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Lucio Topatigh

Lucio Topatigh

Italian ice hockey player

Lucio Topatigh (born 19 October 1965) is a former Italian ice hockey player.

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Born in Gallio, Vicenza, Topatigh spent all his career in Serie A league, with Asiago Hockey A.S., HC Devils Milano and Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen. He won seven times the Scudetto: five with Bolzano, and one with both Devils and Asiago. With Asiago Topatigh won also a Supercoppa italiana and two times the Coppa Italia.[1]

Topatigh, also known as Il falco di Gallio ("The Hawk of Gallio"),[2] played from 1990 until 2002 also in the Blue Team, the Italian national ice hockey team.[1][2] Mickey Goulet, the Italian coach, recalled Topatigh for 2006 Winter Olympics. Topatigh was the oldest Italian player at those Olympics in Turin. In 2008 he retired from professional hockey.[2]

Topatigh was honored by the International Ice Hockey Federation in 2015, as the first winner of the Torriani Award.[3][1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lucio Topatigh nella Hall of Fame della IIHF" (in Italian). December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Italian icon Topatigh says goodbye". March 19, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Hall of Fame Class of 2015". Retrieved May 19, 2016.


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