Nickname(s) | Team Canada (Équipe Canada) |
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Association | Hockey Canada |
Head coach | Russ Herrington |
Assistants | Greg Westlake Mike Fountain Gregory Ireland |
Team colours | |
Paralympics | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 1994) |
Medals | Gold: 1 – 2006 Bronze: 2 – 1994, 2014 |
World Para Ice Hockey Championships | |
Appearances | 13 (first in 1996) |
Best result | Gold: 5 – 2000, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2024 Silver: 4 – 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023 Bronze: 3 – 1996, 2009, 2012 |
Para Hockey Cup | |
Appearances | 15 (first in 2007) |
Best result | Gold: 5 – 2007, 2008, 2011 (A), 2011 (N), 2013 Silver: 9 - 2009, 2012, 2016 (J), 2016 (D), 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Bronze: 1 - 2015 |
International Para Hockey Cup | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2022) |
Best result | Gold: 0 Silver: 2 - 2022, 2023 Bronze: 0 |
The Canada national ice sledge hockey team is the men's team representing Canada at international competition. The team has been overseen since 2003 by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1993 until 2003, the team was an associate member of Hockey Canada.[1] Since 2010 international para ice hockey has been a mixed, However there has only been one woman to ever play on the Canadian team.[2] The national team created exclusively for Canadian women is the Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team. This article deals chiefly with the national men's team.
The team is featured in the 2008 documentary "Sledhead".[3]