Italy stands up to the KHL champions

Selection coach Stefan Mair, who had to do without Marco Insam due to a cold, gave Cloutier confidence between the posts. Vallini acted as backup. In front of them there were three pairs of defenders and four attacking blocks, which the South Tyrolean coach rotated through.

The Azzurri were extremely disciplined right from the start, kept Metallurg's lively attackers at bay and created good scoring opportunities through Gander and especially shortly before the first third break through Frigo himself. It wasn't until the eighth minute of the second third that the Eastern Europeans broke the Italian defensive barrier: Timkin gave Cloutier no chance during a quick countermove. After that, the Blue Team completely lost track of things for a while. Just when Bernard & Co. seemed to be catching themselves in the final period, Byriukov shot in from close range to make it 2-0. Italy then pushed into the opponent's third, but were unable to score in the remaining 18 minutes of the game.

The Azzurri will continue their preparation program in Alleghe and set their sights on the friendly against next KHL club HC Vityaz. This will take place on Friday in Cortina.

Italy – Metallurg Magnitogorsk 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1)

Italy : Cloutier (Vallini); Trivellato-Oberdorfer, Miglioranzi-Tauferer, Glira-Cordiano; Gander-Bernard-DiCasmirro, Morini-Frank-Frigo, Traversa-Marchetti-Pavlu, Barnabò-Deluca, Monferone. Coach: Stefan Mair

Metallurgical : Samsonov (Zagidulin); Antipin, Dronov, Kozlov, Biryukov, Bereglazov, Tereshenko, Zhloba, Medvedev, Shvyrev, Kaletnik, Zhelezkov, Berestennikov, Timkin, Platonov, Filippi, Osala, Kazionov, Kosov, Patekhin, Boltanov. Coach: Ilia Vorobiev

Tore : 0:1 Evgeny Timkin (27.21), 0:2 Evgeny Byriukov (41.51)

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Italy stands up to the KHL champions

The Italian national ice hockey team completed its first test with a view to qualifying for the Olympics in September in Garmisch on Sunday: a greatly rejuvenated Blue Team lost 0-2 to Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

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