arag 308 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Here is something for fun. With a large number of NHL players with Italian background I have put this team together. Actually it may be a pretty good team. Here it is. All Italian NHL Team Head coach John Tortorella Forward Lines Line 1 Michael Cammalleri Jason Spezza Zach Parise Line 2 Brian Gionta T.J. Galiardi Todd Bertuzzi Line 3 Max Pacioretty Matthew Lombardi Jason Chimera Line 4 Daniel Carcillo Jay Pandolfo Matt D'Agostini Defense Lines Line 1 Michael Del Zotto Carlo Colaiacovo Line 2 Chris Campoli Dan Girardi Line 3 Alex Pietrangelo Marc-Andre Gragnani Goaltenders 1 Roberto Luongo 2 Rick DiPietro 3 Jason LaBarbera Have Fun ! Edited February 14, 2012 by arag 1 miller76 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akustyk 84 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 not bad... as for European roots... 200 years is not a history, it's merely a couple of generations and those couple of generations later, all Americans are grandgrandgrand(...)children of some Europeans. or Asians... see: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/geography/usa-surnames-interactive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miller76 463 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 Here is something for fun. With a large number of NHL players with Italian background I have put this team together. Actually it may be a pretty good team. Here it is. All Italian NHL Team Head coach John Tortorella Forward Lines Line 1 Michael Cammalleri Jason Spezza Zach Parise Line 2 Brian Gionta T.J. Galiardi Todd Bertuzzi Line 3 Manny Malhotra Matthew Lombardi Jason Chimera Line 4 Daniel Carcillo Jay Pandolfo Matt D'Agostini Defense Lines Line 1 Michael Del Zotto Carlo Colaiacovo Line 2 Chris Campoli Dan Girardi Line 3 Alex Pietrangelo Sami Lepisto Goaltenders 1 Roberto Luongo 2 Rick DiPietro 3 Jason LaBarbera Have Fun ! Haha love it. Got to love that fourth line, and DiPietro in goal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,803 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 The Blues seem to have a bunch of Italian-American players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff48109 474 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 Manny Malhotra Italian??? im pretty sure he is of Indian extraction on his father's side... and according to wiki, his mom is french canadian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 The Blues seem to have a bunch of Italian-American players. Holmstrom and Franzen seem like a couple of meatballs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Manny Malhotra Italian??? im pretty sure he is of Indian extraction on his father's side... and according to wiki, his mom is french canadian Thank You. I have replaced him with Pacioretty. Go Wings ! Edited February 14, 2012 by arag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff48109 474 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 i wonder how many of these last names can Don Cherry actually pronounce Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermind 363 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 i wonder how many of these last names can Don Cherry actually pronounce Don't worry, he can pronounce all the Canadian player names. Though, is Sami Lepisto Italian? I know he's Finnish...but Italian-Finnish? Lepisto doesn't even sound Italian to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Toledo 233 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Lepisto is Finnish, not Italian. His name would be pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable, like LE-pisto, so it no longer sounds Italian anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king_malice 17 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Nick Foligno Luca Sbisa andrew cogliano mark giordano non playing mike modano mark recci mike peca bates battaglia tony esposito phil esposito marty turco tony granato rick tocchet pretty sure all these guys have italian heritage to defintly could do better now with some of these names Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Nick Foligno Luca Sbisa andrew cogliano mark giordano non playing mike modano mark recci mike peca bates battaglia tony esposito phil esposito marty turco tony granato rick tocchet pretty sure all these guys have italian heritage to defintly could do better now with some of these names Tony Amante 1 canadian wings fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Lepisto is Finnish, not Italian. His name would be pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable, like LE-pisto, so it no longer sounds Italian anyway. Fixed. Did not check him beforehand. Thanks ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crotty99 302 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 All Australian team: . 4 wmuwingsfan, Uncle Danny, 55fan and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) All Australian team: . Keep your head up mate. Edited February 14, 2012 by Konnan511 1 crotty99 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,129 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Tony Amante Amonte....but no biggie.... The Blues seem to have a bunch of Italian-American players. Ya, as they have in the past as well! Sergio Momesso Paul & Gino Cavallini not so sure if Mike Peluso is an Italian name though...sounds good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Hall-of-Famers Phil Esposito Tony Esposito Tom Barrasso John Vanbiesbrouck Mike Modano to be inducted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kerjuxaxaxa 6 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Is Bertuzzi Italian? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolgar 62 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Vanbiesbrouk is more of Dutch than Italian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akustyk 84 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Vanbiesbrouk is more of Dutch than Italian. touche! probably Van Biesbroeck in original version. add to this: Van Massenho(e)ven, Van|der|Meer, Versteeg, Bouwmeester and.... Yzerman (modern version: IJzerman, iron-man ) speaking of all-star Polish team (we are better than Aussie, though not by a long shot ) Czerkawski Oliwa Wolski Zolnierczyk Sidorkiewicz Konopka (that could be other Slavic, though) Edited February 14, 2012 by akustyk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Vanbiesbrouk is more of Dutch than Italian. He is listed in wiki under hockey players with Italian roots Vanbiesbrouk is more of Dutch than Italian. From wiki Vanbiesbrouck was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Belgian immigrant bricklayer, Robert Vanbiesbrouck, and an Italian immigrant Sara.[1][2] He grew-up with two brothers; the oldest, Frank, who was also a goaltender in youth hockey. He inspired Vanbiesbrouck to play goaltender.[1] John later noted that he learned more about goaltending just from watching Frank than any coaching could, adding that no one ever helped him more to become the player he was.[3] Is Bertuzzi Italian? Bertuzzi was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. His father, Albert Bertuzzi, is an Italian-Canadian who worked as a miner and in the window-washing business. When Bertuzzi was a teenager, Albert survived a near-fatal car accident in which he was thrown from the vehicle through the windshield. His father has stated that he was proud of his own local reputation as a "dirty player" and referred to it as a "Bertuzzi trait".[1] He has said that Bertuzzi takes after him in regards to his toughness and aggression. Bertuzzi's great-uncle, Larry Bertuzzi, is a Toronto-based lawyer who has done arbitration work for the NHL.[4] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Bertuzzi was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. His father, Albert Bertuzzi, is an Italian-Canadian who worked as a miner and in the window-washing business. When Bertuzzi was a teenager, Albert survived a near-fatal car accident in which he was thrown from the vehicle through the windshield. His father has stated that he was proud of his own local reputation as a "dirty player" and referred to it as a "Bertuzzi trait".[1] He has said that Bertuzzi takes after him in regards to his toughness and aggression. Bertuzzi's great-uncle, Larry Bertuzzi, is a Toronto-based lawyer who has done arbitration work for the NHL.[4] I think you have to go pretty far back in Bertuzzi's family tree before you find someone that was actually born in Italy. I have read that he does have Italian heritage, but he's unsure of the specifics. I do know that the only time he's ever been to Italy was for the 2006 Olympics. I wonder how many of the other "Italian" players in the NHL have actually been to Italy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwingfan19 293 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 No love for Ray Ferraro? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pucktividi 472 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 As for All Croatian NHL team,not much,but with some former Red Wings included: Joseph Cattarinich Frank Mahovlich Mark Pavelich Marty Pavelich Joe Sakic M.A.Vlasic Victor Oreskovich Mark Dekanich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akustyk 84 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Vanbiesbrouck was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Belgian immigrant bricklayer, Robert Vanbiesbrouck, and an Italian immigrant Sara.[1][2] He grew-up with two brothers; the oldest, Frank, who was also a goaltender in youth hockey. He inspired Vanbiesbrouck to play goaltender.[1] John later noted that he learned more about goaltending just from watching Frank than any coaching could, adding that no one ever helped him more to become the player he was.[3] that definitely makes him more Italian than Dutch to me, considering the fact that Belgians and Dutch are two different (and veeery distinct) nations and if his dad was of Belgian descent, than Vanbiesbrouck could even be original (Flemish) surname... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
