Alex Petan (born May 2, 1992) is an Italian professional

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player for

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in the

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(ICEHL) and the

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. Petan was born on May 2, 1992, in

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to mother Rosanna and father Franc. Alex has a younger brother who is also a hockey player, Nic. He represented Italy at the

2021 IIHF World Championship The 2021 IIHF World Championship () took place from 21 May to 6 June 2021. It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. Their joint bid won by a very tight margi ...

and the

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* 1992 births Living people Bolzano HC players Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Cleveland Monsters players Italian expatriate ice hockey people Fehérvár AV19 players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Iserlohn Roosters players Italian ice hockey right wingers Iowa Wild players Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players Quad City Mallards (ECHL) players Sportspeople from Delta, British Columbia AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria {{Italy-icehockey-bio-stub