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Maurizio Mansi

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Maurizio Mansi
Born (1965-09-03) September 3, 1965 (age 59)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 186 lb (84 kg; 13 st 4 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for Flint Generals (AHL)
Maine Mariners (AHL)
HC Brunico (Serie A)
HC Varese (Serie A)
HC Milano (Serie A)
ESV Kaufbeuren (DEL)
National team  Canada and
 Italy
NHL draft 198th overall, 1985
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1988–2006

Maurizio (Maurice) Mansi (born September 3, 1965) is an Italian-Canadian ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey winger. He last served as head coach of Swiss NLB team EHC Olten.

Playing career

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He was drafted in the 10th round by the Montreal Canadiens in 1985 while playing for the RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team. During the 1985 season they won the NCAA title while setting a record by going undefeated for 30 games. After finishing university Maurizio played in the minors and briefly with the Canadian National Team before going to Italy. He played sixteen seasons primarily in Italy (EV Bruneck, HC Varese, HC Milano Vipers) but also in Germany (Kaufbeurer Adler, SC Riessersee, Düsseldorfer EG) and England (London Knights) and won an Italian championship with Milano in the last year (2005–06) of his playing career.

Coaching career

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In 2006, Mansi turned to coaching taking over the head coaching job at Italian second division team All Stars Piemonte. In 2007, he was hired as head coach by ESV Kaufbeuren in Germany.[1] In 2008–09, Mansi served as assistant coach of the Hamburg Freezers of the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL),[2] followed by a head coaching stint at SC Riessersee of the German third division. In 2010, Mansi embarked on a three-year stint as assistant coach EHC München of the German DEL,[3] before joining the coaching staff of fellow DEL outfit Nürnberg Ice Tigers in 2013.[4] He parted ways with the team in December 2014.[5]

In January 2015, Mansi returned to SC Riessersee, serving as head coach for the remainder of the 2014-15 campaign.[6]

Since 2012, he worked for the Spanish ice hockey federation and served as an assistant coach for Spain in the Division II world championships four times. In May 2016, he was named head coach of Swiss National League B (NLB) outfit EHC Olten.[7] He was sacked on January 24, 2017.[8] At that time, EHCO was sitting in fifth place of the NLB.

International play

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Maurizio Mansi played in the Olympics in 1994, and 1998 for team Italy. Additionally he played in the World Championships ten times.

References

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  1. ^ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "ESV Kaufbeuren: Maurizio Mansi neuer Trainer in Kaufbeuren - Einjahresvertrag mit Option". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  2. ^ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Hamburg Freezers: Freezers verpflichten Pinizzotto und Blanchard - Mansi neuer Co-Trainer - Verträge für Leask und Sommerfeld". EISHOCKEY INFO. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ^ "Mansi bleibt beim EHC München". merkur.de. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  4. ^ "Maurizio Mansi neuer Co-Trainer | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". www.icetigers.de. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  5. ^ "Nürnberg Ice Tigers entlassen Cheftrainer Tuomie". FOCUS Online. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  6. ^ CP. "Krinner in Landshut - Manzi beim SC Riessersee". swp.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  7. ^ "Weitere Informationen - Eishockey Club Olten EHCO". Eishockey Club Olten AG EHCO. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. ^ "Weitere Informationen - Eishockey Club Olten EHCO". Eishockey Club Olten AG EHCO (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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