Great Britain and Italy will go head-to-head in Varese this evening for the fourth and final game between the two sides in the series of matches ahead of the World Championship.
Italy currently lead the series by two games to one which they started with a 6-4 victory in Milton Keynes.
At the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, Jack Hopkins, David Clements, Ollie Betteridge and Johnny Curran were all on target as GB secured a 4-1 success.
Netminder Davide Fadani secured a 25-shot shutout on Sunday as Italy skated to a 2-0 victory in game three which was also held in Varese.
The matches are part of preparations for GB and Italy for the World Championship which gets under way in Switzerland at the weekend.
GB will face Austria, USA, Hungary, Switzerland, Finland, Latvia and Germany in the group stages at the 12,000-seater Swiss Life Arena in Zurich.
Group B – which is being held at the 9,000-seater BCF Arena in Fribourg, will see Italy face Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Denmark, Slovakia, Norway and Slovenia.
Team News
GB have a few minor injury doubts so the final line-up will be named ahead of face-off in Varese. Liam Kirk will not play this evening and will link-up with the squad in Switzerland.
The full GB travelling party in Italy is as follows…
Focus on Italy
Italy keep the same squad from Sunday’s game and will also name the final line-up ahead of face-off.
Netminders: Davide Fadani (Kloten/Svizzera), Colin Furlong (Rittner Buam), Jacob Smith (Angers Ducs/Francia). Defence: Pietro Olmo Albis (Ambrì Piotta/Svizzera), Carmine Buono (HC Gherdeina), Dylan Di Perna (HC Bolzana) , Gregorio Gios (HC Asiago), Gabriel Nitz (HC Bressanone), Phil Pietroniro (Rytiri Kladno/Repubblica Ceca), Filippo Rigoni (HC Asiago), Peter Spornberger (ERC Ingolstadt/Germania), Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings/Germania), Luca Zanatta (Val Pusteria). Forwards: Matthew Bradley (HC Bolzano), Tommaso De Luca (Ambrì Piotta/Svizzera), Ivan Deluca (Val Pusteria), Cristiano DiGiacinto (HC Bolzano), Luca Frigo (HC Bolzano), Mikael Frycklund (Val Pusteria), Niccolò Mansueto (HC Sierre/Svizzera), Daniel Mantenuto (HC Bolzano), Matthias Mantinger (Val Pusteria), Bryce Misley (HC Bolzano), Nicholas Porco (HC Asiago), Tommy Purdeller (Val Pusteria), Nick Saracino (Val Pusteria), Davide Schiavone (HC Gherdeina), Alessandro Segafredo (ZSC Lions/Svizzera), Marco Zanetti (HC Lugano/Svizzera.
Webcast and updates
The match is available on a live stream – with commentary from Ed Kimberley and Stu Coles – which can be purchased by clicking here.
There’ll be updates throughout the game on the Great Britain X account which can be followed here.
Four-Game Series schedule and results
Thursday 30th April: Great Britain 4-6 Italy at Planet Ice Milton Keynes
Saturday 2nd May: Great Britain 4-1 Italy at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Sunday 10th May: Italy 2-0 Great Britain at the Acinque Ice Arena, Varese
Tuesday 12th May 18:50 BST: Italy vs Great Britain in Varese