Canada to select sledge hockey team
22.10.2012Hockey Canada is holding training camp this week in Trail, British Columbia to finalise the 2012-13 team roster.
The Canadian Ice Sledge Hockey Team gathers around the goal, preparing for the game against Italy during the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
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Of the 20 players invited to the camp, 16 will make the national team.
Hockey Canada has a training camp already underway this week at Cominco Arena in Trail, British Columbia, which goes from 21-27 October to determine the roster for the 2012-13 season.
Of the 20 players invited to the camp, 16 will make the national team.
“We are looking forward to getting on the ice for training camp” head coach Mike Mondin told Hockey Canada.
“Being from Trail, I know the city is excited to welcome our players and staff to Kootenays for the week.”
The roster announced for camp includes 15 players who won gold at the 2011 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary last December and bronze at last April’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Hamar, Norway.
Top players Greg Westlake, Brad Bowden and Billy Bridges are all expected to be in attendance.
The players will be on the ice a total of nine times in six days in Trail, with on-ice sessions open to the public. The city of Trail provided the ice rental at the Cominco Arena at no cost for the camp.
During the 2012-13 season, Canada’s team will compete in the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary from 2-8 December, a three-game series against USA in Ottawa in February and the 2013 IPC Ice World Sledge Hockey World Championships in April in Goyang City, South Korea.
