Special teams decide: Azzurri lose test

Compared to the games in the Dolomites Cup, head coach Greg Ireland was able to rely on regulars Thomas Larkin, Peter Spornberger, Diego Kostner, Alex Petan, Peter Hochkofler and Giovanni Morini in Vienna. They should help solve the offensive problems that Italy recently revealed and which sports director Stefan Zisser had also openly addressed. However, there was no sign of these at first: Italy played freely, had two big chances to score through Stefano Giliati and Marco Magnabosco and finally took the lead with the third big opportunity: Alex Petan completed a remarkable puck relay over Giovanni Morini and Magnabosco. The joy only lasted for a short time, because after a nasty Frigo foul (he had to go into the cooler for five minutes), Austria equalized with a pinpoint shot from super talent and NHL crack Marco Rossi. A few moments later, Italy fell behind after a hidden shot. However, after a coach challenge taken by Ireland, Lukas Haudum's goal was correctly revoked because he was offside the goal area. Azzurri initially better in the 2nd third The Azzurri were initially better in the second half of the game. After a strong pass from Petan, Daniel Frank appeared alone in front of the opponent's goal, but shot at goalie David Kickert. Shortly afterwards, Frank and Angelo Miceli, among others, had further chances to take the lead for Italy. However, when Diego Kostner had to go to the penalty box, Austria scored: Thomas Raffl deflected a pass, and the disc then bounced off Raphael Herburger's knee pads into the goal. Italy also showed a committed performance at times in the third third and pushed for an equalizer. However, there were no significant chances for a long time until Peter Spornberger and Luca Frigo equalized. However, the two were unable to take advantage of their top-class opportunities. Instead, Klagenfurt's Lukas Haudum made it 3-15 for Austria after around 3 minutes - again during a power play - with a shot in front of the goal. The Azzurri tried everything again and took goalie Andreas Bernard off the ice. Patrick Spannring took advantage of this and made the decision 18.26-4 with his empty net goal after 1:XNUMX minutes. Austria – Italy 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0) Gates: 0:1 Petan (4.12), 1:1 Rossi (9.36/Power Play), 2:1 Herburger (13.12/Power Play), 3:1 Haudum (15.26/Power Play), 4:1 Spannring (18.26/Empty Net ).

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Special teams decide: Azzurri lose test

The Italian national ice hockey team lost the friendly match against Austria 1:4 (1:1, 0:1, 0:2) before the Olympic qualification tournament in Latvia. The Azzurri had a hard time, especially when they were outnumbered, and Red-White-Red scored three goals in the power play.

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