Giancarlo Agazzi (August 22, 1932 – September 26, 1995) was an Italian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. Considered one of the best Italian hockey players of all time, he played mostly with teams from

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

: HC Amatori Milano,

HC Milano Hockey Club Milano was an Italian ice hockey team based in Milan. Throughout its history, the team has changed its name twice. It was previously called ''Associazione Disco Ghiaccio Milano'' and ''Hockey Club Milano Inter''. The club was founded ...

, Milan-Inter HC and

Diavoli HC Milano Diavoli HC Milano was an ice hockey team in Milan, Italy. The club was formed in 1958 as the successor to Milan-Inter HC. They competed in the Serie A in most years from 1958 to 1979. Diavoli won the championship in the 1959–60 season, and were ...

. He won the

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six times and the

Spengler Cup The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss tea ...

twice. He also played 120 games with

Italy men's national ice hockey team The Italian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Italy, and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Tournament record Olympic Gam ...

, scoring 54 goals. He represented Italy in two

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

: Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 and

Innsbruck 1964 The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebra ...

. After retiring from play, he became a coach, then a member of the Lombard committee of

Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio The Italian Ice Sports Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio; FISG), is the governing body for ice sports in Italy. It was founded in September 1926 to promote the practice of winter sports on ice and to coordinate events. The F ...

References

1932 births 1995 deaths HC Milano players Milan-Inter HC players Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Italian ice hockey right wingers Olympic ice hockey players of Italy Ice hockey people from Milan {{italy-icehockey-bio-stub