Luca Elia Zanatta (born 31 May 1989) is an Italian-Swiss professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for HC Pustertal Wölfe of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He is also a member of the Italian national team.
Playing career He started in the juvenile hockey team HC Lugano, where his father has been assistant coach and suddenly coach of the first team.
After the sportive debut in the Swiss 1. Liga with the Hockey Club Ceresio, in 2009 he returned to Italy, where he enrolled the SG Cortina for five seasons, winning the 2011-2012 Italian Cup. In February 2012, he had an accident that obliged him to a period of medical rehabilitation.
For the years 2014-2015, he come back to Switzerland, where he and his brother Michael signed a contract with the HC Red Ice, playing in the Swiss League. The following season, because the Red Ice Martigny had lost the playoffs he was to the Genève-Servette HC, starting to play in the National League.
After the elimination of the Martigny during the playoffs, Zanatta signed a two-year contract with the EHC Olten.
International play In 2014, he started on playing with the Italian National Team. The next year, he participated at the 2015 First Division World Cup in Poland. In 2017, he participated to the IIHF World Championship.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 HC Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Cortina U19 Italy U19 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 2006–07 Notre Dame Hounds U18 AAA SMAAAHL 33 2 8 10 24 8 0 2 2 2 2007–08 HC Lugano U17 Novizen Elite 2 0 0 0 16 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Lugano U20 Elite Jr. A 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2008–09 HC Ceresio SwissDiv1 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Cortina U20 Italy U20 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 2009–10 Cortina Italy 36 0 3 3 14 — — — — — 2010–11 Cortina U20 Italy U20 3 0 2 2 12 3 1 2 3 2 2010–11 Cortina Italy 32 1 3 4 12 — — — — — 2010–11 Pieve Di Cadore Italy3 9 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2011–12 Cortina Italy 30 1 4 5 26 — — — — — 2012–13 Cortina Italy 37 1 7 8 30 12 0 2 2 2 2013–14 Cortina Italy 42 7 9 16 32 10 2 2 4 4 2014–15 Red Ice NLB 40 4 18 22 26 11 2 2 4 26 2015–16 Red Ice NLB 34 5 10 15 14 9 1 2 3 10 2015–16 Genève-Servette HC NLA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Red Ice NLB 47 3 19 22 20 5 0 1 1 10 2017–18 EHC Olten SL 42 0 9 9 28 16 1 2 3 12 2018–19 EHC Olten SL 24 1 8 9 10 10 0 1 1 6 2018–19 EHC Basel MSL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2019–20 Cortina AlpsHL 23 4 21 25 14 — — — — — 2019–20 Cortina Italy 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2020–21 Cortina AlpsHL 22 5 18 23 12 2 0 0 0 0 2020–21 Cortina Italy 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2021–22 Cortina AlpsHL 31 4 24 28 20 7 2 2 4 8 2021–22 Cortina Italy 3 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2022–23 Cortina AlpsHL 23 0 17 17 12 18 1 8 9 16 2022–23 Cortina Italy 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2023–24 Cortina AlpsHL 17 3 11 14 4 15 1 7 8 12 2023–24 Cortina Italy 5 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 2024–25 HC Pustertal ICEHL 43 1 17 18 10 8 0 0 0 0 2025–26 HC Pustertal ICEHL 45 4 10 14 12 13 1 3 4 2AlpsHL totals 116 16 91 107 62 42 4 17 21 36ICEHL totals 88 5 27 32 22 21 1 3 4 2
International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2015 Italy WC (D1A) 5 0 0 0 0 2016 Italy OGQ 3 0 1 1 0 2017 Italy WC 7 0 0 0 2 2018 Italy WC (D1A) 5 0 1 1 4 2019 Italy WC 7 0 0 0 2 2025 Italy WC (D1A) 5 2 1 3 0 2026 Italy OG 4 0 0 0 0 2026 Italy WC 7 0 0 0 4Senior totals 43 2 3 5 12
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External links
Luca Zanatta at Milano Cortina 2026