Pietroniro and Larcher in Aosta with the World Cup goal

The two Cortina players try to convince Ireland to take them to Latvia: a certain call for the first, but the Ampezzano wants to amaze

Bolzano

Phil Pietroniro and Enrico Larcher called up for the last pre-World Cup meeting. The training of the national ice hockey team resumed yesterday in Bolzano, called at the end of May to face the Top Division World Championships in Latvia.

Coach Greg Ireland and the blue staff have called up 36 players, including Phil Pietroniro and Enrico Larcher from Ampezzo. A series of training sessions and friendlies are planned for them with the aim of joining the 28 players who will leave for Riga.

If for Phil Pietroniro, who has already been in the national team for some time, the call-up should be almost certain, the 2004 class Enrico Larcher will have to impress coach Ireland once again and get on the plane for Latvia. Larcher, after a great season at the Olimpico, has already achieved an excellent result by participating in a meeting of the senior national team when he was only 16 years old.

After yesterday’s meeting, the team will leave tomorrow for Aosta. The first friendly match against France is scheduled for Saturday, while the challenge is repeated on Sunday, but on French soil. The Azzurri will then meet Switzerland on 4 May and will challenge Austria twice in Bolzano, on 8 and 9 May.

As mentioned, the coaching staff of the national team, which also includes Giorgio De Bettin from Cadore in the role of assistant coach, will announce the final calls a few days before the departure for Latvia scheduled for May 16. The World Cup will kick off on the 21st with the challenge against Germany, in the following days space for the matches against Norway, Latvia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Canada and on June 1st against the USA. The goal will be to achieve salvation in the Top Division.

The homage

Meanwhile, on Monday, Coni awarded the hockey player Lucio Topatigh with the gold medal for athletic prowess. Topatigh has played over a thousand games with Asiago, Bolzano and Devils Milan, winning 7 championships, 244 matches in the national team. –

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