Giancarlo Agazzi Explained

Birth Date:22 August 1932
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Death Place:Milan, Italy
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Left
Played For:HC Amatori Milano
HC Milano
HC Torino
Milan-Inter HC
Diavoli HC Milano
Ntl Team:ITA
Career Start:1947
Career End:1964

Giancarlo Agazzi (August 22, 1932 – September 26, 1995) was an Italian ice hockey player.

Considered one of the best Italian hockey players of all time,[1] he played mostly with teams from Milan: HC Amatori Milano, HC Milano, Milan-Inter HC and Diavoli HC Milano. He won the Serie A six times and the Spengler Cup twice.[2] He also played 120 games with Italy men's national ice hockey team, scoring 54 goals.[1] He represented Italy in two Winter Olympics: Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 and Innsbruck 1964.[1]

After retiring from play, he became a coach, then a member of the Lombard committee of Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hockey su ghiaccio. Rosario Oriana. Istituto Treccani. 3 December 2014. italian. Enciclopedia dello Sport (2005).
  2. Web site: Il futuro all'Agazzi. italian. 3 December 2014. Beppe Vigani.
  3. Web site: Quel due marzo poco conosciuto . italian. 3 December 2014. 2 March 2012.