Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team

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Canada
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Nickname(s)Team Canada
(Équipe Canada)
AssociationIndependent
Head coach Tara Chisholm
Captain Christina Picton
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IIHF World Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2014 )
Best result Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver: 1 – 2014
Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Medal record
IPC International Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Canada Team
Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 USA Team

The Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team is the national team representing Canada in women's international sledge hockey. The team competed at the IPC International Cup and now competes at the Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge. The team currently receives funding from the Hockey Canada Foundation through grants which enables it to run a grassroots development program. [1]

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The team participated in its first International Paralympic Committee-sanctioned international competition, the 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup [ citation needed ] now known as the Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge [2] [3] (a World Para Ice Hockey sanctioned event) whose inaugural year was in 2022.

History

The Ontario Women's Hockey Association began to develop women's ice sledge hockey players in 2008 (at about the same time that the United States started to develop a program). [4] The Ottawa Sledge Hockey Tournament hosted the first all female demonstration ice sledge hockey game on May 5, 2007. The players were composed of a group of Canadian and American women.

Events

IPC Women's International Cup

The first ever IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup was the 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup which took place from November 7–9, 2014 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The United States earned the gold medal with a 5–1 victory against Canada in the gold medal game. [6]

Funding

As the team does not receive overall funding under Hockey Canada, many players participate at their own expense. The national team attempts to compete in three or four events per year, with the team pooling monies raised by players, either through fundraising or out of their own pockets to participate.

Members

See also

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References

  1. Bernadette Larose (30 March 2022). "PASSING ON HER PASSION FOR PARA HOCKEY". comoxvalleyrecord.com. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. "Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge | Top six moments". paralympic.org. Paralympics. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. "Green Bay 2022 kicks off with Great Britain facing Team World". paralympic.org. Paralympics. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. "Womens Sledge Hockey". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  5. "Chatham's Goure Stars for Canada at First Women's Sledge Event". 14 May 2012.
  6. Paralympic.org. "USA take historic women's international cup crown" . Retrieved 2014-12-12.