Lucio Topatigh is a former Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player.

Born in Gallio, Vicenza

Province of Vicenza

The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.The province has an area of 2,723 km², and a total population of 840,000 . There are 121 comuni in the province...

, Topatigh spent all his career in Serie A league

Serie A (hockey)

Serie A is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio...

, with Asiago Hockey A.S. and Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen

Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen

The HC Interspar Bolzano-Bozen Foxes is an Italian ice hockey team located in the city of Bolzano-Bozen, South Tyrol.-History:It is the most successful team in the history of the Italian ice hockey league, with 18 championships.-Roster 2010-11:...

. Topatigh, also known as Il falco di Gallio ("The Hawk of Gallio"), played from 1990 until 2002 in the Blue Team, the Italian national ice hockey team

Italian national ice hockey team

The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio , a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.-2010 World Ice Hockey Championship team:...

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Mickey Goulet

Mickey Goulet

Mickey Goulet was the head coach for the Italian Olympic team .Goulet is the former head coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gee's...

, the Italian coach, recalled Topatigh for 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

. Topatigh was the oldest Italian player at those Olympics in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

. In 2008 he retired from professional hockey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ZUv00MsgE

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