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Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team

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Association
  
Independent

Assistants
  
Derek Whitson

Best result
  
Silver: 1 – 2014

Captain
  
Christina Picton

General Manager
  
Janice Coulter

Appearances
  
1 (first in 2014)

Head coach
  
Tara Chisholm

The Canada national women's ice sledge hockey team is the ice sledge hockey team representing Canada. The team participated in its first IPC-sanctioned international competition in 2014.

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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). 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

  • On October 22, 2011, the national women's sledge hockey team participated in a pair of exhibition games against the Essex-Kent Ice Bullets men's team at the UCCU Complex in Amherstburg, Ontario.
  • The national day competed at the Women’s Ice Sledge Hockey International Jamboree in Philadelphia from May 9 to 14, 2012. It was the first major Women’s Ice Sledge Hockey International competition.

    • IPC Women’s International Cup

    The first ever 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup 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.

    Funding

    As the team does not receive 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

  • Ashley Goure established herself as an elite player at the International Jamboree in Philadelphia. In her first game against Team Europe, Goure scored a hat trick for an 8-0 win. In the second game, Goure would score a goal in a loss to the United States. On the second day of competition, Goure played in two games, a 5-0 shutout over USA, and a 4-1 triumph over Team Europe. She would score a goal in both contests.

    • References

    Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team Wikipedia
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