Ontario Sledge Hockey Asscociation

2009/2010 Headlines

Championship Saturday Roundup

The Ontario Sledge Hockey Association held it’s Second Annual Championships in Oshawa on Saturday March 27. Hosted by the Durham Steelhawks Sledge Hockey Association at Ice Sports Arena in Oshawa, the day consisted of four gold medal championship games for each of the Junior, Intermediate C, B and A divisions. With participants including teams from Ontario and the State of New York, all four games featured highly competitive and entertaining sledge hockey.
Mississauga teams took the Junior and Intermediate A divisions with London taking the Intermediate B division and the Hamilton Score winning the Intermediate C division in a shootout.

Special guests in attendance included Jeremy Booker and Graeme Murray of Sledge Team Canada, Todd Sargeant - President of the Ontario Sledge Hockey Association, Cathy Vincelli – Executive Director of ParaSport Ontario, and Phillip McKee – Executive Director of the Ontario Hockey Federation.

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North Bay Spreads Sledge Hockey

In the March 30, 2010 edition of the North Bay Nugget there were 2 stories that shine a light on our great sport of sledge hockey. One, the story of Kyle Tremblay who is new to the sport but has some lofty goals he's shooting for and the other of a friendly match between the Ice Breakers and an able bodied team who learn that sledge is a lot harder than it looks.
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Kyle's story
A friendly match

SLEDGE TEAM ONTARIO TO TAKE ON USA JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM

From March 17 – 20, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia will not only be host to the much anticipated Paralympic Winter Games, but also a 3 game exhibition series between two developmental Sledge Hockey programs. Sledge Team Ontario will host the USA Junior National Team in a much anticipated rematch of a 2 game exhibition series played in Rochester, N.Y. October 2009, with each team winning a game by 1 goal. Sledge Team Ontario is a developmental program comprised of top young players from the Ontario Sledge Hockey Association. The USA Junior National Team was initiated this year by USA Hockey, to develop future National players. Local B.C. Eagle sledge hockey players have also been invited to participate in this series. All games will be played at the Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 rinks on the following dates:

Thursday March 18 – 9:00 AM

Friday March 19 – 10:00 AM

Saturday March 20 – 7:45 AM

OSHA Leads Russian Sledge Hockey Development

From November 3 to 10, 2009, OSHA played host to four travelers from Russia here to study sledge hockey in Canada. This follows a project started this past summer when Todd Sargeant and Sigmund Bernat of the London Blizzard Sledge Hockey team travelled overseas to introduce sledge hockey to Russia. The project was conducted through the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), a volunteer-based group that is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.

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Demonstration In Elmira A Huge Success

A demonstration game of Sledge Hockey was held on Saturday September 26, 2009 at the new, fully accessible Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario on the McLeod Ice Pad. Click here to read the full article.

H1N1 Prevention Information

Sledge is hockey just the same as stand up hockey. As this is the case it is important that all sledge players follow the same H1N1 prevention steps as all others in the arenas. Hockey Canada has put out a list of recommendations which can be viewed here.
Some of the main points from this article include:

Players should be urged to report all illnesses to their parents and the safety person/trainer.
Parents are urged to keep their children away from the arena if they are showing any signs of infectious disease. Sick players are encouraged to go to the doctor and be completely healthy before returning to play.
Each player should have their own water bottle labeled with their name
Hand washing or use of hand sanitizer is recommended after handling hockey equipment
Instruct everyone to cover their mouth when they cough by using their arm

The health of all participants, support staff, and families is very important and we ask that everyone be vigilant for the health and safety of all.

Info - Travel to U.S.A.

Just as a reminder to all clubs for the comming season that all travel to the U.S.A. will require a passport. This has been in the pipeline for a while now and is finally coming into effect. Make sure all the players on your team have a valid passport for future trips into the U.S.A. so that no one is turned away at the border.