Italy also loses its second friendly against Kazakhstan

National coach Stefan Mair also used the players from the two Serie A finalists Asiago (Sullivan, Marchetti, Iori) and Ritten (Felicetti, Simon Kostner) in the second test. In return, he gave the defenders Egger and Helfer as well as the strikers Diego Kostner, Insam and Ihnacak a day of rest. Thomas Tragust played in goal.

However, they had to admit defeat for the first time in the 8.37 minute when Fedor Polishchuk scored to make it 1-0 for Kazakhstan. In the middle third, the guests increased the pressure and pulled away to 32.25-39.48 with two goals from Aleksey Vorontsov (3) and Mikhail Panshin (0). At the beginning of the final third, Italy reduced the score to 1:3 with Alex Frei receiving a pass from Andergassen and Kostner. Mair took his goalkeeper off the ice in the final minute for a sixth skater, but the result didn't change: Kazakhstan won 3-1.

The World Cup starts on Sunday The Ice Hockey World Championships Division I (Group A) begins in Krakow (Poland) in five days. Italy will play their first match against hosts Poland on Sunday, April 19th. After the games against Ukraine, Hungary and Japan, the “Azzurri” will conclude the title fight against Kazakhstan again on Saturday, April 25th. The two group winners are promoted to the Top Division, while the last one is relegated to Division I, Group B.

Italy - Kazakhstan 1:3 (0:1, 0:2, 1:0) Italy: Tragust (Vallini); Sullivan-Marchetti, Oberdörfer-Hofer, Trivellato-L. Zanatta, Glira-M. Zanatta; Ramoser answer. Bernard-S.Kostner, Felicetti-Iori-Di Casmirro, Frigo-G. Morini P. Morini, Frei-Andergassen-Gander, Pavlu. Coach: Stefan Mair Kazakhstan: Poluektov (Malgin); Semyonov-Dallman, Litvinenko-Savchenko, Metalnikov-Lazika, Lipin-Tryasunov; Rudenko-Polishuk-Starchenko, Zhailauov-Spiridonov-Pushkarev, Rymarev-Savenkov-Krasnoslobodtsev, Panshin-Khudyakov-Vorontsov. Coach: Andrey Nazarov Gates: 0:1 Fedor Polishchuk (8.37), 0:2 Aleksey Vorontsov (32.25), 0:3 Mikhail Panshin (39.48), 1:3 Alex Frei (41.45)

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Italy also loses its second friendly against Kazakhstan

After losing 0-2 on Monday in Trento, the Italian national ice hockey team also suffered a 1-3 defeat against Kazakhstan in the second preparatory game for the World Cup in Asiago on Tuesday evening.

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