HOCKEY CANADA
The United States struck for five goals in the second period to defeat Canada on Saturday and win its third straight gold medal at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
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Norway won bronze thanks to goals from Magnus Bøgle and Morten Værnes less than three minutes apart in the second.
Brody Roybal capped off an impressive tournament with a three-point performance for the U.S. in the gold medal game.
His career on the line entering the season, James Gemmell rose to the occasion to return to Canada’s National Sledge Team.
A shake-up has Steve Arsenault and Brad Bowden reversing their roles and seeing the ice from different vantage points.
In a sport driven by skill, not age, Canada’s National Sledge Team is welcoming four teenagers to its roster for 2016-17.
By hosting the World Sledge Hockey Challenge Charlottetown has grown the sport throughout the province of P.E.I.
Canada, Korea, Norway and the U.S. have converged on Charlottetown, P.E.I., for the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
Korea, Norway and the United States will join Canada’s National Sledge Team at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge on P.E.I.
The first puck drops Dec. 4 at MacLauchlan Arena in Charlottetown, and full-event ticket packages are available for just $50.
For the third time, the World Sledge Hockey Challenge is returning to P.E.I.; MacLauchlan Arena will play host from Dec. 4-10.
Nineteen players will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Sledge Team this season, including 10 past Paralympians.
