Nadia Mattivi

Nadia Mattivi
Born (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000
Baselga di Piné, Trentino, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 Luleå HF
National team  Italy
Playing career 2013–present

Nadia Mattivi (born 2 May 2000) is an Italian ice hockey player and captain of the Italian women's national ice hockey team. On 24 March 2026, she signed with Montréal Victoire of the PWHL for the remainder of the season.

Playing career

College

Mattivi played five seasons of college ice hockey with the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (HEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

International

At the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group B tournament in Katowice, Poland, Mattivi won a bronze medal with Italy.

Mattivi was a member of the Italian roster that captured the gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, Group B event in Dumfries, Great Britain. Italy went 5–0 to earn a promotion to Group A.

In the tournament's final game, which saw Italy defeat host nation Great Britain by a 4–0 mark, Mattivi contributed an assist.[1]

Mattivi was named team captain for Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[2] Making her Olympic debut on 5 February, Italy opposed France, who were making their Olympic debut. Mattivi earned the assist on Italy's first goal of the game, scored by Kayla Tutino, who also played at Boston University. Italy prevailed in a 4–1 final.[3]

In Italy's third game of the Olympics, Mattivi logged an assist, also recording 28:42 of ice time in a 3–2 win on 9 February 2026, versus Japan.[4]

Awards and honours

  • Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2020)
  • Hockey East All-Academic selection (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Best Defender, 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Group B[5]
  • Walter Cup champion (2026)[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ITA 4 GBR 0 April 15 2025". IIHF. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Kennedy, Ian (8 February 2026). "Meet the 10 Olympic Women's Hockey Captains". The Hockey News. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Aykroyd, Lucas (5 February 2026). "Italy dominates France in opener". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (9 February 2026). "Hosts stun Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mattivi Named Best Defender at IIHF World Championship". Boston University Athletics. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Wallace, Lisa (20 May 2026). "Abby Roque scores twice as Victoire blank Charge to become 1st Canadian PWHL champion". CBC Sports. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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