Canada national para ice hockey team

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Canada
Shirt badge/Association crest
The Maple Leaf has always appeared on the uniform since 1920.[1]
Nickname(s)Team Canada
(Équipe Canada)
AssociationHockey Canada
Head coachKen Babey
Assistants
Mike Fountain
Team colors     
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Appearances10 (first in 1996)
Best resultGold medal Paralympics.svg Gold: 4 – 2000, 2008, 2013, 2017

Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver: 2 – 2015, 2019

Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze: 3 – 1996, 2009, 2012
Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup
Appearances13 (first in 2007)
Best resultMed 1.png Gold: 5 – 2007, 2008, 2011 (A), 2011 (N), 2013
Med 2.png Silver: 7 - 2009, 2012, 2016 (J), 2016 (D), 2017, 2018, 2019
Med 3.png Bronze: 1 - 2015
Paralympics
Appearances7 (first in 1994)
MedalsGold medal Paralympics.svg Gold: 1 – 2006

Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver: 2 – 1998, 2018

Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze: 2 – 1994, 2014


The Canada national ice sledge hockey team represents Canada at international competition. The team has been overseen since 2003 by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1993 until 2003, the team was an associate member of Hockey Canada.[2] Since 2010 international para ice hockey has been a mixed event but Team Canada has yet to name a female player to its roster for any tournament. [3]

The team is featured in the 2008 documentary "".[4]

Competition achievements[]

Paralympic Games[]

Year Host GP W L T GF GA Coach Manager/GM Captain Finish Ref.
1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 5 3 1 1 8 2 Bronze
1998 Japan Nagano, Japan 5 2 2 1 7 7 Silver
2002 United States Salt Lake City, USA 6 1 3 2 9 14 4th
2006 Italy Torino, Italy 5 4 1 0 30 4 Gold
2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 5 3 2 0 21 6 4th
2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 5 4 1 0 18 4 Bronze
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, Korea 5 4 1 0 43 2 Ken Babey (H),
Danny Lynch (A), Luke Pierce (A) 		Silver

IPC World Championships[]

The World Para Ice Hockey Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, are the world championships for para ice hockey. They are organized by the International Paralympic Committee through its World Para Ice Hockey subcommittee.

Year Host Finish Ref.
1996 Sweden Nynäshamn, Sweden Bronze
2000 United States West Valley City, Utah, USA Gold
2004 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4th
2008 United States Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA Gold
2009 Czech Republic Ostrava, Czechia Bronze
2012 Norway Hamar, Norway Bronze
2013 South Korea Goyang, South Korea Gold
2015 United States Buffalo, New York, USA Silver
2017 South Korea Gangneung, South Korea Gold
2019 Czech Republic Ostrava, Czechia Silver
2021 Czech Republic Ostrava, Czechia

Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup[]

The Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup, formerly the World Sledge Hockey Challenge (WSHC) is an international para ice hockey invitational tournament hosted by Canada's National Sledge Team in which three top nations are invited to compete.

Edition Host Finish Ref.
2007 British Columbia Kelowna, British Columbia Gold
2008 Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Gold
2009 Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Silver
2011 April Ontario London, Ontario Gold
2011 November Alberta Calgary, Alberta Gold
2012 Alberta Calgary, Alberta Silver
2013 Ontario Toronto, Ontario Gold
2015 Alberta Leduc, Alberta Silver
2016 January Nova Scotia Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Silver
2016 December Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Silver
2017 Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Silver
2018 Ontario London, Ontario Silver
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador Silver

Roster[]

2018 Paralympics roster[]

Canada vs Sweden, Vancouver 2010

The following is the Canadian roster in the men's ice sledge hockey tournament of the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Hometown
31 G Dominic Larocque 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 173 lb (78 kg) 30 July 1987 Quebec City, QC
30 G Corbin Watson 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 184 lb (83 kg) 6 January 1987 Kingsville, ON
14 D Steve Arsenault 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 177 lb (80 kg) 6 September 1988 Spruce Grove, AB
27 D Bradley Bowden 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 158 lb (72 kg) 26 May 1983 Orton, ON
11 D Adam Dixon 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 180 lb (82 kg) 13 August 1989 Midland, ON
25 D James Gemmell 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 140 lb (64 kg) 26 April 1980 Quesnel, BC
5 D Tyrone Henry 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 155 lb (70 kg) 21 October 1993 Ottawa, ON
6 F Rob Armstrong 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 146 lb (66 kg) 12 September 1996 Mississauga, ON
18 F Billy Bridges 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) 22 March 1984 Summerside, PE
19 F Dominic Cozzolino 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 151 lb (68 kg) 23 August 1994 Mississauga, ON
10 F Ben Delaney 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 143 lb (65 kg) 23 August 1996 Ottawa, ON
4 F James Dunn 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 156 lb (71 kg) 12 November 2000 Wallacetown, ON
23 F Liam Hickey 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 138 lb (63 kg) 25 March 1998 St. John's, NL
8 F Tyler McGregor 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 156 lb (71 kg) 11 March 1994 Forest, ON
20 F Bryan Sholomicki 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 207 lb (94 kg) 8 February 1981 Winnipeg, MB
9 F Corbyn Smith 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) 129 lb (59 kg) 5 August 1998 Monkton, ON
12 F Greg Westlake 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 173 lb (78 kg) 12 June 1986 Oakville, ON

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "A century of Jerseys". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. ^ Canada Sledge Team, Hockey Canada
  3. ^ Kelly, Lauren. "How Christina Picton is leading the way for women's para ice hockey". Sportsnet. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ SLEDHEAD Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, sledheadmovie.com

External links[]

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