Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

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1 minute ago, JoshMartini007 said:

To try and normalize it here's the points/NHL skater (no goalies)

 

1.  39.4

2.  30.5

3.  28.8

4.  27.9

5.  25.3

6.  21.8

7.  20.6

8.  17.0

9.  15.5

10.  15.3

11.  9.3

12.  0.0

It was the total of points (Goals and assists) scored by the selected players in NHL 

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There is an Italian roster listed on elite prospects despite no official roster announcement yet. However many people on the hfboards forum are questioning its legitimacy as there are many questionable players on the roster

 

Edited January 15 by Topicmaster1010

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that's basically last year's IA Division Worlds roster

the only new name is Finoro

so, the names might well be there

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11 hours ago, phelps said:

that's basically last year's IA Division Worlds roster

the only new name is Finoro

so, the names might well be there

Is Finoro a significant reinforcement? The rest of the squad is very weak and lost heavily to Great Britain at the last World Championship Div. 1 A. I'm worried about our disaster in Milan in this squad and form  In Turin 2006 it wasn't that bad, but we simply had a stronger team.

Edited January 15 by copravolley

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19 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

There is an Italian roster listed on elite prospects despite no official roster announcement yet. However many people on the hfboards forum are questioning its legitimacy as there are many questionable players on the roster

 

Hmm, but where were these people 2 or 3 years ago? They probably don't even know what is a Division 1A at the Hockey World Championships?

Edited January 15 by copravolley

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51 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Is Finoro a significant reinforcement?

no, not at all

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31 minutes ago, phelps said:

no, not at all

If he didn`t play in the NHL, then is probably not to good in our actually situation. Maybe instead of taking 7-8 weak players from Canada/USA, they should have looked for 2-3 really good players who would make a difference and combine them with players from Italian clubs? A really good goalie would also be useful, because Clara in the NT doesn't really convince me. As it is, we have 7-8 average players from North America who contribute almost nothing to a team that's weak and isn't making any progress. I wonder how much money Jalonen had to get into something like that?

Edited January 15 by copravolley

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22 hours ago, copravolley said:

If he didn`t play in the NHL, then is probably not to good in our actually situation. Maybe instead of taking 7-8 weak players from Canada/USA, they should have looked for 2-3 really good players who would make a difference and combine them with players from Italian clubs? A really good goalie would also be useful, because Clara in the NT doesn't really convince me. As it is, we have 7-8 average players from North America who contribute almost nothing to a team that's weak and isn't making any progress. I wonder how much money Jalonen had to get into something like that?

no, it's hockey!

and it doesn't work that way

you can even field Bobrovsky in the net, Makar and Josi on D and McDavid, Draisaitl and Crosby on offence and they wouldn't win a single match all alone

a good Hockey team needs at least a great goalie and 3 blocks (2 d-men and 3 forwards each) to be competitive at this level

2 or 3 stars paired with amateurs can do absolutely nothing

 

and as I wrote many times, you can't be on top of every sport...this one is not made for the Italian people: we simply don't have infrastructures, players, money and media/popular interest 

hockey in Italy (intended as a whole Country) just doesn't exist, any speculation about Italy and hockey is only a big waste of time

Edited January 16 by phelps

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Big blow for Sweden. Leo Carlsson expected to miss 3-5 weeks with a lesion in his left thigh so he'll surely miss the Olympics.

 

Nylander, Hedman, Erik Karlsson, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, and Landeskog are all currently injured. 

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 TEAM ITALY 

 

 

Goaltenders:

 

Damian Clara (Brynäs IF Gävle, ) 

Davide Fadani (Kloten, ) 

Gianluca Vallini (HC Bolzano)

 

Defencemen:

 

Dylan Di Perna (HC Bolzano)

Gregory Di Tomaso (HC Val Pusteria)

Daniel Glira (HC Val Pusteria)

Thomas Larkin (Schwenninger Wild Wings, ) 

Phil Pietroniro (Rytiri Kladno, ) 

Jason Seed (HC Bolzano)

Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings, ) 

Luca Zanatta (HC Val Pusteria)

 

Forwards:

 

Matthew Bradley (HC Bolzano)

Tommaso De Luca (Ambrì Piotta, ) 

Cristiano DiGiacinto (HC Bolzano)

Luca Frigo (HC Bolzano)

Mikael Frycklund (HC Val Pusteria)

Dustin Gazley (HC Bolzano)

Diego Kostner (Ambrì Piotta, ) 

Daniel Mantenuto (HC Bolzano)

Giovanni Morini (Lugano, ) 

Alexander Petan (Olimpija Lubiana, ) 

Tommy Purdeller (HC Val Pusteria)

Nick Saracino (HC Val Pusteria)

Alessandro Segafredo (ZSC Lions Zurich, ) 

Marco Zanetti (HC Lugano, )