{"id":9939,"date":"2026-01-20T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:11:10","slug":"how-players-from-northern-ontario-helped-shape-italys-national-hockey-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/how-players-from-northern-ontario-helped-shape-italys-national-hockey-program\/","title":{"rendered":"How players from northern Ontario helped shape Italy’s national hockey program\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBC<\/a><\/strong><\/em> – Hockey enthusiasts may know Italy is among 12 nations on the men’s side that’ll be vying for gold, while the host country’s women’s team is among eight in competition. But what fans may not know is Italy\u2019s hockey program has deep and historic ties to Canada, particularly northern Ontario.<\/p>

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In just over a month, millions of Canadians will be gathering to watch ice hockey at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":9950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t