CALGARY, Alta. –
Hockey Canada has announced that its newest national team, Canada’s National
Sledge Development Team, will take to the ice for its inaugural games when it
takes on the United States’ development team in a three-game series, December
2-4 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Canada’s National
Sledge Development Team was created to help elite-level sledge hockey players
not chosen for Canada’s National Sledge Team an opportunity to get international
experience with hopes of developing their skills for future national team
duty.
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Canada will be lead
by head coach Todd Sargeant (London, Ont.), a long-time coach with Sledge Team
Ontario and the London Blizzard of the Ontario Sledge Hockey
Association.
“We feel this
program is just another step in the growth of sledge hockey in Canada,” said
Adam Crockatt, manager of hockey operations/national teams for Hockey Canada.
“We can now reach out to an even larger group of players, get them involved in
the national program and have them ready to step into the national team in
future seasons.”
Following the three-game series in Buffalo, Canada and the U.S. will meet for another series, January 13-15 in Essex, Ont.
For more information on Hockey Canada’s sledge hockey programs, please visit www.HockeyCanada.ca.
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