Day: November 14, 2023

Poles win the Independence Cup

Source: Kurier Szczecinski

The Independence Cup hockey tournament ended at ArcelorMittal Park in Sosnowiec, in which the Poles defeated Estonia, the Latvian youth team and Lithuania and confidently won the international event. The honorary patronage of the event was held by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda. 

Poland – Estonia 7:3 (2:1, 3:0, 2:2)

Goals: Ciura 1, Wanat 15, Jeziorski 23, Jeziorski 27, Komorski 29, Łyszczarczyk 49, Krężołek 57 – Rooba 17, Arrak 45, Lovkov 52.

Poland – Latvia U-20 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)

Goals: Jeziorski 17, Dronia 25, Jeziorski 35, Ciura 48, Łyszczarczyk 58 – Stradnieks 43.

Poland – Lithuania 5:1 (1:0, 1:1, 3:0)

Goals: Smal 9, Łyszczarczyk 39, Jeziorski 46, Łyszczarczyk 52, Bukowski 52 – Gintautas 27.

National Teams of ice Hockey

 Italy won the Sárközy Tamás Memorial Tournament again , thanks to a 1-0 overtime score against Ukraine . Alex Trivellato scored the winning goal, while Marco De Filippo scored a shutout. The Azzurri therefore finished the tournament with three victories (two after the 60 minutes of regulation) and only one goal conceded.

 For coach Mike Keenan this is his first tournament win since taking over the Italian National men’s team. 

The national women’s team,
Le Azzurre, was involved in Krynica zdroj over the weekend for a double friendly match against Poland . Italy won a hard-fought first match, which ended 5-4 in overtime: a back-and-forth made up of comebacks and counter-comebacks, ending with Anna Callovini’s goal in extra time. In the second match, played on Saturday morning, a decidedly clearer victory for our girls, who won 6 – 1 thanks to Roccella’s two goals and goals from Mazzocchi, Niccolai, Engele and Palazzari.

The youth national teams
The U20s took to the ice in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, in a 4 Nations Tournament: after a 4-0 defeat against the home team, the Azzurrini reacted by imposing themselves with an excellent 5-4 win over France (two goals by De Luca and goals from Manganelli, Covelli and Larcher), while in the last outing against Slovenia another narrow success 3-2 over Slovenia was the result of goals from Larcher, Albis and Gschliesser.