Lucio Topatigh (born 19 October 1965) is a former Italian

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player. Born in Gallio,

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, 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 ''

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''. 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.

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, the Italian coach, recalled Topatigh for

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. Topatigh was the oldest Italian player at those Olympics in

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. In 2008 he retired from professional hockey. Topatigh was honored by the

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in 2015, as the first winner of the

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* * * 1965 births Asiago Hockey 1935 players Bolzano HC players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Italian ice hockey right wingers Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Vicenza Serie A (ice hockey) players {{italy-icehockey-bio-stub