Roster Announced for 2022 Para Hockey Cup
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 had 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 carry this group to Bridgewater to signify Canada on
dwelling soil,” mentioned Herrington. “Our gamers have been studying as a bunch
what it takes to develop into Team Canada since our first day collectively and we
need to construct off a strong efficiency in Ostrava in September. To be coming
dwelling to play in Nova Scotia goes to be an ideal expertise. The followers and
the group have confirmed in our earlier visits to Bridgewater to be avid
supporters of the Para program and we are able to’t wait to get on the ice.”
The roster consists of 17 gamers who gained 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 consists of 10 gamers
who gained 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
towards Italy on Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. AT. It may also 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 examine native listings for particulars. All
different event video games can be found through livestream at HockeyCanada.ca.
Fans seeking to safe their seat for the 2022 Para Hockey Cup should purchase
a full-event ticket bundle now at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets. The bundle consists of 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 because 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 observe
by way of social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
