Great Britain were beaten 7-1 by hosts Italy in the first of two Under-18 Men’s World Championship warm-up games in Asiago.
Alessandro Parco (11:45) gave Italy a first-period lead and Lorenzo Ferretti made it two early in the second session (22:29).
Rosario Tolomelli scored for Italy on the powerplay (29:12) before Josef Prast made it four (32:53).
Bailey Yates and Brynley Capps combined for Ricards Misins to reduce the arrears for GB on the powerplay (37:14).
Italy scored just 64 seconds later through Jacopo De Luca (38:20) to lead 5-1 at the second intermission.
Philipp Winkler increased Italy’s lead on the powerplay (43:30) and Ferretti put the seal on the win with his second goal of the night (50:19).
GB play their second and final warm-up game on Friday as they face China at 18:00 (17:00 BST)
GB World Championship Division II Group A schedule
Sunday 13th April: Great Britain v Croatia 16:30 (15:30 BST)
Monday 14th April: Great Britain v Netherlands 16:30 (15:30 BST)
Wednesday 16th April: Great Britain v China 13:00 (12:00 BST)
Thursday 17th April: Romania v Great Britain 13:00 (12:00 BST)
Saturday 19th April: Italy v Great Britain 20:00 (19:00 BST)
