's Italian premiere goes wrong

The Azzurri, in their squad Ten South Tyroleans are standing, lost to Ukraine in the opening game 1:2 after extra time. This is what they had to deal with when they debuted Stanley Cup winner Mike Keenan As an Italian head coach, you can settle for one point.

Although Ukraine stepped on the accelerator in the starting third and at times restricted the opponent in front of their own goal, captain Alex Petan gave the Blue Team the lead in the 18th minute. He hit the mark with twice the majority. Petan scores the opening goal Alex Petan and Co. celebrate after making it 1-0. © Sarkozy Photos

The Keenan team then found their way into the game better, but were unable to score any more goals. But the Eastern Europeans scored: When Daniel Glira and Alex Trivellato were in the cooler at the same time in the final phase, Andrei Mikhnov scored to make it 1-1 and send both teams into extra time. This was a good three minutes old when Alexander Peresunko scored the sudden death goal. This was only Ukraine's fourth victory in their eleventh duel with Italy.

The Blue Team continues at the tournament in Ungan on Friday (18.30 p.m.) with the meeting with top division newcomers Slovenia.

Italy Ukraine 1:2 aet Italy's lineup: Smith (Fazio); Miglioranzi-DiPerna, Spornberger-Trivellato, Glira-Ginnetti, Gios-Casetti; Deluca-Sanna-Insam, Miceli-Mantenuto-Petan, Frigo-Hannoun-Frank, Marchetti-Traversa-Brunner

Gates: 1:0 Alex Petan (17.21), 1:1 Andrei Mikhnov (56.54), 1:2 Alexander Peresunko (63.18)

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The rest of the Azzurri program: Italy – Slovenia (Friday, 18.30 p.m.) Placement game (Sunday)

The table: Pos Team Games Points 1. Ukraine 1 2 2. Italy 1 1 3. France 0 0 4. Slovenia 0 0 5. Hungary 0 0 6. Japan 0 0

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