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Para Series Preview: Canada vs. United States

Friday, March 15 | 6 p.m. CT | Minot, North Dakota | Game 2

Jason La Rose
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March 15, 2024

Canada’s National Para Hockey Team gets right back to action Friday night as it looks to bounce back and even up its series against the United States at MAYSA Arena in Minot.

Last Meeting & Last Game

Canada couldn’t find the back of the net in the series opener Wednesday, dropping a 7-0 decision to the Americans. Adam Kingsmill was terrific in his 30 minutes of work, turning aside 13 of 16 shots to keep the Canadians close before the U.S. put four past Mitchell Garrett in just over five minutes midway through the third period.

What to Watch

Kingsmill has put a firm grasp on the No. 1 goaltender role with the Canadians. The Smithers, B.C., native was left off the roster for the World Para Hockey Championship last spring, but has rebounded with a very good 2023-24 season in the absence of long-time starter Dominic Larocque. Kingsmill made 28 saves in a gold medal game loss to the U.S. at the IPH Cup in October, and followed that up with a 10-save effort in the Para Hockey Cup final in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, in early December. With another Para Worlds coming on home ice in less than two months, Kingsmill looks to be the man between the pipes for Team Canada.

As they are wont to do, the U.S. spread around the scoring in the series opener. Declan Farmer was his usual terrific self with two goals and an assist, Jack Wallace put up the same numbers, and Brody Roybal and Josh Misiewicz had a goal and two helpers apiece. That’s what makes the Americans so tough to slow down – they can get offence from anybody – or everybody – on any given night.

Calgary, Here We Come

World Para Ice Hockey made it official earlier this week – the 2024 World Para Hockey Championship will be played May 4-12 at WinSport Arena in Calgary, Alberta. The home of Hockey Canada is no stranger to world-class para hockey; it played host to the World Sledge Hockey Challenge (known today as the Para Hockey Cup) in 2011 and 2012.

A Look Back

The head-to-head history between the Canadians and Americans is almost dead even, with the U.S. holding a narrow 62-59-1 advantage.

The Americans have had the upper hand as of late; the last win for Canada came back on Oct. 29, 2021, when Anton Jacobs-Webb scored the winner 13 seconds into the third period, helping the Canadians earn a 4-2 victory in the opener of a two-game series in the St. Louis suburbs.

All-time record: United States leads 62-59-1 (13-8 in OT/SO)
Canada goals: 235
United States goals: 263

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

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Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

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Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

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