Cortina: “It’s surreal”

Sep 27, 2026, 11:54 AM ET|Comments (0)

via the IIHF,

Born in Montreal, Pat Cortina has spent most of his professional coaching career in countries that have loomed large on the IIHF calendar recently. He began his European adventure in Italy – the host nation for the 2026 Olympics – as an assistant coach with HC Devils Milano in 1990-91. Years later, he would also serve as the head coach of Germany – the host nation for the 2027 IIHF World Championship (Dusseldorf and Mannheim) – at the Men’s Worlds from 2013 to 2015. And his hard work on behalf of Hungarian hockey can’t be overlooked. Cortina was the head coach of the Hungarian team at the 2009

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