Davide Anthony “Dave” Nicoletti (born March 22, 1986) is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Nicoletti played in NCAA Division I for the

Alabama–Huntsville Chargers The Alabama–Huntsville Chargers (also UAH Chargers) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Alabama in Huntsville, located in Huntsville, Alabama, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate A ...

before turning professional in 2010 with

SG Pontebba Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba is represented by ''Aquile Friuli-Venezia Giulia'', the Pontebba region's flagship ice hockey team, plays its home games at the ''PalaVuerich'' arena in Pontebba, Italy and is affiliated with the local ice sports society '' ...

in Italy's Serie A where he stayed for two seasons. He split the 2012-13 season playing in the

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in the United Kingdom for the

Braehead Clan Glasgow Clan (formerly ''Braehead Clan'') is a Scotland, Scottish professional ice hockey team. It was formed in 2010 as the UK Elite Ice Hockey League expanded into the west of Scotland market, and are based at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshir ...

and the ECHL for the

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. He then moved to the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga based in Austria to join Italian team HC Bolzano, where he was part of the team that became the first non-Austrian team to win the EBEL Championship. He returned to Serie A in 2015 for

HC Valpellice HC Valpellice Bulldogs, nicknamed "La Valpe", is a professional ice hockey team in Torre Pellice, near Turin, Italy. The team plays in the country's top division, Serie A. Serie A is also sponsored by Reebok, which provides free equipment and spor ...

before making a brief return to Bolzano in the EBEL, playing in three regular season games and six playoff games. Nicoletti represented Team Italy in the

2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tourname ...

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* 1986 births Living people Ice hockey people from Toronto Canadian ice hockey defencemen Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey players SG Pontebba players Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players Braehead Clan players Bolzano HC players HC Valpellice players Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Naturalised citizens of Italy Italian ice hockey defencemen {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1980s-stub