Östersund to host 2020 World Para Ice Hockey European Championships

Östersund will play host to the 2020 World Para Ice Hockey European Championships, it has been announced.
Östersund will play host to the 2020 World Para Ice Hockey European Championships, it has been announced.
A target of dramatically increasing the number of Para-ice hockey players in Australia with the aim of qualifying for the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing has been set following the signing of a new agreement.
The United States earned a sixth consecutive Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup title in Newfoundland with a tight 2-1 victory over hosts Canada.
Hosts Canada and the United States are set to contest the Para Hockey Cup final after coming through their last-four matches in Newfoundland today.
The United States scored goals in each period to down hosts Canada 4-1 and clinch first place in the preliminary round standings at the Para Hockey Cup in Newfoundland.
Russia overcame hosts Canada in a penalty shootout as the round-robin stage of the Para Hockey Cup continued in Newfoundland.
World champions the United States and hosts Canada made a winning start to the Para Hockey Cup in Newfoundland.
Reigning world champions the United States are favourites to clinch a sixth consecutive Para Hockey Cup title at this year's tournament in Canada.
The teams for the 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool have been decided following the completion of this year's B-Pool event.
Canada's Para ice hockey player Garrett Riley has been banned for six months and stripped of a silver medal after testing positive for cannabis which his doctor had recommended he took to help relieve the chronic pain he suffers as a result of complications relating to an amputation.
A Para-ice hockey team made up of talented tier one players will represent Calgary Flames at the upcoming USA Hockey Sled Classic in St. Louis, it has been announced.
Canadian Para-ice hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki features in a newly-released Adidas advert having signed a three-year contract with the major sportswear manufacturer earlier this year.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended South Korean Para-ice hockey player and Paralympic medallist Yu Man-gyun for six months for an anti-doping violation.
Berlin has been announced as host of the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships B-Pool.
Brody Roybal scored an overtime winner as Paralympic gold medallists the United States beat Canada to clinch a record-equalling fourth title at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava.