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Team Italy hoping to 'surprise some people' at Olympics
MILAN — The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 are in the backyard of Thomas Larkin, a defenseman with Team Italy.
"It's very exciting for me personally; my mother grew up just a few minutes from here and I grew up about an hour away," he said Monday after the Italian team practiced at the auxiliary rink at Santagiulia Arena. "It's very surreal to play a tournament here. It's not something that I ever dreamed could happen. When you grow up playing hockey in Italy, it's not even in the realm of possible things to happen.
"I'm very proud to have grown up here and be from right here."
'I feel like this is where I'm meant to be': St. Louis native Nick Saracino represents Italy on the ice at Olympics
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MILAN, Italy — St. Louis connections are easy to find on the hockey ice in Milan. But even if you look past Team USA, the connections continue.
Nick Saracino is a St. Louis native playing for the host country of Italy.
“This process probably started about four or five years ago," Saracino said. "I was playing in Europe and had an agent reach out to me and ask if I was able to obtain my dual citizenship. And my grandfather is from here, and I was able to get my citizenship in Italy. Then found a team to play for for a few years, and then tried out for the national team and was able to make it. It’s been a great experience so far."
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Italy's Olympic hockey roster, as NHL players return to Olympics, is quite unfamiliar
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Italy is hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, and that means its teams get to participate across the board.
That includes in men's ice hockey, which quickly has everyone wondering, are there any Italian players in the NHL?
The answer is going to make things quite tough at this tournament for the hosts.
It's best-on-best hockey again at the Olympics, the first time since 2014 that NHL players can take part. Italy won't benefit.
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