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    Gangneung 2017: Canada team preview

    07.04.2017

    Seventeen players from Canada’s silver medal squad from 2015 return to the World Para Ice Hockey Championships stage.

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    Seventeen Canadians have been selected to represent their country at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, from 11-20 April.

    The selections were made following a full season of training camps and international competition; those included a golden performance at the 2017 International Para Ice Hockey Tournament in Turin, Italy, and a silver-medal showing at the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, Canada.

    The team’s coaching staff and Hockey Canada’s management group led by Shawn Bullock, senior manager of hockey operations and national teams, decided the roster.

    “The naming of the final 17-player roster was not easy; however, we feel that the 17 players selected give us the best chance at winning a gold medal,” said head coach Ken Babey.

    “We have selected a team that is a mix of experience, skill, and youth. We understand that the competition will be strong, and to be successful, we will need to play the Canadian Way.”

    The roster, which includes two goaltenders, five defencemen, and 10 forwards, features a relatively young squad that is teeming with international experience:

    - Five players making their World Championships debut with the national team (Armstrong, Cozzolini, Henry, Hickey, Smith)

    - Fiftenn players who struck gold at the 2017 International Para Ice Hockey Tournament in February (Armstong, Arsenault, Cozzolino, Delaney, Dixon, Gemmell, Henry, Hickey, Larocque, McGregor, Sholomicki, Smith, Sorley, Watson, Westlake)

    - Ten players who won bronze with Team Canada at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (Arsenault, Bowden, Bridges, Delaney, Dixon, Gemmell, Larocque, McGregor, Watson, Westlake)

    Canada came away with silver from the 2015 tournament in Buffalo, New York, USA. Since its introduction in 1996, the Worlds have been held eight times. Canada has medalled seven times, winning three gold medals (2000, 2008, 2013), one silver (2015), and three bronze (1996, 2009, 2012).

    Roster

    Forwards

    No. 6 – Rob Armstrong

    No. 18 – Billy Bridges

    No. 3 – Dominic Cozzolino

    No. 10 – Ben Delaney

    No. 23 – Liam Hickey

    No. 8 – Tyler McGregor

    No. 20 – Bryan Sholomicki

    No. 9 – Corbyn Smith

    No. 12 – Greg Westlake

    Defenders

    No. 14 – Steve Arsenault

    No. 27 – Brad Bowden

    No. 11 – Adam Dixon

    No. 25 – James Gemmell

    No. 5 – Henry Tyrone

    No. 15 – Kevin Sorley

    Goaltenders

    No. 31 – Dominic Laroque

    No. 30 – Corbin Watson

    Live coverage and the game schedule of the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships is available at Gangneung2017.com.

    Gangneung 2017 also doubles as the Test Event for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. All games will be played at the Gangneung Hockey Centre.

    For more information on Hockey Canada and Canada’s national Para ice hockey team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook, and Twitter.

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