Numerous new faces in Italian ice hockey

In the last few days, not only HC Bozen has upgraded properly, but also the reigning champions Asiago was able to announce notable new additions. For example the Canadian defender Drew Fata , whose brother Rico was already active on the high plateau for a short time during the NHL lockout. The 28-year-old Drew Fata was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2003, but has since played in the ECHL and AHL. Until he finally got a taste of the NHL in 2006: wearing the New York Islanders jersey, he played eight games and recorded one goal and one assist. Until last season, Fata was active in the second and third highest divisions in North America. In total, he has 321 AHL appearances and 84 games in the ECHL. In 2010, the Canadian ventured into Europe for the first time and joined the Norwegian club Sparta Sarpsborg, with whom he celebrated the championship title a few months ago.

Asiago's second newcomer is no longer unknown in Europe: he ran last season Sean Bentivoglio Appeared 40 times for the Augsburg Panthers, scoring five goals and 16 assists. Although he is only 25 years old, the lively striker has already played 241 AHL games and one appearance in the NHL for the Islanders

After a long period of radio silence, too Cortina made a name for himself again on the transfer market. The team of neo-coach Stefan Mair is with us Rob Hennigar found a new center for the first line. The Canadian has so far made 40 appearances in the AHL and 116 in the ECHL. With 128 assists in the last three years alone, he confirmed his reputation as an excellent goal preparer. During the same period he scored 35 goals.

The HC Fassa has meanwhile made his squad plans with the signing of Brad Snetsinger completed. The winger has demonstrated his goal threat several times in the past in lower leagues in North America and was also elected to the ECHL All-Star team last season. For him, Fassa is the first stop in Europe. In addition to Snetsinger, the Ladiners have also signed Hannes Oberdorfer from HC Meran. The 22-year-old from Silandro has played for the Passerstadt team in the A2 series for the past two years. Before that, in 2008/09, he played for Fassa. At that time he had 44 appearances and two scorer points.

Definitely still in the A2 series Milano Rossoblù what is happening on the player market. After several high-profile newcomers, the Lombards are now facing a painful departure: goalkeeper Paolo Della Bella is currently completing a trial training session with the traditional Swiss club Ambri Piotta, where he will take on the role of backup in the future.

In the meantime, the second division newcomer also has Pergine completed his first new purchases. The people of Trentino have Alberto Meneghini iced away from Kaltern and Stefano Piva signed by Pontebba. Both have already passed through Pergine's youth teams. The club from Valsugana has also extended the contract Michele Bertoldi announced. The 33-year-old center contributed significantly to promotion to Serie A49 last season with 2 points.

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