Para Hockey Cup Recap – November 27
CALGARY, Alta. –
With lower than per week till the puck drops on the 2022 Para Hockey Cup,
Hockey Canada has introduced Canada’s National Para Hockey Team for the
occasion, Nov. 27–Dec. 3 on the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre in
Bridgewater, N.S.
Two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 11 forwards have been chosen by head
coach
Russ Herrington (Unionville, Ont./York University, OUA), Marshall
Starkman (Thornhill, Ont.), supervisor of hockey operations, and Tyler Dietrich (West Vancouver, B.C.), director of males’s nationwide groups.
Assistant coaches Mike Foligno (Sudbury, Ont.) and Mike Fountain (Gravenhurst, Ont.) additionally supplied enter.
“We are excited to convey this group to Bridgewater to characterize Canada on
house soil,” stated Herrington. “Our gamers have been studying as a gaggle
what it takes to change into Team Canada since our first day collectively and we
need to construct off a strong efficiency in Ostrava in September. To be coming
house to play in Nova Scotia goes to be a terrific expertise. The followers and
the group have confirmed in our earlier visits to Bridgewater to be avid
supporters of the Para program and we will’t wait to get on the ice.”
The roster contains 17 gamers who received a silver medal on the
International Para Hockey Cup
in September
(Armstrong, Auclair, Boily, Cozzolino, Crane, Dunn, Halbert, Henry,
Hickey, Huneault, Jacobs-Webb, Kovacevich, Lavin, LeBlanc, Lelievre,
McGregor, Smith), in addition to three gamers that didn’t take part in Ostrava (Dixon, Larocque, Pellizzari). It additionally contains 10 gamers
who received a silver medal on the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing,
China
(Armstrong, Crane, Dixon, Dunn, Hickey, Henry, Jacobs-Webb, Larocque,
Lavin, McGregor).
Canada’s National Para Hockey Team will open the 2022 Para Hockey Cup
in opposition to Italy on Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. AT. It will even tackle Czechia on Nov.
28 at 7 p.m. AT and its cross-border rival, the United States, on Nov. 30
at 7 p.m. AT to spherical out preliminary-round motion. The
event schedule
wraps up on Dec. 3 with the bronze and gold medal video games at 12 p.m. AT and 4
p.m. AT, respectively.
TSN and RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcast companions, will broadcast
the gold medal sport on Dec. 3; please test native listings for particulars. All
different event video games can be found by way of livestream at HockeyCanada.ca.
Fans trying to safe their seat for the 2022 Para Hockey Cup should purchase
a full-event ticket bundle now at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets. The bundle contains one ticket to all 10 video games, together with each medal
video games, for as little as $74.74 plus charges for youth and $91.99 plus charges for
adults.
The Para Hockey Cup returns for the primary time since 2019 after being
cancelled in 2020 and 2021 on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The occasion
was final hosted in Paradise, N.L., and makes its return to Bridgewater for
the primary time since 2017.
For extra info on Hockey Canada, the 2022 Para Hockey Cup and
Canada’s National Para Hockey Team, please go to HockeyCanada.ca or comply with
by way of social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
