Italy is traveling to the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge with twelve South Tyroleans

The Italian national team's four-way tournament in Katowice starts straight away with a duel against the host nation. The clashes with Hungary and Kazakhstan await on the following two days.

Selection coach Clayton Beddoes and his team new assistant Riku Lehtonen have called up a 24-man squad for the three matches. Among them are twelve South Tyroleans. The strongest represented team is HC Bozen, which has eight players. However, there is a big question mark behind Markus Gander, who is currently still injured.

Preparation for the EIHC begins for the “Azzurri” on February 12th, when they depart for Kravare. In the small Czech town they will put the finishing touches on their skills at a three-day short training camp.

The Italian selection squad: Gate: Marco De Filippo Roia (Cortina/AHL), Frederic Cloutier (Asiago/AHL), Jake Smith (Bozen/EBEL) Defense: Alex Trivellato (Krefeld/DEL), Michael Sullivan (Asiago/AHL), Armin Helfer, Armin Hofer (both Pustertal/AHL), Thomas Larkin (Mannheim/DEL), Daniel GLira, Stefano Marchetti (both Bozen/EBEL), Michael Angelo Zanatta (Cortina/AHL) Attack: Luca Frigo, Michele Marchetti, Anton Bernard, Viktor Schweitzer, Markus Gander (all Bozen/EBEL), Alex Frei, Simon Kostner, Tommaso Traversa (all Ritten/AHL), Ivan Deluca (Sterzing/AHL), Diego Kostner, Tommaso Goi ( both Ambrì Piotta/NLA), Raphael Andergassen (Pustertal/AHL), Giovanni Morini (Lugano/NLA), Riccardo Lacedelli (Cortina/AHL) Head Coach: Clayton Beddoes Assistant coach: Giorgio De Bettin, Riku-Petteri Lehtonen

On call: Gianluca Vallini (Vipiteno/AHL); Luca Zanatta (Olten/NLB), Roland Hofer (Ritten/AHL); Matthias Mantinger (Sterzing/AHL), Devin DiDiomete (Fassa/AHL), Joachim Ramoser (Ingolstadt/DEL) The program at the EIHC in Katowice (Poland): 16. February 16.30 p.m.: Kazakhstan - Hungary 20 p.m.: Poland - Italy

17. February 16.30 p.m.: Hungary - Italy 20 p.m.: Poland - Kazakhstan

18. February 15.30 p.m.: Italy - Kazakhstan 19.15 p.m.: Poland - Hungary

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Italy is traveling to the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge with twelve South Tyroleans

A milestone awaits the “Azzurri” in the ongoing preparation for the World Cup in Division I. The Blue Team will be in action at the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Poland from February 16th to 18th.

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