The latest news on the IHL market comes from Caldaro and Pergine: Lucci entrusts the leadership of the first team to Teemu Virtala, and Linci is renewed with the inclusion of Michel Coffey in the list.
Those who follow local hockey know Timo Virtala well (in the cover photo): he arrived in Italy in the summer of 2018 with Val Pusteria, and after a year in Denmark with the Rodovre Mighty Bulls, since 2020 he has found his “home” in Caldaro; with Lucchi in four seasons he has scored 119 games and 192 points, winning the apprentice title in 2021. Since 2022 he has held the position of player/assistant coach and coach of the U16 team: at the age of 40, the Finn decided to hang up his skates and put into practice the concepts transmitted by Kai Soikanen, the last coach of South Tyrol.
Bergin adds twenty-three-year-old Michel Koffi to the offensive department: raised as a hockey player in the Juniorteam Egna/Ora, he has supported the Valdifiemme cause for two seasons, and in the last cadet championship he scored 11 points (6 goals and 5 assists) in 31 games.
Trentino also renewed the contract of Luca Marano, with the same role and age, who scored 5 points (3 goals and 2 assists) in 44 matches.
Aosta extends Felix Garber’s contract: Last season, the 21-year-old defender split his time between the first division of the IHL and the IHL, wearing the shirts of Varese, Como, Aosta and the Milano Devils.
Fullbacks Andreas Radin (30 years, 34 games, 24 points, 3 goals and 21 assists), Hannes Oberauch (26 years, 33 games, 8 points, 1 goal and 7 assists), Noah Frick (17 years, 33 games, 4 points divided equally between goals and assists) and Gabriel Galimberti (17 years, 18 games, 2 assists).
Valdifiemme will be able to count on the performance of defenders Gioele Lazzeri (19 years old), available for the Fassa-Valdifiemme U19 team last season, Nicolas Tissadri (19 years old, 8 matches) and striker Filippo Zanon (21 years old), who returns to the FISG ice after three years.
The Valpellice Bulldogs will give the opportunity to continue the growth of defender Jean-Nicolo Leger (19 years old, 20 games, 5 assists) and striker Gabriel Piccoli (19 years old, 24 games, 1 goal).
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