Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team

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| Association = Independent

| Nickname = Team Canada
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| General manager = Janice Coulter

| Coach = Tara Chisholm

| Asst coach = Derek Whitson

| Captain = Christina Picton

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| World champ name = IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup

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| World champ first = 2014

| World champ best = 16px Silver: 1 – 2014

| World champ2 name = Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge

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| World champ2 first = 2022

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/sports/comox-valley-woman-competes-at-second-ringette-world-tourney/ |title=PASSING ON HER PASSION FOR PARA HOCKEY |website=comoxvalleyrecord.com |author=Bernadette Larose|date=30 March 2022|access-date=26 November 2022|publisher=Hockey Canada |language=en}}

The team participated in its first International Paralympic Committee-sanctioned international competition, the 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup{{cn|date=September 2022}} now known as the Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/women-s-world-challenge-2022-top-six-moments|title=Para Ice Hockey Women's World Challenge {{!}} Top six moments|website=paralympic.org|author= |date=31 August 2022|access-date=24 September 2022|publisher=Paralympics |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/green-bay-2022-kicks-great-britain-facing-team-world|title=Green Bay 2022 kicks off with Great Britain facing Team World|website=paralympic.org |author= |date=25 August 2022|access-date=25 September 2022|publisher=Paralympics|language=en}} (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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.owha.on.ca/Womens_Sledge_Hockey2008.asp |title=Womens Sledge Hockey |access-date=2015-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327140931/http://owha.on.ca/Womens_Sledge_Hockey2008.asp |archive-date=2015-03-27 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
The national day competed at the Women's Ice Sledge Hockey International Jamboree in Philadelphia from May 9 to 14, 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cksn.ca/2012/05/chathams-goure-stars-for-canada-at-first-womens-sledge-event/|title = Chatham's Goure Stars for Canada at First Women's Sledge Event|date = 14 May 2012}} It was the first major Women's Ice Sledge Hockey International competition.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/usa-take-historic-women-s-international-cup-crown |title=USA take historic women's international cup crown |author=Paralympic.org|accessdate=2014-12-12}}

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

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

Category:National ice sledge hockey teams

Ice Sledge Hockey