Para Ice Hockey Canada

It is fast paced highly physical and played by male and female athletes with a physical impairment in the lower part of the body.

Para ice hockey canada. Canada s national para hockey team formerly national sledge hockey team since coming fully under the hockey canada umbrella in 2004 canada s national sledge team has won gold at the paralympics ipc sledge hockey world championship and world sledge hockey challenge. Liam hickey is one of the rare athletes to compete at both a summer and winter paralympic games. Born of various influences from stick and ball games brought from the united kingdom and indigenous games the contemporary sport of ice hockey originated in montreal. There s only been a men s tournament at the games but women had their first official ipc event the international cup in late 2014 in brampton ont.

Canada s national para hockey team. Sledge hockey also known as para ice hockey or sled hockey in american english is an adaptation of ice hockey designed for players who have a physical disability. World para ice hockey bonn germany. Players competing at the 2015 world sled hockey challenge.

It is the official national winter sport of canada and is widely considered canada s national pastime with high levels of participation b. Since its debut at the lillehammer 1994 winter games the paralympic version of ice hockey has quickly become one of the largest attractions for spectators. Gold medal full game between canada v usa during the para ice hockey tournament staged at the gangneung hockey centre for the pyeongchang 2018 winter paral. Since coming fully under the hockey canada umbrella in 2004 canada s national para hockey team has won gold at the paralympic winter games 2006 ipc world para hockey championship 2000 2008 2013 2017 and canadian tire para hockey cup world sledge hockey challenge 2007 2008 april 2011 nov.

Para ice hockey formerly sledge hockey was added to the paralympic winter games in 1994. A sled hockey player handling the puck. World para ice hockey is a sport governed by the international paralympic committee ipc. Ice hockey simply referred to as hockey in both english and french in canada dates back to the 19th century.

20 493 likes 19 talking about this. World para ice hockey publishes 2020 2022 strategic plan. Lena schroeder deftly juggles training and frontline duty. The sport is very popular and played year round and at every level in the country.

National para hockey team 2017 18 national para hockey team. Tara chisholm bringing change in women s para ice hockey. The sport is governed by the ipc with co ordination by the world para ice hockey technical committee. Invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitation centre in stockholm sweden and played under similar rules to standard ice hockey players are seated on sleds and use special hockey sticks with metal teeth on.

Hickey played for canada in wheelchair basketball at the toronto 2015 parapan american games and the rio 2016 paralympic games.