Following the two friendlies against France, which ended with a 4-2 defeat in Megève and a 3-2 victory in Aosta, the Italian national team will resume the meeting tomorrow at the Sparkasse Arena in Bolzano. The Azzurri, who are preparing for the Division I Group A World Championship taking place from 28 April to 4 May in the South Tyrolean capital, will then move on Saturday to the Würth Arena in Egna, to carry out the last week of camp while the Sparkasse Arena will be set up for the event. Two friendly matches against South Korea are scheduled in Egna, on 20 and 24 April (both at 7pm, with free entry); in the middle a test match against Hungary, which will take place on April 23rd at 7.30 pm at the Meranarana in Merano. All matches will be broadcast live on FISG TV.
In the meantime, the coaching staff has made the first changes to the expanded roster: defenders Kris Pietroniro and Nick Rein are leaving the squad, while defenders will join from tomorrow. Terrance Amorosa, Marco Insam And Jason Seed and the attacker Anthony Salinitri. A list of 20 players + 2 goalkeepers will then participate in the World Cup: the final roster will be drawn up close to the world championship.
UPDATED CALLS
GOALKEEPERS
BERNARD Andreas, SMITH Jake (HC Val Pusteria – ICEHL), FADANI Davide (Ambrì-Piotta – NLA), VALLINI Gianluca (HC Bolzano – ICEHL)
DEFENDERS
LARKIN Thomas, SPORNBERGER Peter, TRIVELLATO Alex (Schwenninger Wild Wings – DEL), AMOROSA Terrance, INSAM Marco (Rittner Buam – AlpsHL), CASETTI Lorenzo, GIOS Gregorio (Asiago Hockey – ICEHL), GLIRA Daniel (HC Val Pusteria – ICEHL), PIETRONIRO Phil (Dukla Trencin – SVK), SEED Jason (SG Cortina – AlpsHL)
ATTACKERS
BRUNNER Pascal, FELICETTI Leonardo, FRANK Daniel, FRIGO Luca, GAZLEY Dustin, MATENUTO Daniel (HC Bolzano – ICEHL), CATENACCI Daniel, DELUCA Ivan, HANNOUN Dante, MANTINGER Matthias (HC Val Pusteria – ICEHL), DE LUCA Tommaso, KOSTNER Diego ( Ambrì-Piotta – NLA), FINORO Giordano, MARCHETTI Michele (Asiago Hockey – ICEHL), CONCI Davide (Wipptal Broncos – AlpsHL), PURDELLER Tommy (Peterborough Petes – OHL), SALINITRI Anthony (Stavanger Oilers – Norway), ZANETTI Marco (HC Lugano – NLA)
Coaching staff
PELINO Mike (head coach), ARMANI Fabio, PEARN Perry, SCANDELLA Diego (assistant coaches), JAMIESON David (goal coach), KADAR Mike (athletic trainer), SCOTT David (mental coach)
Staff
ZISSER Stefan (sports director), BASSO Nicola (team leader), COSTACURTA Giovanni (doctor), TONELLI Guido (massage physiotherapist), RAMPONI Carlo (physiotherapist), PIAI Andrea (physiotherapist), DALSASSO Ivo, FRASCHIA Luciano (equipment technicians), TOMMASINI Luca ( media manager)
