CALGARY, Alberta – Hockey Canada has announced the 25 players who will attend Canada’s National Para Hockey Team selection camp, Sept. 20-25 at the North Surrey Sport & Ice Complex in Surrey, British Columbia.
Three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 14 forwards were selected by head coach Boris Rybalka (Camrose, AB), assistant coaches Steve Arsenault (Spruce Grove, AB) and Wes Wolfe (Crystal Beach, ON), and goaltending coach Dominic Larocque (Québec, QC), in consultation with Jesse Albers (Victoria, BC), vice-president of operations with Hockey Canada, and Adam Janssen (Richmond, ON), manager of hockey operations.
The roster includes 16 members of the team that won a silver medal at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Milan, Italy (Armstrong, Boily, Burnett, Cozzolino, Dixon, Dunn, Halbert, Henry, Hickey, Jacobs-Webb, Kingsmill, Kovacevich, Lavin, Lelièvre, McGregor and Watson).
“We are excited to get back on the ice as we start the next Paralympic quad and make the most of our time together,” said Rybalka. “This selection camp is our first opportunity to put into practice the habits, skating and training skills we have developed in our small training hubs together as a full group. We expect a highly competitive and intense camp, and as coaches, we expect to see everyone challenging themselves to be our best from the start of camp.”
The selection camp includes practices, on-ice skills sessions and an intrasquad game to close out the evaluation process as the team continues to prepare for international competitions, including the International Para Hockey Cup, Oct. 18-24 in Nymburk, Czechia.
Following the IPH Cup, the team will gather for a training camp in Calgary in mid-November ahead of the 2026 Para Cup, Nov. 29-Dec. 5, in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. Schedule details and ticket information for the 2026 Para Cup will be announced at a later date.
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