Lucio Topatigh | |||
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Born |
Gallio, Italy |
October 19, 1965 ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Asiago Hockey AS HC Bolzano HC Devils Milano |
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National team | Italy | ||
Playing career | 1984–2008 |
Lucio Topatigh (born October 19, 1965) is a former Italian ice hockey player.
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.
Topatigh, also known as Il falco di Gallio ("The Hawk of Gallio"), played from 1990 until 2002 also in the Blue Team, the Italian national ice hockey team.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.
Topatigh was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2015, as the first winner of the Bibi Torriani Award.