Test in Neumarkt: The Blue Team meets Austria

The Azzurri will play a total of five friendly games before the start of the World Cup on the Rhine. It starts on Sunday with the home game against Austria. The game starts at 18 p.m. The second leg will take place on Easter Monday (16 p.m.) in the Tyrolean capital.

Italy's head coach Stefan Mair, who has been training with his protégés in the lower country for a week, has a total of 22 players at his disposal. The only ones missing are those who were in action with their clubs in the playoffs in the past few days. From the first test games, the trainer will already learn which cracks are hot candidates for the World Cup squad.

"The first two games are already a determination of where we are. Since Austria starts the B World Cup on April 22nd, our opponents are a lot further along in their preparation. That's why our boys are really challenged. Let's see how they cope with the first preparation program "said Mair before the two test matches.

The upcoming test matches of the men's national team:

April 16 (18 p.m.): Italy - Austria (in Neumarkt) April 17th (16 p.m.): Austria - Italy (in Innsbruck) April 19 (19.30:XNUMX p.m.): Italy - Kazakhstan (in Neumarkt) April 23rd (18 p.m.): Italy - Slovenia (in Neumarkt) May 2 (20 p.m.): Italy - USA (in Milan)

The call-ups for the training camp in Neumarkt (April 10-23):

goalkeeper Andreas Bernard (Assat Pori) Marco De Filippo Roia (SG Cortina) Gianluca Vallini (HC Gherdeina)

Verteidiger Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings) Thomas Larkin (Adler Mannheim) Luca Zanatta (Red Ice Martigny) Michael Angelo Zanatta (Red Ice Martigny) Armin Helfer (HC Pustertal) Daniel Glira (HC Bozen) Ruben Rampazzo (Hockey Thurgau) Michael Messner (WSV Vipiteno) - until April 13th Armin Hofer (HC Pustertal) - until April 13th

striker Anton Bernard (HC Bozen) Marco Insam (HC Bozen) Luca Frigo (HC Bozen) Giovanni Morini (HC Lugano) Markus Gander (HC Bozen) Raphael Andergassen (HC Val Pusteria) Daniel Frank (HC Bozen) Riccardo Lacedelli (SG Cortina) Alex Lambacher (Hannover Indians) Viktor Schweitzer (HC Pustertal) Matthias Mantinger (WSV Vipiteno) Ivan Deluca (WSV Vipiteno) Michele Marchetti (HC Bozen)

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Test in Neumarkt: The Blue Team meets Austria

On Easter Sunday, the Italian national ice hockey team starts its test match program with a view to the World Cup in Cologne in May. Austria's selection will be the opponents in the Neumarkt Würtarena. Less than 24 hours later, the return match takes place in Innsbruck.

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